“You can tell on-stage when a joke's starting to lose its pop. It doesn't mean people don't want to hear it anymore; it means I don't want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they've never heard.”

American stand-up comedian, actor and author

Ronald Dee White is an American stand-up comedian, actor and author, best known as a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Nicknamed “Tater Salad,” he has built a career in live comedy and writing. He is the author of I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn't Have the Ability, a book that reached the New York Times Best Seller list. His work is tied to observational humor and the storytelling style associated with his stand-up career.