Lampanelli is a classic insult comic with the added difficulty of also being female (shades of Ginger Rogers doing everything Astaire did but backwards in high heels): No one ever gave a shit what Don Rickles looked like, but as a woman, Lampanelli gets judged by her looks first. For a long time that meant self-deprecating jokes about no being able to get laid as she was a large-ish, somewhat frumpy lady, but now that she’s got money, honey, she’s spending it on looking good and, counterintuitively, she’s more acidic than ever.
Even if you’re not a fan of the exquisite, fiery burns Lampanelli deals out, it’s always a joy to see an expert at the top of her game. Take a look at her work below, in clips from the “Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump” and The Wendy Williams Show.
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This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2018.
