newman on "seinfeld." we just met at auditions. >> jimmy: now, with the radio show, you were hired first, right nick?. >> jimmy: then how -- did you have to talk artie into it? >> well, they wanted to match me up with like tony siragusa, and i was like, [ bleep ], just bring tony sirico and "the sopranos" guys into it. i was like, you know, michael vick got a second chance. artie is not machine gunning puppies and throwing poodles into a fryolator. >> jimmy: he's not. [ applause ] >> so at least not that i remember. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and, artie, did you have to think about it for awhile? >> no, at that point, i was ready to start working a landscaping business. i would have done anything. >> i'm laying there literally on the couch trying to think of -- i had a conversation with the directv guys. by the way, the show will be on directv in the spring. at least that's what i'm saying out here. so i'm laying there trying to think of somebody and literally haven't heard from him in 10, 11 months, he's playing scrabble in a psych ward, and the phone says "arthur lange." and i go, artie, want to do a sport