Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Marie Lampugnale; July 19, 1961) is an
American former stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic. Much of
her material is racy and features ethnic humor, centering on various
types of minority groups, most notably racial minorities and the LGBT
community.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. Her mother,
Gloria (née Velgot), worked for the local police department, where
"she typed in all the arrests made", and her father, Leonard
Lampugnale, worked for Sikorsky Aircraft and later became a painter.
Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools, studied journalism at
Boston College and Syracuse University, and attended the Radcliffe
Publishing Course 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; a book about
Spy describes her then as "your average
decked-out-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' hair
bands: Cinderella, Slaughter."
American former stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic. Much of
her material is racy and features ethnic humor, centering on various
types of minority groups, most notably racial minorities and the LGBT
community.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. Her mother,
Gloria (née Velgot), worked for the local police department, where
"she typed in all the arrests made", and her father, Leonard
Lampugnale, worked for Sikorsky Aircraft and later became a painter.
Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools, studied journalism at
Boston College and Syracuse University, and attended the Radcliffe
Publishing Course 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; a book about
Spy describes her then as "your average
decked-out-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' hair
bands: Cinderella, Slaughter."
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