The Naked Trucker & T-Bone Coming to Comedy Central

Posted by Maximum Fun on 27th March 2006

The Naked Trucker & T-Bones show was given the go-ahead for six episodes by Comedy Central. Dave “Gruber” Allen (The Naked Trucker) and Dave Koechner (T-Bones) have been performing this show on stages in LA and elswhere for quite a long time, now, and it’s a hilarious show. I guess the idea here is that they can tap into both the “Comedians of Comedy” hipster audience and the Blue Collar Comedy audience, and I have no reason to believe they won’t succeed, especially with Koechner’s increased profile in film. Here’s the release:

NEW YORK, March 27, 2006 — Dave Koechner as Gerald “T-Bones” Tibbons and Dave “Gruber” Allen as the “Naked Trucker” are hitting America’s highways and collecting stories from the road. COMEDY CENTRAL has given a series pick-up to the “Naked Trucker and T-Bones,” a half-hour variety show, it was announced today by Lauren Corrao, executive vice president, original programming and development, COMEDY CENTRAL. The network has ordered six episodes of the series and is set to premiere in late summer.

Developed at the COMEDY CENTRAL Stage in Los Angeles, “Naked Trucker” takes place at a truck stop featuring a naked trucker and his ne’er-do-well sidekick, Gerald “T-Bones” Tibbons, who are backed by a hell-raising band. Each week they will join viewers from a truck stop in middle America to re-fuel and tell their story of being on the road in pursuit of the American dream. The pilot was executive produced by Allen (“Freaks and Geeks”), Koechner (“Anchorman”), Norm Hiscock (“King of the Hill”) and J.P. Williams (“The Blue Collar Comedy Tour”).

“’The Naked Trucker’ has been a favorite stage show for comedy lovers in Los Angeles for years,” said Corrao. “I’m so pleased to be able to introduce these two iconic characters to the television viewing audience. Koechner and Allen are a force to be reckoned with and we look forward to hearing their outrageous stories from the road.”

“We are happy to feed COMEDY CENTRAL’s and, indeed, America’s insatiable appetite for hobos, hillbillies, intellectuals, political non-conformists, free thinkers, free ballers and truckers,” said Koechner and Allen.

The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show
Naked Trucker on Real Time With Bill Maher
Naked Trucker on Conan