One more day until Artie comes back from his brief $!5,000 Wheat grass rehab stint.
Howard mentioned that Underdog Lady is on youtube now.
http://www.youtube.com/user/realunderdog
In other Sirius news:
- Bubba has resigned but is only doing 1 live Satellite show a week. The other days are terrestial radio shows.
- Jim Breuer has left his show due to unsatisfactory contract negotiations.
Artie’s no-show, which is certainly not a first for the baby gorilla, got some web static today now that he is a bestselling author.
- Artie Lange Goes to Rehab — on His Own Terms
- Where is Artie Lange? Not on the Stern show
- Artie Lange skips Howard Stern show to sober up, lose weight and deal with health issues
Thank you MarksFriggin for summary of the Artie recap from this morning.
Howard said that he got a call from Gary about a week ago that Artie had checked into a very intensive rehab. Howard said that he heard that his sister had sat down with him and also with Colin Quinn.
Howard said that Artie decided to check into the rehab and everything was supposed to be going great. Howard said that he told Gary to tell Stacy and Artie that he should take as much time off as he needs. Howard said he was thrilled that it was working out for him.
Howard said Artie had been sober for 12 days when he got the call. He was telling him about how he thought he had the heroin thing beat. Howard said that was after just 12 days. Howard said he had lost 20 pounds and he was getting the wheat grass enemas. Howard said that he was feeling good and feeling the best he’d ever felt.
Howard said that Artie was going to miss Monday and Tuesday and he’d be back on Wednesday. Howard wondered what kind of rehab he was in to get back that soon.
Gary said that the place is a detox place and not a rehab. It wasn’t for an addict, it was more of the kind of place that Robin would go to.
Howard said that Artie spent the weekend in Miami with Ross and not at the spa.
Gary said that he heard from Artie that he wasn’t going to be back until January 17th. Then he got an e-mail from Teddy saying that he’d be back on the 13th. He said that was going to mean a 16 day rehab. Then someone else sent him a voice mail saying he would be back on the 7th. Then he got another e-mail saying that Artie will be appearing at Caroline’s on the 9th. Gary wondered what the fuck was going on.
Examiner.com picked up on the story here 
Not to make light of the story but John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son, Jett, died today. For those of you who read Artie’s book, you will remember the story Artie told of “playing catch” with Jett. While on the set of Jerry Maguire, Artie was tossing a ball around with a guy outside when Jett, probably about 4 years old, came running over. Artie rolled the ball over to the kid. Jett picked up the ball and stared at it when Preston’s P.A. came running over yelling at Artie for endangering the child when clearly there was no danger.
Read about the tale on page 206 of Too Fat To Fish.
Read about Jett’s death here.
DAY 10 “TELEVISION TRIUMPH, RADIO TRAGEDY”
* SEGMENT 1 OF 7 “The Ch 9 Show, Pt 1″
* SEGMENT 2 OF 7 “The Ch 9 Show, Pt 2″
* SEGMENT 3 OF 7 “The Ch 9 Show, Pt 3″
* SEGMENT 4 OF 7 “The Ch 9 Show, Pt 4″
* SEGMENT 5 OF 7 “Baba Booey Is Born”
* SEGMENT 6 OF 7 “Fred’s Proposal”
* SEGMENT 7 OF 7 “The FCC Targets HS”
Howard received a personalized gravestone for Christmas but wouldn’t it have been more appropriate had Artie got it instead?
[Image created by John Alatis]
DAY 9 “THE RADIO KING”
The Hulk Hogan & Richard Belzer sleeper hold incident was discussed on today’s episode. Here is the video: (fast forward about 5 mins in)
DAY 8 “UNFORCED ERRORS”
On December 31 at 11:00 pm ET on channel Howard 101 Artie Lange hosts an exclusive special broadcast of his comedy DVD, It’s the Whiskey Talking. The stand-up set features Lange at his observational and uncensored best, riffing on everything from drinking and gambling to his lackluster movie career.
Source: http://au.sys-con.com/node/791809
The NJ show was canceled but I have been hearing commercials about Artie performing at the Borgata Casino on January 31st. (corrected, thanks dirt)
DAY 7 “FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT”
