Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange & Anthony Bozza & Howard Stern
Author:Artie Lange & Anthony Bozza & Howard Stern [Lange, Artie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Biography, United States, Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Actors - United States, Comedians, Personal Memoirs, Actors, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Comedians - United States, Lange; Artie
ISBN: 9780385526579
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Published: 2009-06-02T06:00:00+00:00
W ah Artie La
Iâm Out of
Cocaine! Wah!
9
T he most important thing Iâve learned from working with the amazing Howard Stern for seven years is that the key to a great radio show and great comedy of any kind is honesty. Though Iâve tried to follow that philosophy as much as possible on The Stern Show and in my standup, it hasnât always happened 100 percent, but itâs going to happen here. My goal is for this book to exist as the most honest piece of work I have ever done. The only way to do that is for me to put things on the page that I couldnât share on the air or in any public forum. The story contained here is the most personal revelation I can possibly make and not something that I see much comedy in. I suppose thatâs why it hasnât made it into my act.
� The week before The Stern Show left terrestrial radio, each of us on the staff promised to reveal a surprising or highly personal story about ourselves when we got to satellite. That first week at Sirius, we told our shocking stories. I told one about an unfortunate incident I was involved in while attending a Hollywood orgy. But that wasnât the one I was intending to revealâit was the runner-up. This is the story Iâd have told if Iâd been strong enough to be completely honest that day: When I was twenty-eight years old, I tried to commit suicide. It was no half-assed attempt, either. It came complete with a note addressed to my mother and sister. It didnât happen at a time when I was broke; it happened three months after my big break. In the fall of 1995, weâd completed the first shooting cycle of MADtv, the first nine episodes. Critics loved the show and the initial ratings were very promisingâit looked as if this gig was going to last a while. I had my tenth high school reunion coming up, and I couldnât wait to be there and show off. I was a regular on a new, well-received network TV show, and there were more than a few people I was going to enjoy telling. But I never made it to the reunion. Instead, I was in a rehab center recovering.
My inability to deal with the stress of MADtv was a combination of the pressure I put on myself to deliver and my choice of diet. Cocaine was such a regular part of my day that I started doing things like pouring grams of it into glasses of Jack Danielâs and drinking it down four or five times a week because my nose was too sore. Not a good place to be. It didnât take long for me to develop an ulcer. I ignored it as long as I could; in fact, I made the mistake of thinking that drinking cocaine would numb the stomach pain that seemed to get worse every day. I held out until it became so unbearable that I had to be taken from the Fox lot to St.
Download
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
The Goal (Off-Campus #4) by Elle Kennedy(12424)
Kathy Andrews Collection by Kathy Andrews(10510)
Diary of a Player by Brad Paisley(6865)
What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson(5522)
Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb(5231)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty(4877)
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan(3997)
Sticky Fingers by Joe Hagan(3451)
The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx(2928)
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen(2897)
Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March(2714)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett(2700)
Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans(2669)
How Music Works by David Byrne(2522)
Jam by Jam (epub)(2482)
Harry Potter 4 - Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K.Rowling(2414)
Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Story by David Buckley(2364)
Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes(2234)
Darker Than the Deepest Sea by Trevor Dann(2205)