Fresh Air, Artie Lange and Grace Paley, August 24, 2007
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Hear actor, comic, and Howard Stern Show cast member Artie Lange, writer Grace Paley, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air.
Artie Lange is co-producer, co-writer, and star of the film Artie Lange's Beer League which makes its network television premiere on Comedy Central. He will also host Friday Night Stand-up on Comedy Central. (Both shows on Friday, Aug 24th). Lange was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy show Mad TV, and he's appeared in a number of comedy films, including Old School and Elf. His personal life - namely his binge drinking and eating - is often fodder for Howard Stern and the rest of the cast on the daily Sirius Radio program. (Original Airdate: 9/14/2006)
Grace Paley died on Wednesday. She was 84 and had battled breast cancer. Grace wrote short stories and poems and much of her writing was inspired by the people she knew growing up in New York, the daughter of Russian Jews. Her first collection of stories The Little Disturbances of Man: Stories of Men and Women at Love was published in 1959. Her other collections included Enormous Changes at the Last Minute and Later in the Same Day. (Original Airdate: 1985).
Finally, David Edelstein reviews The Nanny Diaries based on the best-selling novel of the same name and starring Laura Linney and Scarlet Johanssen. [Broadcast Date: August 24, 2007]