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| birth_name = Daniel Lawrence Whitney |
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| birth_date = February 17, 1963 |
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| birth_place = [[Pawnee City, Nebraska]] |
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| medium = [[Televison]] |
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| nationality = [[USA]] |
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| active = [[1991]]-present |
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| genre = [[Caucasian|Caucasian-American]] |
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| subject = [[Redneck|Rednecks]]/[[catchphrase|catchphrase humor]] |
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| influences = [[Bill Engvall]], [[Jeff Foxworthy]], [[Ron White]] |
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| spouse = Cara Whitney |
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| notable_work = [[Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road]] |
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'''Daniel Lawrence Whitney''' (born [[February 17]] [[1963]] in [[Pawnee City, Nebraska]]), better known by the [[stage name]] '''Larry the Cable Guy''', is a stand up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the [[Blue Collar Comedy Tour]]. |
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== Biography == |
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===Early life=== |
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Whitney grew up in [[Pawnee City]], [[Nebraska]]; he moved to [[Palm Beach County, Florida]] with his family when he was 16, where he attended The King's Academy. His father, a preacher who once played guitar with the [[Everly Brothers]], worked at The King's Academy. Whitney worked at [[Wendy's]] until 1985, when he began doing stand-up comedy with other West Palm Beach locals (such as his friend [[Jamie Porter]]). At the encouragement of friends and coworkers, he continued his standup work during amateur nights at the Comedy Club in [[Blue Springs, Missouri]]. In [[1991]], he began doing [[radio comedy]], in which he would call into stations as fictional characters. The "Larry" character was created after a friend from one of the stations asked him to call in as a cable installer. |
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=== Funny Business === |
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Whitney started a career in radio as a disc jockey in Blue Springs, Missouri. He moved to Omaha, where he was a personality on the short lived alternative station 101.9 The Edge [[KGDE]]. This followed by stints at Rock 100 WDIZ and 101.1 [[WJRR]] in Orlando before meeting the Blue Collar Boys. He became known in the South in the early 90s when he made regular radio appearances via phone on programs such as the [[Ron and Ron]] Show. He was also a regular via phone during the late 90s on Z-92's The Todd and Tyler Show in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], on the nationally Chris Baker Show Friday mornings, as well as the Kirk, Mark, and Lopez morning show on [[WIYY|98 Rock]] in [[Baltimore, MD]]. He was also a frequent guest on the Johnny Dare and Murphy show on 98.9, [[KQRC]], Kansas City. Larry's trademarks are [[Redneck]]-style humor, recounting bizarre stories about his "family," delivered in an affected thick [[Southern American English|Southern dialect]], and using, among other common expressions, his own catchphrase "Git-R-Done!" |
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He also sings Christmas songs like "Donny the Retard," "Titty Bars Christmas," and "I Pissed My Pants." He uses "madder than" jokes like "Madder than a queer with tonsilitis on Valentine's Day",or,"Madder than a [[skinhead|skinhead]] watching ''[[The Jeffersons]]''," "Madder than a carload of [[queer]]s getting pulled over for doin' a [[69 (sex position)|69]] in a 55," "Madder than a one-legged waitress at the [[IHOP]]," or "Happier than [[Jim Nabors]] with a wheelbarrow full of buttholes," and possibly his most famous, "Happier than a [[tornado]] in a [[trailer park]]," from his character in the film ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]].'' |
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In 2005, he was featured in [[Gretchen Wilson|Gretchen Wilson's]] music video for the song "[[All Jacked Up (song)|All Jacked Up]]," playing dual roles as himself and a [[transvestism|transvestite]] bar patron. In 2006, he starred in the film ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]'', was the voice of Mater, the tow truck, in [[Disney]]/[[Pixar|Pixar's]] [[Academy Award]]-nominated animated film ''Cars'', as well as the voice of Ryder, a crazy cat in the Walt Disney animated film ''[[The Fox and the Hound 2]]''. Whitney's character was mocked with a character known as "Plumber Bubba" on the Cartoon Network show ''[[Squidbillies]]'' in the 2007 episode "Bubba Tubba." His catchphrase involved leaning over in his plumber pants coquettishly and inquiring, "Have you seen my butthole?" The episode also makes fun of his status as a millionaire who pretends to be a simple man with his story about the foreigner whom he couldn't understand while he was at "Martha's Vineyard to launch my new zeppelin fleet."<ref name="Bubba Trubba">http://www.tv.com/squidbillies/bubba-trubba/episode/866601/summary.html</ref> |
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Whitney has also seen considerable success from his comedic recordings. His first two comedy albums, ''Lord, I Apologize'' (2001), and ''The Right To Bare Arms'' (2005), have both been [[RIAA certification|certified]] [[gold album|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. A third album, ''Morning Constitutions'', and its accompanying TV special were released in 2007. |
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He has also been approached by [[Comedy Central]] to voice a character for an as-yet-unnamed animated series. The show would involve his character as one of two owners of a small cable channel (the other, a high-classed, high-attitude woman) who butt heads at the type of programming they feel appropriate for air. A half-hour pilot has been ordered by the network.<ref name="pilot">[http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/13/tv/main2253184.shtml "Basic Cable Guy: Pilot At Comedy Central — Network Has Ordered Half-Hour Animated TV Show Starring 'Blue Collar' Comedian"], HollywoodReporter.com, December 13, 2006</ref> |
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=== Private life === |
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The real Dan Whitney himself is somewhat of an unknown. A few [[biographies]] of him describe only the fictional life of Larry the Cable Guy, as he rarely speaks out of character when in public. Residents of Pawnee County confirm the existence of his father and one brother. There is a also a rumor that he has a nephew who attends Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska. |
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In a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' report, correspondent Bob Simon reveals Whitney's "happy-go-lucky" lifestyle: "Unlike many comedians the ''60 Minutes'' team has met, Larry is not angry, he's not depressed, he's not paranoid. He's a hard-working, supremely confident, happy-go-lucky funnyman."<ref name="60min">Bob Simon. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/14/60minutes/main2269127.shtml "Political Correctness 'Out Of Control': Bob Simon Interviews The King Of Comedy, Larry The Cable Guy"], ''60 Minutes'' Online, December 17, 2007</ref> |
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Whitney lives on a rural parcel of land in [[Seminole County, Florida]], just north of [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] and has a home in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]. He is a dedicated supporter of the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln|University of Nebraska]] football team. He frequently attends Nebraska Football games in his luxury box above [[Memorial Stadium, Lincoln]]. Whitney is married to a former radio personality from KOMP in Las Vegas, NV. |
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Dan and his wife, Cara have two children together: Wyatt and Reagan. His wife Cara gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Reagan, born October 29, 2007 weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces. |
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=== Southern accent === |
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Whitney's Southern accent is worn as an affectation. Having grown up in Nebraska before moving to West Palm Beach in South Florida when he was 16, Whitney's natural inflection is much more Midwest than Deep South. He says in interviews and in his autobiographical book ''GIT-R-DONE'' that he willingly "turns on" the accent.<ref name="deadfrog">[http://www.dead-frog.com/blog/entry/an_interview_with_larry_the_cable_guy/ An Interview with Larry the Cable Guy], Dead-Frog.com, June 15, 2005</ref> See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VROn7ZvVoW8 this YouTube link] for an early comedy routine performance without his accent. |
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==Catchphrases== |
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Larry the Cable Guy uses [[catchphrase|catchphrase humor]], including "Git-R-Done", as well as "Lord, I apologize for that right there, and please be with the starvin' pygmies in New Guinea, A-men" and/or "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!" after particularly egregious jokes. |
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==Fictional family== |
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His often-heard-of fictional family includes the following: |
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* A grandma who gets the "walkin' farts". |
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* A grandpa who uses a [[mechanical larynx|device]] to speak due to [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]]. |
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* A brother who is not only [[deaf]] but has [[Tourette's syndrome]]. |
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* A sister, Liddie, who is very overweight who has a belly button ring; this sister was also immortalized in a sketch on ''[[Blue Collar TV]]''. |
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* Another sister who looks like DeeWayne from the [[Ozarks]] and has numerous moles; Larry has nicknamed her "Old Moley," "Holy Moley," and "Guacamole". This sister also is overweight. |
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* His sister's husband, who is originally from [[Mexico]]. |
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* His sister's baby, whom Larry has nicknamed "Rolie Polie Moley". |
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* 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]]''. |
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* A 370-pound [[hypochondriac]] aunt who works as a runway model at an airport. |
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* A dog named Wilson whose tail was [[Docking (dog)|docked]] a little too long. |
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* A girlfriend that looks like his favorite country music singer, [[Travis Tritt]]. |
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* A great-great-grandfather who is a [[United States Civil War|Civil War]] veteran and is called Lawrence the [[Telegraph]] Guy. |
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* A girlfriend named BayLee Spain Long |
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* A mother's lesbian lover named Frita (used in early career) |
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* An aunt Donna who wanted him to wear nipple clips. |
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* An aunt and uncle who froze to death in a [[convertible]] after going to a [[drive-in theater]] to see "Closed for the Winter." |
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* A 91 year old grandpa who proposed to his 78 year old lover on Christmas and died three weeks later when his Oxygen Tank exploded. |
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==Radio career== |
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Whitney was a radio personality on: |
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* [[KKAR]] 1290 AM in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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* KGDE 101.9 The Edge in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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* [[KEZO]] "Z-92" in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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* [[KQRC]] in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]] |
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* [[KMYZ]] "Z104.5 The Edge" in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] |
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* [[WJRR]] 101.1 FM in [[Orlando, Florida]] |
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* [[WDIZ]] in [[Orlando, Florida]] |
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* [[WPLA]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] |
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* [[WIYY]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] |
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* [[WPYX]] in [[Latham, New York]] |
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* [[KTPI]] in [[Tehachapi, California]] |
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==Discography== |
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* ''Salutations & Flatulations'' (1997) |
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* ''[[Lord, I Apologize]]'' (2001) |
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* ''[[A Very Larry Christmas]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[The Right to Bare Arms]]'' (2005) |
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* ''[[Morning Constitutions]]'' (April 3, 2007) |
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* ''[[Christmastime in Larryland]]'' (October 30, 2007) |
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==Filmography== |
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* ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Git-R-Done]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]) |
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* ''[[Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]) |
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* ''[[Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Rides Again]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) |
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* ''[[Blue Collar TV]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) |
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* ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]) |
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* ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' ([[Cars (film)|Film]] & [[Cars (video game)|Video Game]]) ([[2006 in film|2006]]) ''(voice)'' - ''[[List of Cars characters#Mater|Mater]]'' |
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* ''[[Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]) |
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* ''[[The Fox and the Hound 2]]'' (2006) ''(voice)'' - ''Ryder'' |
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* ''[[Delta Farce]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[Witless Protection]]'' (2008) |
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==References== |
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*"Dan Whitney." Online. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249256/bio |
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* [http://www.afewmomentswith.com/ Larry the Cable Guy Interview on Fox News Radio] |
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{{Blue Collar Comedy}} |
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[[Category:People from Omaha, Nebraska]] |
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[[Category:American stand-up comedians]] |
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[[Category:People from Nebraska]] |
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[[Category:1963 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Warner Music Group artists]] |
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Revision as of 20:08, 12 December 2007
| Larry the Cable Guy | |
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| Pseudonym | Larry |
| Birth name | Daniel Lawrence Whitney |
| Born | February 17, 1963 Pawnee City, Nebraska |
| Medium | Televison |
| Nationality | USA |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Genres | Caucasian-American |
| Subject(s) | Rednecks/catchphrase humor |
| Spouse | Cara Whitney |
| Notable works and roles | Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road |
Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is a stand up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
Biography
Early life
Whitney grew up in Pawnee City, Nebraska; he moved to Palm Beach County, Florida with his family when he was 16, where he attended The King's Academy. His father, a preacher who once played guitar with the Everly Brothers, worked at The King's Academy. Whitney worked at Wendy's until 1985, when he began doing stand-up comedy with other West Palm Beach locals (such as his friend Jamie Porter). At the encouragement of friends and coworkers, he continued his standup work during amateur nights at the Comedy Club in Blue Springs, Missouri. In 1991, he began doing radio comedy, in which he would call into stations as fictional characters. The "Larry" character was created after a friend from one of the stations asked him to call in as a cable installer.
Funny Business
Whitney started a career in radio as a disc jockey in Blue Springs, Missouri. He moved to Omaha, where he was a personality on the short lived alternative station 101.9 The Edge KGDE. This followed by stints at Rock 100 WDIZ and 101.1 WJRR in Orlando before meeting the Blue Collar Boys. He became known in the South in the early 90s when he made regular radio appearances via phone on programs such as the Ron and Ron Show. He was also a regular via phone during the late 90s on Z-92's The Todd and Tyler Show in Omaha, Nebraska, on the nationally Chris Baker Show Friday mornings, as well as the Kirk, Mark, and Lopez morning show on 98 Rock in Baltimore, MD. He was also a frequent guest on the Johnny Dare and Murphy show on 98.9, KQRC, Kansas City. Larry's trademarks are Redneck-style humor, recounting bizarre stories about his "family," delivered in an affected thick Southern dialect, and using, among other common expressions, his own catchphrase "Git-R-Done!"
He also sings Christmas songs like "Donny the Retard," "Titty Bars Christmas," and "I Pissed My Pants." He uses "madder than" jokes like "Madder than a queer with tonsilitis on Valentine's Day",or,"Madder than a skinhead watching The Jeffersons," "Madder than a carload of queers getting pulled over for doin' a 69 in a 55," "Madder than a one-legged waitress at the IHOP," or "Happier than Jim Nabors with a wheelbarrow full of buttholes," and possibly his most famous, "Happier than a tornado in a trailer park," from his character in the film Cars.
In 2005, 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. In 2006, he starred in the film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, was the voice of Mater, the tow truck, in Disney/Pixar's Academy Award-nominated animated film Cars, as well as the voice of Ryder, a crazy cat in the Walt Disney animated film The Fox and the Hound 2. Whitney's character was mocked with a character known as "Plumber Bubba" on the Cartoon Network show Squidbillies in the 2007 episode "Bubba Tubba." His catchphrase involved leaning over in his plumber pants coquettishly and inquiring, "Have you seen my butthole?" The episode also makes fun of his status as a millionaire who pretends to be a simple man with his story about the foreigner whom he couldn't understand while he was at "Martha's Vineyard to launch my new zeppelin fleet."[1]
Whitney has also seen considerable success from his comedic recordings. His first two comedy albums, Lord, I Apologize (2001), and The Right To Bare Arms (2005), have both been certified gold by the RIAA. A third album, Morning Constitutions, and its accompanying TV special were released in 2007.
He has also been approached by Comedy Central to voice a character for an as-yet-unnamed animated series. The show would involve his character as one of two owners of a small cable channel (the other, a high-classed, high-attitude woman) who butt heads at the type of programming they feel appropriate for air. A half-hour pilot has been ordered by the network.[2]
Private life
The real Dan Whitney himself is somewhat of an unknown. A few biographies of him describe only the fictional life of Larry the Cable Guy, as he rarely speaks out of character when in public. Residents of Pawnee County confirm the existence of his father and one brother. There is a also a rumor that he has a nephew who attends Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska.
In a 60 Minutes report, correspondent Bob Simon reveals Whitney's "happy-go-lucky" lifestyle: "Unlike many comedians the 60 Minutes team has met, Larry is not angry, he's not depressed, he's not paranoid. He's a hard-working, supremely confident, happy-go-lucky funnyman."[3]
Whitney lives on a rural parcel of land in Seminole County, Florida, just north of Orlando and has a home in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a dedicated supporter of the University of Nebraska football team. He frequently attends Nebraska Football games in his luxury box above Memorial Stadium, Lincoln. Whitney is married to a former radio personality from KOMP in Las Vegas, NV.
Dan and his wife, Cara have two children together: Wyatt and Reagan. His wife Cara gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Reagan, born October 29, 2007 weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces.
Southern accent
Whitney's Southern accent is worn as an affectation. Having grown up in Nebraska before moving to West Palm Beach in South Florida when he was 16, Whitney's natural inflection is much more Midwest than Deep South. He says in interviews and in his autobiographical book GIT-R-DONE that he willingly "turns on" the accent.[4] See this YouTube link for an early comedy routine performance without his accent.
Catchphrases
Larry the Cable Guy uses catchphrase humor, including "Git-R-Done", as well as "Lord, I apologize for that right there, and please be with the starvin' pygmies in New Guinea, A-men" and/or "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!" after particularly egregious jokes.
Fictional family
His often-heard-of fictional family includes the following:
- 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.
- A sister, Liddie, who is very overweight who has a belly button ring; this sister was also immortalized in a sketch on Blue Collar TV.
- Another sister who looks like DeeWayne from the Ozarks and has numerous moles; Larry has nicknamed her "Old Moley," "Holy Moley," and "Guacamole". This sister also is 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-pound hypochondriac aunt who works as a runway model at an airport.
- A dog named Wilson whose tail was docked a little too long.
- A girlfriend that looks like his favorite country music singer, Travis Tritt.
- A great-great-grandfather who is a Civil War veteran and is called Lawrence the Telegraph Guy.
- A girlfriend named BayLee Spain Long
- A mother's lesbian lover named Frita (used in early career)
- An aunt Donna who wanted him to wear nipple clips.
- An aunt and uncle who froze to death in a convertible after going to a drive-in theater to see "Closed for the Winter."
- A 91 year old grandpa who proposed to his 78 year old lover on Christmas and died three weeks later when his Oxygen Tank exploded.
Radio career
Whitney was a radio personality on:
- KKAR 1290 AM in Omaha, Nebraska
- KGDE 101.9 The Edge in Omaha, Nebraska
- KEZO "Z-92" in Omaha, Nebraska
- KQRC in Kansas City
- KMYZ "Z104.5 The Edge" in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- WJRR 101.1 FM in Orlando, Florida
- WDIZ in Orlando, Florida
- WPLA in Jacksonville, Florida
- WIYY in Baltimore, Maryland
- WPYX in Latham, New York
- KTPI in Tehachapi, California
Discography
- Salutations & Flatulations (1997)
- Lord, I Apologize (2001)
- A Very Larry Christmas (2004)
- The Right to Bare Arms (2005)
- Morning Constitutions (April 3, 2007)
- Christmastime in Larryland (October 30, 2007)
Filmography
- Larry the Cable Guy: Git-R-Done (2003)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Rides Again (2004)
- Blue Collar TV (2004)
- Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
- Cars (Film & Video Game) (2006) (voice) - Mater
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road (2006)
- The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) (voice) - Ryder
- Delta Farce (2007)
- Witless Protection (2008)
References
- ^ http://www.tv.com/squidbillies/bubba-trubba/episode/866601/summary.html
- ^ "Basic Cable Guy: Pilot At Comedy Central — Network Has Ordered Half-Hour Animated TV Show Starring 'Blue Collar' Comedian", HollywoodReporter.com, December 13, 2006
- ^ Bob Simon. "Political Correctness 'Out Of Control': Bob Simon Interviews The King Of Comedy, Larry The Cable Guy", 60 Minutes Online, December 17, 2007
- ^ An Interview with Larry the Cable Guy, Dead-Frog.com, June 15, 2005
- "Dan Whitney." Online. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249256/bio
- Larry the Cable Guy Interview on Fox News Radio