Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from
the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The
Howard Stern Show-with a foreword by Howard Stern. When Artie Lange
joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was
possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second
only to the show's move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite
radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in the same place: a
wit quick enough to keep pace with his own, a pathetic self-image to
dwarf his own, a personal history both heartbreaking and hilarious, and
an ingrained sense of self-sabotage that continually keeps things
interesting. A natural storyteller with a bottomless pit of material,
Lange grew up in a close-knit, working-class Italian family in Union,
New Jersey, a maniacal Yankees fan who pursued the two things his father
said he was cut out for-sports and comedy. Tragically, Artie Lange Sr.
never saw the truth in tha