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Among the films premiering this weekend is Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector. For the unfamiliar, the movie and it's star has several key links to the I-4 corridor.

The star, whose real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney, really got known as a stand-up comic after attending college at Baptist University of America in Georgia. In 1991, he began doing radio comedy, calling stations' morning drive programmes as a variety of fictional characters. He eventually worked with several radio stations in the Tampa/St. Petersburg market, most notably as a part of the infamous Ron & Ron Show (Those were the days of REAL radio!).

The film was shot mainly in the Orlando area, and director Trent Cooper is originally from right here in Lakeland, getting his start in film producing corporate projects for a company in Tampa.