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Larry The Cable Guy's Star Studded Christmas Extravaganza

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Larry's Christmas Special starts out with Larry in a bar, swiping drinks from midgets dressed like Santa's elves. He realizes that he has a Christmas show to do and decides to call upon some big time star power to co-host the show. He starts out by calling none other than Jay Leno himself. Jay makes up an excuse to beg out on Larry, (because he's Larry) and our friendly neighborhood Cable Guy moves slowly down the celebrity A-list, through the B, C and D lists. Even his own mother won't appear on his show, because, she says, she's now Jewish. Finally Tony Orlando calls Larry looking for work and Larry happily accepts him.

It's a funny way to start the show and reaffirms Larry's status as an underdog and perhaps a bit of an outcast. But that's part of his appeal.

Larry does his monologue and there are plenty of funny skits, including a send up of Deal or No Deal called Squeal or No Squeal, where contestants play to win a pig, although other prizes include stretchy-wasted elastic "eatin pants", a screen door in pristine condition and an uncracked toilet tank lid.

A neighborhood choir sings "redneck" parodies of old Christmas standards as well as musical numbers by the likes of Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry. Ventriloquist Terry Fator does a funny bit and Fred Willard is all over this show like a humorous, red swollen rash (he's his usual funny self). Other stars showing up to wish Larry a Merry Christmas include Toby Keith, Jeff Foxworthy, Joey Fatone, Victoria Jackson, Lewis Black, Terry Bradshaw, Charlie Callas, Jennifer Aspen, Angela Little, and Nadine Velazquez from "My Name is Earl" as Santa's sexiest elf.

I really liked this show. It reminded me of the old Christmas shows that Bob Hope and Johnny Cash used to put on for the holidays. Those guys did a little something extra, a little something special to celebrate the season. They put in some effort and did it up right and Larry does too. And everyone on the old shows seemed to really enjoy themselves, just like they do here. That's something you don't see on too much of today's' savvy, some would say jaded and world-weary TV; people actually just having a good time without snarkiness or irony. Of all the entertainers out there today Larry the Cable Guy has stepped up to fill the Santa boots of the entertainers of the past, and I think he does a great job of...you know I'm gonna say it....GETTIN' HER DONE!!!

Larry is the best. Any time it's Larry, you get lots of laughs and entertainment.

Larry the Cable Guy's Star Studded Christmas Extravaganza is very funny. I love Larry the Cable Guy. I'm so glad that I pre-ordered this DVD.

I will start off by stating that I am very much of a Larry the Cable Guy fan. I am not politically correct and do everything I can not to conform to the rules of PC. Part of the reason that I enjoy Larry is that he has been non-PC in his humor.

So, why the 1 star? I watched this on CMT and don't own the DVD. With that stated, I watched the first half of the show. I was disappointed that Jeff Foxworthy's and Bill Engvall's appearances were about 1 minute a piece. They may have been back later in the show; I just couldn't take watching more than I did (boring!!!). I was watching hoping to laugh during the show and found myself sitting there like when I watched that disaster, 'Delta Farce' - I finally asked myself, "Why am I watching this? I am not laughing. It is just boring."
If you listen to the crowd during the show, their laughter is subdued at best.

I admit, the second half of the show may have been better, but the first half was enough for me to change channels.

If you are looking for a good 2008 Christmas humor DVD, get Jeff Dunham's Christmas DVD. If you don't mind going a year back, 'Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular' was a riot! I was hoping for some much more and better out of this latest Larry piece of work.