Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy Takes on the Erwin Center (Lord, I Apologize)

With his cries of “Git-R-Done!” and “Lord, I Apologize,” Larry the Cable Guy is selling out theatres and arenas across the country. He has certainly proved to be more than your average funny cable guy. In addition to his hilarious stand-up routines, Larry has been involved with many other comedic ventures in his career, taking his signature redneck humor with him along the way.

Daniel Lawrence Whitney – better known by his stage name Larry the Cable Guy – began his comedy career on a dare at a local comedy club in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1986. After appearing on amateur nights at comedy clubs, Whitney began doing radio comedy, calling into stations as fictional characters. The Larry character was created after his friend from a station asked him to call in as a cable installer.

As his popularity grew, Larry moved from radio to live entertainment and co-starred in the highly successful “Blue Collar Comedy Tour.” The tour featured an ensemble cast of Larry, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Engvall, and went on to gross more than $15 million. The tour’s success led to Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Movie, which premiered on Comedy Central in November of 2003 and at the time was the highest rated movie in the channel’s history. This led to the hugely popular “Blue Collar TV,” a sketch comedy series for The WB network which premiered in 2004 and attracted 5.4 million viewers.

In 2006, Larry starred in his first feature film, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector. Along with comedy stars Joe Pantoliano, Joanna Cassidy, and Tony Hale, Larry stars as a restaurant health inspector who must get to the bottom of a string of food poisonings at several upscale restaurants.

Larry has also guest starred in other films, including Cars from Disney/Pixar, in which Larry stars as the voice of Mater the tow truck. The movie also stars the voices of Paul Newman, Owen Wilson and Bonnie Hunt and opened at No. 1 at the box office in June, 2006.

His most recent film endeavor has been Delta Farce with Bill Engvall and D.J. Qualls. Delta Farce is a hilarious new comedy about three blue collar heroes on the military’s front line. The guys are inadvertently called up to service and then accidentally ejected in a Humvee somewhere over Mexico. Convinced they’re actually in the Middle East, the clueless soldiers save a rural village from a siege of bandits and become local heroes.

In addition to television, film, and live appearances, Larry has also released albums that showcase

his signature redneck humor: Salutations and Flatulations (1997), Lord, I Apologize (2001), A Very Larry Christmas (2004), and The Right to Bare Arms (2005). The Right to Bare Arms contains songs such as “Faith Healers and Weight Problems,” “Git-R-Done!,” and “Romance and Imported Rubbers (I Seen This on TV...No Lie).” The album debuted at No. 1 on the SoundScan Comedy Chart, No. 1 on the Country Chart, and No. 7 on the Top 200 Chart. This marks the first time in the history of Soundscan that a comedy album has charted at No. 1 on the Country Chart. The Right to Bare Arms has been certified gold by the RIAA and is the highest-charting comedy record since Steve Martin in 1978. In addition to receiving a Grammy nomination, Larry also won Billboard’s 2005 Comedy Artist of the year and Comedy Album of the year.

Although it would seem that Larry’s schedule is packed between starring in films, releasing albums, and touring, Larry has found time to become a bestselling author. His new book, Git-R-Done, was released in October 2005 and debuted at No. 26 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Larry is currently on tour, bringing his redneck humor, signature catchphrases, and hilarious family anecdotes. His often-heard-of fictional family includes:
• A grandma, who gets the “walkin’ farts”
• A grandpa, who uses a device to speak due to throat cancer
• A brother, who is not only deaf but has Tourette's syndrome (and often flips the bird while speaking in sign language)
• A sister, Liddie, who is very overweight; This sister was also immortalized in a sketch on Blue Collar TV.
• Another sister, who looks like DeeWayne from the Ozarks, who has numerous moles; Larry has nicknamed her “Old Moley,” “Holy Moley,” and “Guacamole.” This sister is also overweight.
• His sister's husband, who is originally from Mexico
• His sister's baby, whom Larry has nicknamed “Rolie Polie Moley”
• A niece and nephew, parents unclear, who bring home fairy tale books that are now “politically correct,” as read by Larry on Blue Collar TV
• A 370 lb. hypochondriac aunt
• A dog named Wilson whose tail was docked a little too long
• A Gerbal named Gerbonnus who is covered in warts

In addition to regaling the audience with bizarre family stories, Larry provides jokes and commentary on news events and popular culture. His style reveals his character: a slightly dim, sometimes racist, completely redneck, 100 percent Republican farm boy who believes that Hilary Clinton is Satan, “The Dukes of Hazzard” got canceled because Hollywood hates country boys, and NASCAR is the world’s greatest sport.

Don’t miss the blue collar funny guy that some critics are calling “the most successful comic in America.” Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, blue collar or white collar, redneck or city slicker, Larry is sure to entertain because – according to Larry himself – “I don’t care who you are; that’s funny right there!”