Larry The Cable Guy

Jeff Foxworthy, from left, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable guy attend The WB Upfront All-Star Party in New York City on May 18, 2004. With Ron "Tater Salad" White, they comprise The Blue Collar Guys.

Comedian Larry the Cable Guy attends the party after Comedy Central's Jeff Foxworthy Roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004.

Comedians Bill Engvall, left, and Larry the Cable Guy attend the party after Comedy Central's Jeff Foxworthy Roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004.

Larry the Cable Guy, from left, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall arrive at Foxworthy's roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004. Larry's catchphrase is "Git-r-done," and Foxworthy's catchphrase is "You know that you're a redneck if ..."

Here's another shot of Larry the Cable Guy arriving at Comedy Central's Jeff Foxworthy Roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004. It was on the radio that Larry the Cable Guy first found his voice, and the character was refined through standup comedy. After he made it to the Grand Ole Opry, his career really took off.

Larry the Cable Guy performs at Jeff Foxworthy's roast Dec. 1, 2004. Larry the Cable Guy, whose real name is Dan Whitney, has a best-selling CD ("The Right To Bare Arms") and a top-grossing comedy tour (The Blue Collar Comedy Tour). He performs for thousands of people every year in concerts all over the United States. (He doesn't like to fly, so he drives to all his gigs.)

Comedian Bill Engvall hugs Jeff Foxworthy at the roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004. Larry is at right, applauding in the background.

Bill Engvall, from left, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White perform at Comedy Central's Jeff Foxworthy Roast in New York City on Dec. 1, 2004. The Blue Collar Guys have worked together since 1998, playing sold-out stadiums on their comedy tours and made three movies, which were the highest-rated ever shown on Comedy Central.

Bill Engvall, from left, Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy perform at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville on April 11, 2005. Larry owns a 180-acre farm in Nebraska. (He hails from Pawnee City, where he was born Feb. 17, 1963. He used to raise pigs for a living.) He's devoted to Nebraska football and he and his buddies regularly cheer the Cornhuskers on to victory.

Larry the Cable Guy gives the command to start your engines at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Dodge/Save Mart 350 on June 26, 2005, at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

From left, Larry the Cable Guy (voice of Mater the tow truck), Bonnie Hunt (voice of Sally Carrera) and Owen Wilson (voice of hero Lightning McQueen) attend the world premiere screening of the movie "Cars" at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C., on May 26, 2006.

Larry the Cable Guy and his wife, Cara Whitney, attend the world premiere screening of "Cars" at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. on May 26, 2006. He will star in the movie "Delta Farce," about a group of soldiers who think they're being sent to Iraq but mistakenly get dropped in Mexico. (They don't realize it.)