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Larry the Cable Guy
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Biography:With a look, attitude, and signature catchphrase as memorable to some as they were repellant to others, standup comic Larry the Cable Guy hit it big in the early 2000s by taking advantage of the red state/blue state culture wars of the time. As the decade lumbered on, the comedian -- like so many before him -- took advantage of his popularity on the live circuit to make inroads into film and television.

The man who added the catchphrases "Git-R-Done" and "Lord, I Apologize" to the American lexicon claims he was born in the back of an El Camino during a Foghat concert, but was actually born Dan Whitney in Pawnee City, NE. His upbringing was conservative, traditional, and churchgoing, but that didn't mean that strip bars were out of the question when Larry reached 18 (maybe even a little earlier). Fascinated by this redneck life -- "redneck" being a term he is not only fine with, but endorses -- and... Full Biography

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Jenny McCarthy, left, and Larry the Cable Guy in "Witless Protection" (Lionsgate Films)
Larry the Cable Guy in "Witless Protection" (Lionsgate Films)
Larry the Cable Guy, left, and Ivana Milicevic in "Witless Protection" (Lionsgate Films)
Larry the Cable Guy in "Witless Protection" (Lionsgate Films)
Larry the Cable Guy, Fran Drescher and Jordan Levin, CEO WB Network
Larry the Cable Guy, Fran Dreshcer and Jordan Levin, CEO of The WB Network
Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall
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