“I’m into the stupid and the absurd,” he says. Larry’s been writing new material and incorporating it into his act as he goes along, though he admits his humor veers more toward the “strange.” “I wouldn’t be surprised to see us in Vegas when we’re like 60,” he says. It was a perfect time for it.”īut will the Blue Collar comics ever ride again? It was definitely one of those things where the stars were aligned at the right time. I was the glue that could take one story into another. “It made a perfect mix for the end of the show when we were telling stories on stools. “I was the one-liner comedy guy,” he says. He describes each comic as having a different style, with Foxworthy the more family-oriented one, Engvall the guy who’ll go where Foxworthy wouldn’t with jokes, and White being a great storyteller. “No, really, to be part of the biggest-grossing comedy tour of all time is just amazing. I told Foxworthy that he had to go and do his own stuff because I can’t continue to carry all you guys,” he says, laughing. “I’m gonna tell you, I wanted off of it, to be honest with you, because these guys were just using me to get to the top and I had enough of it. My shows are for people spending their hard-earned money to be entertained – and that’s basically all.”Īlthough he enjoys being on the road on his own, Larry says he’s had great times on The Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He thinks his crowd can get stereotyped, “but I have all kinds of people coming to my shows – doctors, lawyers, middle class, lower class, upper class. “My show’s kind of like a family reunion, except for there’s a roof on the place and nobody is kissing my sister,” he says. Larry is grateful for his loyal and growing fan base, whose eagerness to have a good time at his performances is what keeps him motivated. I still embellish a lot of things for the sake of a joke, but there is still some real life to it now.” And then I had a wife and kids and I wanted to talk about it in my act – so instead of making up a wife, now I have a real one. “The more I started doing this, the more it became 15 and 20 percent reality. “At first it was 90 percent bull … and 10 percent reality,” he says. Of course, his shows have since become focused on Larry, infused by changing amounts of Whitney’s personal life, since he now does his entire act in character. I busted my chops there until I went pro.”īack then, Larry the Cable Guy was just a two-minute part of Whitney’s act. The following year, he started working out material at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach, practically living at the joint.įrom 1986 to 1993, he says, “My entire social life was spent at that club. His favorite show was “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” as he got older he took interest in Steve Martin.īut it wasn’t until one night in 1985 – when his friends pressured him into getting on stage during an open-mic night at a Florida bar – that Larry even thought of stand-up as a potential career. As a kid, he loved to watch the Dean Martin celebrity roasts and was a big fan of Milton Berle and Don Rickles. Larry never thought he’d become a successful stand-up comic. 11, at the new Citizens Business Bank Arenain Ontario. Larry is currently on tour doing stand-up solo he performs Dec. The popularity of the Blue Collar franchise afforded Larry the opportunity to star in his own feature films: “Witless Protection,” “Delta Farce” and “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.” He also lent his voice to the animated Disney/Pixar film “Cars,” as Mater the tow truck. The quartet of comics sold millions of copies of their DVDs and CDs and filled venues across the country. Larry the Cable Guy was introduced to the masses when he joined up with comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White as part of The Blue Collar Comedy Tour in 2000. It was so perfect because I could be myself and be someone else at the same time.” I grew up with nothing but farmers, and I’d listen to them talk, so I know how it really is – and I know what lines to cross and which ones not to. It was easy for me to do, because it’s basically a microcosm of everyone I grew up with. “It’s evolved so much since I started doing it. “I wanted it to be likable,” he says of the Cable Guy’s earliest on-air appearances, “and I wanted people to say ‘Holy (bleep)’ when they heard it – but still think it was funny and think that Larry sounded like someone they’d want to have a beer with and pick his brain. According to Larry, before he knew it, he was doing that bit on more than 20 radio stations. Whitney, better known as Larry the Cable Guy, began developing the redneck cable installer with the catchphrase “git-r-done” for a bit on an old buddy’s radio show. Budding stand-up comic Daniel Whitney never thought in his wildest dreams a character he created on a whim would turn into such a success.
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