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Dan Whitney and Larry are essentially the anti-Jim Varney and Ernest. While not all of the Ernest movies landed, Jim gave the character a sincereness about him that made him endearing. Larry is much more cynical, and I really get the sense that in the past decade, Dan Whitney actually resents him, but just goes along with it because he fears he’s got nothing else to try.
Honestly, this. I get the sense that if Varney wanted to drop Ernest without a word he would have, but didn't because the character was so likable, coupled with his work outside of it like voicing Slinky Dog in Toy Story, plus he showed he can do way, way more. Larry fizzled out due to not really having the charm Ernest did, coupled with starting shit with other comics. If you haven't heard David Cross talk about him, it's freakin' amazing.
I appreciate you gave the little history on Larry the Cable Guy. I know he was a big deal in the US but I'm only vaguely familiar with him here in the UK, so it was good to know the character's origin.
He wasn’t that big of a deal. I’m an American and only know of Larry the Cable Guy because I think I heard someone mention him once or twice. And I thought it was just a character from the movie of the same name. I never knew he was an actual stand up comedian until I watched this video.
Larry was both big and not big. With his numerous fans, he was IT. Which is why he was given so much publicity, merchandising, TV shows later in his Career etc. Thing is, like all comedy, any who didn’t love him (or it), didn’t give a crap and therefore, he both was and wasn’t a household name. Loved and hated. It’s the curse of comedy. Even the biggest names suffer from it. A big fan myself.
The thing is, Larry largely got big as an ensemble to larger comedians like Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall, so you could argue that he was riding the coattails of other guys' success, and compared to those guys (especially as Jeff actually was getting popular in the early 1990s with his "You Might be a Redneck" routine and recollections of how he came to terms with his low income upbringing compared to where he is now), Larry was the more affordable option for comedy clubs after Blue Collar Comedy Tour became a minor hit in theaters.
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 maybe road their coattails in the beginning but when all 4 were touring (cant remember the name of it now), larry was by far the biggest draw. Foxworthy may have gone on last but Larry brought in the big money. no one came to see bill engvall. i somewhat liked the older comedian but i cant recall his name at the moment. And once that tour ended Larry was selling out NHL and NBA arenas by himself.
I'm from British Columbia and actually worked on this production. Larry was a complete d*ck to all of us. TBH, the only thing he cared about was his free food while on set. The WWE co-star (Santonio Marella) was pretty down to earth, and kept addressing Larry as "DannyBoy,' which got Larry upset, lol.
Interesting. I have met a few wrestlers and it seems like the ones who act like the biggest dicks on screen are usually pretty nice guys in the real world and vicea versa so I am not surprised to hear that Santino is a decent dude.
reading your comment was satisfying because i've never liked him and always cringed whenever somebody said he's smart and funny. i've always been able to tell if someone is no good from the way they talk and carry themselves, so this doesn't surprise me at all. this guy always seemed like a stupid ass and i've never appreciated redneck trash appeal, even if it's just an act or character. ugh
“If had a nickel for every time Larry the cable guy did a sequel to a franchise he had no involvement with, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice “
@@OddOneOut665 If I had a nickel for everytime I heard that joke, I'd have at least $5. Which isn't a lot but that means I've heard that joke at least 100 Times.
@@larrylaffer3246 Only 5$? Man I got you beat at least tenfold. But yeah that joke is getting as old and stale as "Explained", "Overrated"...what else...."React (insert stupid looking face here)".
@@mrcritical6751 Also he was the only good thing about the godawful FRED trilogy (he played Lucas Cruikshank's dad in those made-for-TV crimes against humanity)
It's not the best holiday movie, but if you're looking for Phil Hartman in an antagonistic role as a sleazy lothario and a time capsule where Sinbad the comedian was relevant, there ya go. Plus, "Put the cookie down!" exists.
@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Yeah, I remember growing up in the 2000s it seemed fashionable to dismiss the film as utter ass, and the mere fact of Sinbad being in it was cited as powerful evidence. Nowadays the consensus is more "it's fine."
Larry is one of those personalities that I’ve never interacted with ever while they quietly become millionaires doing godawful straight to video movies and standup specials. Good for him.
@@HatsOffEntertainment I honestly think most of his wealth comes from the Cars stuff, since he's been involved with every video game, commercial, short, and theme park attraction since the franchise started (save for only one video game).
@@gamestation2690 Some Cars 3 tie-in game. Apparently the only reason the game is remembered is because none of the usual Cars VAs (both from original film cast and their frequently used expanded media "replacements") were hired to be in it.
Larry the cable guy was the most inexplicable success story of the 2000s. I think the more people wondered why he was funny the more his fans doubled down
Jingle all the Way is one of those movies that ultimately worked because it became more topical as time passed and had a genuinely likeable and memorable cast of actors. However, the whole Christmas is all about consumerism while novel in the 90s has become a played out trope by this point and Larry the Cable Guy probably wasn't the best choice of leading man.
I think Larry The Cable Guy would have worked as leading man with a better script. Some scripts would have made the rich man more scheming, and the plot exposing him, and maybe Larry endearing himself to his daughter and ex-wife again. Yeah, too Scooby Doo… LOL
As someone that's had to deal with scalpers for stuff like amiibo and Power Rangers toys, having someone buy up all of a single product in a given area is definitely the most relatable part of this film.
Yes, I could relate to this aspect of the movie. It wasn’t a toy, but I once went to buy a Steelbook-encased movie, that was apparently on the “scalping” list. I got to the store - gone. Then later, saw a photo had posted online of one buyer buying a stack of them. I mean really… It’s why I sometimes buy hard-to-find items for friends, if I see them…
Big Show wasn’t in the WWF at the time of this role. He was “The Giant” in WCW at the time. I think WCW highlighted his role on TV and aired a snippet. This was due to another pro wrestling connection, as when Hulk Hogan took a liking to talent like “Giant” and Goldberg he’d set him up with his lawyers and agents. So they’d get more money from WCW, and be able to get movie opportunities. Goldberg starred in another bad sequel shortly after this Universal Soldier 2. Hogan on the other hand did Three Ninja’s Kick Back High Noon on Mega Mountain or whatever it’s called.
In 2014, when I saw this was coming out, my jaw dropped pretty hard in horror. But never has it dropped harder than hearing some of Larry's lines from the movie in this video. Wowza. That's pretty bad...
I watched this movie last week because I finally started running out of (non Hallmark) Christmas movies. The part where they open up the back of the truck full of Harrison toys and the guy in the crowd exclaims "Soooo many bears!" in awe, I laughed louder than anything else made me this year. It's possible I was just numb and going a bit mad at that point, but I think it might have just have been a perfect line reading from a master of their craft.
I remember seeing someone on Twitter comment that they feel sorry for Dan Whitney because he can never escape the Larry persona. Which honestly, is a fate he deserves
I am sure he's not crying over it too much. He has a net worth of over 120 million dollars. His brand of comedy isn't everyone's cup of tea but a lot people still love him. His fate could been much worse, like Pauly Shore who's career went down the toilet 30 years ago after a few modest film hits.
Thanks for all your 2023 videos. I hope that in the next year, you finished the third part of your Laurel & Hardy Docu-Mini as a gift for all your fans of this channel. Love from Brazil and PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN!
Larry matches the Sinbad character from the first film better but he wasn't the star. This movie really has a strange structure that wasn't going to work.
I'd really like to hear your thoughts on A Christmas Story Christmas. I went into it a little dubious (that awful trailer didn't help) and while it's not perfect, it's still far better than it has any right being. Anybody expecting another A Christmas Story 2 will probably be pleasantly surprised.
In Finland, Jingle All the Way is called "My Father is Turboman", so making a sequel that has nothing to do with TurboMan makes zero sense. Granted, nobody outside the US cares about Larry the Cable Guy anyway.
@@HatsOffEntertainment I think most Americans are aware that he exists, but don't care. Based on this video, I guess he does nothing but poop and fart jokes.
I worked security and crowd control at a larry the cable guy show once. He was super cool. Super down to earth and very nice. I was doing dressing room duty before the show. He would personally thank every worker he came in contact with for making his show possible. The people that werr doing security he would check up on us periodically and ask if we needed anything. He would engage people in conversation, not just a simple greeting but legitimately have 20 or 30 min long conversations. He was a comedian and of course would tell some jokes and act the funny guy part but he wasn't "Larry". Most of the time he just acted genuine. After the show after rhe crowds had left and most of the workers and security staff had started cleaning up, we often had to help put chairs up, he came and shook hands and told every worker he saw thank you. I've met a lot if famous people. Spent days getting to know some pretty big names. But Larry was by far the nicest and most pleasant celebrity I've ever interacted with.
Sounds like a lot of you guys did not live in the South during the ultimate popularity of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. It was the introduction to comedy for many of us down South and the jokes were funny to us because they were relatable. We all had family or knew someone that looked or acted like a member of the tour. It was a big deal whenever they had a new stand up special. I knew people who got satellite TV just to get comedy central to watch them. It really was an interesting phenomenon. One that I'm thankful for because it gave me a love of comedy and to find more comedians. A lot of their stuff probably will be lost to folks in this time but it was a time capsule of a region and something that probably won't ever happen again
Jingle all the way 2 should be called Larry the Cable Guy Holiday Rush Hour and it would have not made a difference. Merry Christmas. 🎄 Edit: Why did the WWE worked on this?
Jingle All the Way is my families favorite Christmas movie. We watch it (and Muppets Christmas Carol) every year while making Christmas cookies with my nieces. The fact that Jingle All the Way 2 exists and is so terrible is a tradegy. These direct to DVD sequels are just so sad.
Writing a letter to Santa containing a Christmas wish is and always has been a popular part of Christmas across the U.S especially. There has also been hotlines to phone Santa with a Christmas wish. Maybe it is phasing out but it’s definitely not odd or mistaken for the birthday wish tradition.
You may have a valid point. I remember seeing Star Trek First Contact(1996) in theaters. Tickle Me Elmo was the "hot toy" that children wanted badly in 1996.
Waited a whole year for this video, and it was well worth it! You summed up this trainwreck of a film nicely. You know, a better idea for a sequel should've been about Myron's dad trying to buy that Johnny 7 OMA gun. Have it set in 1964 when that was the hottest selling Christmas toy.
LOL Believe it or not, I just looked up TV ads for that recently, just because of the silliness of the toy… I think there was a 70s version, and my parents’ reply then was simply“No…” LOL
The first Jingle All The Way was already a "forgotten failure", so they figured the way to improve on it was a completely unrelated movie eighteen years later starring Larry the Cable Guy. "It's like puking on a pile of s**t!" - Angry Video Game Nerd
The Minneapolis Star Tribune and all of the local Twin Cities news stations made a big deal about the original being filmed entirely in MN. When I saw the movie, I thought it was an embarrassment to our State.
She could have wanted a turboman. It could have been a story of how adults have taken things that were once meant for children, or that they loved as kids, and created these insane price gouging secondary markets. All the Turboman dolls get bought by 30-40 year olds (or even enterprising gen z). The dolls that cost $24.99, when new, now cost upwards of $1,000. It can even go into the way people use bots to buy out the entire online supply the second they release, if the movie wanted.
The only reason I vaguely remember this movie is because Dan Whitney, as Larry of course, promoted this film in 2014 on WWE programming as a guest on a really bad episode of Monday Night RAW that took place in my home city of Indianapolis where current mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs aka "Kane" was forced that night to work concessions (or, specifically, he was holed up in an area walled off from fans so they could film skits) as punishment due to his failure of helping the Authority win at Survivor Series that year, because his co-star in the film was *drum roll* Anthony Carelli, aka Santino Marella, hence the WWE Studios connection.
I remember that skit, Larry trembling behind Santino as Santino offers to help Larry get his hot dog just for Kane to squirt condiments all over Santino and commend Larry's work with a hot dog was funny as hell. Probably the closest Larry will ever get to being funny.
I still enjoy the original Jingle.. it gets a bad wrap and it does have its moments of cringe.. but I still enjoy it and watch it every Christmas.. I was 16 when it came out and I’m in my mid forties now
Same… though I had the excuse of being born in 1995 so I was ten when Cars came out and thus lacking knowledge on anything about actors. I do remember having a crush on Owen Wilson, still do as my weird fixation.
Your concept for the sequal would work so well. As a kid, I would often receive bundles of old homemade VHS tapes of saturday morning cartoons from the 70s and 80s from low income extended family members. Something i could totally see Larrys character doing for his daughter to explain how she grew obssessed with the antique. I also doubt he'd have a computer or smart phone, so the online shopping craze could be viewed from an outsider lens, highlighting new insanities that most accept as normal. Making old school Larry the straight man in many situations. The villian could be a lonely nostalgia drone searching desperately for a mint turboman to complete his collection. But we learn his obsession is rooted in the joys he felt in childhood, a very common issue nowadays. For the finale, Larry could recognize the sadness the retro collector gets around the holidays and invite him for the family dinner, teaching him the value of local community. With a new outlook on life, the collector gifts Larrys daughter his entire set. Surrendering his pristine monument to nostalgia so a new generation can experience the same joys he had as a kid.
hi Bud ... I love your videos... highest quality research ... just wonderful. .... you have probably considered this already ... or ... read suggestions .... but I would like to add .... I'd love to see a Hats Off doc about ''Scrooged'' with Bill Murray ... but whatever you produce is worth seeing many times ! ! !..... thanks again, man ! ! !
While I love Larry the Cable Guy and even his movies (a real rare occurrence) he has more range than the character, and doesn't get to have any sort of range as an actor. If you see his other material you can see he has a lot of talent, but most film makers only see him as "redneck fart joke guy." Cars is probably the only film of his that uses the cable guy character correctly
Call me a philistine, but Larry the Cable Guy sells a poop and fart joke like nobody else can. he BELIEVES in them. And his love and belief in them makes them funny. I'd rather watch lazy poop jokes delivered by a master of the craft than a cynical poop joke.
Hey, would anyone care to give me notes on this new Larry the Cable Guy movie script I've been working on? *ahem* INT: NIGHT LARRY: Uh oh, (insert Mexican Food)! LARRY farts END
10:26 That looks like the inside of a RV. They're roomier than you'd think with their extensions out. If you look closely, you'll see the seam where the extension locks in place around where Larry is seated, allowing more space for the chairs. I haven't seen this movie, but I have spent a lot of time in RVs. Anyone with a little bit of carpentry knowledge can easily remove the fixed in furniture and cabinetry of a RV allowing for even more space for better furniture and storage options. They're very easy to modify, and you can redo the floors however you like for what it would cost to carpet a single room of a house. From the angle, it looks like where the tree is placed is the back wall, and the wall behind Larry is the opposite side from what we see in the following exterior shot. Unless the giant toy soldier decoration is blocking where we'd see the outer wall of the extension. He might not be a method actor or film purist, but I'm sure Larry the Cable Guy could tell them what the inside of a RV looks like.
I love the channel cause u touch on movies that were bad ideas from the start or could have been good with a few changes like this with a few changes like giving the toy an in universe explanation as to why it’s the hot toy for that Christmas season as u pointed out even if it was a turbogirl action figure with it being a new character add to the franchise or something or a limited parade edition of the original turboman that we saw in the first movie or give us a reason to believe the bear is a popular toy it’s like they knew the first movie was mildly successful so they decided to sequel it even though they didn’t do a toy tie in like the first movie did cause I got a turboman even though we didn’t get any of the characters associated with the turboman character
I had no idea this movie even existed, much less what a discombobulated mess it was from the way it came together to its filming and post-release earnings, or failure to even make a dent in the American zeitgeist. I’m not really a prude, but it is insane how much literal bathroom humor this guy and the “writers” have to rely on for literally no payoff.
