Joe Rogan | The Origins of Larry the Cable Guy w/Ron White

How many people is that? 20,000. That's a lot of people. And Elton John held the record before we broke it and the reason we broke it is we were in a center stage in the middle and there's only four of us doing stand-up so nobody will ever have a smaller stage. Wow. For that big show there. That's hilarious. Right, right. How could they? And that was right before we filmed Blue Collar 1. Dude, Josh Wolf showed me a picture when he opened up for Larry the Cable Guy. He opened up in some football arena. He's on stage and he takes a selfie out looking at the audience. It's the craziest thing you've ever seen in your life. See if you can find it. Josh Wolf opening up for Larry the Cable Guy's selfie. I don't even know if he put it online. He showed it to me on his phone. It's fucking bananas. There's 50,000 people there. You know? 50,000 people. Oh yeah, he was doing crazy, crazy, crazy numbers. Insane numbers. Yep. And didn't even talk about it. You know, there was a lot of people that were hating on him. He couldn't be a nicer guy. He's also a great pace, rhythm and timing one-liner guy. Yes. You know, and as good as a guess. I've seen him just beat crowds to death. Funny dude. And gifted and also has done it, you know, he's totally paid his dues. 100%. I met him in 1992 I think. Well you've done him longer than I have. Holy shit, look at that fucking crowd. Right. Yeah, I haven't played this place. Look at that fucking crowd. That's gotta be Nebraska, right? So right, everybody's wearing red. That's gotta be Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. That is one of the most insane crowds I've ever seen in my life. But it makes sense. He's got great fucking timing, man. And I met him, like I said, in 92 I think at the Comedy Works in Montreal when Jimbo used to run the joint. And he was a great guy, man. Even back then, I think he was a radio personality in Florida at the time. You know, he's just getting up and running. And that really cable guy was a character he did in that, that he would bring into a show for one joke and it just took over. Fucking crazy. And people don't know, like he's Dan Whitney, he's like a regular person. Right, regular comic. Yeah, but he's trapped. He is Larry the Cable-Trapper. Well that trap, in a place you'd like to be trapped, right? Oh yeah. A place where you're making 30 million dollars a year. But it's like this marvelous Mrs. Maisel thing, except that's who he actually is. He doesn't have to wear a fat suit or anything crazy. Well his dad was a preacher and a pig farmer from Nebraska. Wow. And so he does this, a great auctioneer, boys, where, I don't know, he sold a little Danny Whitney from across the street. Wow. A preacher and a pig farmer. Holy shit.