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Jeff Foxworthy (born 1958) is a stand-up comedian, actor, and author who is well-known from both radio shows and TV-shows in the United States. So far, he has released six major-label comedy albums, of which the two first ones were certified 3xPlatinum by RIAA.
Foxworthy is chiefly famous for his classist redneck humor skits, including his “You might be a redneck….” one-liners. In 1996, he released the single “Redneck 12 Days of Christmas”, with lyrics by Tim Wilson. Foxworthy has also published several books based on redneck humor, and an autobiography entitled “No Shirt, No Shoes… No Problem!”.
Foxworthy is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, together with Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy.
About Jeff Foxworthy
| Name | Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy |
| Birth | September 6, 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Professions | Stand-up comedian Author TV personality Radio personality Web personality |
| Wife | Pamela Gregg Married since 1985 |
| Children | 2 daughters: Jordan and Julianne |
Background
Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1958. He was the first child of the IBM executive Jimmy Abstance Foxworthy and his wife Carole Linda Foxworthy (née Camp). Both parents are of English descent, and Foxworthy can trace his lineage back to the county of Essex, England.
Foxworthy was raised in the Southern Baptist faith.
As a teen, he often visited his father’s farm property in the middle of Georgia to hunt.
After graduating from Hapeville High School, Foxworthy attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta, but left just before graduating.
For five years, he worked with mainframe computer maintenance at IBM. It was he co-workers at IBM that urged him to enter the 1984 Great Southeastern Laugh-off at Atlanta’s Punchline comedy club – a contest which he won. The Punchline was also where he met his future wife Pamela Gregg.
Radio
- The Fortworthy Countdown, launched in 1999, was a nationally syndicated, weekly radio show with country music. The last program aired in December 2009.
- Blue Collar Comedy Radio airs on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 97.
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Examples of television appearances
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ9V25sKpNw
Launched in 1995, this was a sitcom based around Foxworthy’s stand-up comedy persona. It aired on ABC for one season, and then on NBC for another season.
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Foxworthy hosted the syndicated version of this show on Fox prime time from 2009 to 2011.
The American Bible Challenge
This was a Bible-themed game show created by Game Show Network and hosted by Foxworthy for three seasons. The series debuted on August 23, 2012.
The American Baking Competition (aired in 2013)
This was a United States adaptation of The Great British Bake Off. (For copyright reasons, it could not be called bake-off.) It was hosted by Foxworthy and judged by Marcela Valladolid and Paul Hollywood.
Blue Collar Comedy Tour & Blue Collar TV
The Blue Collar Comedy Tour gave his career a boost in the early 2000s. The tour, which focused on “common-man comedy” lasted for three years and drew large crowds around the country. In addition to Foxworthy, it consisted of Ron White, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy (Daniel Lawrence Whitney).
In 2004, Blue Collar TV was launched on The WB Television Network and Comedy Central. In 2007, it was added to the Comedy Network. Foxworthy, Engvall, and Whitney starred the show, with White making occasional guest appearances. The show was cancelled in 2005.
Foxworthy’s Big Night Out
The show Foxworthy’s Big Night Out ran for one season on Country Music Television (CMT).
Books by Foxworthy
| Title | Year | Info |
| You Might Be a Redneck If… | 1989 | |
| No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem! | 1996 | Autobiography |
| The Redneck Grill | 2001 | Cookbook Co-authored with R. David Boyd |
| “Redneck Extreme Mobile Home Makeover” | 2005 | |
| Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck Dictionary: Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of | 2005 | Illustrated by Layron DeJarnette |
| Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck Dictionary II: More Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of | 2006 | Illustrated by Layron DeJarnette |
| Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck Dictionary III: Learning to Talk More Gooder Fastly | 2007 | Illustrated by Layron DeJarnette |
| Rednecks in College | ||
| How to Really Stink at Golf | 2008 | Co-authored with Brian Hartt Illustrated by Layron DeJarnette |
| Dirt On My Shirt | 2008 | Children’s book |
| Silly Street | 2009 | Children’s book Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman |
| How to Really Stink at Work, A Guide to Making Yourself Fire-Proof While Having the Most Fun Possible | 2009 | Co-authored with Brian Hartt Illustrated by Layron DeJarnette |
| Hide!!! | 2010 | Children’s book Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman |
The Georgia-based artist R. David Boyd has illustrated most of Foxworthy’s book covers.
Voice work by Foxworthy
- 2000-2003: Scruff – Peter
- 2005: Racing Stripes – Reggie
- 2006: The Fox and the Hound 2 – Lyle
- 2009: The Aviators – Lindbergh
- 2011: The Smurfs – Handy
- 2012: Phineas and Ferb “Meapless in Seattle” – “Southern” Meap
- 2013: The Smurfs 2 – Handy
- 2017: Bunyan and Babe – Babe the Blue Ox
Foxworthy Outdoors
Launched in 2011, Foxworthy Outdoors is a webshop for Foxworthy-branded outdoor products. You can watch the web series “Jeff Foxworthy: Inside & Out” here, which is about hunting, fishing and land conservation.