# Larry the Cable Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262 "2006-06-11T02:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jebus\_H.Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Jebus\_H.Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus_H.Christ)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/1 "2006-06-11T02:07:26Z")
Is it well known to his fans that Larry the Cable Guy is completely a character created by Daniel Whitney? Do they know that he didn’t grow up in the South and that he attended Phillips Andover? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/2 "2006-06-11T02:24:06Z")
Here’s another news flash! Dame Edna is a man! ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/3 "2006-06-11T02:25:02Z")
My guess would be no. My further opinion on the subject would be that they wouldn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/4 "2006-06-11T02:25:36Z")
Or let’s try this one: Larry the Cable Guy has fans? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/5 "2006-06-11T02:26:51Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Or let’s try this one: > > Larry the Cable Guy has fans? Word is, he clears a million a year on “Git 'er done!” merchandise alone. Chilling, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/6 "2006-06-11T02:27:31Z")
Damn. I guess I chose the wrong career path. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/7 "2006-06-11T02:31:54Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Or let’s try this one: > > Larry the Cable Guy has fans? Three DVDs (Blue Collar Comedy Tour), three feature movies (Larry the Cable Guy:Health Inspector, Cars and the upcoming Delta Farce), a TV show (Blue Collar TV), a satellite radio channel (Blue Collar Radio on Sirius), three CD albums and a book seem to suggest he does. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/8 "2006-06-11T02:46:20Z")
[Amusing letter to LTCG](http://bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artId=183) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/9 "2006-06-11T04:19:42Z")
Stop the presses! Carlos Mencia was born Ned Arnel Holness! And he isn’t even from Mexico! > [@Jebus H. Christ](#): > > Is it well known to his fans that Larry the Cable Guy is completely a character created by Daniel Whitney? I’ll bet large bucks that if they’re really fans they know this and a lot more. > [@](#): > > Do they know that he didn’t grow up in the South and that he attended Phillips Andover? The first part? Sure they know it. He grew up on a pig farm in Nebraska in a rural, conservative, Christian environment just like the one he claims to represent. And he moved to Florida, where he still lives, when he was 16. He’s one of his audience in every way that could possibly count. Including his going to college at Baptist University of America in Georgia. Not Phillips Andover. There’s no mention of him ever going to prep school of any kind, anywhere. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/10 "2006-06-11T04:38:10Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > \ > [He went] to college at Baptist University of America in Georgia. Not Phillips Andover. There’s no mention of him ever going to prep school of any kind, anywhere. > > Cite? Phillips Andover is an elite, private high school, no? And I am a fan of Larry’s. I know that it’s an “act,” but it’s hilarious. I also know that Martin Sheen’s not the president, but I still enjoy _The West Wing_. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/11 "2006-06-11T05:09:28Z")
> [@Jebus H. Christ](#): > > Do they know that he didn’t grow up in the South and that he attended Phillips Andover? Well, he did live in FL for like 30 years, do that not count as “growing up in the South?” ---
**Author:** ![Jebus\_H.Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Jebus\_H.Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus_H.Christ)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/12 "2006-06-11T06:17:03Z")
> [@Mayo Speaks!](#): > > And I am a fan of Larry’s. I know that it’s an “act,” but it’s hilarious. I also know that Martin Sheen’s not the president, but I still enjoy _The West Wing_. Martin Sheen doesn’t do interviews as the Presient. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/13 "2006-06-11T07:28:03Z")
> [@Jebus H. Christ](#): > > Martin Sheen doesn’t do interviews as the Presient. Nobody does interviews as the “Presient”. “Larry the Cable Guy” does his interviews in-charachter. He couldn’t get work as himself for more than minimum wage. His fans don’t give a shit about the person, only the persona. For typos and LTCG hatin’ see [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363397). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/14 "2006-06-11T14:04:29Z")
Not Andover, but [Kings Academy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Whitney) in West Palm Beach, where his father was the principal. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/15 "2006-06-11T14:42:21Z")
> [@Mayo Speaks!](#): > > Phillips Andover is an elite, private high school, no? Isn’t that the definition of prep school? ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/16 "2006-06-11T19:33:23Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Nobody does interviews as the “Presient”. “Larry the Cable Guy” does his interviews in-charachter. He couldn’t get work as himself for more than minimum wage. > \ Goop point. I’ll revise: I know that the Stephen Colbert I see on TV is a character, but I still enjoy his show. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/17 "2006-06-11T19:37:01Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > Isn’t that the definition of prep school? Yes. But you said “[He went] to college at Baptist University of America in Georgia. Not Phillips Andover.” My point was that one could go to Phillips Andover in high school and then go Baptist University of America in college. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/18 "2006-06-16T00:00:47Z")
Video of Dan Whitney doing standup, NOT as Larry The Cable Guy. [http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2006/06/larry\_the\_cable\_guy\_dan\_whitney\_video.php](http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2006/06/larry_the_cable_guy_dan_whitney_video.php) ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/19 "2006-06-16T00:19:31Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Video of Dan Whitney doing standup, NOT as Larry The Cable Guy. > [http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2006/06/larry\_the\_cable\_guy\_dan\_whitney\_video.php](http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2006/06/larry_the_cable_guy_dan_whitney_video.php) That was . . . weird. I knew that there was a Dan Whitney out there in a sort of academic way, but actual physical proof? Like I said, weird. And quite unfunny. If I saw that guy on Comedy Central, I’d change the channel. The Larry character is \*way \*more entertaining, IMO. And I don’t get why people act like he’s “dishonest.” Do they really think that everything that George Carlin or Jerry Seinfeld say during their acts is true? To each their own, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262/20 "2006-06-16T01:47:09Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > Stop the presses! Carlos Mencia was born Ned Arnel Holness! And he isn’t even from Mexico! I don’t think he claimed the latter; you can be Mexican (or as he says, “a beaner”) without being born there, after all. According to his IMDb biography, his mother was Mexican, and his father Honduran. Plus he was raised by a maternal aunt and uncle (surnamed Mencia, like his mother) from when he was a baby, as their own, and renamed Carlos by them at that time. So it’s not exactly comparable - he **is** Carlos Mencia. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-the-cable-guy/360262.md?page=2)