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Howard Stern Show fans will dream of Artie Lange and wait for news in the morning.
(AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Artie Lange is in the hospital, and that's all we'll know 'til mornin'. Artie Lange representatives have pulled off a virtual news blackout on the comedian's hospitalization.
The simple, terse statement from the unidentified Artie Lange rep posted on TMZ around 10:40PM on Saturday night has been reprinted by hundreds of sites hundreds of times:
"I can confirm that Artie is in the hospital. Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor. There will be no further comment."
TMZ has become notorious and incredibly successful at plucking huge news stories from the scandal fruit tree before anyone else in the world even thinks of taking a bite. In July 2009, TMZ reported that Artie Lange had been arrested for DUI within less than 30 minutes of the arrest actually taking place.
TMZ was also the first to report the death of Michael Jackson this summer, at least 45 minutes before other news outlets released their official announcements of the King of Pop's death.
Is it possible that even TMZ can't bribe someone at Artie Lange's hospital for information this time? Or have America's sleaziest tabloids taken pity, for once, on someone who is clearly at their most vulnerable?
Not bloody likely.
With less than 24 hours to go before the return of the Howard Stern Show for 2010, it looks like the King of All Media himself will have exclusivity on the biggest entertainment news story of 2010--whether he likes it or not.
In what was a throat-lump inducing moment for Howard Stern's "flimsier" listeners (like the Howard Stern Examiner herself) in 2009, Howard Stern said that he had called Artie Lange during one of his mini nervous breakdowns told him: "The fact that you struggle is a great sadness in my life."
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Hey Liz..got your message..can't come over tonight sweetie.
I will try for tomorrow...call me and let me know your schedule..wear that sexy black dress I bought you :)
Hey Liz....
I will come over tonight since Jonathan can't make it. Don't bother wearing anything. That would just be counterproductive. Make sure to load up on pears. I like pears.
Hey Jonathan,
I will be hanging out tonight with your gay son.
Hello Liz. Can I tickle your balls?
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