Larry The Cable Guy - Biography

Last Editor: kabibiluvuatu				Larry The Cable Guy Biography -   Name : Larry The Cable Guy Date of birth : 17 February 1963 Place of birth : Pawnee City, Nebraska, USA Birth name : Daniel Lawrence Whitney Nickname : Larry Height : 5' 10

Larry The Cable Guy Trivia -

His signature catchphrase is "Git R Done." He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group, a group of "rednecks" who do stand up and sketch comedy together.

Larry The Cable Guy Detailed Biography -

Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is one of the co-stars on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and the subsequent series Blue Collar TV. He is also the voice of Mater the tow truck in Pixar's animated movie Cars. After attending Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, his family moved to Palm Beach, Florida when he was 16. He eventually became a radio comedian, working with Ron and Fez on the syndicated "Ron and Ron Show," before hooking up with the Blue Collar Boys. His trademarks are "redneck" style humor delivered while speaking in an affected thick Southern accent, recounting bizarre stories about his "family", and the phrases "Git-R-Done!" and "Do you believe that?". Often at his acts, some woman yells out that she loves him. He usually responds by saying "I told you to wait in the truck" - a line cribbed from Tom Waits. In a 2005 Rolling Stone interview, comedian David Cross charged that Whitney's act was anti-gay, racist, and chock-full of "anti-intellectual pride." In an interview, Whitney responded to common criticisms of him as racist or insensitive by saying those people can "kiss my ass". Dan Whitney himself has become somewhat of an enigma; official biographies of him describe only the fictional life of Larry the Cable Guy, and he almost never speaks out of his 'Larry' voice. A would-be-revealing documentary about his backstage life during stand-up tours was planned but then dropped from the "Git-R-Done" DVD. Many critics have pointed out that his fictional persona may be misleading to his intended audience who go for a "blue-collar-just-like-me" experience, when in fact he is neither from the south nor blue-collar, and in fact is a very well-paid comedian. Recently, he was featured in Gretchen Wilson's music video for the song "All Jacked Up", playing dual roles as himself and a transvestite bar patron. The album of the same name was released at the end of September of 2005.