Artie Lange
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"Arthur Steven Lange, Jr.", known as "Artie Lange", is an American actor, comedian, radio personality, and author best known for his tenures with the The Howard Stern Show and the comedy sketch series Mad TV. He was also the host of a sports and entertainment radio show called The Artie Lange Show.

Lange performed his first stand-up comedy routine at 19 years of age. He took up work as a longshoreman to help support his family following the death of his quadriplegic father. In 1995, Lange starred in the first season of Mad TV before leaving halfway through the second due to cocaine abuse and his subsequent arrest. After a period of rehabilitation, Lange featured in Dirty Work (1998 film)/Dirty Work (1998) with Norm Macdonald, who brought Lange into the second season of his sitcom, The Norm Show. In 2001, Lange joined The Howard Stern Show until December 2009 when a suicide attempt in January 2010 led to an eight-month stay in a psychiatric ward. In 2011, Lange returned to radio with Nick DiPaolo to co-host The Nick & Artie Show. In January 2013, it was renamed The Artie Lange Show after DiPaolo's departure.

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It's about softball, ... How as the guys get older and the relationships change, and softball is the only thing keeping them together.

[The character is] basically me if I didn't luck out and get into show business.

There is way more pressure than other roles where I got to do jokes and leave, ... It's a lot harder. You have to move the story along.

That was always a dream of mine.

Frank [Sebastiano] is a real writer, ... He has two Emmys, one from 'SNL' and the other from 'The Chris Rock Show'. The only award I have is an FM-mmy.

A big part of my living is my stand-up material on the road.

Intends to be at work on Monday morning. Probably more will be resolved then.

My man, whatever he does.