Posted on 09/10/2008 10:44:49 PM PDT by Lizavetta
'Blue Collar Comedy Tour's' Ron White arrested in Vero Beach
VERO BEACH — Comedian Ron White has one more arrest story to use in his skits.
The Vero Beach Police Department arrested the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” star on Wednesday on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
An anonymous tipster told Vero Beach Police detectives an airplane would be landing at 5 p.m. at the city’s airport with a passenger carrying illegal drugs, said Officer John Morrison, spokesman for the Vero Beach Police Department.
White, on the Treasure Coast to perform at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce, was booked at the Indian River County Jail at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday and released at 8:06 p.m. after posting $1,000 bail, said Deputy Jeff Luther, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Only White and the pilot were on the plane, and the 51-year-old comedian was cooperative with detectives, who during the search found less than 3 grams of marijuana and a pipe to smoke the drug, Morrison said.
White began his sold-out performance at the 1,200-seat Sunrise Theatre more than an hour late Wednesday and is scheduled to do a second sold-out show there Thursday.
He is best known for his days on the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” with fellow comedians and friends Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy.
Holding a glass of scotch in one hand and a cigarette or cigar in the other, White often includes jokes in his acts about being arrested and charged with public intoxication after being thrown out of a New York bar and booked in Texas with the alias “Tater Salad.”
Well, the sidewalk was in Texas so it was no big deal to drive down it. when I was little, I drove my tricycle on the sidewalk - he just had a bigger tricycle.
Greek Tater Salad
5 - 6 taters
2 T water
1/4 C olive oil
1 chopped onion
Juice of 1 lime
2 tsp "oregano"
2 Twinkies
Peel & nuke taters & water until tender
Eat Twinkie
Stir in remaining ingredients
Enjoy with second Twinkie
*pilot turns around* we’re having some engine trouble, we’ll have to turn around.
Aw, I’m a big fan of ol’ “Tater Salad,” author of the immortal line, “If you kill somebody in Texas, we kill you back!” Hope he doesn’t get stuck in jail for this nonsense.
Three grams? Good heavens. Kick the guy loose. Some menace to society there...
If his present wife was the snitch, have to get another wife. Or was his dog, Sluggo, the nasty snitch? Can’t believe Sluggo did it, for he wouldn’t get any more M&Ms tucked inside his jowls for treats.
I hope they notify Interpol! Oh the humanity!
What a waste of time and manpower.
very funny guy..shame but obviously the cops want to give him more material..LOL
Too bad he wasn't landing in CO. $100 fine for the pot and a $100 fine for the paraphernalia. No arrest, no jail, no bail to post.
Wow, 3 grams!!!! Why they should of just executed “the Tater” on the spot./s
That’s profiling and that’s wrong.
he only had three grams because they smoked the other twenty-five grams during the flight.
IIRC - he has a routine about engine trouble on a small plane.
I must admit - i think that he is very, very, funny.
Maybe an ex-wife or angry girlfriend put it in his luggage and called in the tip while the flight was in the air. I remember Sam Kinison telling a story during one of his comedy shows about his girlfriend putting a loaded gun in his luggage after he tried to break up with her. I doubt Ron was talking about his marijuana on the plane so someone called that knew about it before he boarded the flight. Very funny man - I bet he will tell who the tattle-tail was in his act.
Whew. Society is safe once again.
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“Holding a glass of scotch in one hand and a cigarette or cigar in the other,”
It’s a blunt!
I think I'll phone a few of those in myself. Especially against people I don't like. It might even true.
a passenger carrying illegal drugs
less than 3 grams of marijuana
Three grams is one tenth of an ounce. Just think, he could have had 128 Fluid Ounces of Scotch and nothing would be said.
Isn't it sad that one can use the police to settle a score.
He's got another one that goes something like:
"I did cocaine once." (pause) "For seven years.
"I only did it to learn the metric system."
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