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.

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Most comedians won’t recognize this before it’s too late, but just know that you heard it here first…

We are at the beginning stages of the next stand-up comedy boom.

How do I know that? Here’s how…

I have been studying stand-up comedy trends for years. Historically, stand-up comedy “booms” typically occur in the US when the economy takes a turn south, like we are experiencing now.

The last comedy boom started in the early 80’s, when inflation was rampant and interest rates were at an all time high. Because stand-up comedy is a relatively inexpensive entertainment option, more folks head to live stand-up comedy.

But wait, it gets better…

As the economy continues to soften and hard ecomonic times are present, more and more folks will also stay home more and focus on TV as opposed to going out. You only have to look at the significant increase in stand-up comedy over the last 12 months on Showtime, HBO and Comedy Central to see what I am talking about.

Now you will hear many comedians say that it was TV that killed the last stand-up comedy boom. In reality it was unfunny stand-up comedy on TV that helped to squish the last stand-up comedy boom.

I worked with comedian Mick Lazinski who told me that in 1984 the demand for stand-up comedians was so high that if you lived in New York and had a head shot—you were a comedian.

But there were other factors as well that lead to the demise of the last stand-up comedy boom…

As more and more less than funny stand-up comedy was being shown on TV, the price of TV’s and VCR’s was plummeting, which took away the home group dynamic for watching TV.

Inferior stand-up comedy on TV, coupled with an emerging trend of individual TV viewership from dropping TV and VCR prices is what killed the comedy clubs and stand-up comedy on TV.

So, it has taken over 20 years and a crappy economy to get to this juncture again.

The good news is that there has been a glut of very talented comedians since the last boom. The Killer Stand-up Comedy System was developed since the last boom.

The bottom line:

If you are truly funny and have developed your stand-up comedy skills to a high level…

There are, and will continue to be, more and more TV opportunities now and for at least into the near future–24-48 months I would venture to guess.

So, you had better be prepared and ready for the “big game” if getting on TV is your goal. New stand-up comedy stars will be born from this boom. Will you be one of them?

Like I said, just know that you heard it here first.

Cheers,
Steve Roye
The Professor of Funny for Money

For more information about Steve Roye, author of this blog and the Killer Stand-up Online Course, click here.