Lampanelli, 'Queen of Mean' comedy, comes to S.A.
QSanAntonio.com, February 19, 2011

Stand-up comedienne and insult comic Lisa Lampanelli will bring her racy and raunchy comedy, which frequently includes taboo subjects like race and homosexuality, to the Lila Cockrell Theater on March 5.

Heralded as "more than a standup -- a standout," by comedy legend Jim Carrey, Lampanelli is a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen. She even won accolades from The King of All Media Howard Stern, who called her "a true original and a brilliant comedy mind who'll steal the show every time."

Lampanelli began her stand-up career in New York. Her big 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, Joan Rivers, and David Hasselhoff and to serve as Roastmaster for Larry the Cable Guy.

Lampanelli's 2005 one-hour special, "Take It Like a Man," was a hit on Comedy Central and the CD and DVD of the show hit number six on the comedy charts. In January 2007, her second one-hour special, "Dirty Girl," debuted on Comedy Central and Warner Bros. Records, and reached number four on the charts. Soon thereafter, "Dirty Girl" was nominated for a Grammy Award for 2007's Best Comedy Album of the Year.

Lampanelli appeared in "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" and had a featured role in "Delta Farce," opposite Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, and D.J. Quall. She also starred in the feature film, "The Aristocrats" and, most recently, played a more maternal version of herself in the Owen Wilson vehicle, "Drillbit Taylor." She is currently developing a pilot for a weekly series on HBO with executive producers Jim Carrey and Kario Salem.

Lisa Lampanelli, Queen of Mean, Saturday March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Lila Cockrell Theater, 200 E. Market Street. Click here to purchase tickets.

Lisa Lampanelli stops being mean for a few minutes to talk about comedy
San Diego Union Tribune, February 13, 2011

“Play nice” isn’t a part of comedian Lisa Lampanelli’s vocabulary. But the famed insult comic says she wasn’t a playground bully, and what she really imagined was a career in journalism (she attended Harvard University and worked at Rolling Stone). At 30, Lampanelli decided she was better suited to comedy.