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Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964), born
in Newton, New Jersey, is a stand-up comedian,
actor|actress, political activist, and radio host
on Air America Radio. 

During high school, her family relocated to
Houston, Texas, where the trauma of the move
prompted her famously self-loathing acerbic
persona to begin to blossom. While studying
history at Providence College, Garofalo entered a
comedy talent search sponsored by the Showtime
cable network, winning the title of "Funniest
Person in Rhode Island." Dreaming of earning a
slot on the writing staff of the Late Night With
David Letterman program, she became a professional
standup upon graduating college with degrees in
History and American Studies but struggled for a
number of years, working briefly as a bike
messengers|bike messenger in Boston.  

She officially began her career in stand-up comedy
in the early 1990s|90s during the grunge era. Her
appearance was often in line with grunge style:
disheveled with thick black glasses and unkempt
hair. Her comedy was often self-deprecating; she
made fun of popular culture and the pressures put
on women to be beautiful and thin. However she was
soon part of popular culture thanks in large part
to the success of her roles in films such as Truth
About Cats and Dogs|The Truth About Cats and Dogs
and Reality Bites and a recurring role in the
early series of The Larry Sanders Show
(coincidentally playing a member of staff on a
late night talk show).  She also had memorable
cameos in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
and The Cable Guy. She continues to act in films
and do comedy in 2003.  In April 2004 she was
selected by Comedy Central as one of the List of
Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All
Time|100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, coming in
at number 99.  She is set to appear in Southland
Tales in late 2005.

Garofalo was outspoken about her opposition to
what became the 2003 Iraq War, appearing on CNN
and FOX News|Fox to discuss it.

In 2004 she became a co-host for Air America
Radio's new show The Majority Report alongside Sam
Seder. Also in 2004, she was lampooned for her
liberal views in Team America: World Police; a
puppet version of herself, collaborating with
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, met a gruesome
fate in the course of the movie. Garofalo said she
had no problem with the lampoon, and when she ran
into one of the directors of the film (Trey Parker
and Matt Stone) they were hesitant to make direct
eye contact or speak to her. Her only response was
to ask them if they could give her the puppet. 

Garofalo is a self-described pessimist:  "I guess
I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The
glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I
just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/janeane
gar163727.html Garofalo has had frequent on-air
political disputes with Bill O'Reilly
(commentator)|Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and
Jonah Goldberg
http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg022
803.asp. She has become more of a gadfly
(social)|gadfly on Air America, seeking to combine
politics and humor and create controversy (and
attention for her positions).  

==Filmography==
*Reality Bites (1994) 
*Bye Bye Love (1995) 
*Truth About Cats and Dogs|The Truth About Cats
and Dogs (1996) 
*Larger Than Life (1996) 
*Sweethearts (theater)|Sweethearts (1996)
*Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) 
*The Matchmaker (1997)
*Cop Land (1997) 
*Clay Pigeons (1998) 
*Permanent Midnight (1998) 
*Mystery Men (1999) 
*Dog Park (movie)|Dog Park (2000)
*Steal This Movie (2000)
*Wet Hot American Summer (2001) 
*Big Trouble (2002) 
*The Laramie Project (Home Box Office|HBO; 2002)

==Television Shows==
*In the Life, PBS
*TV Nation, NBC, Fox Network|Fox
*The Larry Sanders Show, Home Box Office|HBO
*The Ben Stiller Show, Fox Network|Fox
*Saturday Night Live, NBC

==Bibliography==
*Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to
Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual
Satisfaction ISBN 0694521469 (w/ Ben Stiller)

==External links==

* http://www.janeanegarofalo.org Janeane
Garofalo.org
* http://www.janeane.net Janeane Garofalo Online
*imdb name|id=0000413|name=Janeane Garofalo
* http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog The
Majority Report Weblog
*
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_subject_submit_ja
neane_garofalo.html MoveLeft Media articles re
Janeane Garofalo
*
http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donati
ons/Janeane_Garofalo.php Janeane Garofalo's
political donations
* http://aar-irc.blogspot.com/ Independent Air
America Radio IRC Chat channel (chat room) on
Undernet