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| name = Too Fat to Fish
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| author = [[Artie Lange]]<br/>[[Anthony Bozza]]
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| country =
| language =
| subject = [[Memoirs|Personal memoirs]]
| genre = Humor
| publisher = [[Spiegel & Grau]]
| pub_date = November 11, 2008
| media_type = [[Hardcover]]<br/>[[
| pages = 320
| isbn =
| oclc =
| congress = PN2287.L2833 A3 2008
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'''''Too Fat to Fish''''' is a collection of [[memoirs]] by American comedian, radio personality and actor [[Artie Lange]]. Published by [[Spiegel & Grau]] on November 11, 2008, the book is co-written by journalist [[Anthony Bozza]].<ref name="mediatypes">{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385526562 |title=Spigel & Grau.com - Too Fat to Fish }}</ref> Lange dedicated the book to radio personality [[Howard Stern]], who also writes its [[foreword]].<ref name="mediatypes"
''Too Fat to Fish'' debuted at number one on
==Pre-release==
In June 2008, five months prior to the book's release, ''Too Fat to Fish'' hit the [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] list at No. 27. Chapter eight of the book, "Pig in Shit", was made available for reading, including clips of the audio book from the book's website.<ref name="officialsite">{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/artielange/ |title=ArtiesTooFat.com - Homepage }}</ref> On November 3, the [[Howard 100 News]] team reported that a billboard advertising ''Too Fat to Fish'' was put up at Broadway and 54th Street in [[New York City]].<ref name="officialsite"
==Post-release==
One day after the release of ''Too Fat to Fish'', the book topped Amazon's "Hot New Releases" list.<ref name="amazonlist">{{cite web |url=
''Too Fat to Fish'' debuted at number one on
The book has received some media attention for its unusual, humorous title, based on something Lange's mother once said. It was notably referenced twice on the [[Late Show Top Ten List|Top Ten List segment]] on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>
==Audio book==
The unabridged audio book was partly read by Lange himself (6 chapters), ''The Howard Stern Show'' producer [[Gary Dell'Abate]],<ref name="garyaudio">{{cite web |url=http://www.marksfriggin.com/news08/9-29.htm |title=MarksFriggin.com - Daily Archives - Week of 09/29 to 10/03 2008 }}</ref> "comedian" [[Bob Levy (comedian)|"The Reverend" Bob Levy]],<ref name="levyaudio">{{cite web |url=http://www.marksfriggin.com/news08/10-20.htm |title=MarksFriggin.com - Daily Archives - Week of 10/20 to 10/24 2008 }}</ref>
==Critical reception==
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called the book "scrappy, funny, tumultuous and profane, just like its author."<ref>{{cite web |title=Too Fat to Fish |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-52656-2 |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=6 October 2020}}</ref>
==Notes==▼
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==External links==
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| before = ''[[Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World]]'' <br/> by Vicki Myron
| title = #1 [[New York Times Best Seller list|'''New York Times''' Best Seller]] [[New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2008|Non-Fiction]]
| years = November 30, 2008 - December 6, 2008
| after = ''[[Outliers (book)|Outliers]]'' <br/> by [[Malcolm Gladwell]].
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