Foxworthy, Jeff - "Big Funny"

Foxworthy, Jeff - Big Funny

2000, Dreamworks Nashville

1. Intro

2. Seeing Things on the Road

3. I'd Heard Every Redneck Thing

4. Telephones in the Bathroom

5. Jeff Gordon Enunciates

6. Speaking of Words

7. The Way I Grew Up

8. My Wife's Family

9. House Full of Girls

10. It's A Different World

11. I Don't Need to Know That

12. You're Being Trained

13. Women Want To Talk

14. Thanks Ya'll - Encore

15. Blue Collar Dollar

A decent amount of material on Big Funny shows up in the Blue Collar movies. So, like Foxworthy's latest, you may have already heard some of the stuff on here. Luckily for me, I think there's more that I haven't heard here. In fact, I think some of Jeff's best lines are on this disc. "It's a weird feeling to be mad and learning at the same time." Good stuff. I suppose it also helps that I haven't seen any of the Blue Collar movies in years. Big Funny ranks right up there with Totally Committed in terms of my favorite Foxworthy albums.

I will say one thing... in "You're Being Trained" Jeff talks about how women really rule the house and how all men are being trained. You know guys... it doesn't have to be like that. In my experience women can only control a man up to the point that he allows himself to be controlled.

Useless Fact: "Blue Collar Dollar" continues the tradition of music/comedy songs. I don't really like these.

Foxworthy, Jeff - "Games Rednecks Play"

Foxworthy, Jeff - Games Rednecks Play
1995, Warner Bros.

1. Introduction
2. Victoria's Secret
3. Games Rednecks Play
4. Southern Accent
5. Nasa & Alabama & Fishing Shows
6. Clampetts Go To Maui
7. I Love Being a Parent
8. Out of the Gene Pool
9. Seek and Destroy
10. Don't Drink and Drive
11. More You Might Be a Redneck if...
12. Party All Night

Jeff Foxworthy's second disc (after You Might Be A Redneck If...) is pretty good. I think it's a step up from the first one with some great stories - particularly taking his family to Hawaii. I've been listening to these at night to unwind lately and I got sick of the ones I had so I bought some of the other ones I didn't have.

Useless Fact: "Party All Night" is another one of those country songs with Foxworthy bits as the verses. It didn't quite make the transition from CD to my Ipod. Can't imagine why...

Foxworthy, Jeff - "Have You Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered"

Foxworthy, Jeff - Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered
2004, Warner Bros.

1. Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered
2. Airport Security and Rental Cars
3. TV and its Side Effects
4. Oreo Generation
5. I'm Next in Line
6. Grocery Stores
7. Courtesy Sniffs
8. I Believe

Here's the biggest problem with this disc - if you've seen the Blue Collar movies then you've pretty much heard everything on this album. So when I got this one I was a little disappointed but only because I've heard much of the material before. Still it helped me keep my sanity on long car rides and it's still pretty amusing even though it doesn't produce any gut-busting laughter. The bit about interpreting his wife's dreams always gives me a chuckle.

Useless Fact: Larry the Cable Guy helps out on the encore track with their new thing called "I Believe."

Foxworthy, Jeff - "Totally Committed"

Foxworthy, Jeff - Totally Committed

1998, Warner Bros.

1. Introduction

2. You Can't Give Rednecks Money

3. Sophisticated People vs. Rednecks

4. Faded Genes

5. I Still Don't Know...

6. The Rules of Marriage

7. Protect Our Stuff

8. Every Single Hair On Her Body

9. I Don't Want to Be Single Again

10. Encore

11. Totally Committed

I think Jeff was on fire here. This is a hilarious set from start to finish. There were times driving that I laughed so hard I was afraid I was going to yank the car off the road. "Blue stingray boots!" "How do you get 300 people on a bus?!" yeah... great stuff. Probably my favorite out of all the comedy albums I have.

Useless Fact: "Totally Committed" is a mash-up country song with Jeff's stand up material over it.

Foxworthy, Jeff - "You Might Be a Redneck If..."

Foxworthy, Jeff - You Might Be a Redneck If...

1994, Warner Bros.

1. Introduction

2. Words in the South

3. You Might Be a Redneck If...

4. Life as a Father

5. Single Life is Just Too Hard

6. I Love Being Married

7. You Might Be a Redneck If...

You might be wondering why I'm putting up comedy albums on a site that's almost all music. Simple really... the stuff is on my ipod. I've got a lot of fond memories of listening to this stuff driving back and forth between Elmira, NY and Ft. Wayne, IN when I was in college. Finally... it's my blog and I'll do what I like... and you'll like it!

*AHEM* Anyway, this is obviously the album that started the whole "redneck" phenomena. I think a lot of people will be with me when I say that ship has sailed. Thankfully most of Jeff's comedy isn't even about redneck stuff. It's just about life and relationships and what not. It's also pretty funny. To this day even after hearing this disc a million times I'm still amused by the party stories ("Hey Officer Mitchell! I though you said you didn't want to come back out here again tonight!) and the single life stories. While I've long since gone past the point of laughing out loud anymore - I STILL like this. I think that's saying something.

Useless Fact: Jeff's actually got a few tapes and CDs that came out before this major label deal. You can usually find them at truck stops. I am not making that up.