Trivia
- As of February 8, 2007, Artie weighed in at 295 lbs, which is one pound less than his all time high.
- After missing 5 out of 6 live broadcasts of The Howard Stern Show over the weeks of January 22nd and January 29th, Howard, Robin and many of the fans feared that Artie may have fell off the wagon and had begun using heroin again.
- Artie perfomed at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas on during the Super Bowl weekend.
- On Tuesday, January 2, 2007, Artie Lange's Beer League was released on DVD.
- On Wednesday, January 3, 2007, Artie appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
- On it's opening weekend in September, Artie Lange's Beer League made roughly $350,000.
- On September 20, 2006, Artie admitted that last year he was addicted to heroin while filming his movie, Artie Lange's Beer League.
- As of September 19, 2006, Artie weighed 282lbs, which is up from his late June, 2006 weight of 274lbs.
- When Artie was a teenager, he was arrested for attempted robbery. He handed a bank teller a note demanding $50,000 as a goof and walked out. Artie later said that he did it because he thought the teller was really cute.
- As of September 12, 2006, Artie reported that his on-again/off-again relationship with Dana Sironi is off.
- Artie's first standup comedy gig was at New York City's "Improv" in Hell's Kitchen.
- While at Union High School in Union, New Jersey, Artie was an All-County third baseman.
- During the August 21, 2003 broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, results of a DNA test indicatec that Artie was 1/4 American-Indian as well as German on his father's side and Neopolitan Italian on his mother's side.
- In 1986, Artie's father fell off the roof of house that he was working on and became a quadripalegic. His father died four years later.
- Artie is a great impersonator of every character from The Godfather and he has memorized most every line from the trilogy.
- In April of 2006, Artie stated that he won a grand total of $15,000 gambling on the 2006 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament.
- In 2001, Artie replaced Jackie Martling as a regular on The Howard Stern Show.
- Artie has admitted on air during The Howard Stern Show that he cried at a Michael Jackson concert during the song "Man in the Mirror."
- A few of Artie's favorite musical artists are Bruce Springsteen and The Allman Brothers.
- Artie's favorite sports teams are the New York Yankees, New York Knicks and the New York Giants.
- His drink of choice is Jack Daniels with a splash of water and lots of ice, which he prefers to drink through a regular-size straw.
- Artie worked as a longshoreman following his failed attempt at college until his big break into show business in 1995.
- In May 2004, when The Howard Stern Show aired live from Las Vegas, Artie was reported dead by the Stern show prank phone call master, Captain Janks.
Quotes
- Artie: The only reason I can't recommend heroin to kids is because the effects wear off.
- Artie: (to Steve-O) So, anytime you see Christian Slater not being gay, he's on cocaine?
- Artie: I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust.
- Artie: (imitating an insult said by Don Rickles on the set of Dirty Work) Look at you, you Baby Gorilla!
- Artie: I snorted heroin once by accident. It was amazing. But kids, don't snort heroin. It's too good.
- Artie: ...moot-SA-relle... (during any discussion of food or cooking. It is apparently how Italian-Americans pronounce mozzarella)
- Artie: The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.
- Artie: When I black out, it's the happiest time of my life.
- Artie: (referring to his quadrapalegic father) If I was armless and legless, I'd just ask someone to drop me in a buffet.
- Artie: Everytime I go to Vegas, I seem to incur some kind of fine.
- Artie: Have you ever Googled yourself? I did. It was the most depressing thing ever. People have websites hoping I die at 38.
