WHO IS SHE: Nicknamed “The Loveable Queen of Mean,” comedienne Lisa Lampanelli worked for various magazines as a journalist before finally embarking on a career as a stand-up comic in the early 1990s.

Here's a quick test to see whether "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli, who sold out a show Friday night at the Pageant, is for you. At one point during her hourlong set, she shook a fan's hand, a gay man ...