Who was alongwith artie lange when he come to LI?
Artie Lange, the 300 pound 41-year old sidekick to Howard Stern, is one of the most complicated, crass and insecure comedians working today– and one of the most successful. He makes a ton of dough: $700,000 per year at Sirius XM and about $3 million a year on the stand-up circuit. Too Fat to Fish, his memoir, is on the New York Times bestseller list. Random House has already signed up his next book for $800,000. There’s only one problem: Lange is a carousing, overeating drugged-up mess who can’t handle the mundane details of life, like keeping a girlfriend, cooking, cleaning or even getting an e-mail account. “Every single aspect of my life is totally fucked, other than work,” says Lange. “Without my career, you couldn’t find a bigger loser.” Sources: savebabygorilla.
Anticipate a weekend of monumental laughter on Long Island, with top stand-ups like Artie Lange taking part in the three-night Seventh Annual L.I. Comedy Festival in Westbury (starting Friday), “Gary Unmarried” funnyman Jay Mohr at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (Friday) and Dane Cook at Nassau Coliseum (Sunday). WHO Artie Lange, Kevin Meaney, Adam Ferrara, Richie Minervini, Joe Starr, Brian Regan WHEN Friday-Sunday WHERE Capital One Bank Theatre, Westbury COST: $43.50-$61.50 a show (or four-pack for $150). Find available tickets Three nights of stand-up begin with Lange at 8 p.m. Friday. The Howard Stern sidekick and bestselling author of “Too Fat to Fish” claims these days to have cleaned up his once heroin-fueled act. Decide for yourself if his stints in therapy have been helping. Saturday’s shtick will be introduced by master of ceremonies Richie Minervini, late of “The King of Queens” and founder of the venerable East Side Comedy Club. Ferrara is a regular on FX TV’s
Anticipate a weekend of monumental laughter on Long Island, with top stand-ups like Artie Lange taking part in the three-night Seventh Annual L.I. Comedy Festival in Westbury (starting Friday), “Gary Unmarried” funnyman Jay Mohr at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (Friday) and Dane Cook at Nassau Coliseum (Sunday). Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNHjPTSmXITZBrf4A0FeFL77l3u4lA&cid=0&ei=5ff5SeibI4zk7AOk-tmeAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.californiachronicle.
