Comedian Jeff Foxworthy accepts a new jacket from 3rd Infantry Division Commander Army Maj. Gen. William G. Webster for his support. Foxworthy performed during the division's homecoming March 25, 2007 at Fort Stewart, Georgia

Jeffrey M. Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958^[1]) is an American comedian, actor and game show host who is known for his work as a stand-up comedian. He is perhaps best known for his "You Might Be a Redneck" jokes. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 544 KB) Summary Comedian Jeff Foxworthy accepts a new jacket from 3rd Infantry Division Commander Army Maj. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 544 KB) Summary Comedian Jeff Foxworthy accepts a new jacket from 3rd Infantry Division Commander Army Maj. ... The 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) —nicknamed the Rock of the Marne— is a United States Army infantry division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. ... Fort Stewart is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily located in Liberty County, Georgia, but also occupying significant portions of Bryan County, Georgia. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of gameshows. ... B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... You might be a redneck if. ...

Biography

Early life and career

Foxworthy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the first child of James Abstance and Carole Linda (Camp) Foxworthy.^[1] His grandfather James Marvin Camp was a Hapeville, Georgia, fireman for more than 30 years.^[1] Atlanta redirects here. ... Hapeville is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States located directly adjacent to the City of Atlanta. ... Look up fireman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Foxworthy graduated from Hapeville High School, and was a member of the class of 1979 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He worked for five years in mainframe maintenance at IBM (where his father also worked) before, where at the urging of co-workers, entering and winning the Great Southeastern Laugh-off at Atlanta's Punch Line comedy club in 1984.^[2] The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Metz, France and Singapore. ... For other uses, see Mainframe. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ...

Personal Life

Foxworthy has been married to Pamela Gregg since 1985 and has two daughters, Jordan (born in 1992), and Julianne (born in 1994) .

Comedy albums and television

In 1993, he released You Might Be a Redneck If... which started the "You Might Be a Redneck" fad, topped the comedy album charts, and sold more than three million copies. This article is about a stereotypical description. ... For other uses, see FAD (disambiguation). ...

In 1995, he starred in The Jeff Foxworthy Show, a sitcom created out of his stand-up comedy persona. It aired on ABC, but was canceled after one season. NBC subsequently picked up the show, but it was again canceled after one season. Foxworthy later remarked that the network did not understand how to properly market his humor; thinking his routine was "too Southern" for a national network ("Has anyone heard me talk?", he commented in one of his stand-up routines), they based the first season of his sitcom in Bloomington, Indiana. The ABC run of the show can now be seen on Nick at Nite and CMT. Karen, Jeff's wife in the show was played by Anita Barone, his precocious son Matt by Haley Joel Osment and his brother Wayne by comedian Jay Mohr. The Jeff Foxworthy Show is the name of two short-lived television series starring comedian Jeff Foxworthy and based on Foxworthys stand-up comedy routine. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article is about the television network. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Monroe Mayor Mark Kruzan Area    - City 51. ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... Nick-at-Nite (sometimes spelled Nick @ Nite, by its current logo) is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday–Thursdays from 9 PM–6 AM and Friday–Saturdays from 10 PM–6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ... Country Music Television, or CMT as it usually called, is an American country music oriented cable television channel. ... Anita Barone (born 25 September 1964 in St. ... Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Jay Mohr Jay Mohr (born August 23, 1970) is a Caucasian American actor and stand-up comedian. ...

He currently is the game show host of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? which airs on FOX on Thursdays. The show also airs in Canada on Global Television Network and in the Middle East on Dubai TV. The UK version of this show, Are You Smarter Than A 10-Year-Old?, is shown on Sky One, hosted by Noel Edmonds. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (or 5th Grader) is an American quiz game show on FOX. It is produced by Mark Burnett,[1] and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. ... This article is about the animal. ... Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Dubai TV is a channel offered by the Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI). ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ...

Blue Collar Comedy

In the early 2000s, Foxworthy had a career resurgence as a result of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, in which he and three other comedians (Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White, and Bill Engvall), specializing in common-man comedy, toured the country and performed for record crowds. The tour lasted three full years, constantly being extended after an initial run of 20 shows. From left to right : Larry the Cable Guy , Bill Engvall , Jeff Foxworthy and Ron White. ... Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is a stand up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... William Ray (Bill) Engvall, Jr. ...

In 2004, he launched a new television show called Blue Collar TV on The WB Television Network Comedy Central, and Comedy Network (2007). He serves as executive producer, and stars alongside Blue Collar Comedy Tour-mates Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall. (Ron White turned the show down but made occasional guest appearances). The show was relatively successful compared to the anemic performance of the WB's other sitcoms. However, on Larry the Cable Guy's website, he says the show was canceled on October 17, 2005, by the network. Reruns of Blue Collar TV continued until the network merged with UPN to form The CW. Blue Collar TV was a television program on the WB Television Network and starring Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. ... The Warner Bros. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... The Crimson White, known colloquially as The CW, is the student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama. ...

Jeff has resurrected the Blue Collar TV format (albeit with only himself participating along with some of the Blue Collar TV co-hosts) called Foxworthy's Big Night Out. which airs on Country Music Television (CMT). Foxworthy's Big Night Out began airing in summer 2006 and was cancelled after one season. Country Music Television, or CMT as it usually called, is an American country music oriented cable television channel. ...

Blue Collar Comedy Radio airs on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 103 and is associated with Raw Dog Comedy on Sirius 104. Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ...

He also holds the right to QXR 103.4, another blue-collar comedy radio station.

Books and recent work

Foxworthy has authored several books, including You Might Be a Redneck If... (1989) and related "redneck humor" books, as well as his autobiography, No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem! (1996). He also has released a cookbook entitled The Redneck Grill, co-authored with Newnan, Ga. artist R. David Boyd, and Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary: Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of (2005) and Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II: More Words You Thought You knew The Meanings Of(2006). A third Redeck Dictionary, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III: Learning to Talk More Gooder Fastly is due in bookstores on October 30, 2007. Artist, Layron DeJarnette provided illustrations for the Redneck Dictionary books. R. David Boyd has been the exclusive illustrator for most of Foxworthy's books and album covers. This article is about a stereotypical description. ... A cookbook is a book that contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. ... Newnan is a city located in Coweta County, Georgia. ...

Foxworthy also hosts The Foxworthy Countdown, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show which features the Top 25 country hits of the week as reported by Mediabase. In the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. ... Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s, though popularity has declined a little in some countries since television became widespread. ... Mediabase is a chart that ranks the popularity of songs based only on radio airplay in the United States. ...

In the 2006 movie The Fox and the Hound 2, Foxworthy voiced the character Lyle . The Fox and the Hound 2 is a direct-to-video midquel to the 1981 Disney animated film The Fox and the Hound. ...

Presently, Foxworthy is host of the Fox Broadcasting Company game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which began airing on February 27, 2007. The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (or 5th Grader) is an American quiz game show on FOX. It is produced by Mark Burnett,[1] and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Music

Foxworthy has recorded several singles which have consisted of his comedy sketches set to music, usually with a chorus sung by another country music act. Several of these singles have charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot 100 charts. Hot Country Singles & Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ...

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Discography

Main albums

• You Might Be a Redneck If... (1993)
• Games Rednecks Play (1995)
• Crank It Up: The Music Album (1996)
• Totally Committed (1998)
• Big Funny (2000)
• Have Your Loved Ones Spayed Or Neutered (2004)

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Compilations

• Live (Vol. 9) (1990)
• You Might Be a Redneck (Vol. 10) (1990)
• Jeff Foxworthy: King of the Rednecks (1995)
• Jeff Foxworthy: Sold Out (1995)
• Jeff Foxworthy: The Original (1995)
• Redneck Test: Vol. 11 (1995)
• Redneck Test: Vol. 43 (1995)
• Double Wide, Single Minded (1998)
• Greatest Bits (1999)
• Best Of Jeff Foxworthy (2003)

Box sets

• The Ultimate Jeff Foxworthy Gift Collection (1996)

See also

• List of stand-up comedians
• List of game show hosts

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References

External links

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