Close Call in Afghanistan
Stern’s Sirius radio show producer Gary Dell’Abate, show regular Artie Lange and comedians Nick DiPaolo, Jim Florentine and Dave Attell had just finished a comedy show for troops in Kandahar when the base came under attack.
“Everything was going fine until the end,” a friend of the comics, who heard from them by cell phone, tells us. “They were all done with their sets, and they were headed in a car convoy to a meet-and-greet elsewhere, but they only made it about 20 yards.
“The military base they were on came under mortar fire, and the convoy was turned around.”
Troops led the comics into a secure bunker, where they all waited for a very unfunny 35 minutes as the shelling continued.
Eventually it stopped, and the comedians, all uninjured, went on to continue the USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour at other undisclosed locations in the Persian Gulf. Tony Burton, Dell’Abate’s rep, confirmed the incident but couldn’t comment.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
Wow. Can’t wait for the story when they get back.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
I wonder if they still have more shows to do
Keep em in your prayers people.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 am
this sounds like a made up Chauncy story.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Man, oh man, I cant wait for that first day back, they should have some great stories to tell (if Howard lets them).
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
Good thing they didn’t have any teeth-seeking missles
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
lmao. i could just imagine Artie running into a bunker ducking and shit.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Be careful Artie! Afghanistan is where Heroin comes from!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
when do they come back live?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
should be monday.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
boff artie and I werent bored. In fact we are all on heroin now. Thanks afghani drug trafficers. you made us feel safe in time of boredom.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
WOW…that just adds another dimension to my 4th of July/Artie tribute:) [which i just posted up now;)]
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Teeth seeking missiles LMAO!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
They are on vacation for TWO weeks. They return July 14. Next week is Game Show / contest week.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Oh are you fucking kidding me!! DAMN! Its been awhile since we had a 2 week vacation.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Yeah, I just saw it logging into the Sirius player.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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July 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Man, oh man, I cant wait for that first day back, they should have some great stories to tell (if Howard lets them).
Howard has to leave early the day they get back from vacation, and some shitty guest is coming in. My guess is a 5 minute discussion
July 7th, 2008 at 7:51 am
I can’t believe we cannot win this war. If our enemies can’t hit Artie or Gary’s teeth, they must be a really bad shot………..
July 7th, 2008 at 8:25 am
They should of laid Artie outside and let the shells bounce back off his belly to the enemy
July 7th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I’m on 100 now, Gary on the phone with langford and Lisa G, Lisa G said they couldn’t air the phone call until now for security reasons. I guess Artie did ok over there, no major health issues haha. But when they came under attack, gary said they were brought to a bunker surrounded by like 20 soldiers with M somethings….. I was multi tasking when it was on sorry lol.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Fuck i guess i missed it. Good looking out Ally.