For those of you who haven't seen it yet, check out Artie Lang on the Joe Buck Live show. (It has been taken off of YouTube by HBO, so bare with the video it's all I could find).
http://www.tiricosuave.com/2009/06/15/artie-lange-ruins-joe-buck-live-in-a-most-excellent-way/
Artie Lang's appearance on Joe Buck Live was suppose to give viewers some laughs and add a comical aspect to the show, but Lang had other intentions.
The recovering heroine addict and right-hand man of Howard Stern, was brought onto a segment with Actor Paul Rudd and SNL's Jason Sudeikis, took the show out of control on it's debut.
He took Buck out of his comfort zone on the uncensored HBO, reaching a level that HBO did not appreciate.
When Buck, a well-known sportscaster, announced that celebrity gossip site TMZ was his favorite website, Lange stated "Joe, TMZ is your favorite website? What's your second, suckingcock.com?"
Lange then followed and said, "I'm on TMZ constantly, did you see what Angelina was wearing today? What the fuck, how about going to a sports website for Christ's sake?"
Lange, with his feet on the table in front of him, then went on to admit he was homophobic, along with some more offensive remarks.
"As a Giants fan, and a well-known homophobic, it's like a white trash gift from god that the fucking Cowboys have a quarterback whose last name rhymes with homo, Lang said."
Lange then moved to Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo's girlfriend, Jessica Simpson.
"And he's dating a fat chick!" he said. "Jessica Simpson started out looking like Jessica Simpson, now she looks like Chris Farley from those Gap sketches."
Buck then tried taking control of the situation by moving the discussion forward, moments later Lange took a shot at Buck's hosting abilities.
"Good segue," Lange said, mocking Buck's attempt to move discussion forward. "You're a regular Bob Costas."
"I wanna be working construction by next Thursday, I hate show business," Lange said.
"You're on your way," Buck replied.
"So are you!" Lange shot back.
Later, as Buck attempted to rush Lang through a story about Buck's father, Lange said, "sorry to ruin your fucking great show."
"I appreciate the apology, because you have," Buck said.
Near the end of the segment, Lange takes out a cigarette and Buck yelled at him not to light it.
"If you do that, sir! Sir, you cannot do that," Buck shouted.
"I won't light it," Lange said.
"You think I care about you smoking a cigarette after what you just laid out here?" Buck said, so Lange said, "Fuck it, let's do it bro" and light up. "No, don't, please!" Buck said.
"Say what you mean," Lange said back.
HBO has already done everything they could to take the video off the web. The rumor now is Lang has a permanent ban off HBO. My question is what were they expecting when bringing in a train wreck like Artie Lang?
First off, the show is on HBO, if you tune into the same channel just a few hours later you can watch Cat House (Pornography). What Lang did was offensive, but he did not go to a level HBO has not been at before.
While at points it almost gets uncomfortable to watch, I still laughed throughout the whole segment. It really made great television.
Buck has always been a great color commentator, but he has never been a good host. Joe Buck Live with the exception of Lang was boring, it probably wont make it more then one season. Lang if anything just helped boost it's ratings. Buck is a professional and should be have been prepared for this.
Buck himself, according to his Joe Buck Live twitter, does not seem to be that upset about the incident.
"Artie did what he thought we wanted. A bit too far? Sure. But its LIVE. And fun!! Glad I am at HBO!!"Did Lang go over the top, yes, is HBO blowing it out of proportion, definitely. When you bring in a guy like Lang you have to be expecting anything.
ALL QUOTES DURING THE SEGMENT ARE COURTESY OF THE HUFFINGTON POST
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