I tried searching to see if anyone else has posted on this topic but didn’t find anything.
Larry the Cable Guy of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame uses the catchphrase “Git R Done” all the time and it seems to be really popular where I am for the summer in rural South Dakota. I’ve listened to his bit before but I can’t figure out why the hell this phrase is funny. What does it even mean? And why is it popular in a place where people don’t have Southern accents and therefore wouldn’t experience it in the same way?
I’m still trying to figure out what Bill Engval means by “Here’s your sign.” I understand the concept of the joke (sarcastic answers to silly questions) but I don’t see how the catchphrase comes in.
A friend explained it to me. It came from Engval’s routine of saying that stupid people should have to wear a sign identifying them as such. That way, people wouldn’t have to waste their time asking them questions, they could just see the sign and walk away.
Only on that one… Usually, I get hung up in the holster that is work.
I on the other hand, am currently too tired from handing out signs today, to do any more work… in fact, I’m going home. Though, I’ve got to do more work at 10PM today… :mad:
Hey, I always thought it was “git 'er done” with the er being a contraction of her, which was just a substitution for “it.” Sorta like having a boat and instead of saying get “it” in the water (done) he’s saying get “her” in the water (done). Does that make any sense to anyone?
But why is it funny? As Jeff Foxworthy pointed out on his Comedy Central roast (only worth it for the surreally excellent Bush impersonator), at least “Here’s your sign” is a punchline. “Git 'R Done” just kind of floats there, like it’s waiting for a decent joke to tether it back to earth.
Yeah that’s what I thought too. Kind of a “well, this sucks, no sense making it last all day though.”
As in the following exchange:
Shee-it, damn well pump’s busted again. We’re gonna have to dig 'er up.
Yep. Well, I’ll bring over my backhoe, let’s git 'er done.
Can also be applied to hay baling, fence fixing or any other time consuming or dull task the requires doing on a farm. See also: “That field don’t mow herself.”
I always thought it was kinda senseless. I don’t understand the appeal of Larry the Cable Guy. The only funny bit he ever did was about his sister’s horse getting a broke leg… That made me laugh.
Those gimmick comics are only funny the first time you watch 'em (i.e. Andrew “Dice” Clay) otherwise, they just take that gimmick and corkscrew that sumbitch right into the ground.
I think the popularity of LtCG is due to the fact that he’s well marketed to those who buy that tawdry sweatshop crap at convenience stores and gas stations in great quantities. I’ve gotten fuel at a speedway station in the past two weeks, and noticed a kiosk (oh the irony!) full of Larry’s cheap plastic crap. This is the key to his success, methinks. Well that, and the red staters ;).
I always thought it referred to the county folks, country boys approach to a task.
Sort of a countyfied version of ‘just do it’.
Funny? Just as a colloquialism. And perhaps because it can be a simple approach to what may be a complex problem.
It seems most ‘city folks’ seem to think ‘country’ is funny.
I sort of like it.
I think it points to the resourcefulness of farmers, ranchers and other people that live far from a hardware store, let alone help out of the yellow pages.
I don’t get his appeal either. I can tolerate him when he’s with the other three (Jeff, Bill, and Ron White) but by himself he’s rather crude, relying on bathroom humour.
I find Ron White much more entertaining. Jeff and Bill are tied, and Larry I can take or leave.
<joking of course>
Though, I’ve got to do more work at 10PM today… :mad: