Camouflage-and-flannel-clad fans filled the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday night when comedian Larry the Cable Guy came out for his fourth visit to State College.
Notorious for his redneck fashion and jokes, Larry performed his "Tailgate Party" tour to a packed BJC audience, whose response was non-stop laughter. True to the theme, the show had music and comedy. And a few front row audience members even brought their own cold beer.
Some live music was used to liven the mood before Larry came on stage. Cole Ford performed some new and old country tunes and came prepared with a fiddle and cowboy boots. The band's toe-tapping songs even got some mullet-
sporting, plaid-wearing audience members up and dancing.
Larry opened his act with his famous "Git-R-Done" slogan, and the laughter barely took a break from there. Old and young alike found Larry's jokes about Wal-Mart and chili dogs knee slap-worthy, but it wasn't until he whipped out a joke about Hillary Clinton that whistles came from all directions of the arena.
"I met Hillary Clinton the other day," he said. "I didn't talk to her, but I stood next to her at the urinal for a while. But what really pissed me off was that she was bigger than me."
No topic was off limits. The one time any boos could be heard from the crowd was when he informed the audience that he traded in his Dodge for a Ford this year.
"Don't talk about trucks with a bunch of rednecks," he said, "They'll whip out their gun show."
At the end of his performance, Larry made no excuses for his jokes.
"If you don't think that's funny, then get the hell outta here," he said.
Chevus Turner (junior-natural gas engineering) said this was his second Larry the Cable Guy show.
"He tells it like it is," he said.
Nicole Kusko (sophomore-animal sciences) came out with a group of her friends for her first ever Larry the Cable Guy performance.
"We like him because we're a bunch of rednecks," she said.
Kusko really appreciated the tailgate party theme.
"It's especially good for Penn State," she said. "It's a staple. And he is an American staple."
Dustin Wolford, from Lock Haven, made the trip out to State College just for Thursday night's show. As he fixed the brim on his camo baseball hat, he said, "I like him 'cause he's funny, I guess."
