9/19/2023 0 Comments Get er done grove oklahoma![]() I wasn’t married, I didn’t have any kids, so I could just make up this whole life for this character. When I first started doing it everything was made up. We started out completely different but over the years we’ve morphed into the same. Are you and he very similar or are you very different? Now we’ve talked a little bit about how Larry The Cable Guy is your stage persona. Once you’ve been up a bunch and you’re used to it there’s really nothing too difficult about it. That comes after many, many performances, but once you’re up and going and armed with jokes the hardest part about getting up on stage was getting up on stage. Getting going and finding your persona, it takes a while to get there, but once you get going it’s pretty easy. Larry: I think it’s about getting comfortable on stage. What would you say is the big challenge of being a live stand-up comedian? There’s another guy, Nick Dipaolo, I like him a lot too. I read his book, it was really awesome, his stand-up book. Larry: I always like Gary Shandling, of course he passed away last year. Do you have one in particular that you might say you look up to as a comedic idol or that you draw inspiration from? I know you just mentioned a few comedians you enjoyed when you were growing up. I mean of every different aspect of stand-up that I do, having that live audience right there with you, that’s the best. I mean everything else is great, Cars and TV and everything. There’s nothing better than live performing. I’ve been on the road for so long so that’s the only real downside of the live stuff, but I definitely like the live stuff. Do you have a preference as to which you enjoy more? You’ve had quite a successful career doing all sorts of stuff, TV work, animated voice work, stand-up. I guess just got on stage one day and I got hooked. ![]() I can remember Howie Mandell being real young on there. I used to love that show Make Me Laugh when I was a kid. I enjoyed Henny Youngman and Milton Berle and Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller. I loved all the old-time guys who did it before me. Larry: It was just something that I enjoyed. What is it about comedy that made you want to pursue that as a career? I love making people laugh and telling jokes. I don’t really stray much from what I do. What is it that audiences have to look forward to with your upcoming show at the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races? What is it about the Larry The Cable Guy persona that has made you stick with it for over 25 years? I started doing Larry The Cable Guy in 1991. Larry The Cable Guy: I’m Larry The Cable Guy and I have been doing comedy- I went professional in 1988. Thanks for giving us a moment of your time! If you just want to give us a quick introduction, we’ll get things going: Larry The Cable Guy Amanda N. Git er done! The redneck phrase that is still sweeping the nation some decades after its invention! Larry The Cable Guy, originator of said phrase is on the road again and this time he’s stopping at the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races! In a TheatreBloom exclusive interview we’ve taken a few minutes to get acquainted with the wild comedian and see just what it is that keeps him going with his funny business after all these years!
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