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Jeff Foxworthy
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Jeff Foxworthy, born Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy on September 6, 1958, is an American comedian, writer, songwriter, and children's writer. He was born in Atlanta or Hapeville, Georgia, and is a member of the Republican Party. Foxworthy is educated at Georgia Tech and speaks English as his native language. His work period began in 1984, and he is associated with the genres of country music and comedy.
He has authored 63 works, including *Red Ain't Dead*, *Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary*, and *Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Horoscopes 2013 Mini Day-to-Day Calendar*. Other notable publications are *Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If... 2013 Wall Calendar* and *Redneck Grill*. In addition to writing, he has worked in the acting department.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Red Ain't Dead
- Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary
- Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Horoscopes 2013 Mini Day-to-Day Calendar
- Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If... 2013 Wall Calendar
- Redneck Grill
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Hapeville, Georgia, USA
Jeff Foxworthy is an American comedian, television and radio personality and author, known as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White.
Known for
- The Garfield Movie — Zapped Bird (voice)2024
- Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days — Self2022
- What's It Worth? — Self2020
- Biography: Comedy Icons2019
- Biography: Comedy Icons — Self2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- Bring the Funny — Self - Judge2019
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Jeff Foxworthy (voice)2019
- Bunyan and Babe — Babe the Blue Ox (voice)2017
- Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy: We've Been Thinking — Himself2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1958
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 87,678
- Total plays
- 702,094
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Jeffrey M. Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American comedian and actor who is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian. He was a member of the class of 1979 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, and worked for five years in mainframe maintenance at IBM (where his father also worked) before, at the urging of co-workers, entering and winning the Great Southeastern Laugh-off at Atlanta's Punch Line comedy club in 1984. [1] In 1993, he released You Might Be a Redneck If. <a
Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy , ( 1958-09-06 ) September 6, 1958 (age 67) , Atlanta , Georgia , U.S.
- Occupations
- Stand-up comedian actor writer radio host television host
- Spouse
- Pamela Gregg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Medium
- Stand-up film radio television
- Genres
- Observational word play sitcom
- Subjects
- Marriage Southern culture everyday life family rednecks
- Website
- jefffoxworthy .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Official website
- www.jefffoxworthy.com
- Image
- Jeff Foxworthy.jpg
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- Jeff Foxworthy
- date of birth
- 1958-09-06
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- Jeff Foxworthy
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 149995
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and radio and television host. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and formerly 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 triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. He has written several books based on his redneck jokes, as well as an autobiography titled No Shirt, No Shoes... No Problem!
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, including Blue Collar TV for The WB. In addition, he hosted the game shows Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? and The American Bible Challenge, and the radio program The Foxworthy Countdown.
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