Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks

Written by Lisa Lampanelli

Narrated by Lisa Lampanelli

An inside look at the life of Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean, Lisa Lampanelli, as she dishes on everything from relationships, food, and fat to why once you go black, you never go back.

In her jaw-droppingly hilarious and politically incorrect memoir, Lisa reveals all -- including the dysfunctional childhood that made her the insult comic she is today, the subject for which she is best known (black men, black men, and more black men), and her hilarious struggles with her addiction to food and hot guys. By telling her story in her very real, very candid, very open way, Lisa tells her audience that it's okay to be yourself, even if it's just one rehab stint at a time. Lisa also takes listeners behind the scenes at the roasts that have marked her comedy career and launched her into the comedy elite, and reveals the important "firsts" in her career, including her first time on her hero's program, The Howard Stern Show.

Chocolate, Please is a side-splittingly funny portrait of the woman behind the award-winning insult comedy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Sep 15, 2009
• ISBN: 9780743597869

Lisa Lampanelli

Lisa Lampanelli sky-rocketed to comedy fame thanks to her show-stopping performances on the Comedy Central roasts of Jeff Foxworthy, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, and most recently, Flavor Flav. She is a regular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Howard Stern Show. Her CD/DVD “Dirty Girl” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2007. Her first HBO special aired in 2009, and she has also signed with HBO to co-create and star in her own sitcom, produced by Jim Carrey.

Reviews for Chocolate, Please

[tealightful · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

First: I read a review where someone noted that they were very disappointed that there wasn't actually a story about chocolate in the book. Which just made me laugh. There's a bare torso on the cover on the cover of an insult comic who is known for her ravenous love of black men. Whom she affectionately refers to as "chocolate". You have to be kind of dense to get this book and think it might actually be about chocolate, haha.

Last: After reading 2 pages of "Part 5" of the book, I thumbed through the rest and closed the book. It was a list of her "Rules to Live By" which were really, by her own admission, just her opinion on everything she could think of. Which, sadly, weren't all that funny and were very aimless.

Overall, the book was so-so. She loves black men, check. She is chubby, check. That's pretty much what every single page reiterated. So by the middle of the book, I was waiting for something to actually happen. Nothing did. Nothing noteworthy in her family life, her school life, any part of her life. Which is disappointing because I usually get a good laugh out of her stand-up specials. And, I love her crazy 1950's outlandish housewife dresses. She doesn't transfer well onto print, her jokes are the type that need to be heard/seen and not read to be funny..

[bridget3420 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

For those of you that don't know, I love to laugh! I will laugh at almost anything and everything and I especially love to laugh at myself. I'm the type of person that will trip in the middle of a crowded mall and burst with hyena laughter until I can't breathe. I learned early on to laugh at myself and not take life too seriously. That being said, it shouldn't come as a shock that I adore comedians. I'm a huge fan of Dane Cook, Katt Williams, Dave Chappelle and of course, my all time favorite - Lisa Lampanelli. She's my favorite because she has boobs and a foul mouth and she's not afraid to use either.She's Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean and she sure knows how to tell a story. I learned a lot about Lisa from her book and I learned that she and I actually share a lot in common. She is a genuinely funny person and I'm so glad she allowed me to peek into her life and laugh with her. (Truth be told, I laughed at her a few times too, but shhh, don't tell her.)I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn't take life too seriously. If you're easily offended, do not pick up this book!