― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)
― Total Fucking Darkness (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Total Fucking Darkness (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)
― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)
I like my version better.
― Fsck Washing Ong's Hat (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)
― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)
Obv my experience as a youth with unrepentant git-r-doners shapes my antipathy just a tad.
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Jumpman (account), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)
― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)
didn't gatorade used to have a brand of gum called gatorgum?
― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)
BLAME LARRY.
― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Jumpman (account), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:14 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/uploaded_images/jethro-789425.jpg
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)
And rural TX men like my stepfather and uncle.
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:07 (nineteen years ago)
"People says that I'm middle-aged but how many people do you know that are 112 years old?"
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)
Actually I can't figure out who to kill more based on that clip, him or that audience.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjz_qhlYDQY
― Chinchilla Volapük (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)
This is the greatest name ever.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)
This clip is making me wonder if Dan Whitney ever went through a "prop comic" phase.
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 03:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)
― ath (ath), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)
― M@tt He1geson, Rendolent Ding-Dong (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:07 (nineteen years ago)
― lavendra diamondheart (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)
― chaki the cable guy (account), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:18 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 04:53 (nineteen years ago)
Is that the blue collar guy who always wears a jacket and drinks scotch or something? Yeah, he's pretty good.
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 12:58 (nineteen years ago)
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)
oh yeah. I've heard him on stern.
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 19:42 (nineteen years ago)
no you're thinking of jim florentine. tom mabe is the REDNECK version!
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:57 (nineteen years ago)
Wait, I just realized this is the source of an endless running gag in MST3K.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:03 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay: The root cause of dragon hatred among power metal bands. (marmotwo, Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay: The root cause of dragon hatred among power metal bands. (marmotwo, Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay: The root cause of dragon hatred among power metal bands. (marmotwo, Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot 4-Tay: The root cause of dragon hatred among power metal bands. (marmotwo, Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)
― ath (ath), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)
― tehresa needs more out of this relationship than she's willing to put in (tehres, Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)
― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)
― ath (ath), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 03:44 (nineteen years ago)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: August 4, 2006
Filed at 12:54 p.m. ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An awful lot of people think he's the funniest thing this side of the Mason-Dixon line. But offstage, self-professed redneck Larry the Cable Guy is not really Southern and -- on this recent afternoon at least -- not really interested in being funny.
The Pawnee City, Neb., native whose real name is Dan Whitney is quiet, insightful, serious even, as he ponders the success he and other comics are having on the charts.
''I think people are way too into what comedians do,'' says Whitney, who spoke by phone with nary a whiff of the thick accent he puts on for his routine. ''If people like you, you're a nice person and you're funny and you resonate well with them, they're going to support what you do.''
Whitney, 43, a member of the popular Blue Collar comedy crew, should know. His album ''The Right to Bare Arms'' debuted at No. 1 on the country albums chart in April 2005 and is approaching platinum status (1 million sales) -- rare for a niche market where production costs are relatively low and 100,000 units sold is a success.
He's no fluke. Comedy albums are doing well overall. Four others are among the top 75 on Billboard's country albums chart: ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road,'' Roy D. Mercer's ''Black & Blue,'' Ron White's ''You Can't Fix Stupid'' and the late Jerry Clower's ''Classic Clower Power.''
It's not just country. On the pop side, albums by Dane Cook, Lewis Black and the late Mitch Hedberg all have sold briskly, with Cook's ''Retaliation'' going platinum.
Industry insiders say people turn to comedy when times are tough, although no one is claiming that war in the Middle East or rising oil prices are the sole reasons for comedy's ascent.
''People are reaching for something to make them laugh rather than cry. That's when we see the swings in comedy in a big way. And we're kind of feeling that now,'' said Peter Strickland, vice president of sales and marketing for Warner Brothers' Jack Records.
Wade Jessen, director of Billboard's country charts, also thinks there's truth to the old adage about humor being the best medicine. The working-class -- country music's traditional base -- ''certainly hasn't shared in this economic prosperity that the Department of Labor would like everybody to think is happening,'' he said.
Country fans have long mixed music and comedy, albeit a cleaner, folksier style than the expletive-laced routines of Richard Pryor or Andrew Dice Clay. From its earliest days, the Grand Ole Opry featured comedians such as Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl.
Later, TV programs like ''Hee-Haw,'' ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and ''Green Acres'' expanded the reach of cornpone humor.
''More so than any genre of music, country has had a pronounced comedy component throughout most of its commercial history,'' Jessen said. ''It's been easy to define through the years because the themes are pretty common.''
Today, the hay bales and overalls are gone, but the blue-collar flavor remains. Whitney, for instance, delivers his one-liners in a sleeveless flannel work shirt and camouflage ball cap.
His humor can be raunchy, and his critics accuse him of being racist and homophobic. But the ultimate butt of his jokes seems to be the dimwitted hick he portrays.
''I know what my crowd will take. I don't drop any F-bombs or use the Lord's name in vain,'' he says, conceding that despite those boundaries his act can, and often does, cross the lines of good taste.
''Would I do it for a church banquet? No. But can I do it at a fair? Yes,'' he says. ''And I look at my crowds, too. If I see a lot of kids and older folks I will tone it down a lot.''
While proud to be a country comic, Whitney says his humor is broader than rural America. He's as popular on classic rock stations as on country stations, and in the Northeast as in the South.
''I just consider what I do funny stuff,'' says Whitney, who at 16 moved with his family from a Nebraska pig farm to West Palm Beach, Fla., where his father was principal of a private Christian school. ''Anybody can laugh at it.''
And plenty do. Besides gold records and a TV show on Comedy Central, he's also expanded into films with this year's ''Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector'' and as the voice of Mater the tow truck in the hit movie ''Cars.''
― Marmot 4-Tay: The root cause of dragon hatred among power metal bands. (marmotwo, Friday, 4 August 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)
Larry got some Weight Watchers commercials done
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 17:51 (eighteen years ago)
WHEn WILL R BE DONE????
I'm getting kind of anxious.
― Abbott, Thursday, 3 April 2008 02:49 (eighteen years ago)
Last summer I was within earshot of a dock upon which a family of recreational boaters were trying to accomplish something related to boating preparedness.
The dull-looking father, incensed at the dawdling of his children, shouted "C'MON KIDS LET'S GIT-R-DONE!" before storming off to do something else. The two children proceeded to spray water everywhere and then hopped around on the dock, laughing hysterically and shouting "git-r-done" at each other in pre-pubescent mockeries of their father's voice.
I don't really like kids, but these two made me think that the human species is not necessarily doomed.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:09 (eighteen years ago)
-- Abbott, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 10:49 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
" PROCRASTINATE 'R'! "
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:26 (eighteen years ago)
I sat through the whole movie where he thinks he is in Iraq when he is really in Mexico :(.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7571/morningbeauties1cr6.jpg
― svend, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:39 (eighteen years ago)
i was born with a confedareate flag birthmark on my dick. i am now the king of alabama and rural new jersey. the story of the events which led to this fateful outcome i will tell you all one day.
― burt_stanton, Thursday, 3 April 2008 04:09 (eighteen years ago)
So all relevant points were made upthread, but the first time I really paid attention to LTCG was when he did player introductions for a Nebraska game on tv last year my first thought was "wtf nobody from Nebraska talks like that...". It's like advertising what an ass you are on national tv.
― circles, Thursday, 3 April 2008 05:14 (eighteen years ago)
if Samuel Beckett were still around, he and this guy could have it out
― gabbneb, Thursday, 3 April 2008 05:21 (eighteen years ago)
wow @ fortunate hazel's story from a year ago
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 April 2008 09:28 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VROn7ZvVoW8
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 03:01 (eighteen years ago)
he was the proto Tucker Carlson
― Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:56 (eighteen years ago)
That opening comment from the host...waht
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:56 (eighteen years ago)
the freight train of comedy
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:53 (eighteen years ago)
i gotta give him credit for being able to transform from an unfunny comic to an equally unfunny created comic persona.
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:04 (eighteen years ago)
Comedy 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 was 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 syndicated Chris Baker Show Friday mornings, as well as the Kirk, Mark, and Lopez morning show on 98 Rock in Baltimore, Maryland. He was also a frequent guest on the Johnny Dare and Murphy show on 98.9, KQRC, Kansas City. His trademarks are redneck-style humor, recounting bizarre stories about his "family," delivered in an affected thick Southern accent, 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," "Madder than a skinhead watching The Jeffersons," "Madder than a legless Ethiopian watching a donut roll down a hill," "Madder than a Keebler Elf gettin' demoted to fudge packer," "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," "Madder than a skunk dipped in perfume," "Madder than a mute person playing bingo, getting bingo, and trying to yell out the word 'bingo'," or "Scarier than Janet Reno coming at you in a negligee with a box of rubbers."
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:05 (eighteen years ago)
matt beat me to it.
woah! that clip was crazy...he's like a totally different, equally unfunny person!
-- M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:36 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:10 (eighteen years ago)