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Larry the Cable Guy

Comedy Central · 2004 · 66 min

The sleeveless, catchphrase-heavy hour that launched a country comedy empire.

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Daniel Lawrence Whitney had already established his sleeveless, redneck persona on syndicated radio and as the breakout member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, but this 2004 release was his first solo headlining special. Dressed in a torn flannel shirt and a camouflage cap, he delivers a rapid sequence of short jokes, crude anecdotes, and catchphrases pitched directly to his target audience. It is a calculatedly lowbrow performance, running on Southern stereotypes, toilet humor, and the sheer momentum of his delivery.

Filmed on a stage in Michigan, the 66-minute set captures the comedian right as his career was skyrocketing toward mainstream ubiquity. The same year this DVD hit shelves, he would launch the sketch series Blue Collar TV on the WB network. On stage, he runs through bits about the absurdity of getting hit by a train, the difficulty of passing in PlayStation football games, and a woman suing a county because a shark bit her husband. The special, directed by Michael Drumm and released by Image Entertainment, eventually went platinum on DVD and proved that the caricature could easily carry a solo hour.

The set list

4 bits

  1. Playstation Football controls

    Complaining about complicated modern football video game controllers and wondering why they cannot just have a button that says 'frickin' pass'.

  2. Parody Christmas carols with guitar

    Playing guitar emblazoned with a Confederate flag and singing politically incorrect holiday song parodies aimed at illegal immigrants and telling bums to get jobs.

  3. Talking scales and obesity

    Joking about talking scales that insult fat people and asserting that someone does not have a thyroid problem, they have a food problem.

  4. Johnny the Retard

    An irreverent, shocking character skit that subverts political correctness.

How it plays

Tone
Crude, politically incorrect, raunchy, and unapologetically down-home.
On stage
Stereotypical down-home redneck in a trademark baseball cap and sleeveless torn-off plaid shirt, delivering politically incorrect Southern-fried humor as a lovable doofus.
Pace
Repetitive, folksy cadence cycling through catchphrases, exaggerated drawls, and over-the-top metaphors.
About
Southern culture and redneck life, Family antics, Political incorrectness, NASCAR, Obesity and bodily functions

What the critics said

Received mixed-to-negative reviews from mainstream critics who found the routine repetitive, shocking, and dependent on crude redneck stereotypes, while remaining wildly embraced by fans of the Blue Collar Comedy movement.

In the room: An exuberant and devoted crowd filled with camouflage caps and spit cups, laughing raucously and cheering along with his catchphrases.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: imdb.com, wyld.wyldcatalog.org, themoviedb.org, cinemaos.tech, dvdtalk.com, cinafilm.com, letterboxd.com, en.wikipedia.org, dead-frog.com.

Backstory

Filmed in Kalamazoo, Michigan on the exact same date and venue as fellow Blue Collar comedian Ron White's special 'They Call Me Tater Salad', following the commercial boom of Southern and blue-collar country comedy.

Details

Released
Taped
2003, State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Runtime
66 min
Where
Comedy Central
Director
Michael Drumm
Topics
Before
Lord, I Apologize (2001)
After
The Right to Bare Arms (2005)

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