Larry the Cable Guy: My fake southern accent

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  • čas přidán 21. 02. 2017
  • Larry the Cable Guy describes himself as a linguistic chameleon and details how he first got comfortable using a southern accent.
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  • @GrahamBensinger
    @GrahamBensinger  Před rokem +31

    The hour-long full interview is available here - czcams.com/video/cszoL8ilbZQ/video.html. Enjoy!

  • @Stevo_Drums
    @Stevo_Drums Před 5 lety +9689

    He doesn’t really say “get ‘er done.”
    He says, “perhaps we should focus on completing the task before us.”

  • @crispytony6491
    @crispytony6491 Před 7 lety +18480

    next your gonna tell me he's not really a cable guy

  • @Hank_Kingsley81
    @Hank_Kingsley81 Před 4 lety +3646

    This is like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real

  • @GameScotch
    @GameScotch Před 4 lety +3001

    I really wish he had a posh English accent.

  • @Lotus-Son
    @Lotus-Son Před 7 lety +5300

    I was expecting him to have the strongest English accent when I clicked on this video.

  • @leatheryfoot6354
    @leatheryfoot6354 Před 4 lety +6607

    Accents still there. He's just not violently Southern

    • @Shimod01
      @Shimod01 Před 4 lety +151

      Leatheryfoot exactly I live in South Carolina and most people aren’t that southern 😂😂😂

    • @joshythehand2960
      @joshythehand2960 Před 4 lety +53

      But he's not from the south lol

    • @damianfrederick5825
      @damianfrederick5825 Před 4 lety +181

      Nah that’s midwestern he’s from Nebraska people tend to confuse that with a southern accent though but it’s more of an Iowa/dakotas/Wyoming drawl as Midwest as it gets

    • @joshythehand2960
      @joshythehand2960 Před 4 lety +56

      @@damianfrederick5825 and some northern folks even have a drawl. If you go to Indiana.. everybody who lives south of Indianapolis sound like they are from Kentucky. It's very distinct. What makes it weird is that they are n.w. of Ohio.. yet the folks in Ohio don't have that drawl.. it's weird lol

    • @yureiotakughost9464
      @yureiotakughost9464 Před 4 lety +5

      He sounds irish to me

  • @xbmpr
    @xbmpr Před 2 lety +342

    Nothing ruined my life more as a kid than realizing Larry the Cable Guy talks just like me.

    • @bagheera
      @bagheera Před rokem +8

      You had a great childhood! Count your blessings!

    • @jasonsudeikis26
      @jasonsudeikis26 Před rokem +1

      ​@@bagheera cause I'm counting every lie

    • @Rhapbus1
      @Rhapbus1 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Must have been a pretty fucking cozy childhood if thats the worst thing that ever happened to you

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier Před 10 měsíci

      Well truthfully his fake accent isn't that different from his natural. It's just thicker and more deeper Louisiana

    • @michaelelliott3209
      @michaelelliott3209 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I don't want to make you want to sign up for therapy, but I thought you should know that Hayden Christensen (Darth Vader) doesn't really sound like James Earl Jones. It's actually a "voice-over." And this might blow your mind, but pro wrestling is fake.

  • @jtc9098
    @jtc9098 Před 2 lety +110

    Larry the Cable guy is one of those characters that is played so well that it’s hard to accept the guy off the screen. That’s when you know he’s good at his job.

  • @TheMike0088
    @TheMike0088 Před 6 lety +4284

    yeah no, his normal voice still sounds very southern, just not to the point of exaggeration.

  • @IBeforeAExceptAfterK
    @IBeforeAExceptAfterK Před 7 lety +2638

    I swear that his accent is fluxuating even when he's not intentionally doing an accent.

  • @Yashahiro_
    @Yashahiro_ Před 4 lety +1554

    “You ever hang out with George Lopez?”
    Lol who just hangs out with George Lopez

    • @ComicBookGuy420
      @ComicBookGuy420 Před 4 lety +50

      Fluffy😂

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova Před 4 lety +31

      Eddie Van Halen does.

    • @johnfoster4485
      @johnfoster4485 Před 4 lety +33

      George Lopez has TDS! TRUMP is doing GREAT things for this country so far.

    • @BenDover-lq8tv
      @BenDover-lq8tv Před 4 lety +17

      Quite a few people hang out with George Lopez. He’s not a fuckin grace from god or too good to hang out with others because of their financial situations whether they may be good or bad or anything like that, you just think this because your narrow mind has been retrofitted with bullshit information and propaganda and are prone to believe anything you hear whilst not having any sort of credible sources to cite your knowledge on the topic. And he’s an asshole so what? I am too but I’m also polite and well mannered and outspoken, bold and smart to denounce someone’s name because they are an ass is wrong especially when he feels he does it when needed.

    • @johnphilips6868
      @johnphilips6868 Před 4 lety +26

      @@BenDover-lq8tv I thought I had issues but when I saw your comment I realized I'm just fine

  • @Emper0rH0rde
    @Emper0rH0rde Před 4 lety +728

    Oh, he still has a southern accent. It's pretty noticeable, too. It's just not comically exaggerated.

    • @HBC423
      @HBC423 Před 3 lety +21

      He doesn’t have a southern accent

    • @rt-bs5hz
      @rt-bs5hz Před 3 lety +25

      I'm pretty sure Nebraska isn't in the south.

    • @jayss10
      @jayss10 Před 3 lety +51

      His normal speech doesn't have a southern accent. He definitely has a midwest farm kid dialect. Don't confuse them, not the same.

    • @alexander1902
      @alexander1902 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jayss10 it’s just to the point he’s used the accent so much it’s programmed into his lexicon.

    • @zoron8952
      @zoron8952 Před 2 lety +2

      nebraskan still have a slight accent similar to southern folks but they don't like to know that because they think their corn infested state is to cultured and intellectual despite being a boring ass state

  • @flippyjrock5450
    @flippyjrock5450 Před 7 lety +2871

    This is freaking me out.

    • @haloarrmor2000
      @haloarrmor2000 Před 7 lety +44

      Noe Rodriguez III me too

    • @michaelearvase6151
      @michaelearvase6151 Před 7 lety +9

      Noe Rodriguez III me as well I've never heard him without his accent.

    • @Battlefieldfan146
      @Battlefieldfan146 Před 7 lety +1

      Noe Rodriguez III he just melts into each accent

    • @vaultboy3278
      @vaultboy3278 Před 7 lety +3

      I've lost all respect for you Larry the cable guy

    • @haloarrmor2000
      @haloarrmor2000 Před 7 lety +58

      Caden Brown he's still country he just upped the accent for a character. more power to him for playing the character without being insulting.

  • @bigbooda011
    @bigbooda011 Před 7 lety +3508

    his regular voice still sounds country

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 Před 6 lety +35

      MAC VENA at least it's easy to understand you ever hear an accent so thick you rather not talk especially the Scottish or Irish

    • @macvena
      @macvena Před 6 lety +9

      HERPY DERPEDY
      You have a good point. I have traveled a bit, and while I could easily understand those with an Irish accent, I'll admit I couldn't understand the Highland or Northern English of some folks in Britain, but that is likely due to a lack of familiarity with the speech patterns and local dialects.

    • @kryptonaryxx6418
      @kryptonaryxx6418 Před 6 lety +6

      bigbooda011 he got that southern Tang to it I have the same deal born NY and raised NC

    • @ee8546
      @ee8546 Před 6 lety +1

      You mean southern?

    • @scottgomez5221
      @scottgomez5221 Před 6 lety +6

      Rather sound country than a hick

  • @suicidesquid3581
    @suicidesquid3581 Před 4 lety +316

    I find the lack of 'Get 'er Done' comments disturbing.

    • @abc8722
      @abc8722 Před 4 lety +2

      Well, sometimes you just have to get 'er done yourself -- which you did.

    • @stratocasterguy
      @stratocasterguy Před 4 lety

      Larry stole “Get ‘er Done” from John Travolta.

    • @billyray4716
      @billyray4716 Před 4 lety +1

      Let's get er done then

    • @goldmember825
      @goldmember825 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stratocasterguy nobody cares

    • @mercster
      @mercster Před 3 lety

      That's 'git 'er done', young man.

  • @treysaliento
    @treysaliento Před 4 lety +920

    It’s almost like he’s trying to convince us he doesn’t have an accent. But to me he still sounds like a southern dude trying to sound northern.

    • @spaceghost8995
      @spaceghost8995 Před 4 lety +32

      He is from Nebraska you stupid fucking moron.

    • @jimbonutran5448
      @jimbonutran5448 Před 4 lety +56

      Nebraska is quite central, you can have a southern accent, Missouri is right nearby

    • @uqnu
      @uqnu Před 4 lety +60

      Space Ghost nobody said he isn’t you fucking mayonnaise bottle

    • @AdventureFreak86
      @AdventureFreak86 Před 4 lety +32

      Nebraska is not the south. He is a plains boy, but not southren.

    • @danielstrickland1013
      @danielstrickland1013 Před 4 lety +17

      @@spaceghost8995 kinda hostile aren't you buddy

  • @Airestotle09
    @Airestotle09 Před 6 lety +1709

    He looks like every male adult above 40 in Iowa. Lived there 10 years.

  • @Arasmuss
    @Arasmuss Před 6 lety +1388

    People don't realize he is an actor.

    • @_Astraeus_
      @_Astraeus_ Před 6 lety +33

      People know he's actor but they don't know he's using a fake southern accent.

    • @TheTamtam76
      @TheTamtam76 Před 6 lety +15

      actor?? lol...if you wanna call him that..he's a comedian who tries to act

    • @ClaytonHoward
      @ClaytonHoward Před 5 lety +22

      maddog76 he's an actor. He's been in movies.
      Now, is he good? That's debatable.

    • @jimboramba
      @jimboramba Před 5 lety

      He's an actor?! Cite your source, please.

    • @ClaytonHoward
      @ClaytonHoward Před 5 lety +11

      Jimboramba he was in Cars 1, 2 and 3 and also starred in Delta Farce (which was a fairly entertaining movie) as well as ToothFairy2.

  • @robanderson1470
    @robanderson1470 Před 4 lety +161

    He also doesn’t fix cable.

    • @Bebopopotamus
      @Bebopopotamus Před 3 lety +8

      So you're telling me he IS a cable guy?

    • @donmartin5142
      @donmartin5142 Před 3 lety

      @@Bebopopotamus good

    • @Liamgeorge1
      @Liamgeorge1 Před 3 lety

      His name also isn't larry

    • @martyrdanielson
      @martyrdanielson Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, but based on the Yelp reviews, neither do the actual cable guys in my area. So that one still might be accurate.

    • @gaffneyrailroading1982
      @gaffneyrailroading1982 Před 18 dny

      You could tell just by the way he pronounced the word "Florida." Having lived for many years in Upstate South Carolina, I most often hear it pronounced "Flah-a-da."

  • @matthewronson5218
    @matthewronson5218 Před 4 lety +38

    This is the sort of actor that does what he does so seamlessly, it's easy to think that he IS his character. Jim Varney was another example of this level of 'linguistic chameleons'.

  • @Jimberlin
    @Jimberlin Před 7 lety +2882

    he has a natural midwest accent

    • @david3188col
      @david3188col Před 7 lety +11

      Jimberlin which part of the midwest are you from?

    • @Texas_Cruiser
      @Texas_Cruiser Před 7 lety +5

      +David3188col Maine ha ha ha

    • @rob2257
      @rob2257 Před 7 lety +16

      jpratx That's in Iowa, right?

    • @ozarked2363
      @ozarked2363 Před 7 lety +53

      I'm a fifth generation, Scotch-Irish, Missouri Ozarks hillbilly. We all sound like that. We're not Southern, more of a country backwoods accent. I didn't know I had an accent until I went away to college.

    • @BlakeChilders
      @BlakeChilders Před 7 lety +43

      Ozark Ed *that moment when people realize you don't have to be from the South to have an accent*

  • @sethshaw3792
    @sethshaw3792 Před 7 lety +2071

    my life is one big lie...

    • @calvinscheuerman
      @calvinscheuerman Před 7 lety +13

      Did you also know his name is Dan, not larry?

    • @MichaelAllen-po4eo
      @MichaelAllen-po4eo Před 7 lety +3

      Calvin Lee His middle name is Lawrence - for which "Larry" is short.

    • @calvinscheuerman
      @calvinscheuerman Před 7 lety +10

      yeah, but he only uses it as a stage name. When he's not on stage, or doing some sort of public appearance, he goes by 'Dan', and that's what his friends and family call him. The name 'Larry' is still just part of his act.

    • @coleritts4901
      @coleritts4901 Před 7 lety +1

      seth shaw same. 😂😂😂

    • @joseywales7829
      @joseywales7829 Před 7 lety +10

      he does the same thing dice does, he uses a character to make money

  • @yuliayala2504
    @yuliayala2504 Před 3 lety +102

    I believe this is called code switching! Really interesting how some of us do this.

    • @Keviekev115
      @Keviekev115 Před 3 lety

      Yes

    • @TexasGamers15
      @TexasGamers15 Před 3 lety

      I very much agree

    • @mnunezcastilla
      @mnunezcastilla Před 3 lety +1

      Yup! It’s code switching. I know I do it all the time since at work I “lose” my Hispanic accent

    • @hydrocarbon8272
      @hydrocarbon8272 Před 2 lety +3

      I've done a lot of online gaming with people from MANY different countries and I tend to code switch. It's awkward when someone thinks I'm making fun of them since it's not intentional, so I'm a bit more aware of it.

    • @kyle-409
      @kyle-409 Před 2 lety +3

      i have always mimicked accents of the people im around. i had a friend in junior high that stuttered. my mom was freaking out because i began to stutter. i had a fast talking asian friend and then i began talking fast too

  • @Alex-pj8eu
    @Alex-pj8eu Před 2 lety +53

    His normal voice still sounds southern its just not as exaggerated as so many have pointed out.. Nebraska isn't really north or south and if he spent time in Georgia and Florida then that makes sense.. I'm a southerner and I always knew his voice was exaggerated during stand up... he's hilarious and very talented

  • @cassiusproductions
    @cassiusproductions Před 7 lety +165

    I saw the title of this video in my suggested... there is NO WAY one can scroll past this lol

  • @bryce8248
    @bryce8248 Před 7 lety +1728

    He's still got twang.
    It's just dramatized on stage.

    • @FrantiC119
      @FrantiC119 Před 6 lety +28

      Now he does. If you listen to some of his early stand-up he really didn't. I think he's just done it for so long and knows how jarring it is to fans that he's picked it up somewhat in everyday conversation. He spent most of his early life in Florida. Florida is not usually known for 'twang'.

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 Před 6 lety

      Eh, not really.

    • @tydeprince7197
      @tydeprince7197 Před 6 lety +7

      Frantick depends on where in Florida bro cuz a lot of then boys country as hell

    • @latortugapicante719
      @latortugapicante719 Před 6 lety +3

      719 YunGn he's from Nebraska though

    • @jackalguitars
      @jackalguitars Před 6 lety +1

      bryce sherffius I think they like to refer to it as a Drawl

  • @JudgeMarek
    @JudgeMarek Před 3 lety +68

    I really thought the comment section would be full of people saying "oh yeah, that's how it works for me too". I didn't realise it was so rare to pick up accents quickly. From my perspective it is just natural to speak like those around you.

    • @jillianhenriques
      @jillianhenriques Před 3 lety +3

      Same here! I thought it was something everyone did.

    • @maiamaiapapaya
      @maiamaiapapaya Před 3 lety +2

      SAME

    • @WyattWinters
      @WyattWinters Před 3 lety +1

      As a cashier sometimes I accidentally start mimicking the accents of customers that come through my line and I have to consciously try to not do it haha

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes Před 3 lety +1

      I've experienced the same thing, when I was a preteen I went to Germany to visit my family a lot and I'd end up speaking like my cousin who spoke English with a thick accent even though I was raised in the US. And I didn't even intend to.

    • @mercster
      @mercster Před 3 lety

      Yea same man. Some people never get out and meet different types of folks I guess. :-) Insulated.

  • @1969MARKETING
    @1969MARKETING Před 3 lety +99

    Larry's "ear hair" game is becoming legendary

    • @gr7523
      @gr7523 Před 3 lety

      🤣🤣

    • @Americanbadass461
      @Americanbadass461 Před 3 lety

      Hi

    • @iam100125
      @iam100125 Před 3 lety +1

      LOL! Thank you. I wasn't going to say anything but That one wild hair growing out of his ear had me wanting to hold tweezers up to my screen. :)

    • @Americanbadass461
      @Americanbadass461 Před 2 lety

      @@iam100125 yeah that’s true I agree

    • @seerstone8982
      @seerstone8982 Před 2 lety +3

      Men, when we get older, it's the eyebrows, nose, ear's...You have to vigilant.

  • @noahlelack8586
    @noahlelack8586 Před 5 lety +189

    “You ever hangout with George Lopez” nah most people haven’t Larry

  • @hidekiryuga2432
    @hidekiryuga2432 Před 5 lety +1124

    I live in Georgia and can say that it’s pretty rare to find people who speak with an accent as exaggerated as his performing accent, to me his normal accent still sounds quite southern and truthfully it sounds more like someone you might actually meet in here in the south.

    • @deucepickle2091
      @deucepickle2091 Před 5 lety +28

      I'm from Texas and I totally agree. Although maybe an accent as exaggerated as his may be a little more common here than Georgia, but not by much.

    • @MaecyMFerguson
      @MaecyMFerguson Před 5 lety +16

      What part of Georgia??? Cause around my area and the ones we visit it isn't uncommon....

    • @recs8564
      @recs8564 Před 5 lety +3

      I'm from Georgia as well and you are very right.

    • @recs8564
      @recs8564 Před 5 lety +8

      @@MaecyMFerguson nawf gawgia

    • @MaecyMFerguson
      @MaecyMFerguson Před 5 lety +13

      @@recs8564 well come on by Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding hun and you'll hear some lol

  • @babygoose8716
    @babygoose8716 Před 3 lety +19

    I love how versatile he can be with the accents. It’s incredible

  • @rezjrprod
    @rezjrprod Před 3 lety +7

    Worked with him YEARS ago and asked him the same question. Didn't bother me at all. Great guy. Had a great time.

  • @thaliat4094
    @thaliat4094 Před 5 lety +1849

    Everyone has a uncle that looks like him in Kentucky

  • @henryvolk1077
    @henryvolk1077 Před 7 lety +547

    It sounds like his natural accent is Midland South.

    • @derekhitt187
      @derekhitt187 Před 7 lety +3

      Henry Volk sounds like everyone else in the bay area to me

    • @rasengan580
      @rasengan580 Před 7 lety +4

      Henry Volk I'm from Pennsylvania and it sounds like he could be from here

    • @assaultislove
      @assaultislove Před 7 lety +33

      True. A lot of people from the lower Midwest have elements of the Midland South accent. A lot of people don't realize there's more than one southern accent and there's more than one midwestern accent

    • @fbiofficial8298
      @fbiofficial8298 Před 7 lety +8

      Henry Volk very slight southern accent but that's all

    • @jka-0775
      @jka-0775 Před 7 lety +1

      It does and my dad was from Nebraska and moved to north Georgia in the early 60s until he died last year and the combo of the two accents developed into a somewhat midland accent . Funny thing is Dalton Ga where his roommate was from is just 15 minutes down the road from us

  • @Rad-Dude63andathird
    @Rad-Dude63andathird Před 2 lety +6

    I love how he's talking about how his southern accent isn't real, while just having a less thick southern accent. You're Southern hoss.

  • @ElBrandoTV
    @ElBrandoTV Před 2 lety +20

    When Southerners realize he's actually mocking them: *BBQ flavored confusion

    • @jess_n_atx
      @jess_n_atx Před 2 lety

      As a native Texan without an accent, it gave me such joy to know how vulnerable Southern people are to pandering. I too would assume the accent when it was advantageous to do so.

  • @nickpug9
    @nickpug9 Před 7 lety +153

    so it's not really that he's faking it. he's picked up different accents from his different life experiences

    • @zetaiotapike2000
      @zetaiotapike2000 Před 6 lety +7

      Nickpug9 I’m the same way. It comes from living all over this great country

    • @prophetcitrus9638
      @prophetcitrus9638 Před 6 lety

      Ryan Miller
      I must say the best US accent is southern accents.

    • @AnthonyRossetti
      @AnthonyRossetti Před 6 lety +3

      That's faking it....😂. Unless its your default accent you're acting.

  • @jtrem12389
    @jtrem12389 Před 7 lety +733

    I'm from Wisconsin, and that impression was pretty much spot-on.

    • @goliathimmortal1
      @goliathimmortal1 Před 6 lety +26

      Thankfully we speak fluent English in Wisconsin ...

    • @m.w.6526
      @m.w.6526 Před 6 lety +4

      I am too, and I agree.

    • @samsmith2635
      @samsmith2635 Před 6 lety

      lmao

    • @makaylalast847
      @makaylalast847 Před 6 lety +4

      I'm from wisconsin and I agree with you

    • @tr33br06
      @tr33br06 Před 6 lety +6

      And he mentioned La Crosse!! I wonder if he ever visits anymore.

  • @owenbakken2002
    @owenbakken2002 Před 3 lety +17

    I’m from Wisconsin and his Wisconsin accent impression is spot on

  • @pythomas29
    @pythomas29 Před 4 lety +3

    I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!!!! Hands down one of my favorite comedians.

  • @handicapitation3250
    @handicapitation3250 Před 7 lety +1786

    His natural voice is still southern, just not as deep as his stage character.

    • @spencerjohnson925
      @spencerjohnson925 Před 7 lety +112

      handicapitation it's almost Midwest mixed with southern

    • @deepmaidenforce
      @deepmaidenforce Před 7 lety +29

      handicapitation its basically a Kentucky accent. a little bit of that ohio-illinois mixed with a light tough of Tennessee and maybe some Missouri

    • @AllenSJ5
      @AllenSJ5 Před 7 lety +11

      Well he spent his early childhood in Nebraska, went to high school in Florida, had roommates in college from Texas and Georgia, and worked in Omaha, Kansas City, and Orlando during the first part of his career (thanks, Wikipedia!). So that's not surprising.

    • @mecassid
      @mecassid Před 6 lety +15

      His natural voice is NOT southern. He's from Nebraska. He naturally has a midwestern accent and if you watch his work in the 1980s, you hear this much more clearly. He's relaxing his voice more in the interview.

    • @rickybrandenburg7559
      @rickybrandenburg7559 Před 6 lety +3

      Can confirm, Kentuckian. Sounds like a lot of people around here.

  • @evan4856
    @evan4856 Před 7 lety +228

    I thought everyone knew he exaggerated his accent for his comedy

    • @mattydigs
      @mattydigs Před 7 lety +40

      That's not an exaggeration.. that's a complete invention

    • @Shiftin360
      @Shiftin360 Před 7 lety +1

      Gallian

    • @toadsage4061
      @toadsage4061 Před 7 lety +4

      Evan Wheeler "comedy"

  • @billsmafiarichfromthe7162
    @billsmafiarichfromthe7162 Před 4 lety +175

    The line about George Lopez is so funny and so accurate and true

  • @freya574
    @freya574 Před 3 lety +13

    I’m from the south. He still has a slight southern accent but it’s very mild. He just sounds like a normal guy

  • @mj4ever1332
    @mj4ever1332 Před 7 lety +356

    What the fuck I've never heard him speak normally.

    • @tylercoleman3043
      @tylercoleman3043 Před 6 lety +1

      MetalMichael1332 in his movies and stand ups and his tv show, he does the southern voice.

    • @seanwilliams480
      @seanwilliams480 Před 6 lety

      czcams.com/video/LgtsWsfPqLU/video.html

    • @rshackelford4445
      @rshackelford4445 Před 6 lety

      I know it's wierd

    • @corey-bird3489
      @corey-bird3489 Před 2 lety

      And you thought cussing on the Internet for attention didn’t have universal consequences

  • @jordanvaldez3520
    @jordanvaldez3520 Před 7 lety +1720

    😂😂 the George Lopez impression

  • @johntapp7232
    @johntapp7232 Před 2 lety +6

    He doesn’t get “all of the South” out of his speech. Really, he talks more like I do-a little bit of South with a little bit of something else. There is nothing wrong with that. I actually feel closer to his persona now.

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson Před 2 lety +4

    I'm from very near his home in Nebraska, and it's hilarious seeing him just totally look and sound like your average, everyday Nebraskan! His persona is so iconic, he's a whole other person with that accent.

  • @OysterPir8
    @OysterPir8 Před 6 lety +1184

    backlighting on ear hair....

    • @yukidaruma6988
      @yukidaruma6988 Před 5 lety +18

      OysterPir8 THIS! I'm totally NOT a metrosexual, just your average dude, but I learned years ago to tweeze that nasty shit! This vid was killing me. SURELY there's a cosmetic crew for this that could have taken a tweezer to these beasts for 90 seconds, lol.

    • @abbadabbado
      @abbadabbado Před 5 lety +9

      Yes! I was so distracted!

    • @TomTomTom87
      @TomTomTom87 Před 5 lety +2

      hahaha...my Dad is in his 60s and has the same problem. He says he is near-sighted and can't see the hairs, but it doesnt matter - JUST SHAVE THE EARS REGARDLESS WEEKLY! Come on now!

    • @pengyzin8668
      @pengyzin8668 Před 5 lety +1

      Such realism

    • @gjk2012
      @gjk2012 Před 5 lety

      @@yukidaruma6988 I have some long ear hair around my ears and if you use tweezers that would hurt. It's not like eyebrows to pluck where you would barely feel anything.

  • @Shinobi33
    @Shinobi33 Před 7 lety +245

    comes off humble

  • @shamaurtherealist
    @shamaurtherealist Před rokem

    this man here always got me in tears thank you for being a comedian larry the cable guy

  • @maximillianosaben
    @maximillianosaben Před 4 lety +1

    When he does put on the intent Southern accent I can't help but crack a smile and immediately chuckle.

  • @iPenzel
    @iPenzel Před 6 lety +1431

    My entire life has been a lie...😞

  • @joejjl
    @joejjl Před 5 lety +11

    If you grew up in the South you'll notice him slip up once in awhile and throw out a word or syllable that gives him away. I knew he wasn't a real Southerner the first time I saw him, but he's still hilarious and his Southern accent is very good.

  • @dangerdavefreestyle
    @dangerdavefreestyle Před 2 lety

    really amazing the character and personna hes taken on. its a major transformation from when he was younger

  • @224chingon
    @224chingon Před 3 lety

    I love this guy he makes me laugh all the time.

  • @minifridge337
    @minifridge337 Před 6 lety +822

    CONSUME PRILOSEC

  • @chris7jakarta
    @chris7jakarta Před 7 lety +759

    I always thought the accent was his normal voice.
    This interview made me look different, in a positive way, at Larry/Dan

    • @Jterry1301
      @Jterry1301 Před 7 lety +1

      chris7jakarta hell I did too

    • @CeeStyleDj
      @CeeStyleDj Před 7 lety +4

      Broken Wave I don't think he meant that the way he acts on stage is the real him. I think the comment was meant to say that a lot of people believed the voice we hear from him was his natural voice. But of course he's an Entertainer. He's doing a character.

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 Před 7 lety +7

      I know what he meant. The voice is clearly part of the act though.
      He must be one of those people that thinks "reality" shows are real.

    • @xaviermurphy9797
      @xaviermurphy9797 Před 7 lety +5

      chris7jakarta Does this mean Mater from cars isn't southern?!?

    • @maskedmolereviews5715
      @maskedmolereviews5715 Před 7 lety +3

      I actually thought it was his real accent too a few years back when I was a little kid.. I could tell it was exaggerated a little bit but I thought that was really his accent (some people here exaggerate a little too).. I didn't think much of it, since that's the way most people actually talk around here where I live... (Eastern Tennessee).. I thought he was just a typical hillbilly from Georgia or Tn.

  • @ludo3375
    @ludo3375 Před 3 lety +90

    This is like an Andrew Dice Clay situation. Someone gets so deep in their stage persona that they end up having to be that character the rest of their life 😂

  • @Patrick.Weightman
    @Patrick.Weightman Před rokem +1

    My grandparents used to live next to Larry in Wisconsin a decade or so ago. Met him a number of times. An absolutely stellar human being

  • @alanmcmeekin827
    @alanmcmeekin827 Před 7 lety +808

    As a Canadian, Larry the cable guys non-southern voice sounds pretty southern to me.

    • @salmathecopt7969
      @salmathecopt7969 Před 6 lety +5

      it is

    • @rellman85
      @rellman85 Před 6 lety +10

      Alan McMeekin he is still kind of in character here, watch his stand-up from the 80s and 90s and you'll see that he has a very nasal Midwestern accent unlike anything in this video.

    • @2011blueman
      @2011blueman Před 6 lety +6

      As someone that is actually from the midwest, he definitely sounds southern to me.

    • @kiaralopez8428
      @kiaralopez8428 Před 6 lety

      As someone who is from Nebraska I can agree lol

    • @keqh5757
      @keqh5757 Před 6 lety +1

      Alan McMeekin to me canadians and Americans sound the same

  • @jimbojim68
    @jimbojim68 Před 7 lety +2115

    Does he have an unusually hairy right ear?

  • @AGTsakumis
    @AGTsakumis Před 3 lety +33

    Regardless of accent, the man is brilliant--period. As an entertainer, he's a genius.

    • @trickthemartyr
      @trickthemartyr Před 3 lety +2

      Really... a genius? The man’s a blathering idiot.

    • @AGTsakumis
      @AGTsakumis Před 3 lety +5

      @@trickthemartyr No, he's not. He's extremely successful and his humor has a sure intelligence to it. He's wildly popular.

    • @trickthemartyr
      @trickthemartyr Před 3 lety +1

      @@AGTsakumis Nothing that you mentioned is evidence of being a genius.
      Which part of his humour is brilliant? The fart jokes or the Walmart jokes?

    • @AGTsakumis
      @AGTsakumis Před 3 lety +7

      @@trickthemartyr Do you not have anything better to do? Really?! You're a loser. My comment was utterly innocuous and you've made a federal case of it. The fact his act is so authentically Southern and his jokes often have interesting twists to them that speak to that type of demographic, is, indeed, brilliant. No one else has managed to do that with such mammoth success. Simple point. If you don't like him, great. I'm sure lots of people don't like you, either--and I'm certain it exceeds the number that don't like him. He doesn't spend time trolling the net for a fight, while coming across as a woke, social justice bitch. Now, run along and find a job or just join the rest of your ilk and flock off.

    • @trickthemartyr
      @trickthemartyr Před 3 lety +3

      @@AGTsakumis Hahaha now I understand why you think this moron is brilliant. Have a nice day.

  • @jameslaiola4976
    @jameslaiola4976 Před 3 lety

    Im always amazed by this Beautiful man.

  • @hamupinhere
    @hamupinhere Před 7 lety +489

    But but but he's still a cable guy though, right?

  • @Ghostrider42047
    @Ghostrider42047 Před 5 lety +677

    Next you’re gonna say he’s not really mater

    • @southernlette9845
      @southernlette9845 Před 5 lety

      Wow ok he's using his fake accent

    • @Justfacts10000
      @Justfacts10000 Před 4 lety +5

      Racist White people are pissed that his accent is fake

    • @trapG8
      @trapG8 Před 4 lety +16

      Almiighty Ant why would people be mad? Do you honestly think people are mad he faked a accent?

    • @kainenwright2907
      @kainenwright2907 Před 4 lety +1

      Sharon Wade iTs a JoKe ShArOn

    • @kungpaopizza2126
      @kungpaopizza2126 Před 4 lety +4

      DRACO BEATZ Does it....mater?
      😂 🤣☺️

  • @eltonyescas5425
    @eltonyescas5425 Před 3 lety +10

    He sounds like David Koechner when he's not speaking with his southern accent. Its like I'm hearing champ from anchorman all over again.

    • @clintcannon1902
      @clintcannon1902 Před 3 lety

      Koechner is from central Missouri, less than a tank of gas away from Larry...makes sense they could sound similar.

  • @AudreyGolightly13
    @AudreyGolightly13 Před 4 lety +3

    I love that it started out because he's a subconscious mimic. I do that as well, I've always picked up various accents for fun

  • @razorramon4124
    @razorramon4124 Před 7 lety +327

    He explained code switching without knowing there is a name for it... We all do it subconsciously

    • @jaykapolka6111
      @jaykapolka6111 Před 6 lety +9

      Razor Ramon code switching is using two languages in the same sentence or conversation. not picking up an accent that's around you. I'm sure there is a term for it though

    • @Gibbles432
      @Gibbles432 Před 6 lety +3

      I thought this was called "revertigo." Or maybe that just refers to one's character or personality.

    • @thatcuriousguy
      @thatcuriousguy Před 6 lety +7

      This is true, I was backpacking in nz for awhile and made some English friends and kiwi friends after two weeks a few drinks in me and I talked just like them. I literally would try to stop and I couldn't. The brain is so interesting lol.

    • @bigworm2129
      @bigworm2129 Před 6 lety +4

      Not all of us. Only those who have an accent that's deemed uncouth, unsophisticated, stupid, or just stigmatized in some way. Southerners, southern black, New York, Boston, Latin LA, Latin Miami, etc. No way in hell middle-class suburban white people code switch. They don't have to. They rule the world so everyone else has to sound like them in order to have credibility.

    • @xeyetothecosmosx4316
      @xeyetothecosmosx4316 Před 6 lety +3

      I learned it as style shifting or switching "register", those terms are used interchangeably for what he's doing.

  • @ecamormex
    @ecamormex Před 5 lety +9

    It’s called Code Switching. Pretty normal in almost every combination of languages and regions within a language. He’s making money with his comedy; more power to him! 👍🏼

  • @monikag1323
    @monikag1323 Před 3 lety

    I LOVE Larry!!!!

  • @christopherdavis163
    @christopherdavis163 Před 3 lety

    We love this brother comedy!!!!!

  • @mikaelachavez1600
    @mikaelachavez1600 Před 4 lety +46

    I had to prepare myself before watching this video

  • @WillyTheComposerOfficial
    @WillyTheComposerOfficial Před 7 lety +72

    He's got a bit of a country accent. Nothing like his stage accent but I would guess he's from the south.

    • @josh2ee
      @josh2ee Před 6 lety +7

      I'm from the south, he doesn't sound southern. He sounds midwestern. Which makes sense, I believe he's originally from Nebraska.

    • @WE__BTS
      @WE__BTS Před 6 lety +1

      Well people from the north can hear the southern accent in him more easily bc it stands out to us...same as his northern/midwestern accent in his voice would stand out to you.

    • @danconrad920
      @danconrad920 Před 6 lety +1

      yeah, he's from Nebraska.

  • @mommyharris1111
    @mommyharris1111 Před rokem +1

    I remember when Larry used to call into our local radio station in Florida. He used to crack us up back then and couldn’t wait for him to call in. He then started crank calling daily and he grew into a celebrity. He’s still absolutely hysterical!

    • @DavidSteve-jw5tj
      @DavidSteve-jw5tj Před rokem

      Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, and love all over the world, I would love 💚us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm david steve by name im a military surgeon general from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask🥰🥰

  • @hughjaass3787
    @hughjaass3787 Před 3 lety

    I remember listening to you on Ron & Ron in Florida!!!

  • @boogiej2313
    @boogiej2313 Před 7 lety +3

    Dalton, GA! wooooooooo

  • @FishPornTV
    @FishPornTV Před 5 lety +7

    In an interview Jeff Foxworthy once said, “I wish Larry was a character, what you see is exactly how he is. There is no acting there.” What a shmuck

  • @Mario87456
    @Mario87456 Před 4 lety

    Every time he does his cable guy voice all I can think of is Mater since that is the first time I ever heard his voice and because Cars is a childhood favorite of mine.

  • @silverdrumvideo
    @silverdrumvideo Před 3 lety

    He actually seems like a really down to earth, chill kinda dude.

  • @CleoDog
    @CleoDog Před 7 lety +22

    Graham with the subtle side eye

  • @ralphiecifaretto8961
    @ralphiecifaretto8961 Před 7 lety +269

    Anyone calling him a "liar" or a "fake", keep in mind that until recently the majority of stand-ups were playing some kind of character. George Carlin used to do characters. Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, Roseanne, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, Dennis Leary, etc, etc, etc, were all doing some kind of character. It's NOT unique to Larry The Cable Guy.

    • @MLGtroll365
      @MLGtroll365 Před 6 lety +1

      Ralphie Cifaretto he just admitted he's a poser :/

    • @savannahp6359
      @savannahp6359 Před 6 lety +11

      For real. People forget it's called entertainment and not real life.

    • @housemusiccatalog2279
      @housemusiccatalog2279 Před 6 lety +3

      I'd like to believe Emo Phillips is like that all the time

    • @jffranco1175
      @jffranco1175 Před 6 lety

      Ralphie Cifaretto no one knows one single name of those you listed🤣

    • @waterandafter
      @waterandafter Před 6 lety +1

      Seth meyers isn't scottish or british. Shrek is a fake, yeah baby.

  • @Resque.sounds
    @Resque.sounds Před 3 lety

    Graham seems like such a nice guy to have a convo with

  • @jennifermagill7971
    @jennifermagill7971 Před 4 lety

    i live in Nebraska and i noticed that he is wearing a Nebraska Cornhusker hoodie. Thanks for the shoutout of the state, Larry!!!!

  • @icanfartloud
    @icanfartloud Před 7 lety +239

    I'm pretty sure it's obvious that "Larry the Cable Guy" is a stage name and persona. Like PeeWee Herman, Carrottop,.Etc....

    • @rosseaton89
      @rosseaton89 Před 7 lety +10

      IcanFartLOUD 1 Thanks lieutenant obvious!👍 I thought cable guy, peewee, & carrot top were legal birth names! Thanks for enlightening us with your groundbreaking comment. Your a genius!

    • @angeloangeles5284
      @angeloangeles5284 Před 7 lety +3

      Michael Eaton my a genius what?

    • @juanmeza6492
      @juanmeza6492 Před 7 lety

      Michael Eaton LMAO

    • @thepegasuskid4186
      @thepegasuskid4186 Před 7 lety

      Or Oprah

    • @codycigar9515
      @codycigar9515 Před 6 lety

      Like Sam Hyde.

  • @squidsquiddly5970
    @squidsquiddly5970 Před 7 lety +22

    What dimension did we get sucked into?

    • @NeoJinn
      @NeoJinn Před 7 lety +2

      next thing ya know, gilbert godfried is gonna open his eyes and originally be southern

    • @b.valbert8946
      @b.valbert8946 Před 7 lety +1

      Squid SQuiddly You are everywhere, holy shit.

  • @aahlstrom93
    @aahlstrom93 Před 4 lety

    Larry yer breakin my heart bro

  • @canyontiger4022
    @canyontiger4022 Před 2 lety

    Love him for wearing a Huskers hoodie. Go red!

  • @InvincibleExtremes
    @InvincibleExtremes Před 6 lety +21

    Pretty much what I do. I can speak like whoever I'm speaking to. I've seen other people do it too.

    • @RoGuExPaNcAkE
      @RoGuExPaNcAkE Před 4 lety +1

      Invincible Extremes Muscle Cars Garage I do it on accident all the fucking time lmao

  • @ericairwaterfire
    @ericairwaterfire Před 5 lety +269

    Nobody:
    Graham Bensinger: What was it like...throwing up blood...in the back of a pickup truck...after your prom?

    • @theMatIsLavaVlog
      @theMatIsLavaVlog Před 4 lety +2

      One of my least favorite interviewers yet I keep coming back to watch his interviews

    • @geg6315
      @geg6315 Před 4 lety +9

      Jason Williams he’s good because he lets the other person talk

    • @yourmother3207
      @yourmother3207 Před 4 lety +1

      @@theMatIsLavaVlog hes not bad just so weird

    • @BB-re6nz
      @BB-re6nz Před 4 lety +1

      He asks questions so naively. It’s awkward. Check out the John Daly interviews

    • @shawnmorris4479
      @shawnmorris4479 Před 3 lety +2

      @@BB-re6nz He's terrible at segues. He is a good interviewer because he asks pertinent questions and listens as Geg said above. But like you said it's just awkward.

  • @denhamfree1871
    @denhamfree1871 Před 3 lety +1

    I used to go to school with his son, I still currently live in Lincoln, Nebraska

  • @paulmysliborski4832
    @paulmysliborski4832 Před 2 lety +1

    Whatever you want to call it, this man is just talented.
    This video was just about his ability to effortlessly switch between the American speech dialects. It didn't even mention his comedic genius.

  • @sxnthwave
    @sxnthwave Před 4 lety +56

    I wouldn’t say he doesn’t have a country accent, it’s just exaggerated when he performs. I think everybody pretty much understands that it’s part of the show

    • @jasonpdsi
      @jasonpdsi Před 3 lety +1

      I caught a clip of him doing stand up as Dan Whitney a few years ago and it was quite deflating

  • @BarrStar91
    @BarrStar91 Před 7 lety +15

    Who else was like this 😦 the whole time

    • @p0llenp0ny
      @p0llenp0ny Před 6 lety +1

      Zach Barr Hate to tell you this but.. Pro wrestling is staged.

  • @Quadrenaro
    @Quadrenaro Před 3 lety +1

    I lived in Florida for the first 19 years of my life. My neighbors sounded exactly like him.

  • @guitarhero0000
    @guitarhero0000 Před 2 lety

    He's totally right. I see people from all different looks and backgrounds change how they sound when they're with different people.

  • @paramedic135
    @paramedic135 Před 6 lety +18

    Ok.. as someone from a rural area let me tell ya he DOES have an accent and I hear it throughout the whole video

  • @bourbonsands8042
    @bourbonsands8042 Před 4 lety +3

    I'm from South Carolina and he sounds like a local here, the only people that talk like he does on stage is the people who overexaggerate it

  • @johnny1902
    @johnny1902 Před rokem

    All these years I thought he actually sounded like that and seeing this and listening to him wow