Pictures of Artie Lange and crew in Afghanistan. Were posted on SternFanNetwork.

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A scathing review of Bubba the Love Sponge’s Bubbapalooza at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City is up at PressofAtlanticCity.com. Despite the author’s dislike of seeing the guys in person, he reviewed Sal and Artie’s surprise performances.

While Governale’s stage personality has morphed into a totally racist pig who’s not that funny, Lange killed.

In fact, Lange got the only standing ovation of the night, and he deserved it. Obviously the most professional and funniest guy to hit the stage all night, the 300-pound comic immediately made fun of his weight.

“I just got back from Afghanistan (entertaining the troops), and as you can see, I lost a bunch of weight,” Lange joked, adding that five Mike Schmidts would have fit into the 318-pound Bubba’s jersey.

Lange mixed old and new material, particularly concentrating on sports. He surprisingly did more than 45 minutes, nearly a complete set for the comic.

“Every time you say Eagles, they have to spell it,” Lange said. “It’s like a spelling bee for retards. Now, let’s use Eagles in a sentence: The Eagles have never won a Super Bowl. If Donovan McNabb wants a ring, he better get married.”