Now IвЂ™m using storytelling and workshops to connect, so I donвЂ™t think I was a true lover of the art form. вЂњBut you know whatвЂ™s funny? I said to Stern, вЂThis is why I donвЂ™t think I was ever a comedian first.вЂ™ I think it was my way of connecting with people. ItвЂ™s pretty weird for somebody to do this,вЂќ she says. Although not common, she sees her transition to broader storytelling and life-coaching as a natural departure from stand-up, which she knows was never the only thing for her. Lampanelli further explained her decision in a Facebook Live Q&A, in which she expressed a fear of sending mixed messages with her insult comedy (вЂњGod forbid I cause anybody painвЂќ) and acknowledged that itвЂ™s no longer the era of Don Rickles.

She found the combination of self-help and deeper performances to be more fulfilling. She was inspired to leave comedy after taking a transformational workshop about food and body image (she lost over 100 pounds after getting gastric sleeve surgery inВ 2012) where she also did storytelling. ItвЂ™s not like, вЂHi, IвЂ™m leaving comedy to do movies,вЂ™ you know?вЂќ says Lampanelli, who started doing comedy in 1991.

The lovable вЂњQueen of Mean,вЂќ a mainstay of insult comedy known for her Friars Club and Comedy Central roasts of celebrities like Chevy Chase, David Hasselhoff, and Larry the Cable Guy, among others, cemented the announcement on Howard SternвЂ™s show, where she did a final roast of Ronnie Mund for his 69th birthday as a good-bye to the form. Never share anything with Opie.Lisa Lampanelli announced last week that sheвЂ™s retiring from stand-up and starting a new chapter as a storyteller and life coach. Poor Homeless Andrew, he just wanted to share a beautiful cake that he earned. Opie and Anthony destroy Homeless Andrew's cake I now present you with the 11 most hysterical and outrageous moments from the Opie and Anthony show. And for those of you who think that Mancow or Rover's Morning Glory qualify as shock jock radio, you're in for a wake up call. Buckle up boys and girls, you ain't seen nothing yet. It should be said that what most people under the age of 30 consider to be shocking radio consists of some faked prank phone call on their morning Top 40 radio show. Although Citadel Broadcasting, their parent company, folded in 2009, today Opie and Anthony (along with comedian Jim Norton) still broadcast daily on SiriusXM to millions of people across the continent. After that, a deal was stuck that brought Opie and Anthony back to terrestrial radio while simulcasting on satellite. When Howard Stern left terrestrial radio in 2006, David Lee Roth was (stupidly) brought in to host a show in his place. After being taken off the air for two years for a stunt which involved two people having sex in a church (hilarious, by the way), Opie and Anthony returned to XM Satellite Radio in 2004.

Through it all, the Opie and Anthony show adapted and persevered.

One by one, shows like Kid Chris, Ron and Fez, JV and Elvis, and Mancow (ugh) were forced to either leave the airwaves or change their format. When the Federal Communications Commission began cracking down and limiting the fun that radio stations could have, some of the best shows began to water down their programming. The best show on the airwaves today is The Opie and Anthony Show. As the decades passed, we saw the rise of talk radio giants like Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, and Howard Stern. What started out as a way for local sports promoters and businessmen to promote their interests soon grew as radio stations increased in their power and range. Ever since radio first came into the American mainstream in the early 1920s, people have been listening to talk radio shows.

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