“Howard’s still the funniest (expletive) on the planet,” he says. He says it’s hard for him to even listen to it now, given his painful history with it. Lange, who is 49, has not been invited back to Stern’s show since leaving in 2010, and has said some less than complimentary things about the course the show has taken in recent years. So the writing that he’s great at, combined with the work ethic, has made him a great stand-up now.” They would work 15 hours on ‘Trainwreck,’ and he’d come there every night and do stand-up because he wanted to get great at it. ![]() A couple of summers ago, I was at the (Comedy) Cellar (in New York) almost every night, because I was working on a new special, and he was there every night, too. “But now, with the success he had, he sort of took time. The only way to get great at stand-up is you have to do it every night. Apatow took a right turn into millionaire land very young – a lot of stand-ups didn’t – and he didn’t have time to do stand-up every night. “He didn’t really have a chance to do it when he was younger. 12.Īpatow is well known as a writer, director and producer, but not as a stand-up comedian. There will be two shows at the Gramercy Theatre in Manhattan on Feb. To help promote “Crashing,” HBO has put together a comedy mini-tour with Lange, Holmes and Apatow all doing stand-up routines. “It’s like winning the comedy lottery, man,” says Lange. Judd Apatow, whose credits range from television’s “The Larry Sanders Show” to movies such as “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Trainwreck” and “Knocked Up,” is one of the executive producers, and also directs episode one. ![]() It’s a semi-autobiographical series about Holmes’ life, and Lange will basically play himself, acting as a friend and mentor to Holmes. ![]() 19 debut of an HBO series, “Crashing,” that will star comedian Pete Holmes. He also has written two best-selling autobiographical books, with a third, “The Gambler: A Degenerate's Guide to Living on the Edge,” due out later this year.Īlso coming up: The Feb. Since getting his life back together, he has continued to do stand-up, and also hosts the popular Artie Quitter Podcast. He was addicted to heroin at the time, and attempted suicide. Lange, who grew up in Union Township and now lives in Hoboken, left Stern’s show in 2010. Trump said to me, ‘You suck at golf.’ I said, ‘Well, I’m not a rich little (expletive) and I didn’t have time to practice golf.’ Stuff like that. Me and Donald were goofing on Manning like we stuffed him in a locker. “Me, him and Eli Manning golfed nine holes,” says Lange. Trump still hired him about a year later for a charity event at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. Stern and co-host Robin Quivers started guffawing, and Trump, Lange says, “Felt trapped, and turns on a dime: ‘Artie’s a loser, he sucks, he bombed at my roast.’ It was unbelievable.” Lange says he then retold one of his jokes from the roast. “The joke,” he now remembers, “was, basically, ‘Donald drove his daughter through Atlantic City and said, “Sweetie, someday your name will be on the top of all these buildings. He killed harder than anybody,’ ” says Lange, who will do a stand-up show at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair on Thursday. “He says to Howard, ‘Artie was voted the best, and he was the best. ![]() About a month later, Trump was a guest on Stern’s show. The Jersey-bred comedian, then a cast member of radio’s “The Howard Stern Show,” skewered Donald Trump at an event presented by the Friars Club at the New York Hilton. In 2004, Artie Lange roasted a future president of the United States.
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