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 .” She made her break at the 2002 New York Friars ' Club 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.

" 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.

Along with music concerts, the venue also holds many comedy tours annually including Bob Saget, Lisa Lampanelli, Cheech & Chong and Stephen Lynch.

Lampanelli taped her stand-up special Dirty Girl in the fall of 2006, which aired on Comedy Central on January 28, 2007.

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.

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's " Gene Simmons Roast " in April 2008.

Lampanelli was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice 5 ( also known as The Apprentice 12 ).

Lampanelli was fired on May 6, 2012 during the Final Four interview because John Rich and Marlee Matlin thought she was overly emotional.

Lampanelli was also featured in the movie Delta Farce starring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and D. J.

Other friends of the show are Jesse James Dupree of the band Jackyl, Brent Smith of the band Shinedown, comedians Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, actor / comedian David Koechner, Dennis Hof ( owner of the World Famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel ), actor / comedian T. J. Miller, and comedian Lisa Lampanelli.

* Lisa Lampanelli, comedian, actress and writer.

Lisa Lampanelli ( born Lisa Lampugnale ; July 19, 1961 ) is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic.

Lampanelli, one of three siblings, was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, to a middle class family.

Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools, studied journalism at Boston College and Syracuse University, and went through a graduate program at Harvard.

" Speaking later to Maxim Magazine Online, Lampanelli remarked, " I was a real journalist for Rolling Stone, Spy, Hit Parader.

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

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.

On November 21, 2008, in Santa Rosa, California, Lampanelli taped her first one-hour HBO Special at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts.

Lampanelli refused to apologize for her treatment of the contestants and racist remarks against Hispanics.

Lampanelli married in 1991 and divorced soon after, though she and her former spouse remained friends.

Lampanelli is an avid supporter of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

She has performed with such artists as Lisa Lampanelli, Margaret Cho, Beck, and Ernesto Tomasini, and has collaborated with underground photographers / filmmakers Bruce LaBruce, Rick Castro, G. B. Jones, the performance artist Ron Athey and, more recently, with the Cheap art collective in Berlin, Germany.

In 1980, the gag-based comedy Airplane !, a spoof of the previous decade's disaster film series was released and paved the way for more of the same including Top Secret!

* Class ( film ), a romantic comedy released in 1983

The comedy group Buckner & Garcia released a novelty concept album, Pac-Man Fever, that went gold and produced a hit single of the same name ; all of the songs on the album pertained to popular video games of the time.

With a legendary Hollywood " girl next door " image, and capable of delivering comedy and romance as well as heavy drama, she appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America's most beloved entertainers.

She found success opposite Jack Lemmon in It Happened to Jane, a comedy film released in 1959.

Her final feature, the comedy film With Six You Get Eggroll, was released in 1968.

He released two records of his stand-up comedy: No Cure for Cancer ( 1993 ) and Lock ' n Load ( 1997 ).

In 1986 Coppola released the comedy Peggy Sue Got Married starring Kathleen Turner, Coppola's nephew Nicolas Cage, and Jim Carrey.

The film was based on a stage play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and along with Frank Capra's It Happened One Night ( released the same year ) is considered to be the defining film of the screwball comedy genre.

Harold and Maude is a 1971 American dark comedy film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures.

In 2006, von Trier released a Danish-language comedy film, The Boss of it All.

These have included novels directly based on historical events, such as Frans Gunnar Bengtsson's The Long Ships ( which was also released as a 1963 film ), and historical fantasies such as the film The Vikings, Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead ( movie version called The 13th Warrior ) and the comedy film Erik the Viking.

Smith starred in and served as executive producer for the independent romantic comedy Waiting for Ophelia, which was released in 2009.

However, Blazing Stewardesses, was eventually made, starring the last of the surviving Ritz Brothers comedy troupe and released to moderate acclaim later that year.

The League also condemned the 1953 comedy The Moon Is Blue, based on a Broadway play which did not inspire mass protests, for its use of the words " virgin " and " pregnant ", and the film was notably released without the Production Code Seal of Approval.

In 1975, he released a comedy album that was taped live at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago titled Looking Good — his catch phrase from Chico and the Man.

That same year, MGM released Kelly's last film, the musical comedy High Society ( based on the studio's 1940 comedy Philadelphia Story ).

Sponsored by the Caravan Trade & Industries Association " Caravan Holiday " was completed by early 1972 and released in cinemas across Australia as a supporting feature to Peter Bogdanovich's hugely popular US comedy picture What's Up, Doc?

As the news of his TV father's death was being reported, Howard released a statement: " His love of creating, the joy he took in it whether it was drama or comedy or his music, was inspiring to grow up around.

Castellaneta has also released a comedy CD, I Am Not Homer, and wrote and starred in a one-person show titled Where Did Vincent van Gogh?

Colbert was reluctant to appear as the " runaway heiress ", Ellie Andrews, in the Frank Capra romantic comedy, It Happened One Night ( 1934 ), opposite Clark Gable and released by Columbia Pictures.

When the film was first released, The New York Times film critic Frank S. Nugent praised the film, writing, " The comedy, through Mr. Douglas's debonair performance and those of Ina Claire as the duchess and Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart and Alexander Grannach as the unholy three emissaries ; through Mr. Lubitsch's facile direction ; and through the cleverly written script of Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, has come off brilliantly.

The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940.

Lorre also branched out ( without Greenstreet ) into comedy with the role of Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace, filmed by director Frank Capra in 1941, released in 1944, and starring Cary Grant and Raymond Massey.