Artie Lange Comes From Nothing
I sometimes wish I lived on the East Coast so I could make it to some of Artie and the staff’s shows.
Anyway, don’t look for Artie Lange in Hoboken this weekend - he’s scheduled to perform Saturday night in Detroit. Here’s a look at what he said with local papers.
The Detroit News starts off its interview with Artie by recapping a story familiar to fans of the Howard Stern Show (or readers of Hoboken Now) - he stayed up all night playing poker and slept through a friend’s wedding.
Lange gave his friend this handwritten note - as well as what was reportedly a four-figure check by way of apology.
Artie’s obviously not hurting for money. So why go all the way to Michigan - after waking up at the crack of dawn four mornings a week to do Howard’s show, which starts at 6 a.m. - to do stand-up? The Detroit News doesn’t say how much he’s getting paid to do the 5,000-seat Fox Theatre on Saturday night - tickets are selling for $40 to $75 - but notes $100,000 is “an average weekend” for him when he does stand-up.
“I come from nothing, literally, less-than-nothing money wise, and I just can’t see myself saying no to $100 grand because I’m tired,” says Lange, who turns 40 next month. “Who knows, maybe I’ll die on the road because of it.”
Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press has “five questions” for Artie:
• Is it true you’ve talked about leaving the Stern show?
• Can I ask about your dating status and your health?
• Do fans get really specific about your life when they meet you?
• You’re a big sports fan. Any advice for the Tigers?
• There’s a great scene in Elf where you’re a department store Santa and Will Ferrell says you smell like beef and cheese. Is that ever true in real life?
-Johnny
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