Regularly Foul Lady Comedian Offends Sensibilities at Offensive Event

The outrage economy is upset that comedian Lisa Lampanelli told some dirty jokes at the recent Friars Club Roast of David Hasselhoff. Did she go too far? (Spoiler: probably not! Or also: that’s the point?) Time for some very recent history.

2002
Roast of Chevy Chase.

Ms. Lampanelli returned to [Beverly] D’Angelo and her chemistry with [Chevy] Chase in the Vacation pictures. “I haven’t seen chemistry like that since Rosie O’Donnell poked Tom Cruise with her strap-on. In fact, it’s nice to see Rosie O’Donnell,” she said, then added: “Oh, that’s Freddie Roman.”

2005
Roast of Don King.

“I’ve had more black dick in me than the urinal at the Apollo,” Ms. Lampanelli said. [N.B. You want “too far”? This was the roast in which Paul Moody went way dark, one reason being that Donald Trump was on the dais, and it was not ancient history to everyone involved that Trump had taken out ads advocating reinstatement of the death penalty in light of the Central Park jogger attack… in which the convictions were all vacated, and the lawsuits against the City are still ongoing. In any event: sort of tense!]

2006
Roast of Jerry Lewis.

“But you look fantastic, Nathan [Lane],” [Lampanelli] said to him. And then to the crowd: “Up until recently, he had a goatee. He shaved it because it kept irritating Matthew Broderick’s balls.”