Mike Bocchetti

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Mike Bocchetti
Born (1961-04-03) April 3, 1961 (age 60)[1]
Staten Island, New York
OccupationStand-up comedian, actor, writer
Years active1992-present
Known forThe Artie Lange Show
Websitemikebocchetti.com

Mike Bocchetti (born April 3, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Staten Island, New York. He is most notable for his role as the announcer on The Artie Lange Show from 2012 to 2014,[2][3][4] and has acted frequently on film and television.

Bocchetti released a comedy album, Thank You, on Stand Up! Records in 2019.

Early life[]

Bocchetti was born on April 3, 1961 in Staten Island[5][1][6] to a Catholic Italian family of what he once called "a very humble blue-collar background".[7] He is the oldest of five children.[8][9] He graduated from Tottenville High School in 1979.[10][1] Often bullied as a child for being overweight, he was inspired to become a comedian after hearing Redd Foxx and realizing that the audience was laughing with, not at, Foxx.[5]

He joined the Marines in 1980 but washed out after a few weeks; he wrote about the experience for his 2019 stage show Space Cookie.[1]

Career[]

Stand-up comedy/stage[]

Bocchetti started performing comedy in 1992 and has performed on New York-area stages for decades,[4][11][7] including the Staten Island Comedy Festival[12] and New Jersey music festival The Bamboozle.[13]

Television, radio, and podcasts[]

Bocchetti was the announcer on DirectTV's The Artie Lange Show (originally titled The Nick & Artie Show) from 2012 to 2014. He had been friends with Lange since the 1990s as a fellow stand-up comic; before they were famous, Lange once told Bocchetti, "If I'm ever on TV as a talk show host, you are my Ed McMahon."[2][3][4] He has worked with Lange often after the show's cancellation.

Bocchetti's television work includes appearances on two seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2003 and 2006.[4][14] He played a homeless man in the 2004 Monk episode "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan".[15] He appeared on the Louis C.K. series Louie in 2015.[16] He was a guest on 25 episodes of Mary Dimino's New York-area cable-TV series Nights With Mary between 2003 and 2012.[15][17]

He is a frequent guest on talk-radio shows and podcasts including The Howard Stern Show and Opie and Anthony,[18] as well as The Jim Breuer Show, The Chip Chipperson Podacast,[19][20] The Anthony Cumia Show, and The Slant.[5][18][4]

In 2009, Bocchetti starred in a short documentary directed by Lee Schloss, Who Is Mike Bocchetti?, covering his career and work with Lange, and including interviews with comedians including Colin Quinn.[14][21][22]

He formed a production company with comedian Ken Burmeister, Blasted Films,[11] which made Tubby Man: Hero of the Bullied, a semi-autobiographical comedy web series with an anti-bullying message, for Blip TV in 2013.[8][9]

In 2014, Bocchetti started his own podcast, The Mike Bocchetti Show, which ran for 13 episodes.[7][18]

In December 2019, he began co-hosting a new podcast with Lange, Artie Lange's Halfway House.[23] Lange suspended the podcast in February 2020.[24]

Film[]

In 2002, Bocchetti played one of the Grand Masters of the Illuminati in avant-garde artist Matthew Barney's film Cremaster 3.[25][26][15] He acted opposite Robert De Niro in Luc Besson's 2013 film The Family.[4][5] Other film work includes the 2003 indie comedy Chooch[27] and 2020 Christina Ricci drama Faraway Eyes.[28]

Albums[]

Bocchetti's debut album, Thank You, was released in 2019 on Stand Up! Records. Comedy website Laughspin compared Thank You favorably with Rodney Dangerfield's darkly self-deprecating persona,[29] as did Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site, who also felt that Bocchetti "is not for the casual comedy fan and requires some patience to really appreciate."[30]

Books and writing[]

In 2018, Bocchetti published an autobiography, Still Standing, covering his life from childhood through his 2017 heart attack.[6]

In 2015, he wrote an ongoing interview column, The Bocchetti Files, for website The Interrobang.[31]

Discography[]

Personal life[]

Bocchetti was diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder at age 26[5][6][14] and is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since 1997.[5][14] He had a heart attack in 2017.[32][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d O'Brien, Chris (March 15, 2019). "Space Cookie: The Mike Bocchetti Tapes". Composite Beast. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Rosen, Daniel Edward (2013-11-09). "Artie Lange on Saving Himself". Esquire. New York City. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b McCarthy, Sean L. (2014-04-29). "DirecTV cancels The Artie Lange Show". The Comic's Comic. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Bocchetti, Mike (January 1, 2015). "A New Years Inspiration, Mike Bocchetti's Transformation". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Sal Coladonato (July 23, 2017). "Episode 119: Odyssey of The Space Cookie". The Slant (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jim Norton & Sam Roberts (2019-02-28). "Mike Bocchetti Releases a Run-on Book, Jim & Sam Review". O&A Fan Videos (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bocchetti, Mike (2014-06-22). "Mike Bocchetti, My Dream Gig With the Artie Lange Show, and How I Lost It". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Jacoviello, Dana (November 14, 2014). "Bulllying is No Laughing Matter with Mike Brochette". Bullies Keep Out. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Jacoviello, Dana (November 21, 2013). "Tubby Man Press Release". Bullies Keep Out. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  10. ^ "Tottenville High (THS) Class of 1979 Alumni List". Tottenville High School. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Bocchetti, Mike (May 15, 2014). "Mike Bocchetti's New York Comedy Class of 1992". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  12. ^ Bailey, Rob (2012-04-12). "Live from New York, it's the 5th Annual Staten Island Comedy Festival". Staten Island Advance. Staten Island, New York. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  13. ^ "Set Times, Lineup, and Downloadable Timecards". The Bamboozle. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Dopey 284: Bonus Episode with Mike Bocchetti, Alcoholism, Recovery, New York City, Artie Lange". Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction (Podcast). March 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mike Bocchetti at IMDb
  16. ^ "All New "Louie" Tonight With Guest Star Mike Bocchetti". The Interrobang. April 16, 2015. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  17. ^ Criscitiello, Alexa (August 1, 2019). "Mary Dimino Returns To Stapleton Waterfront Park". Broadway World. New York City. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mike Bocchetti Show". Stitcher. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  19. ^ Chip Chipperson (June 28, 2020). "148: The Winner". Chip Chipperson Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  20. ^ Chip Chipperson (November 2, 2020). "165: Good N Creamy". Chip Chipperson Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  21. ^ "Who Is Mike Bocchetti?". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  22. ^ "Mike Bocchetti - A Career in Stand Up Comedy". Having the Talk (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  23. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy (November 18, 2019). "Artie Lange sets premiere date for 'Halfway House' podcast". NJ.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  24. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy (March 13, 2020). "Artie Lange: I'm not on drugs, but I'm canceling my shows (and not because of coronavirus)". NJ.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  25. ^ Doeringer, Eric. "Cremaster 3 Characters". Cremaster Fanatic. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  26. ^ Gonzalez, Ed (June 7, 2002). "Review: Cremaster 3". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  27. ^ John Willis; Barry Monush (1 April 2006). Screen World: 2005 Film Annual. Hal Leonard. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-1-55783-668-7.
  28. ^ "Faraway Eyes". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  29. ^ Martinez, Nicholas C. (February 26, 2019). "Album Review: Mike Bocchetti takes on the Rodney Dangerfield mantle in Thank You!". Laughspin. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  30. ^ Lanoie, Richard (March 7, 2019). "Thank You! Mike Bocchetti". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  31. ^ Bocchetti, Mike (March 13, 2015). "The Bocchetti Files: An Exclusive Interview With Dave Hill". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  32. ^ Gurian, Jeffrey (February 13, 2017). "Mike Bocchetti Suffers Heart Attack, News on Jerrod Carmichael's Special, Nick Di Paolo Records Amazing Hour With Ron Bennington and More!". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

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