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Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born .'' BIOGRAPHY Early life When he was sixteen, Whitney's family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida . He attended college at Baptist University of America in Georgia , where he says that his roommates "frosted the dialect cake for me." In 1985 , he began doing stand-up comedy at the Comedy Club in West Palm Beach on amateur nights at the encouragment of friends and coworkers; and, in 1991 , he began doing Radio Comedy , where he would call into stations as fictional characters. The "Larry" character was created after his friend from a station asked him to call in as a cable installer. Career He started in Tampa Bay followed by stints at Rock 100 WDIZ and 101.1 WJRR Orlando before hooking up with the Blue Collar Boys. He became known in the South in the early '90s when he made regular guest radio appearances on programs such as the Ron And Ron Show. He was also a regular during the late 1990s on 101.9 The Edge in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday mornings when he would call into Chris Baker's morning show. "Larry"'s trademarks are " Redneck "-style humor delivered while speaking in an affected thick Southern Accent , recounting bizarre stories about his "family," and the phrase "Git-R-Done!" He is also known for his other commonly used expressions, such as "I don't care who you are. That's funny right there," "Lord, I apologize for that one there, and please be with all the starving Pygmies down there in New Guinea !," "What the hell is this, Russia?," "That's Right," and "Do you believe that?" Often during his acts, a woman in the audience yells out that she loves him. He usually responds by saying, "I told you to wait in the truck" - a line cribbed from Tom Waits . His often-heard-of fictional family includes:
In '' and was the voice of "Mater" the tow truck in Pixar 's animated film '' Cars ''. Whitney has also seen considerable success from his comedic recordings. His comedy albums ''Lord, I Apologize'', released in 2001, and ''The Right To Bare Arms'', released in 2005, have both been Certified Gold by the RIAA . Criticism Whitney's act has been criticized for having Racist and Homophobic elements. In his book ''GIT-R-DONE'', he begins a passage about the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal : "Let me ask some of these commie rag head carpet flying wicker basket on the head balancing scumbags something!" In a 2005 '' Rolling Stone '' interview, comedian David Cross charged that Whitney's act was anti-gay, racist, and full of "anti-intellectual pride." In an interview, Whitney responded to common criticisms of him as racist or insensitive by saying that those people can "kiss my ass." David Cross responded with an open letter on his website expanding his criticism and defending his remarks. [http://www.bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artId=183 Whitney has not followed with a public response. Private life Daniel Lawrence Whitney himself has become somewhat of an enigma; official Biographies of him describe only the fictional life of Larry the Cable Guy, and he almost never speaks out of his "Larry" voice. Some attribute the derivation of his name to his prior profession as a "cable guy," but he actually really never had such a job and got the name in order to hide his identity when calling in on radio shows. A would-be-revealing documentary about his backstage life during stand-up tours was planned but then dropped from the ''Git-R-Done'' DVD. Many critics have pointed out that his fictional persona may be misleading to his intended audience who go for a "blue-collar-just-like-me" experience, when in fact he is neither from the south nor blue-collar but rather a very well-paid comedian. It should be noted, however, that Whitney did indeed grow up on a farm in Nebraska. In a March 2006 interview with CMT , Whitney said that he and his wife Cara were expecting a baby on August 4th of that year. DISCOGRAPHY
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