While many people know Jeff Foxworthy from the hit television show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, he is also the largest-selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy® Award nominee, and bestselling author of more than twenty-three books, including the New York Times bestselling Dirt on My Shirt.

Dirt on My Shirt is a hilarious collection of poems that Foxworthy uses to create a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more.

From the thrill of flying to the imaginary planet Woosocket to bonding with a friend over a shared hatred of spinach, these poems capture the very essence of being a kid.

In this book you’ll meet Uncle Ed, Cousin Lizzy, and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don’t go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. Filled with sly humor and always affectionate, Dirt on My Shirt is sure to delight kids, big and little, everywhere.

What else does Foxworthy do when he’s not writing books and starring on hit TV shows? You can also catch Jeff Foxworthy on his syndicated weekly radio show, The Foxworthy Countdown which is carried in more than 220 markets across the United States.

Author, comedian, television star and more…It’s no wonder that Jeff Foxworthy is one of the most respected and successful comedians in the country.

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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.

The undisputed king of country comedy Jeff Foxworthy returns with two hilarious specials bound to please your inner redneck!

Up first is the timeless You Might Be a Redneck If…, a catalog of things to things to watch out for the next time you’re studying your family heritage. Then Jeff’s comedy bestseller, Check Yer Neck, comes to your TV screen with a series of tips for uncultured living.

This double bill of Jeff Foxworthy’s old Showtime specials is loaded with the country comic’s enduring material about family life, the perils of dating, booze-fueled stunts, and, of course, the ever-expanding watchlist of Redneck symptomatology.

In You Might Be a Redneck If…, Foxworthy doesn’t waste time launching into his most famous series of observations, including “If you’ve ever taken a beer to a job interview, you just might be a redneck,” and “If you refer to the 5th grade as your ‘senior year,’ you just might… etc.”

Also discussed are illegal temptations of the Victoria’s Secret catalog, the entertainment factor single people offer married people, and the trouble with dating a girl who already has a boyfriend. Check Your Neck, taped in Dallas, has good material about Texas vernacular (“Y’anta?” “Awrigh.”) and romance (spraypainting your lover’s name on an overpass).

As you will quickly see, Foxworthy’s vintage, populist act is still a winner for virtually every kind of audience. (more)

Here’s what one Jeff Foxworthy fan had to say about You Might Be A Redneck If…

I saw this DVD after watching the Blue Collar Comedy Tour this year. This DVD must have been produced more than ten years ago as his daughter had just been born. And he is a young pup!

Jeff delivers belly-laugh funny “You Might be a Redneck If….” which sends the crowd into hysterics. Me too. Most of his material about single life, relationships, and southern living are based on his own family experiences and really hit a cord.

Jeff Foxworthy is an extraordinarily talented comedian, as his continuing popularity has shown.

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 the things I was asked to do when being filmed for the stand-up comedy documentary I Am Comic which premieres at the Slamdance Film Festival this month was to evaluate a Jeff Foxworthy performance before he became a household name.

I don’t even know if that scene made it into the film. But here’s what happened during my part of the filming…

When I arrived at the Uber Content studio in Hollywood, Jordan Brady (director) and Ritch Shydner (host) had already preselected 6 or 7 comedians for me to evaluate using my Comedy Evaluator Pro software. A Jeff Foxworthy performance before he became a comedy star was one of those earmarked for evaluation.

The Jeff Foxworthy performance I evaluated (for 3-4 minutes) was in a comedy club venue and I am going to roughly guess that there were no more than 300 audience members in that venue for that performance.

I started the evaluation at the very beginning of Jeff’s comedy club set, which tends to be the weakest part of a headlining comedian’s comedy routine overall.

After 3-4 minutes I stopped the evaluation and determined Jeff Foxworthy’s PAR Score to be 35 — an average of 35% of each minute evaluated (21 seconds) was filled with laughter, cheering or applause.

Here’s what I know from that brief, yet revealing evaluation:

1. Jeff Foxworthy was just “coming into stride” with his routine when I was asked to stop the evaluation. I suspect that had I evaluated more of his comedy routine, he would have had a PAR Score approaching 40, which is very significant for a comedian in a venue of 300 audience members or less.

2. ANY comedian who can achieve and maintain a PAR Score of 35 or above consistently is noteworthy anywhere, regardless of fame or popularity.

Then Ritch Shydner asked me this question:

Does a comedian’s “star power” have an impact on their PAR Score?

The answer is yes, but it mostly has to do with the audience size a comedy star can draw and perform for rather than the “awe factor” of watching a comedy star perform. Big comedy stars don’t usually perform in 200-300 seat venues. And the larger the audience, the longer (and stronger) laughs can be which directly impacts a comedian’s PAR Score.

Keep this in mind — no matter how big a comedy star a performer may be, if they are NOT funny, they aren’t going to get a great PAR Score just because they are a comedy star no matter how big (or small) an audience may be.

But just like me, you will have to wait and see which one of my scenes actually made it into the film. And my anticipation to see the film is building I must say!

The stand-up comedy documentary is called I Am Comic and managed to rate a special screening at the Slamdance Film Festival in Jan 2010.

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.