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Daniel Lawrence Whitney <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">
Larry the Cable Guy</td></tr>
Born: February 17, 1963
Pawnee City, Nebraska, USA
Occupation: Comedian, Actor

<tr><th style="text-align: right;">Spouse:</th><td>Cara Whitney (1 child)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: right;">Website:</th><td>www.larrythecableguy.com</td></tr>

Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and the subsequent series Blue Collar TV. He starred in the feature-length movie Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, and will soon star alongside close friend Bill Engvall in the upcoming film Delta Farce.

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[edit] Biography

Whitney grew up in Nebraska. When he was sixteen, Whitney's family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida. His father was a preacher who once played guitar with the Everly Brothers. He attended The King's Academy in West Palm Beach, where his father worked as the principal of The King's Academy's elementary school. Whitney played an instrument in the pep band. As a teenager he worked at Wendy's. In 1985, he began doing stand-up comedy at the Comedy Club in West Palm Beach on amateur nights at the encouragment of friends and coworkers; and, in 1991, he began doing radio comedy, where he would call 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.

[edit] Career

He started in Tampa Bay followed by stints at Rock 100 WDIZ and 101.1 WJRR Orlando before hooking up with the Blue Collar Boys. He became known in the South in the early 1990s when he made regular guest radio appearances on programs such as the Ron and Ron Show. He was also a regular during the late 1990s on Z-92's "The Todd and Tyler Show" in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday mornings when he would call into Chris Baker's morning show, as well as the Kirk, Mark, and Lopez morning show on 98 Rock in Baltimore, MD. "Larry"'s trademarks are "redneck"-style humor delivered while speaking in an affected thick Southern dialect recounting bizarre stories about his "family," and using the phrase "Git-R-Done!" He is also known for his other commonly used expressions.

He also sings Christmas songs like "Donny the Retard," "Titty Bar Christmas," and "I Pissed My Pants". He uses analogies like "Madder than a skinhead watching The Jeffersons," "Madder than a car load of queers getting pulled over for doin' a 69 in a 55".

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 and was the voice of Mater the tow truck in Disney/Pixar's animated film Cars.

Whitney has also seen considerable success from his comedic recordings. His comedy albums Lord, I Apologize, released in 2001, and The Right To Bare Arms, released in 2005, have both been certified gold by the RIAA.

[edit] Southern Accent

He grew up in Nebraska, which is a mid-western state, before he moved to West Palm Beach in South Florida as a teenager. Neither state typically exhibit Southern accents. He openly says in interviews (and his autobiographical book, GIT-R-DONE) that he willingly "turns on" the accent.

[edit] Catch phrases

Larry the Cable Guy is one of a handful of comedians that use catchphrase humor. He uses catch phrases such as his most famous one Git-R-Done, as well as Lord I Apologize.

[edit] Fictional family

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 "Guacamoley." 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 lbs. hypochondriac aunt.
  • A dog named Wilson whose tail was docked a little too long

[edit] Private life

Daniel Lawrence 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. In 2006, a video surfaced on the internet of his earlier standup, done in his normal persona. Some attribute the derivation of his name to his prior profession as a "cable guy," but he actually really never had such a job and got the name in order to hide his identity when calling in on radio shows. A potentially-revealing documentary about his backstage life during stand-up tours was planned but then dropped from the Git-R-Done DVD.

He currently lives in Sanford, Florida which is right outside Orlando. He also has a home in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is, reportedly, a proud member of the Husker Nation and is a huge supporter of the University of Nebraska football team. During 2006 training camp, he sat in on one of the team's practices. He purchased one of the new skyboxes at Memorial Stadium.

In a March 2006 interview with CMT, Whitney announced that he and his wife Cara were expecting a child. Their son Wyatt was born on August 2, 2006.

[edit] Criticism

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Whitney's act has been criticized for having racist and homophobic elements.

Whitney responded to common criticisms of him as racist or insensitive by saying that most people are fine with his act, stating "the only people who are uptight at my shows are politically correct white people." He continued his defense in his book, GIT-R-DONE, devoting a chapter to the "P. C. Left". Comedian David Cross responded with an open letter<ref name="DavidCrossLetter">David Cross Official Site - Open Letter.</ref> on his website expanding his criticism and defending his remarks.

Criticism also comes as many people say that his accent is faked in order for him to "become" the Larry the Cable Guy character.

Further criticism has been charged as his bona fidese as a Blue Collar comedian, since his success and merchandise has brought him great sums of money.

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[edit] Filmography

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