Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor, author, comedian, producer and writer. He is a member of the

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, with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White. Known for his "You might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy has released six major-label comedy albums. His first two albums were each certified 3×

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by the

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. Foxworthy has written several books based on his redneck jokes, as well as an autobiography entitled ''No Shirt, No Shoes... No Problem!''''From Essex England to the Sunny Southern USA: A Harris Family Journey'', Robert E. Harris, Genealogical Press, 1994, page 870. Foxworthy has also made several ventures into television, starting in the mid-1990s with his own sitcom called '' The Jeff Foxworthy Show''. He has also appeared alongside Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy in several Blue Collar television specials, most notably ''

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'' for

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. Since 2007, he has been the host of the

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'' Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?'' on Fox (2007–09 and 2015) and in syndication (2009–11). Foxworthy hosted a nationally syndicated radio show called ''The Foxworthy Countdown'' from April 1999 to December 2009. For three seasons, he hosted GSN's '' The American Bible Challenge''.

Early life

Foxworthy was born in

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, on September 6, 1958, the first of three children of Carole Linda (''née'' Camp) and IBM executive Jimmy Abstance Foxworthy. His parents were both of

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descent, with his roots lying in the county of

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. His grandfather, James Marvin Camp, was a Hapeville firefighter for over three decades. He has two younger siblings, Jay Foxworthy and Jennifer Foxworthy. According to Foxworthy, who grew up in the

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tradition, he remembers accepting Jesus Christ when he was seven years old. When he told his mother that he wanted to go down to the local sanctuary to accept Christ as his Lord and Savior, his mother, who felt he was too young, told him to wait until he had a firmer understanding of the undertaking. Foxworthy argued with her until a preacher came to their home and vouched for Foxworthy, who went back to the church that night with his mother. Despite this, Foxworthy says that complying with the often-strict rules of the church were difficult for him, saying, "I love God, but I can't act and dress like that.” Foxworthy graduated from

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. He attended

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in Atlanta, but left just before graduating. He worked for five years in

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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.

Career

Comedy albums

In 1993, he released '' You Might Be a Redneck If…'', which topped the comedy albums chart and started the "You Might Be a Redneck" fad. The album went gold in 1994, platinum by 1995, and 3× platinum by 1996, which is more than three million copies. Foxworthy's July 1995 release ''

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'' received a 1996 Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album. '' Totally Committed'' was released in May 1998. In conjunction with the album was a one-hour HBO stand-up special by the same name. The album reached "gold" status and received a 1999 Grammy Award nomination. The video for the ''Totally Committed'' song featured frequent references to then-

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as well as an appearance at the very end by Maddux himself (along with teammate John Smoltz). In 2001, Foxworthy received a nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album for the 43rd Annual Grammys.

Television

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. Later, he 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

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. Later, the series aired on

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and CMT in 2005 and 2006. He also appeared in

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's video for " I Don't Even Know Your Name" in 1995. Foxworthy hosted Country Weekly's "" TNN Music City News Country Awards" show for 1998, 1999, and 2000. In 1998, Foxworthy appeared on the mock talk show ''

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'', where he attempts to explain his famous “You might be a Redneck” joke to Space Ghost, yet fails entirely. Throughout the episode, Space Ghost, Zorak, and

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are taking the Ghost Planet to the US, with plans to make it the 51st state. By the end of the episode Foxworthy is sent to “The Box”. He hosted '' Are You Smarter than A 5th Grader?'' on Fox in

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. He hosted the syndicated version of the series from September 21, 2009, until its cancellation on March 24, 2011. It was announced that Foxworthy would return as host of ''Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?'' In addition, he is a host on ''The Bucks of Tecomate'' which airs on the NBC Sports Network with Alabama native David Morris. He was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2005. In 2011, Foxworthy appeared as a guest “Shark” for two episodes of ABC’s second season of

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. Since August 2012, Foxworthy has been the host and a producer of the GSN biblical-themed game show '' The American Bible Challenge'', which has aired two seasons. He is also the host of the food

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series '' The American Baking Competition'', which aired its first season in summer 2013. Foxworthy has appeared as host and featured guest on several programs on the

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and Versus. In February 2019, Foxworthy was announced as a judge for NBC's comedy competition series '' Bring the Funny''. In 2020, a new episode of Ellen's Game of Games featured Jeff Foxworthy on a game of Stink Tank.

Blue Collar Comedy

In the early 2000s, Foxworthy had a career resurgence as a result of the

, 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. In 2004, he launched a new television series called ''

'' on

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, Comedy Central, and Comedy Network (2007). He served as

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and starred alongside Blue Collar Comedy Tour-mates Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall. (Ron White made occasional guest appearances.) On Larry the Cable Guy's website, he posted that the show was canceled on October 17, 2005, by WB. Reruns of ''Blue Collar TV'' continued until the network merged with UPN to form

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. In 2006, Foxworthy resurrected the ''Blue Collar TV'' format on

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(CMT) with ''Foxworthy's Big Night Out''. The show began airing in the fall and was canceled after one season of 12 episodes.

Books

Foxworthy has authored several books, including ''You Might Be a Redneck If...'' (1989), as well as his autobiography, ''No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem!'' (1996). 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. He also has released a

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entitled ''The Redneck Grill'', co-authored with

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, artist R. David Boyd, and "''Redneck Extreme Mobile Home Makeover''" (2005), a book with some of his redneck jokes.

Bibliography

* ''Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary: Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of'' (2005) * ''Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II: More Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of'' (2006) * ''Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III: Learning to Talk More Gooder Fastly'' (2007) * ''Rednecks in College'' In February 2008, Foxworthy released his first children's book ''Dirt On My Shirt''. This was followed by ''Silly Street'' in 2009 and ''Hide!!!'' in 2010, both of which were illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. In May 2008, Foxworthy released ''How to Really Stink at Golf'', with co-author Brian Hartt and illustrations by Layron DeJarnette. In May 2009, he released ''How to Really Stink at Work, A Guide to Making Yourself Fire-Proof While Having the Most Fun Possible''. This book was also co-authored with Hartt and illustrations by DeJarnette.

Radio work

In April 1999, Foxworthy began ''The Foxworthy Countdown'', a nationally syndicated, weekly

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, which featured the top 30 country hits of the week, as reported by '' Mediabase''. In 2001, he received a

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nomination for "Broadcast Personality of the Year". The program's last broadcast, the 2009 year-end countdown, aired the weekend of December 27, 2009. In 2006, Sirius Satellite Radio launched the Blue Collar Comedy channel, which featured stand-up comedy centered around the Blue Collar group. In 2015, now under the SiriusXM banner, the station rebranded as Jeff & Larry's Comedy Roundup, which featured similar programming to the previous channel with an enhanced focus on Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy.

Foxworthy Outdoors

In August 2011, Foxworthy launched Foxworthy Outdoors, a website carrying an assortment of Foxworthy-brand hunting and outdoors products. On the site, he also hosts a

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called ''Jeff Foxworthy: Inside & Out'', featuring some of his friends as they document hunting trips, fishing outings, and land conservation on his

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farm.

Other

In 2017 Foxworthy created the

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''Relative Insanity'', a game similar to

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with a family theme. Family Game Shelf praised the game, saying "it will have you laughing until your sides hurt". Us mil Foxworthy 0411

Personal life

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. He is a noted hunting enthusiast, beginning when he was a teen hunting on his father's farm property in central Georgia.

Political positions

In 2012, Foxworthy endorsed Republican presidential candidate

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, and had donated in the 2000s to the presidential campaign of George W. Bush, as well as the

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. Despite this, he doesn't include politics in his comedy. In 2015 he stated that Donald Trump is "tapping into the American spirit".{{Cite web , last=Caterina , first=Peter , date=2015-09-01 , title=Jeff Foxworthy On Donald Trump: He Is Tapping Into The American Spirit.

Discography

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. One of his albums included the novelty Christmas song " Redneck 12 Days of Christmas", which reached No. 18 on the

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charts in late 1995 to early 1996.

Filmography

Film

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'' , Lyle , Voice Role , - , 2008 , ''

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'' , Linberg , Voice Role , - , 2010 , '' I Am Comic'' , Himself , Documentary , - , 2011 , ''

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'' , Handy , Voice Role , - , 2013 , '' The Smurfs 2'' , Handy , Voice Role , - , 2013 , ''Crackerjack'' , Narrator , , - , 2013 , ''Hatched'' , Charlie Horse , Voice Role , - , 2016 , ''The Gate'' , Narrator , Short Film , - , 2016 , '' Ozzy'' , Grunt , Voice Role , - , 2017 , ''

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, Voice Role

Television

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'' , Various Characters , series regular (45 episodes) , - , 2005 , '' Reno 911!'' , Fast Eddie McClintock , "Fastest Criminal in Reno" , - , 2005 , '' Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' , Himself , "The Harper Family" , - , 2005 , ''Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy'' , Himself , TV Special , - , 2005 , ''2005 CMT Music Awards'' , Himself (Host) , TV Special , - , 2006 , ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road'' , Himself , TV Special , - , 2007 , ''

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'' , Himself , (Season 6) "Finale" , - , 2007–2015 , ''Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'' , Himself (Host) , series regular (111 episodes) , - , 2008 , ''Larry the Cable Guy's Star-Studded Christmas Extravaganze'' , Himself , TV Special , - , 2009 , ''Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy'' , Himself , TV Special , - , 2009 , ''Biography'' , Himself , "Larry the Cable Guy" , - , 2010 , ''Blue Collar Comedy: Ten Years of Funny'' , Himself , TV Movie , - , 2011 , ''

'' , Himself (Shark) , 2 episodes
— "#2.4"
— "#2.7" , - , 2012 , '' Phineas and Ferb'' , Southern Meap , "Meapless in Seattle" , - , 2012 , '' The American Bible Challenge'' , Himself (Host) , series regular (27 episodes) , - , 2013 , '' Bounty Hunters'' , Jeff , series regular (13 episodes) , - , 2013 , '' The American Baking Competition'' , Himself (Host) , 5 episodes , - , 2016 , ''Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking'' , Himself , TV Special , - , 2018 , '' Jay Leno's Garage'' , Himself , "Down and Dirty" , - , 2019 , ''Biography'' , Himself , "Jeff Foxworthy" , - , 2019 , ''Bring the Funny'' , Himself (Judge) , 2 episodes , - , 2020 , '' Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'' , Himself , "The Wedding Witch of Wainsly Hall!" , - , 2020 , ''What's It Worth?'' , Himself , 10 episodes , - , 2022 , ''The Good Old Days'' , Himself , Netflix Special

Writing Credits

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— "Before You Say 'No' Just Hear Me Out" (1996)
— "One Wedding and a Baby" (1996)
— "The Briarton Syndrom" (1997) , - , 1998 , ''Jeff Foxworthy: Totally Committed'' , TV Special , - , 2000 , ''Bill Engvall's New All Stars of Country Comedy Vol. 1'' , Direct-to-Video , - , 2003 , ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie'' , , - , 2004 , ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again'' , TV Special , - , 2004–2006 , ''Blue Collar TV'' , Creator (44 episodes)
Writer (43 episodes) , - , 2005 , ''Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Bill Engvall: Live from Las Vegas!'' , Direct-to-Video , - , 2006 , ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road'' , TV Special , - , 2006 , ''Foxworthy's Big Night Out'' , "Kenny Rogers" , - , 2012 , ''Them Idiots Whirled Tour'' , TV Special

Producing Credits

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Producer (12 episodes) , - , 2013 , ''Crackerjack'' , Executive Producer , - , 2013 , ''Bounty Hunters'' , Executive Producer (13 episodes) , - , 2016 , ''Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking'' , TV Special (Executive Producer)

Accolades

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References

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Foxworthy Outdoors

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