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Rodney Ho

Larry the Cable Guy has cut his stand-up dates by 90% since 2015

In the 2000s, Larry the Cable Guy seemed ubiquitous after the heights of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

He voiced Mater in the 2006 Pixar hit “Cars” and its two sequels. He toured incessantly, regularly selling out big arenas. His catchphrase “Git-R-Done” is now part of the American lexicon.

But Larry, whose real name is Dan Whitney, is also a family man and in recent years, the 60-year-old Floridian has cut his stand-up schedule by 90%, he said in a recent interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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