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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 an American stand-up comedian, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and the subsequent series Blue Collar TV. He also starred in the feature-length movie Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
.

Early life

When he was 16, Whitney's family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida. He attended college at Baptist University of America in Georgia, where he says his roommates "frosted the dialect cake for me." In 1985, he began doing stand-up comedy, 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.

Career

He started with the Ron & Ron show on 95 WYNF radio in Tampa Bay followed by stints at Rock 100 WDIZ and 101.1 WJRR Orlando before hooking up with the Blue Collar Boys. He was also a regular during the late 1990s on 101.9 The Edge in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday mornings when he would call into Chris Baker's morning show. "Larry"'s trademarks are "redneck"-style humor delivered while speaking in an affected thick Southern accent, recounting bizarre stories about his "family", and the phrase, "Git-R-Done!" He is also known for his other commonly used expressions such as, "I don't care who you are that's funny right there.", "Lord, I apologize for that one there, and please be with all the starving Pygmies down there in New Guinea!", "What the hell is this, Russia?", "That's Right", and "Do you believe that?". Often during his acts, a woman in the audience 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.

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 syndrome (and often flips the bird while speaking in sign language)
A sister, who is very overweight; this sister was also immortalized in a sketch on Blue Collar TV
A sister, DeeWayne, who has an enormous number of moles; Larry has nicknamed her "Old Moley", "Holy Moley", and "Guacamoley"
Deewayne's husband, who is originally from Mexico
DeeWayne's baby, whom Larry has nicknamed, "Rolie Polie Moley"
A niece, parent unclear, who brings home fairy tale books that are now "politically correct", as read by Larry on Blue Collar TV
A dog named Wilson whose tail was docked a little too long

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". David Cross responded with an open letter on his website defending his remarks. Whitney has not followed with a public response.

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 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.

Private life

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. 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 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. It should be noted however, that Whitney did indeed grow up on a farm in Nebraska. In a March 2006 interview with CMT, Whitney said he and his wife Cara were expecting a baby on August 4th of that year.

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