Artie Lange of the Howard Stern show was in Atlantic City just last weekend. This was my first time seeing Artie. I had tickets to a show that he cancelled due to Heroine abuse. The event was held at The Boragta and Artie appeared in front of a sold out room of 4,000 people.
Before Artie hit the stage, he had 3 openers. The first was Pete Dominck who was funny but I had nto heard of before. Next up was Sal The Stockbrocker Governale. Sal is also a member of teh Howard Stern show. Racial jokes were teh main stay of Governales perfomance and he finished with his recent Nick Gerz joke. The last stand up before Artie was the talented Nick DiPalo. Nick only did ten minutes but he had the crowd in hysterics with new material including a few Obama jokes.
Finally the main attraction hit the stage. Artie who is weighing in near 300 lbs didnt let his health get in his way doing many physical comedy bits. Many of the jokes were familiar to listeners of the show. It is well known and documnted that Artie is a big,fat,lying,heroine addicted asshole whom we all love. For the most part his stand up is good but not great. He is not at the level of DiPalo and nowhere near the pantheon of Chris Rock. I am a big Artie fan, but he better hope Howard resigns or that Sirius doesnt go bancrupt.
Aj Out
This weekend the classic car show and auction returns to Atlantic City. This convention has a soft spot in my heart because my father took me here almost every year as a kid. For the most part I hated it, but now I look back on it with fondness.
