'Howard Stern Show' sidekick Artie Lange has missed more than a week of work and fans want to know what's up. Lange's mysterious absence shot the 42-year-old comedian's name to the top of Google Trends this morning. His audience is wondering - is he just sick, having caught a cold on a flight earlier this week, as he said on a voicemail left for producer Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate? Or is Lange back on smack, as many, including Howard have publicly wondered.Artie Lange Mysteriously Absent
'Howard Stern Show' sidekick Artie Lange has missed more than a week of work and fans want to know what's up. Lange's mysterious absence shot the 42-year-old comedian's name to the top of Google Trends this morning. His audience is wondering - is he just sick, having caught a cold on a flight earlier this week, as he said on a voicemail left for producer Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate? Or is Lange back on smack, as many, including Howard have publicly wondered.Lange sent in another text message this morning explaining his absence, but Howard wouldn't read it on the air. However, he did show Robin Quivers, who responded, "Oh dear. I thought what he's taking is supposed to prevent that." The mystery continues into week 2.
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FILE - This Thursday, April 27, 2006 picture shows comedian and actor Artie Lange, from the Howard Stern radio show at the inaugural Howard Stern 2006 Film Festival in New York. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian, actor and radio personality Artie Lange performs at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian, actor and radio personality Artie Lange performs at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian, actor and radio personality Artie Lange performs at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian actor and radio personality Artie Lange hosts a taping of 'A Search For The Next Miss Howard TV' at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian actor and radio personality Artie Lange hosts a taping of 'A Search For The Next Miss Howard TV' at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian actor and radio personality Artie Lange hosts a taping of 'A Search For The Next Miss Howard TV' at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: Comedian actor and radio personality Artie Lange hosts a taping of 'A Search For The Next Miss Howard TV' at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Artie Lange
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Artie Lange signs copies of "Too Fat To Fish" at Borders Bookstore on June 5, 2009 in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Artie Lange Signs Copies Of "Too Fat To Fish" - June 5, 2009 Borders Bookstore Bridgewater, NJ United States June 5, 2009 Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage.com To license this image (57611755), contact WireImage.com
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Artie Lange (R) and guest promote "Too Fat to Fish" at Avenue of Arts Borders on June 3, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Artie Lange Signs Copies Of "Too Fat To Fish" In Philadelphia Avenue of Arts Borders Philadelphia, PA United States June 3, 2009 Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic.com To license this image (57595752), contact FilmMagic.com
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The guy's on vacation, it's just a publicity stunt of course.
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He's playing gigs up in the Rochester area.
No, they all take vacation at the same time. They've done it that way for years. More likely than not he's back on the junk.
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another publicity stunt. the guys a doper and probably tryinr to rev up ratings.
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there are no ratings on satellite radio
who cares? had anyone heard of this mess before he came on Howard? Thats the only way he sells a ticket waaaaaaaaaaa...poor me my life is soooo bad Ihave to go back to using.
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Artie Lange is nothing but a foul mouthed freakin drunk, not one thing funny about him. He probably OD'd and is dead in the dessert.
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I'm intrigued. What type of dessert do you think his corpse is lying in? Custard? Pudding? Pie? ...
I prefer the Key Lime Dessert myself,you moron!
Bubba the Love Sponge has Artie tied up and is using him as a sex slave.
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Who care's I wish they would get rid of him he is not funny. I find his storie's and just him boring. The show was alot funnier when Jackie the Joke man was on it. Jackie worked a hell of alot more on the comedy strip's the Artie and he made it to work everyday. When Artie started making alot of money he stopped caring good Bye.
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Please, please, learn to spell.
B.S. Artie's honesty and addiction, are far more funny than the over the hill joke man.
Just got done reading Artie's book, "Too Fat to Fish"; sounds to me like he's back on heroin. When Robin says that she thought what he was taking was supposed to prevent that, I'll bet she was referring to Subutex, which he says he's taken numerous times to get off the smack.
BTW, the book was just alright. I didn't even know he was before I bought it, lol.
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his book is ok but how stupid is artie to do the things he does
Really does anyone pay to listen to Howard Stern? I don't care what his format on the show is~~ do people pay for radio priveleges with a kook like that on? Especially him? I really dont believe people would pay to hear him anyway! Why? He's an old guy whos really not very talented but always argumentative ~~jeez you can get that anywhere why pay to hear that crap?
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19 million people subscribe to him...he's a comedic genius
regular radio blows
A hole, Howard has more talent, and is compeling. What can you do looser?
To Steve who said "A hole, Howard has more talent, and is compeling. What can you do looser?" -----Well, for starters, I bet she could write a proper sentence without structural and spelling errors, for example, your comment should have gone like this, -- "A-hole, Howard has more talent and is more compelling. What can you do? You are a loser!" Speaking of losers, have you checked a mirror lately?
Artie should be either in rehab or the morgue..........
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