Larry the Cable Guy - Health Inspector
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Brilliant. Captivating. A true slice of Americana that demands multiple viewings.

These are phrases that I won’t have to use today. In fact, “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” was the last movie I watched today, and I had to re-watch everything else before it again. Like a rotting roadkill at a picnic, it stunk so bad it made everything else taste funny.

You will read positive reviews of this movie. In fact, you may even see glowing recommendations on the front cover of the DVD. If you can read these words without the assistance of an older sibling, chances are pretty good your mental capacity if too far above what is required to enjoy this film. Unless you are a 9 year old boy fascinated with farting, and you stole this movie, you will be ripped off.

I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of Larry’s standup to begin with, and “Blue Collar TV” for me is a crappier version of “Hee Haw” without the decent music, so yeah, I was a bit biased coming in, but I was willing to give it a shot. I mean heck, Tony Hale (Arrested Development) and Jerry Mathers (as…the Beaver) are in it, it can’t be that bad, right?

Stupid Scraps, it can be that bad.

See, Larry is a Health Inspector (hence the witty title) who is involved in some mind-numbing conspiracy to discredit fancy restaurants in his area right before some big cooking competition.

Wow…that plot sucks, even abbreviated. Whatever will fill the rest of this rancid reekfest?

Did you say fart jokes? Give yourself a “Git R Done” airbrushed T-shirt, you win!

Or more correctly, you lose. The movie is fart joke after fart joke, with one endearing scene of Larry taking a dump that sounds like someone pouring a bucket of golf balls into a cooler full of gravy. I grew out of enjoying this type of comedy right around the same time that hair started growing on my tingly parts.

Even if there was one chuckle, or a pathetically cheap T&A shot, this might have some redeeming value, but there was none to be found.

The only way I would recommend picking this up is if you’re on a quest to watch the worst comedies of all time, or you pick someone’s name you despise in a gift exchange. Besides never getting back the 2 hours I wasted on this crap, my only regret is I can’t give it zero cans. Avoid this like the clap. ½ can out of 5.

Added:  Tuesday, August 15, 2006

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