The Sound of Young America: Janeane Garofalo, Actress and Comedian

10th October 2008

Janeane Garofalo is an actress and comedian. As an actress, she’s appeared in films like Wet Hot America Summer and Ratatouille, and on television series like 24 and The Larry Sanders Show. She was also an early leader in the alternative comedy movement of the early to mid 1990s, and is currently touring with comics […]

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Janeane Garofalo is an actress and comedian. As an actress, she’s appeared in films like Wet Hot America Summer and Ratatouille, and on television series like 24 and The Larry Sanders Show. She was also an early leader in the alternative comedy movement of the early to mid 1990s, and is currently touring with comics like Marc Maron and Greg Proops as part of the Satiristas. She’s also well known as a liberal activist, and for several years, she cohosted a leftist radio program on Air America Radio.

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