Bombed! Comedian Nick DiPaolo and other Howard Stern regulars escape injury on USO tour
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Normally, when there’s bombing in the vicinity of a comedy show, it’s due to terrible jokes, not mortar fire.
But northern Westchester resident Nick DiPaolo and fellow regulars of Howard Stern’s radio show had to duck and cover following their USO show in Afghanistan early last week.
According to The Daily News, DiPaolo had just finished a show with fellow comedians Artie Lange, Jim Florentine and Dave Attell and Stern’s radio producer Gary Dell’Abate when the Kandahar base where they were performing came under mortar fire. The Stern crew reportedly waited for 35 minutes in a secure bunker before shelling stopped and they emerged uninjured.
Rick Dorfman, DiPaolo’s manager, told Suburbarazzi today that the local comedian returned to the United States uninjured and was already en route to the Just For Laughs festival in Montréal, where he was headlining for a series called “The Nasty Show.”
But really, how nasty could things be by comparison?
(Photo by Mark Vergari/InTown Magazine)
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Way to go guys, you were only a week off on this story.
Thanks, Tony!
I heard about this item last week as well but hadn’t been able to post about it until today.
come on, Artie is a much bigger name than dipaolo. Artie should have been the topic of your article, not dipaolo.
besides, it was Arties show to begin with, nick was his guest, thanks.
This is a regional blog, Mitchel. We cover celebs with a connection to New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. Simply put, Nick lives in NY; Artie’s a Jersey boy.
Or as Artie himself might say, “Wahhh.”
“Waaaah, I got shelled in 120 dgree heat!”
“Waaaah, I gotta sit on my a** in this bunker while the soldiers put themselves in harms way for me!”
Gotta love the baby gorilla!
Comment #3 should read:
come on, Attell is a much bigger name than Artie Lange. Dave should have been the topic of your comment, not Artie.
besides, it is Attell’s world to begin with, we just live here, kthxbaieeeeeee!
didd-ick – R U Serious? Attell a MUCH bigger name than Artie’s? ... maybe several years ago… but not no more. Attell was merely one of Artie’s guests… and lucky to be there.
not that I’m not a fan of Dave’s… just be for real about it
Dave Attell is GREAT! Funny as a MoFo! Loved Insomniac!
But Artie Lange IS a MUCH bigger star!
Who commands more $$.... Who headlines AC more?
No Comparison! Lange is the BIGGER name and the better comic!
Nick D…. Workhorse comedian but big name????
I mean, there are people in boston who worship him and he may think that he was in it when Standup was Funny but….....
Artie Lange….. The hardest working Standup in the biz the laziest radio personality in the biz. And THATS the Truth!
The BEST thing Attell did was visit the Grey Area in Amsterdam, 2nd season of Insomniac!
You can watch Artie On Jimmy Fallon’s show here.