Blue Collar Comedy Tour 3 (Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road): Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry The Cable Guy: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Jeff Foxworthy is one of the most respected and successful comedians in the country. He is the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best selling author of 26 books.
Background
Jeff Foxworthy was born on the 6th of September 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He is the first child of Carole Linda (née Camp) and IBM executive, Jimmy Abstance Foxworthy. His parents were both of English descent with his roots lying in the county of Essex. His grandfather, James Marvin Camp was a Hapeville firefighter for over three decades.
Education
Foxworthy graduated from Hapeville High School. He attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta, but left just before graduating.
Career
Jeff Foxworthy worked for five years in mainframe computer maintenance at IBM, where his father also worked. At the urging of IBM co-workers, Foxworthy entered and won the Great Southeastern Laugh-off at Atlanta's Punchline comedy club in 1984.
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.
Foxworthy's July 1995 release Games Rednecks Play received a 1996 Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
In 1995, Foxworthy 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.
Totally Committed was released in May 1998. In conjunction with the CD was a one-hour HBO stand-up special by the same name. The CD reached "gold" status and received a 1999 Grammy Award nomination. The video of the song, Totally Committed featured frequent references to then-Atlanta Braves pitcher, Greg Maddux as well as an appearance at the very end by Maddux himself (along with teammate John Smoltz).
Foxworthy hosted Country Weekly's ""TNN Music City News Country Awards" show for 1998, 1999, and 2000.
He hosted Are You Smarter than A 5th Grader? on Fox in prime time. He hosted the syndicated version of the series from September 21, 2009 until its cancellation on March 24, 2011.
Achievements
Foxworthy is widely known for his redneck jokes, his act goes well beyond that to explore the humor in everyday family interactions and human nature, a style that has been compared to Mark Twain’s. He's a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best selling author of 26 books.
Jeff is named the funniest Male Comedy Club Stand-up Performer.
Foxworthy emphasizes the Bible as a guide for his everyday life, including what to do with his income, which he explains is not his, but "belongs to God".
Politics
In 2012, Foxworthy endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Connections
Foxworthy met his wife Pamela Gregg at the Punchline in Atlanta, Georgia and they married on September 18, 1985. They have two daughters, Jordan and Julianne.