6mo ago

What happened to Larry the Cable Guy?

We never see him anymore. Is he ok? Did diabetes get him?

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David Cross wrote an open letter to Larry at the height of his career. It’s too long for Lemmy to paste it in, but here’s a link to it.
https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/david-cross-an-open-letter-to-larry-the-cable-guy-2007/
- This is a great read, right up until it dawn on you, that after then, the united states elected Donald Trump to be President. Twice. They won, they beat us, the morons vs the enlightened, and it turns out we didn't stand a chance.
  
  and it turns out we didn't stand a chance.
  No, it was close. There was a chance, but you played fair, as that is what good ppl do.
- What a wonderful read.
- What an unmissable sign-off line
- What a fantastic read, I'm sitting here cackling reading it
  but first let me say this; you are very mistaken if you think that I don’t know your audience.
  Hell, I could’ve been heckled by the parents of some of the very people that come see you now. I grew up in Roswell, Georgia (near the Funny Bone and not far from The Punch Line). The very first time I went on stage was at The Punch Line in Sandy Springs in 1982 when I was 17. I cut my teeth in the south and my first road gigs ever were in Augusta, Charleston, Baton Rouge, and Louisville. I remember them very well, specifically because of the audience. I remember thinking (occasionally, not all the time) “what a bunch of dumb redneck, easily entertained, ignorant motherfuckers. I can’t believe the stupid shit they think is funny.” So, yes, I do know your audience, and they suck.
Don't really care about Larry, Ron White was the only funny one
- Eh. Larry was often tiresome but he had some really good jokes every once in a while. I didn't care much for Engvall. Foxworthy had the occasional zinger too. Ron White was funny as hell though.
  
  I loved the way he blended his comedy into pseudo-lectures. Very dry, unlike his liver
  
  I forgot all about Engvall, but I agree. Larry and Foxworthy got old for me. White's bit on homophobia is one of my favorites.
- I'm at an age where I know who the guy is but don't know much of his work. No clue who Ron White is, only reason Larry came to mind for me is this clip that isn't even him https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Jblh5ssrw
  
  You may know him as "Tater Salad"
- No shit! Off to find out what Ron is up to these days.
  Edit: still touring, just about sold out my city.
They found out he was a fake-ass redneck and threw him out of America!
Nah, he's still around, we're really gullible.
- Lol, I only know enough about him to think of him as a meme
  
  That guy got popular around the same time as "Carlos Mencia" aka Ned Holness (a white American guy who pretended to be a Mexican and also stole lots of jokes).
  Edit: Ok, he apparently had some Honduran ancestry, but that doesn't really make it any better.
He runs commercials for his Sirius xm show all the time so unfortunately no, he is still around.
- He has a Sirius XM show? Wild, never thought I'd see the day
  
  Yeah him and Jeff Foxworthy. It sounds like something you put on when you’re going on a date with your sister from the ads.
He made enough money from voicing Mater in "Cars" and its sequels that he doesn't really ever need to work anymore. He talks about it in an interview and he actually tears up at how kind John Lasseter was.

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