"[citation needed] He is a common entertainer for local events, and is often heard several times daily nationwide on SiriusXM Radio's Channel 98 Laugh USA, and Channel 97 Blue Collar Radio.
Hurley was born in 1941 in a log cabin in the Appalachian foothills of Laurel County, Kentucky.
In early life, he enjoyed family members' richly embellished tales, and the Grand Ole Opry radio comedians Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield.
Returning to EKU as a professor and coordinator, in 1971 his next career started when he decided to "liven up" a boring school conference.
[1] Hurley displays a trademark story-telling style considered similar by some to American humorists such as Andy Griffith and Garrison Keillor, combining a down-home yarn-spinning style with public comedy.