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The irony of Artie is that bit he does about celebrities 'WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH' ing their way through life is exactly what he is and does, he's a classic overweight comedian who for whatever reason hates himself. Artie worships John Belushi and has spent his adult life trying to emulate him. Stabbing himself, another wussy cry for attention, i'm gonna bet he knew his mother was going to be stopping by. And there's another clue to his problems, he's 40 years old and his mother and sister still take care of him. He's a momma's boy and I think all the drugs, booze etc is some immaturity to prove he's not.
Howard profits off a lot of very fucked up people - when Hank the Angry Dwarf died I lost a lot of respect for Howard. He loves his misfits like Hank and Artie because they make his show entertaining, Howard is a master puppeteer, he gets off on Artie's misery and acting out, that's probably why him and Robin dismissed what the doctor said about Artie needing to be hospitalized - the truth is that if Artie did clean himself up he probably would be unfunny and uninteresting. As Artie says, the more fucked up he is, the more success he has. He's smart enough to know that people like him because he's a trainwreck and his worst fear is not being liked/loved.
it's a stereotype with overweight funny people but it's definitely a real thing because so many of them exist.
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