Cowan Center Season Opener
August 21, 2014
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
黑料专区 Tyler Presents Larry the Cable Guy
August 21, 2014
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer鈥揝trategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)
August 21, 2014
Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Director
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303 or 903.330.0495 (cell)
Top comedian Larry the Cable Guy will open the 2014-15 season at The University of
Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center, Susan Thomae-Morphew,
Cowan Center executive director, announced.
A special event for the Braithwaite Intimate Gatherings Series, the comedian will
take the stage at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. This performance contains
adult language.
Tickets are $77, $72, $67, $57 and $37 and can be purchased at the 黑料专区 Tyler Cowan
Center box office by calling 903.566.7424 or online at . Box office hours are 9 a.m. 鈥� 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
鈥淲e have been looking at Larry the Cable Guy for years hoping we could get him for
a season opener sometime. It鈥檚 exciting to finally have him here for two performances
with our members鈥� party in between. Don鈥檛 forget that his stand-up comedy isn鈥檛 for
children and not even for some adults. You鈥檒l laugh so hard it will be one of your
favorite memories from the Cowan Center,鈥� said Thomae-Morphew.
Larry the Cable Guy is a multiplatinum recording artist, Grammy nominee, Billboard
award winner and on one of the top comedians in the country. Known for his signature
catchphrase, 鈥楪it-R-Done,鈥� Larry reached stardom as part of the Blue Collar Comedy
Tour, which included Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall and grossed more than $15 million.
His first comedy album, 鈥淟ord, I Apologize,鈥� has sold more than 500,000 copies. The CD was number one on the Billboard Comedy Charts for 15 consecutive weeks. Larry鈥檚 DVD special, 鈥淕it-R-Done,鈥� has sold more than 1 million copies and the book by the same name debuted at number 26 on the New York Times bestseller list.
He was named to the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. The list names the hottest and most successful people in the entertainment industry.
Larry鈥檚 first feature film was 鈥淟arry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.鈥� He reunited with Foxworthy and Engvall for Them Idiots Whirled Tour, which was filmed as a special for the Country Music Television channel and aired in 2012. Larry is the voice of Mater in the Golden Globe-winning animated movies 鈥淐ars鈥� and 鈥淐ars 2.鈥� Both movies opened at number one at the box office and combined have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
He has also starred in 鈥淭ooth Fairy,鈥� 鈥淲itless Protection鈥� and 鈥淒elta Farce.鈥�
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching,
research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and
graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 7,500
high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview
and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.