Larry the Cable Guy

We ended up with good seats to Larry the Cable Guy's "Tailgate Party", which took place in the Huskers' Memorial Stadium tonight. The show was taped by Comedy Central and will air on that network sometime in the fairly near future (possibly January.) With a crowd of more than 50,000 people, the show was apparently the biggest taped comedy concert ever.


After two warm up comedians, a plane flew overhead and a sky diver jumped out. The parachute decent was made to appear out of control and audio from the diver's microphone was broadcast over stadium loudspeakers. It was the voice of Larry the Cable Guy. Of course, it wasn't too hard to figure out it was just a sky diver made to look like Larry. After the chute made a rough landing in the stands, the Larry look-alike ran behind the stage, and the real Larry emerged.



I wasn't sure what to expect since I'd never heard any of Larry's comedy before, but it was an impressive comedy set. It's easy to see why he has become so popular. He has great comedy timing and delivery. Not all of his jokes were great, but many of them were very funny. His rapid fire style insured that if you didn't laugh at one joke, another was only seconds away. I was well entertained the entire time he was on stage, which was more than an hour.



After Larry's performance, we were treated to a first-rate fireworks display. Then Larry came back out as a part of "Air Disaster", the greatest air-guitar band of all time. Air Disaster is the likely title for a mocumentary film chronicling the band. They shot footage for the film of Air Disaster "performing" a Journey song and a Whitesnake song. So, it looks like I'll be appearing on Comedy Central and in a movie in the role of "individual in crowd". I should update my IMDB page.

(Larry's the guy on the far left)