Joe Buck vs. Artie Lange

By: Billy BeerSlugger

This is just completely hilarious.  In the opening segment of Joe Buck’s first show on his new HBO series, Howard Stern radio personality Artie Lange completely rips into Joe Buck, Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys.  If you are a Philadelphian, you have to dislike Joe Buck.  He is clearly sided against both the Phillies and Eagles.  The proof being that I like former Dallas Quarterback Troy Aikman better than I like Buck on their Fox Broadcast and I hated Troy Aikman when he was playing.

If Buck’s series somehow takes off this first episode would be a hilarious start.  Artie Lange completely takes over control of the show, proclaiming himself a Homophobe, ribbing Joe Buck that he is gay, telling Michael Irvin he lost Artie a lot of money, telling a long sinded story about Joe Buck’s father.  Swearing like a construction worker the whole time and even almost lighting up a cigarette after Buck asks him not to.

Artie is a NY Giants fan and kept saying “Fuck Dallas”. I’ll take it.  Screw Joe Buck, I’m glad Artie Lange screwed up his debut.

Artie is also a recovering Substance Abuse addict. One can only hope this was just a pre-concocted scheme to ruin Joe Buck’s first show and not a drunken/drug induced blow up.  Either way it’s one of ther more hilarious things I’ve seen in a while.