Artie Lange, from the Howard Stern show and author of Too Fat to Fish
The NBA are a bunch of hypocrites to me. The NBA slogan, or their motto for children, is stay in school. [Laughter] Tell that to LeBron James. Hey LeBron, screw the 90 million, brush up on your biology. If the NBA really wanted to promote staying in school, and they weren’t hypocrites, to me, at the All-Star Game instead of a slam-dunk contest, hold a spelling bee for the players. It’d be more fun to watch, I guarantee. What would be more fun to watch: A basketball player dunking again, or Allen Iverson trying to spell ‘receipt.’
Video after the jump.
on Jun 12th, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Awesome – Artie is so funny, even if he is pretty homophobic. He’s come a long way but…
on Jun 13th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Very funny idea about the spelling bee. I’ve listened to Howard for 15 years. Artie has come a long way but is for gay marriage and doesn’t understand a lot of the bs around gay issues in general. He also sits right next to George Takei when he makes his appearances (a week at a time a few times a year).
on Jun 13th, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Humor reinforcing stereotypes. Dumb black jocks.
So what if Iverson couldn’t spell “receipt” – and who is to say he couldn’t? He’s got millions and doubtlessly someone to spell it for him if need be.
Relatively sure many Outsports readers will think this bit is funny; but you wouldn’t if it were one of his homophobic shticks…..
on Jun 13th, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Lange wasn’t making fun of Iverson, he was making fun of the NBA and their lip service, as he perceives it, about the importance of education.