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Biography

Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Lampugnale ; July 19, 1961) is an United States|American stand-up comedian and insult comic . She is noted for her racy and controversial style of comedy, which frequently includes subjects such as Race (classification of human beings)|race and homosexuality .

Early life and journalism career

Lampanelli, one of three siblings, was born in Trumbull, Connecticut , to a middle class family. Three of her grandparents were of Italian descent, and the fourth of Polish ancestry.. Nuvo.net. Retrieved on 2012-04-26.. Nytimes.com (1999-11-07). Retrieved on 2012-04-26. Her mother, Gloria, worked for the local police department where "she typed in all the arrests made", and her father, Leonard, worked for Sikorsky Aircraft and later became a painter.Joe Amarante New Haven Register (2010-03-19) Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools, studied journalism at Boston College and Syracuse University , and went through a graduate program at Harvard . 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)| Spy magazine ; a book about Spy describes her then as "your average decked-out- Heavy metal music|heavy-metal -head-next-door." Speaking later to Maxim Magazine Online , Lampanelli remarked, "I was a real journalist for Rolling Stone , Spy , Hit Parader . I interviewed those fuckin' glam metal|hair bands : Cinderella (band)|Cinderella , Slaughter (band)|Slaughter ."

Career

Comedy

Lampanelli began her stand-up career in New York in the early 1990s. In explaining her reasons for switching from journalism to comedy, Lampanelli stated not only for the pay raise, but because “I get to say the n-word word on stage and get paid money.” . Huntnewsnu.com (February 2008). Retrieved on 2012-05-05. She made her break at the 2002 New York Friars' Club Roast (comedy)|roast of Chevy Chase , and went on to participate in the roasts of Denis Leary , Pamela Anderson , Jeff Foxworthy , Flavor Flav , William Shatner , and Donald Trump and to serve as Roastmaster for Larry the Cable Guy .. Comedycentral.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-26. Lampanelli is frequently on the dais for The Howard Stern Show roasts, including appearances at the roasts for Gary Dell'Abate , Artie Lange , Andy Dick , and A& E Network|A& E's " Gene Simmons Roast" in April 2008.

Lampanelli released a comedy special on DVD entitled Take it Like A Man in 2005, 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 Television Network|Fox for a sitcom pilot with the tentative title Big Loud Lisa , which was considered a candidate for the network's 2006–07 television season. Lampanelli taped her 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 were released by Warner Bros./Jack Records on January 30, 2007. Lampanelli was also featured in the movie Delta Farce starring Larry the Cable Guy , Bill Engvall and D.J. Qualls , which was released early in 2007, and in Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson .

Her style of humor was influenced most by the Dean Martin roasts that televised when she was growing up; she didn't start watching other stand-up comedians until she became one herself.

Ethnic and racial minority insults and stereotype s are a predominate part of Lampanelli's comedy routine. She "freely uses the n-word and not only gets away with it, but also gets laughs from black and white audiences."Spatz, David J. (December 27, 2007). Atlantic City Weekly Among some of her blatantly racist insults while doing stand-up, include: "How many ‘hispangics’ does it take to clean a bathroom? None& #33; That’s a nigger ’s job!" . Thedp.com (September 2011). Retrieved on 2012-05-05.; “What do you call a black woman who’s had seven abortions? A crime fighter” ; In addition, Gossip site TMZ reported that censors for the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav cut a Lampanelli joke where she called the Flavor of Love girls in the audience "nappy headed bitches." Staff report (July 23, 2007). TMZ In addressing her racist stand-up comedy, Lampanelli stated, ''"I can get away with it because I'm a nice person, I have a warm personality, my intention is good behind it. The thing is, people sense when you have the least bit of anger or hate towards a group –– that's why you never make fun of people you don't like." Though only having married Caucasian men, she makes frequent references to her "real-life relationships with Black people|black men", riffing in an interview that "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!"
On November 21, 2008, in Santa Rosa, California , Lampanelli taped her first one-hour HBO Special at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts . The special, Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen , which aired January 31, 2009, was directed by Dave Higby, who also directed her "Dirty Girl" special. In December 2010 she reunited with Higby when he directed her Tough Love special for Comedy Central that aired in the spring of 2011. She is scheduled to debut a one-woman show, Bring Back the Fat Chick , on Broadway in 2012.

The Celebrity Apprentice 5

Lampanelli was a contestant on The Apprentice (U.S. season 12)|The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (also known as The Apprentice 12 ). She was criticized by some viewers and had numerous outbursts and clashes with other contestants, including Arsenio Hall , Lou Ferrigno , and Dayana Mendoza .. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-26.. NJ.com (2012-04). Retrieved on 2012-04-26. Lampanelli refused to apologize for her jokes and comments. Despite winning a challenge on the episode, Lampanelli was fired on May 6, 2012.Ross, Dalton (May 6, 2012). Entertainment Weekly

Books

It Books ( HarperCollins ) is the publisher of Lampanelli's memoir, Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks (2009). Publishers Weekly reviewed:

Personal life

Lampanelli married in 1991 and divorced soon after, though she and her former spouse remained friends. She married Jimmy Cannizzaro, a former rock & roll club owner from Valley Stream, New York , on October 2, 2010 at the New York Friars' Club . Lampanelli is an avid supporter of the LGBT|lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. When members of the Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest a show she held on 20 May 2011 in Topeka, Kansas she promised to donate $1000 to Gay Men's Health Crisis for every protester that attended. After an initial count of 44 protesters she rounded the donation to an even $50,000, crediting the donation as being "made possible by the WBC."

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