artie lange

Lange in Glendale, California, September 2006 Birth name Arthur Steven Lange, Jr. Born October 11, 1967 (1967-10-11) (age 41)

Union, New Jersey Medium Stand-up, television, film, radio Nationality United States Years active 1987-present[1] Genres Observational humor, Improvisational comedy, Sketch comedy, Black comedy Subject(s) personal life, self-deprecation, human sexuality, pop culture, Italian American culture, professional sports, recreational drug use, drinking culture Influences Howard Stern, John Belushi, Richard Pryor, Woody Allen, Bill Murray, Jackie Gleason, David Letterman,[2] Richard Lewis[3] Notable works and roles Various characters on MADtv

Co-host of The Howard Stern Show

Cousin Mike on Rescue Me Website artie-lange.com

Arthur Steven "Artie" Lange, Jr., (born October 11, 1967), is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, and actor. Lange is most notable for replacing Jackie Martling on The Howard Stern Show, and as a member of the original cast of the sketch comedy series MADtv. Lange's first book Too Fat to Fish was released on November 11, 2008 and was named a New York Times best seller on November 21st, 2008.[4] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 MADtv 1.3 The Howard Stern Show 1.4 Personal life 1.5 Health 2 Filmography 2.1 Roles lost 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 5.1 Official Sites 5.2 Interviews 5.3 Others //

Biography

Early life

Lange was born and raised in Union, New Jersey. His mother, Judy (née Caprio), was a homemaker and his father, Arthur Sr., was a general contractor. Two weeks after he was born, his father went on trial for counterfeiting money, but was spared jail time out of the court's sympathy for his young son.[5] His family identified themselves as Italian-Americans, despite having German ancestry on his father's side. During a segment of The Howard Stern Show, Lange provided a blood sample which was taken to a laboratory for DNA testing. The results indicated that Lange was 25 percent American Indian. Lange said that his father's background was a "gray area."[6]

During high school Lange excelled in baseball, becoming an All County third baseman, and spent his free time working with his father. Some time after Lange finished high school in 1985, his father fell from a roof and broke his back, becoming quadriplegic.[7][8] Money soon afterwards became an issue within his family and when they contacted celebrities to donate items for them to auction, the only one who responded was Howard Stern, sending them an autographed jacket and mentioning on the air "Does this guy think that if he puts the jacket on he's going to walk again?" which his father found funny.[7] His father would eventually die from an infection four and a half years after the accident.[7][8][9]

After finishing school, Lange was arrested for attempted bank robbery. He claimed he was only trying to flirt with the teller by passing her a fake holdup note that said he was armed