Posted on 01/28/2005 8:25:42 AM PST by stainlessbanner
He's not wrapped too tightly, but Larry the Cable Guy knows comedy
Larry the Cable Guy doesn't care who you are, he's going to make you laugh.
Proud-to-be-a-redneck funny man Larry is bringing his latest joke-telling tour to Wachovia Arena Thursday, Jan. 27 for a night of political incorrectness.
He checked in with the Weekender recently, just a few days after the tour kicked off in Houston. Tracing back to his livestock-raising roots in southern Nebraska, Larry and his cohorts had just stopped off at a cattle auction. He admitted spending a good part of the day explaining to the not-so-auctioneer-savvy guys what exactly the rapid-tongued speaker was saying.
Did they get it?
"Never. In a million years," he said. "Are you kidding me? They had no clue. They ended up going in there eating cheeseburgers. They went in and ate cheeseburgers and I watched the sale."
You see, Larry the Cable Guy is just that Ð a regular guy.
He went from a virtual unknown in the comedy world to a Comedy Central regular and his "Git-R-Done" catch phrase has been spilling from the lips of every self-proclaimed redneck for more than a year. He's reached celebrity status without losing touch with why he's so funny Ð his roots.
"I hooked on with Jeff (Foxworthy), Bill (Engvall) and Ron (White) on Blue Collar (Comedy Tour), that just took it to a whole different level. I'll tell ya, it's exciting. I'm just having a blast," he said.
Known for his one-liners and straight-forwardness, Larry has become a hit thanks to a slot on the Comedy Central Blue Collar Comedy Tour with the aforementioned comedians. He got his start in the late 1980s on Florida radio and began gigging around the country about 10 years later.
Constantly compared to Foxworthy ("My crowds are the exact same as Jeff's crowds before they got married and had kids."), Larry said the resemblance doesn't end at the redneck joke telling.
"Jeff's big influence on me is how he did everything. He always would sign autographs after his shows. He would always go on the radio. He never moved to Hollywood or New York. He did what he did the way he wanted to do it."
And Larry's doing it his own way now. Still residing in rural Sanford, FL Ðhis family moved there from Nebraska some years ago Larry the Cable Guy said he knows he's not Hollywood or New York material. He also said he knows that there's a little redneck lurking in just about all of LA's shining stars.
"People can say what they want. Brad Pitt is a redneck. He's just playing the Hollywood part. Brad Pitt grew up in the Ozarks for God's sake. He went to the University of Missouri. Those aren't hoity-toities down there. I've been there, I know," he says with a deep-bellied giggle.
That's what makes Larry the Cable Guy so appealing to his fans. He's one of them. He doesn't live in a mansion in the Hamptons or wear designer suits and his jokes reflect that reality.
"It's real stuff. It's stuff people do in their homes with their families that they wouldn't do out in public," he said.
He cites his grandmother having a case of the meatball farts. "People may think, 'You shouldn't talk about that.' Well, I talk about that," he said, unapologetically.
"We all have one common denominator Ð we're all human beings and we all have the same kind of idiosyncrasies."
Even Brad Pitt.
Ping! :^)
Git R Done! Man, I love this guy. He's hilarious!
I liked the rest of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, but I really can't stand Larry the Cable Guy.
I love hsi line :'Everyone looks down on a redneck until their car breaks down'.
Ron White is a riot. My favorite of the bunch.
"I got thrown...out of a bar...in New York City."
I love Larry! Mr. RK and I are going to see him in March. We can't wait.
Ron's pretty good. Larry is classic, too. I've listened to Larry for years down here on local radio before he went big time.
Tater Salad
HAHAHA!
Where can I get one of these? Larry has one, the Nuge has one, Dimebag Darryl had one too!
Good stuff.
Isn't his accent a bit thick for Nebraska?
It is, but the outskirts of Sanford are old Florida - cattle country and melon groves.
He is a hoot. THe best one I saw was a routine where he was reading a PC Fairy tale to a bunch of kids. As he got to the end, he threw it down and said something about how it was written for "Tofu-farting tree-huggers!", and proceeded to tell his own ending to the story. It took me saveral minutes before I could gather my composure...
Git 'er done!
You have NO idea how much Larry resembles my brother. Except for being about 10 years older and a little stockier, he could BE my brother. And you have no idea how weird it is to see your brother onstage and have Larry's voice come out of his mouth.
Read some of Larry's political commentary - you might like it.
http://www.larrythecableguy.com/commentary/
Personally, Tater Salad is my favorite Blue Collar comic, and Larry my least favorite, but Larry's website is the only one that I check very often.
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