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Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Lampugnale, July 19, 1961 in Trumbull, Connecticut), often called the Loveable Queen of Mean, is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic.

Journalism career

Lampanelli graduated from Syracuse University in 1983 with a degree in newspaper journalism, and went through a graduate program at Harvard in 1986. She worked as a copy editor at Popular Mechanics and an assistant at Rolling Stone. She was also a fact checker and the first chief of research for Spy magazine; a book about Spy describes her then as "your average decked-out-heavy-metal-head-next-door." "I was a real journalist for Rolling Stone, Spy, Hit Parader. I interviewed those fuckin' hair bands: Cinderella, Slaughter. They were dumb as a post."

Comedy career

Lampanelli began her stand-up career in New York in the early 1990s.

She was present at Comedy Central's roasts of Chevy Chase, Pamela Anderson, Jeff Foxworthy, and William Shatner, released a comedy special on DVD entitled Take it Like A Man, appeared in the 2006 motion picture Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector and had a cameo appearance in the VH1 sitcom So NoTORIous. She also landed a deal with Fox for a sitcom pilot with the tentative title Big Loud Lisa, which is considered a candidate for the network's 2006-2007 television season.

Lampanelli is frequently on the dais for the Howard Stern Show roasts, including appearances at the roasts for Gary Dell'Abate, Artie Lange and KKK member Daniel Carver.

Lampanelli taped her new stand-up special Dirty Girl in the fall of 2006, which aired on Comedy Central on January 28, 2007. Her "Dirty Girl" CD and "Dirty Girl .. No Protection" DVD was released by Warner Bros./Jack Records on January 30, 2007.

She will also be in the feature Delta Farce starring Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, and D.J. Qualls, which is also set for release early this year.

Racial humor is a large part of her comedy routine. In particular, she makes frequent references to her real-life relationships with black men. In an interview with AskMen.com, she explained:

"...my problem is, I can't get a good-looking white guy anymore, I just don't have the looks to get that. I can get hot blacks but also, blacks are now starting to get uppity and go for the skinny white ones and the Asians, which is very offensive to me that they don't stick with their roots—the chubby white girl!"

Lisa Lampanelli is a common guest on the Howard Stern Show. Here she revealed that she has anger management issues.


References

  1. "Lampanelli is building career on celebrity roasts". Evansville Courier & Press. 2006-12-22.
  2. "Interview with Lisa Lampanelli". The Onion's The A.V. Club. 2006-12-21.
  3. Andersen, Kurt. Spy: The Funny Years. New York: Miramax Books. p. 28. ISBN 1401352391. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. Dobrow, Larry (January 2007). ""Whoa Lampanelli"". Maxim Magazine Online. Retrieved 2007-01-24. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Interview on Radar online, 2005-11-07
  6. "Interview". AskMen.com. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

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