Hang In There

Last year I read Artie Lange's book Too Fat To Fish. It's allegedly a humorous memoir, but many of the stories are horrific, talking about his drug problems that, over and over again, screwed up his life. So much, in fact, that when I was done I asked myself how is it this guy is still alive. (Many of his horror stories happened just a few blocks from where I write this--it made it really easy to visualize.)

I think he's done great work as Howard Stern's sidekick, and I'd hoped that being allowed to talk openly about his life every day might help exorcise his personal demons. Now he's tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself. Happily, he failed. I can only hope it's a sign he wants help; that if he really wanted to die, he would have used a gun.

I wonder how they'll treat this incident on the show (assuming Artie returns). Nothing is off limits, but this might be one bridge too far.