Girl Gone Wild:

the Janeane Garofalo

Story

 

Girl gone wild: the Janeane Garofalo story
P.O. Box 11242
Richmond, VA 23230
United States

Mystery Men


 "Mystery Men" starring Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo and featuring Mark Mothersbaugh and Jody Watley

Amazing but true

Stand-up comedian Artie Lange, best known as Howard Stern's sidekick and who once called Janeane Garofalo a "fucking cunt" during a comedy roast, played Big Red in "Mystery Men": 

Speaking of comedy, is there anyone out there right now that you really don't like?

Oh yeah. God yeah. Well, my stock answer for this was always Janeane Garofalo. She finally took her boat load of unnecessary money and went away.

You were in Mystery Men with her.

Yes! Yes! When I saw that movie I knew it would tank because it was directed by a commercial director, who was a nice guy, but you ruin comedy when you have too many edits. Just let a joke play out. There were too many cuts, close-ups. I said on Conan, 'Yeah, there's two things that don't work for a movie if it's a comedy. One are too many cuts and the other one is Janeane Garofalo.' I don't like her. I met her a couple of times. Personally, I thought she was a cunt. And I find her to be an awful, awful comedian. A better actress than she is a comedian. I don't want to be a pussy and just dis a girl, so uh...I'll say...this is a hard one because there's one aspect of his career that I really like, but the rest I just want to punch him in the face. David Cross. Look, Mr. Show...Bob Odenkirk is hilarious. The stuff they did on Mr. Show is different and funny, but everything else that David Cross has ever done...like Arrested Development I just don't get. I think that's a show that people like to pretend is smart, but it's not.

Oh man, I love that show, actually.

Look man, a lot of people whose opinions I respect like the show. Believe me, I'm not arguing that point. I just don't get it. I think it's boring. It's not nearly as smart as any episode of The Simpsons. David Cross plays a gay guy and it just doesn't work. And his stand-up is self-indulgent, awful, boring and he treats an audience like shit. He wrote for the pilot for Mad TV and he was an asshole then. There's moments of brilliance. Don't get me wrong. He did the Stern show once and he came on like he was better than our show and he needed to promote something and he bombed and he was awful for the news. He comes off like an uptight prick. And then Comedy Central had this thing last year where stand-ups talk about the year in news and I'm not talking like I'm some special comedian, but I'm a comedian and this is my opinion. He comes out and the first thing he says is 'Git 'r done' like that Larry the Cable Guy, and that was hilarious. I thought that was so funny. I was like, well just rip him a new asshole. But then he goes into his condescending, boring shit. Clearly I don't like him personally either, but he's a guy I just don't get.

-- Artie Lange Swings Away In "Beer League"

 

Copyright Christopher B. Martin.  All rights reserved.

Girl gone wild: the Janeane Garofalo story
P.O. Box 11242
Richmond, VA 23230
United States