Bill Engvall was the first headlining comedian I had ever experienced — I was 33 years old at the time. It was at the Improv Comedy Club at the end of 1992 (the comedy club died the next year).

I laughed so hard that night my ribs were sore for two days.

That single event set the level of laughter that I wanted to achieve in my own stand-up comedy career.

Now Bill Engvall has become one of America’s top comedians and has scored #1 albums earning platinum and gold status, out-selling super star comedians like Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and Jerry Seinfeld.

 

He has also starred in “Blue Collar TV” and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour movies, whose original documented the most successful comedy tour in years.

Bill recently participated in the final installment of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, appearing on the One For The Road CD and DVD. His newest CD and DVD,15º Off Cool, filmed at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX, features all-new material.

As a new or aspiring comedian, Bill Engvall is a comedy master to study and lean from, especially if you use the newer, harder hitting, conversational style of stand-up comedy as detailed in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System.

Buy Bill Engvall: 15° Off Cool (2007) at Amazon

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.

In 1992, comedian Bill Engvall was awarded Best Male Standup at the American Comedy Awards, and moved into sitcom TV with an appearance on Designing Women and a regular role on the short-lived spin-off Delta.

One of Bill’s signature stand-up comedy routines involves why some people need a sign right on the front of their shirt to identify them as stupid or not.

In Bill’s book Here’s Your Sign, you will find more than 200 of Bill Engvall’s favorite Here’s Your Sign jokes and anecdotes. This book also contains Bill’s funniest product warnings such as the fan-belt package that says, “stop motor before applying the product”, and a few of his best stories.

Here’s just a small sampling of the hilarious material you will find in this book:

A trucker got his rig caught under a low overpass and a cop comes along.

“You get your rig stuck?”

” Nope.” says the trucker.  “I was delivering this overpass and ran out of gas.”

“Well then, here’s your sign!”

 

A little more about the author:

In 1996, Engvall released his countrified debut album, Here’s Your Sign — also the title of his most famed bit — in 1996 A tour with like-minded everyman comic Jeff Foxworthy was next; that in turn led to a part on Foxworthy’s sitcom that was as brief as the show itself.

In mid-2000, Engvall released Now That’s Awesome and embarked on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, again with Foxworthy, as well as Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White.

Other stand-up comedy albums include 2002′s Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography and 2003′s Here’s Your Sign: Reloaded.

Buy Here’s Your Sign (Paperback) at Amazon

I should also mention that Bill Engvall was the comedian I modeled my own conversational and topic based stand-up comedy style after, which is what the Killer Stand-up Comedy System is based on — NOT trying to string “jokes” together the old school way.

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.

One of my all time favorite comedians Bill Engvall will be starting his 3rd season on TBS Saturday, July 18, 2009 (9pm ET/PT) on The Bill Engvall Show. It’s really incredible to watch one of my stand-up comedy heroes doing quite well on his own sitcom.

I hope you take the time to check it out because…

For those who don’t know, Bill Engvall was the very first headlining comedian that I ever saw perform live in San Diego in October 1992. It was at the long defunct Improv in Pacific Beach, just a couple of miles from where I lived in Navy housing there. I was thinner–and taller then.

After that performance, my ribs hurt for two days from laughing so hard. That’s how powerful Bill Engvall’s act was and lead to him untimately winning the coveted Stand-up Comedian of the Year award.

It was that single performance that set the “bar” for the level of stand-up comedy that I wanted to achieve on stage. I wanted to tell stories like Bill did, which would absolutely blow away the “joke telling” comedians who opened for him.

And I will actually go so far as to say that Bill Engvall was a major influence in my development of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System.

I like the show—period. But I am biased for reasons that I have already mentioned.

But here’s what I need from you which is….your honest opinion about the show. You can check out previous episodes online here. Use the comment box below and tell me what you think.

And don’t just say you like The Bill Engvall Show because I do—give me some real feedback, good or bad.

Your comments are appreciated as always.

Cheers,
Steve Roye
The Professor of Funny for Money

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.