How I’m going to top this…let’s see…I wouldn’t watch this movie if they projected it on Heidi Klum’s nude body.
I always figured Larry the Cable Guy for another Garth Brooks type: a talented but calculating hack who figured out that people who are looked down upon as stupid or uncultured will shower with money and loyalty anyone who gives them license to feel proud of it. (Cf. “Friends in Low Places.”) As a comic, I think some of “Larry’s” material (what little I’ve seen of it) is funny, but I am pretty sick of the anti-intellectual wave he’s riding.
Now, hold on just a minute.
He has “material”? Like, actual planned comedy routines, not just walking on stage and shouting “GITTURDUN” into the mike as drunken hoots and nine-fingered applause roll in?
I don’t believe it. Everything I’ve heard him spout has been a paraphrase of one of two statements: “I’m unsophisticated” and “Here’s the catchphrase you’ve been waiting for.”
He’s not nearly as funny as the other three-even Jeff Foxworthy can be pretty funny as long as he goes easy on the “you might be a redneck” jokes. Bill Engvall’s routine is good-gotta love making fun of stupid people. And Ron White is hilarious.
Larry the Cable Guy-please, drop the schtick every once in a while. Remember what happened to Pee Wee Herman?
Ooh, ooh, I get to be the first in this thread to link to David Cross’s open letter to Larry the Cable Guy!
A couple quotes:
“As for “anti-intellectual pride”, that is Larry The Cable Guy in spades. Let me quote you again (from an on-line interview, “I consider my jokes to be very jeuvinille (sic). Stuff a 14 year old would laugh at because that’s the …sence (sic) of humor I have.”. Hmmm, okay. That was easy.”
“But you also specifically dumb down your speech while making hundreds of purposefully grammatical errors. How do I know this? It’s on page 17 of your book wherein you describe how you would “Larry” up your commentaries for radio. What does it mean to “Larry” something up? Take a wild guess. The reason you feel the need to “Larry” something up? Because you are not that dumb.”
“As you said yourself in an interview once, “I can pop in and out of it pretty much whenever I want”. In your book on page 89 you say in reference to the “gee-shucks” millionaire comment, “…see, to his (David’s) mind, bein’ well paid means I’m no longer real and I can’t be a country boy anymore. It’s just an act.” Hey, it’s always been an act! That’s my fucking point! You admit it yourself so cut the indignation shit.”
I had mixed feelings about that letter. I mean, I liked a lot of the points that Cross made. But I have the sneaking suspicion that he would gladly cut me down for displaying insufficient hipness if I, for some ungodly reason, happened to stray onto his radar.
Gr8Kat, that link just takes me to a Microsoft site.
I’ll fix the link.
I’m not joking. While flipping channels the other day, there was an interview with Larry, and he said that the Air Force had contacted him about using his catchphrase as their slogan.
He gave his permission.
I’m sure that it was unofficial, but he DID say it.
Sorry I can’t provide an actual cite.
My son is counting the days until Larry’s movie comes out, so I guess I’ll have to take one for the team.
I dunno. Maybe I’ll sneak across the hall. I hear they’re showing Highlights of the Holocaust on Heidi Klum’s butt.
I mean, come on…I’m ok with exaggeration and all, but this is just a bald faced lie. Heidi Klum naked…for like 90 minutes? You could project gay porn onto Heidi Klum naked and I’d be riveted.
In fairness…you did get it right the 4th time. There’s still hope.
Oh, I disagree. If there ever was a profession that catered to the functioning alcoholic, this is it. Just ask George Carlin and Sam Kinison et al.
What exactly does “Git R Done” mean, anyways?
Oh! I found a cite!
From here:
“Larry recently gave permission for the U.S. Air Force to use ‘Git-R-Done’ as it’s slogan.”
I’m not sure if this is a serious question or not, but if it is:
It’s a nonspecific expression of general encouragement. It’s a bit like “Make it so” or “Boo-yah,” but for rednecks.
Who is Larry the Cable Guy? 
“You ever fart so hard, you throw your back out?”
I doubt I’ll go to the theater, but I think he’s a pretty funny guy. He used to call up the morning radio show I listen to every morning with a “commentary”. (he might still call them. I listen at a different time)
The commentaries actually ranged from completely imbecilic (about 2 minutes on granny farts) to well-thought out points on the issues, but done completely in character. What was amazing was that he had a new one pretty much every single day, 5 days a week. It was also obvious that he’s a pretty smart guy. He’d get into real debates with the liberal newsman.
Also, there is NOTHING I hate more than an OP like this one, telling people not to go see a movie because he doesn’t think the guy is funny or he thinks the guy’s schtick is “bad for people”. Textbook, PC, we-know-what’s-good-for-you, I’m going to tell you what’s funny without even seeing the movie BULLSHIT. Total udder [sic] bullshit. Pleas. Pleae. Please!
I do have a question, though: Why is it “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”? His character is named Larry the Cable Guy. Wouldn’t it make more sense if the movie was about, I dunno, a cable guy? I get the feeling the movie wasn’t orignally written for him, but Adam Sandler and Jim Carey declined because they’re concentrating on making serious films, and Rob Schneider and Chris Kattan’s careers are too ice cold at this point, so the filmmakers said, “Hey, Larry’s a hot new rising star, let’s hitch our wagon to him and Larry this thing up!”
He may have spoken to someone in the Air Force, giving permission use the slogan in some context, but I can assure you, the Air Force has not adopted ‘git’r’done’ as it’s official slogan. Really. I’d’ve heard.
If Larry was a black guy playing up black stereotypes, he’d just vanish into the sea of thousands of other comedians doing the same. I’d rather hear hours of weiner and fart jokes than “black guys go…” and “white guys go…” I consider race jokes the last resort of desperation, so it’s refreshing to finally have something different.
He’s one of a quartet of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which you can find on the Comedy Channel every so often. In the link he’s the guy on the far right in the red shirt.
Along with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White, they have a show I guess you could categorize as “Southern Humor.” I find him the least funny of the four and can only take him in small doses. Ron White is a bit foul-mouthed, but I have come near to peeing my pants listening to him. Jeff Foxworthy is best known for his “You Might Be a Redneck If…” schtick, while Bill Engvall is famous for “Here’s Your Sign,” and they probably have the cleanest humor of the four.
If I had to pick one to be stranded on a desert island with, I’d have to pick Ron White. His story of getting thrown out of a bar in New York City is gold.