television roles, including the dominatrix disciplinarian "Samantha Rottweiler" in Butch Camp, and the loud-mouthed librarian "Mrs. Holler" in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. She also played various minor characters on The Weird Al Show, was featured in many of "Weird Al" Yankovic's comedy shorts and music videos, and appeared in dozens of other minor acting roles. In addition to her small screen acting, Tenuta had various theatrical roles, most notably in The Vagina Monologues and Menopause the Musical. Tenuta wrote two comedy books Full Frontal Tenudity and The Power of Judyism, and released five comedy CDs, receiving "Best Comedy Album" Grammy nominations for Attention Butt-Pirates and Lesbetarians! and In Goddess We Trust. She gained some mainstream notoriety for a series of television ads for MTV and Diet Dr Pepper in the late 1980s, as well as her HBO, Showtime, and Lifetime specials. 1986: Tenuta appeared on British TV comedy show Saturday Live. 1986–1990: She made several guest appearances on the show of her favorite comedian, Joan Rivers. 1987: She became nationally known in her first HBO special Women of the Night, costarring Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, and Rita Rudner. 1988: She won Best Female Stand-Up Comic at The American Comedy Awards 1987–1988: She toured across the country with another of her favorite comedians, comedy legend George Carlin. 1988–1995: Frequent guest on morning radio show Howard Stern. 1988: She became the "Spokes-Goddess" for a series of "Diet Dr. Pepper" commercials, and also filmed her second HBO special. 1991: She published her first book, The Power of Judyism, following up with an audio CD version in 1999. 1994: She was nominated for her first Grammy, for her comedy CD Attention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians. 1995: Tenuta was nominated for her second Grammy, for her comedy CD In Goddess We Trust. 1996: Tenuta appeared as a drill sergeant, Sam Rottweiler, training gay men to defend themselves against bullies in the film Butch Camp. 1998: She conceived, produced, and starred in the film Desperation Boulevard, which was directed and written by Greg Glienna of Meet the Parents fame. 2001: Tenuta appeared on The View, dishing with Joy Behar, Star Jones, and Barbara Walters. 2005: Tenuta appeared in 2005 film Flirting with Anthony, as Jayleen the Motel Lady. 2007: She made a guest appearance as Mrs. Holler, the librarian, on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. 2011: She played Zinnia, a menacing, aging actress, in the