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Her other notable 90's roles include Jerry's [[Distaff Counterpart]] on ''[[Seinfeld]]'', a snarky Gap manager in ''[[Reality Bites]]'', and starring alongside [[Uma Thurman]] in ''[[The Truth About Cats and Dogs]]''. She continues to act on television.
In the 2000's, her acting has largely taken a backseat to her current work as a liberal political pundit, most prominently as host of her own show on the short-lived Air America Radio. Not that this was actually her choice... shortly after September 11, 2001, she went on Bill Maher's show and declared that in her opinion, the suicide bombers that had just killed over 3,000 innocent people had been "freedom fighters", and that Americans were the actual terrorists. The ensuing outrage resulted in the cancellation of a television show made for and starring her before it ever went to air, and put such a huge dent in her career that liberal talk radio is one of the only places she ''can'' find reliable work.
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Her role in ''[[Southland Tales]]'' was cut down to a single second in a crowd shot, with no dialogue.
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: [[Informed Attractiveness|At least that's what the film industry tells us is the case with her]].
* [[Old Shame]]: Her brief tenure on ''SNL'' certainly qualifies.
** Her highest-grossing film, ironically enough. Garofalo liked ''[[The Truth About Cats and Dogs]]'' better when it was still a small indie production, in which her character [[True Art Is Angsty|ended up loveless and alone at the end]].
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* [[Rebellious Spirit]]: The daughter of an oil executive, she attended school in [[Deep South|Texas]] and was raised as a Catholic conservative. Flash-forward to her today, a poster child for every left-wing atheist on the east coast.
* [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: And not very good at it, either. She can really only manage when she's ranting unopposed. Her father has called into her shows several times to debate her on the "evils" of the oil industry. On at least one such occasion, Garofalo became so flustered and outraged that she was losing the debate that she stormed out of the studio.
=== Notable film roles: ===
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