3/28/2023 0 Comments Lisa lampanelli![]() She also appeared on the network's staple series "Premium Blend" (1997-) and on "Last Laugh 2005," as well as headlining the Comedy Central roasts of actress/pin-up Pamela Anderson and the blue-collar comedian, Jeff Foxworthy. Her first album, Take It Like a Man which was tied into another cable special with the same title, was not only a hit on Comedy Central, the CD and the DVD ranked high on the comedy charts. The following year she blossomed into a Comedy Central mainstay. In 2004, Lampanelli mined her crossover appeal when she became one of the few white comedians to perform on BET's "Comic View," (1992-). Aired in the fall of 2003, it was reportedly the most watched program in the channel's history up until that time, excluding episodes of "South Park" (1997-). Politically incorrect quips like these proved a perfect fit for the outrageous Stern, and helped her earn another nickname - the "Queen of Roasts."After appearing as herself on MTV's series documentary, "I Love the '70s" in 2003, she went on to participate in another Comedy Central roast, this time of funny man Denis Leary, emceed by "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Jeff Garlin. In 2002, she irreverently spouted off about how she had to date African-American men because she had been unable to find any decent white men. Another big break for the comic was impressing radio legend Howard Stern, when she was invited to be a regular guest and co-roaster on his Sirius XM Radio program, "The Howard Stern Show" (1986-) alongside the likes of Gary Dell'Abate, Artie Lange and Andy Dick. Also that year, she scored her first cable stand-up special "Lisa Lampanelli: The Queen of Mean," in which she performed her particular brand of humor for a delighted crowd at Rascal's Comedy Club in West Orange, NJ. Hosted by Paul Shaffer and starring Richard Belzer, Stephen Colbert and Beverly D'Angelo, Chase's often painfully awkward roast was broadcast as "Comedy Central Presents The NY Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase," making this Lampanelli's official television debut. In 2002, she achieved national attention with her scorching roast of Chevy Chase at the New York Friars Club, the only female comedian invited to the show that year - an amazing feat for someone who had attended a Hugh Hefner roast as simply an audience member just one year prior. This led to her first successful stand-up performances in New York City in the early 1990s, where she slowly developed a fan base that followed her brand of caustic yet self-depreciating routines.It was in the new millennium that Lampanelli's "Queen of Mean" persona helped her land her first big break. ![]() ![]() Following a trip to a comedy club, she took a course in improvisation. Deciding journalism was not for her, she quit and became a party DJ in 1990, finding that she enjoyed entertaining partygoers via the microphone. She also worked for The Bridgeport Post but reportedly was caught plagiarizing reports. After graduating, she dabbled in journalism as a copy editor at Popular Mechanics and as an assistant at Rolling Stone magazine. After attending Roman Catholic schools, she studied journalism during her undergraduate years at Boston College and Syracuse University. Born Lisa Lampugnale in Trumbull, CT, Lampanelli grew up in a middle-class Italian family. ![]()
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