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Janeane Garofalo (/dʒəˈniːn ɡəˈrɒfəloʊ/; born September 28, 1964) is an American film actress, stand-up comedian, liberal political activist, and writer.
Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on the Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live, then appeared in more than 50 movies, with leading or major roles in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Wet Hot American Summer, The Matchmaker, Reality Bites, Steal This Movie!, Clay Pigeons, Sweethearts, Mystery Men, and The Independent, among numerous others. She stars with Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd in a 2015 Netflix eight-episode prequel to Wet Hot American Summer featuring most of the cast playing their original roles from the 2001 movie.
Garofalo is an outspoken progressive activist. From March 2004 to July 2006, she hosted Air America Radio's The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
Garofalo was born in Newton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan and Carmine Garofalo. Her mother was a secretary in the petrochemical industry and died of cancer when Janeane was 24. Her father is a former executive at Exxon. Garofalo was raised as a conservative Catholic and is of Italian and Irish descent. She grew up in various places, including Ontario, California; Madison, New Jersey; and Katy, Texas. Garofalo is quoted as having disliked life in Texas because of the heat, humidity, and the emphasis on prettiness and sports in high school.
Janeane Garofalo tells a story at the RISK! live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn on 5.20.16 as part of NYC Podfest. Listen to the RISK! podcast at RISK-show.com or on iTunes or Google Play Music.
"I'm not a strong joke writer but I think I'd be great at a filibuster" Watch Janeane Garofalo's stand-up special "If I May" on October 27th, only on Seeso! You Get It? http://www.seeso.com Subscribe to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/seesotv Like Seeso: https://www.facebook.com/seesotv Follow Seeso: https://twitter.com/seesotv
From an A.V. Club interview: AVC: It was your first real comedy special. What do you remember about doing it? JG: I remember I honestly enjoyed it, and also I remember it was the first time I ever had my eyebrows tweezed. The makeup guy -- who was also the Larry Sanders makeup man -- accidentally tweezed a chunk of hairs from the middle of my eyebrow. And so we had to draw in a fake -- on one side -- eyebrow, because there was a gap. I also remember not being pleased with the set they wanted. You know, they go through your material, or you do material for them, and they pick out like five or 10 minutes of what they would like to see. That would not have been my choice. I do remember feeling constrained by that at the time. AVC: Your performance there was different than most others you'v...
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The Divine Ms. G returns to debate the finer points of art, childbirth and ice cream. Also, it’s another highly Semitic installment of No This Crap About Jew Stuff. Plus, Marc crowns a new champion of WTF Moments, courtesy of one particular listener. WTF with Marc Maron - JANEANE GAROFALO Interview
"you can achieve anything you want in life except for 90% of things" Watch Janeane Garofalo's stand-up special "If I May" on October 27th, only on Seeso! You Get It? http://www.seeso.com Subscribe to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/seesotv Like Seeso: https://www.facebook.com/seesotv Follow Seeso: https://twitter.com/seesotv
No captions on this one as of yet, sorry. This will probably be taken down by YouTube soon, but until then, enjoy. Aired between late 2001 and early 2002 to my estimations as one of the send offs after Daria aired its last episode and before Is It College Yet? aired and officially ended the series.