Janeane Garofalo

Approval Rate: 68%

68%Approval ratio

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    edt4226d

    Sat May 23 2009

    She's a smart lady, and I tend to agree with her political slant on things, but if we're judging the people here based on their "comedic" ability, I would have to concede that I'm hard put to remember a time when she made me laugh. In fairness to her, I haven't seen her in all that much-- a movie role or 2 (she seems a competent actor), and a regular part she had on cable-TV's "The Larry Sanders Show", which I thought was hysterically funny and marvelously subtle (if that's not a contradiction), but not because of anything she did on it. Some of the most brilliant comics-- Lenny Bruce, Carlin, Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor-- would be considered "left-wing", perhaps even subversive (although to some wingnuts, anything to the left of Genghis Khan qualifies as subversive). But they manage to be laugh-out-loud funny at the same time that they make their "larger philosophical" points. The best of them...like Pryor...can inspire wicked laughter with a story that, taken strictly by itself, should... Read more

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    angryjed

    Mon Dec 24 2007

    another in a long line of horrible female comics. at least she's better than Rita Rudner

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    cubswin5

    Tue May 22 2007

    YUCK!!!

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    wajked98

    Wed Oct 12 2005

    Jeneane is great on the West Wing and the Majority Report. She is outspoken, hilarious, well informed and lovely liberal. Ignorant right-wingers hate her because she speaks the truth.

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    numbah16tdhaha

    Wed Oct 12 2005

    Not all that funny even. Truth? Riiight.

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    the_red_yoshi

    Wed Oct 12 2005

    Janeand Gar-awful-o you mean. The so called "Majority report" is agonizing! Listen as she brutalizes her de-nutted sidekick. I coundn't pass enough vomit over this virago!

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    holcombejorda_n

    Thu Oct 06 2005

    to libral, go shave your armpits

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    singsplatsing

    Mon Feb 21 2005

    Unfunny never-was. Please never go on a debate show again, because you lick ass and are terribly uninformed.

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    pearnbran

    Tue Dec 21 2004

    She was funny at one time however her politics have consumed he act, and she is no longer an objective comic. Also she has given in to trying to be pretty, one thing she said she would never do. She is cute, but she caved in

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    kolby1973

    Sat Jun 19 2004

    One of the greatest stand-up comedians of our time, not to mention she is a wonderful actress. I also love her politics. I think it is very unfair to ask a celebrity to shut up when it comes to opinions. Why aren't they entitled to their opinions like everyone else?

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    marcm9999

    Fri Jun 18 2004

    First and foremost she is NOT FUNNY AT ALL!!! The fact that she is a left wing communist wack job has nothing to do with it. Could you stand being aroung her for any seriuos amount of time? I know I could not.

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    ernesta

    Sun Jun 13 2004

    SERIOUSLY MENTALLY CHALLENGED. FACE SHOWS TRUE SIGNS OF EARLY DEMENTIA.

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    oceanspray

    Fri Apr 30 2004

    Good sidekick to calm down volatile comedians and talk show hosts

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    e_bone2

    Thu Apr 29 2004

    Very funny with a sharp whit. I think she gets knocked for her politics. I can't say I like (moreover, I don't care) what her political concerns are. I do think she's funny. Please look at the review by Gups11 (three below mine). He refers to her as frow hitler. Someone tell this jackass not to refer to anyone in German until he know's how to spell. What a jackass.

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    frankswildyear_s

    Tue Feb 24 2004

    Great skewed point of view comedy.

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    diggity911

    Sun Jun 15 2003

    dike

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    gups11

    Thu May 15 2003

    The only time I ever laughed at her was when she was on the O'Reilly Factor. She was doing her green peace thing and Bill educated the little frow hitler. Why do people want to be like her. She is a political extremist and patheticly cynical. Obviously she didn't have fun in highschool. You should stick some coal up her @ss and it will be a diamond in a week.

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    getback

    Mon May 12 2003

    A bore.

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    resisobilus

    Fri Mar 07 2003

    Observant, acerbic and blunt. What's not to love?

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    callmetootie

    Wed Dec 04 2002

    Hilarious with a capital H. She is such a versatile and funny comedian. A cross between Marisa Tomei and Gilda Radner.

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    mysticalchicke_n

    Sun Oct 13 2002

    I absolutely ADORE Janeane Garofalo. I love her sarcasm, her wit, her short cuteness (I wish I looked like that), her taste in music (we both like alternative)... along with other things. I just think she's extraordinarily funny.

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    kyesbd0c

    Thu Feb 08 2001

    honestly she's never really made me laugh hard, but she's just so cool i gotta rate her high.

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    meredee

    Sun Dec 17 2000

    Her pure angst is beyond funny. She is a foremother of the alterna-girl era. She fits hand in hand with what the Seattle sound and grunge movement was, but she had lasting power.

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    isoldekh

    Fri Nov 24 2000

    Now here's a celebrity I admire. I admire her for not selling out to the stereotypical "what a woman should look like/think/respect/act." There are so many Hollywood, blue-eyed, blond haired supermodel prototype clones that it's satisfying to have someone break that. And be funny too.

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    cle51076

    Mon Nov 06 2000

    I feel like this is the olympics with the whole rating system, but... Janeane Garofolo makes me think as I laugh -- A great feat in the society of crotch and fart jokes. If only more people could make us socially aware while making us smile, this world might just have some meaning.

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    c_wi5398om

    Thu Mar 16 2000

    Janeane is smart and funny and very talented. I love to see her do standup, but I like to see her act, too. I think she makes a wonderful leading lady.

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    mcke3634om

    Thu Jan 13 2000

    Kick ass funny!

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    gte21472du

    Tue Nov 23 1999

    Janeane Garafolo is a very funny woman.

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    gte91150du

    Sat Nov 13 1999

    I think she has a great sense of humor.