I just finished reading Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish and whatever sympathy i may have had for the former Stern Show comic is now totally gone. If you loved Artie on the show, then i would recommend NOT picking up this book.
In a nutshell, Artie is a drug addict. Odds are, even after his latest attempted suicide, that he is STILL a drug addict. Addiction of course is a sad thing, and you want to see people shake it. Artie however, despite being given like a hundred chances to get clean, didn’t. This book more or less talks about all the times that he told family and friends he was getting clean, but actually wasn’t. It was a depressing read, and the only reason i finished it was because i felt like my time would have been completely wasted had i NOT saw it through to the end.
I hope Artie does get clean one day, but i am sad to say i don’t think it will ever happen.
4 comments
Andy says:
Jun 4, 2010
So you don’t like him because he’s got a drug problem? That changed your entire opinion?
You’re a fucking idiot.
Jun 6, 2010
Thanks for the comment, it would have been nice if you read the post though.
I didn’t say i ‘hated’ him, i said i lost any sympathy for him. I don’t know if you read the book, but if you did, you’d know that Artie had time and time AND TIME again to make a change in his life. He is a guy that has some level of talent, but no respect for himself or others. I liked him a hell of a lot more before reading about how he has pissed away his life.
But thanks for the comment nonetheless.
angelle torrejas says:
May 6, 2011
you know.. as i read the entire book… its look that he is addict on drugs, but it seems that he is a good guy, not all addict is a bad guy…
Fred M. says:
Sep 21, 2011
Not all addicts are bad. Usually, there’s a reason behind their addiction. The book does not seem good if it did not even tell you why he started taking drugs in the first place.