Blue Collar Comedy Tour
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The Blue Collar Comedy Tour was an American comedy troupe, featuring
Origin
Each show initially featured White and Larry each doing 15-minute sets, followed by Engvall and Foxworthy each doing 30-minute sets, then the four comedians would gather together, sitting on stools on stage, doing varying comedy routines and jokes (such as Engvall's "Here's Your Sign" jokes and Foxworthy's "You Might Be A Redneck" routine) to close the show. Foxworthy, due to his high popularity at the time, was always the last performer. By 2004, with Larry's popularity growing, the order was shifted to Engvall, followed by White, followed by Foxworthy, then Larry, though now all of the comedians had more equal length sets.
The tour that featured these four "good ole boys" proved to be such a hit that they recorded a live album in November 2001 and the first DVD called Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie in the spring of 2003. The movie underperformed at the box office, but gained high ratings when aired on Comedy Central. The movie would spawn two direct-to-video sequels: The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again, and The Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road. By 2006, each of the comedians had become so popular, that they became too busy with their own individual comedy specials and other media to keep the tour going.
DVD
After the success of the tour, album and live DVD, the comedians recorded a second live DVD called Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again and a series on The WB called Blue Collar TV. Ron White was on the second DVD, and although he was not a regular on the TV show, he did make guest appearances. A third Blue Collar movie was produced for Comedy Central titled Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road, which premiered on the channel in June 2006. Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for The Road was released on DVD in June 2006.
Films
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again (2004)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road (2006)
Satellite radio
In March 2006, the group started a Blue Collar Comedy channel on Sirius Satellite Radio titled Blue Collar Radio. The station features not only various stand-up acts from the four members but various acts from other working class-esque comedians such as Brian Regan, Rodney Carrington, Kathleen Madigan, John Caponera, Rodney Dangerfield, Ray Romano, and others as well. When Sirius Satellite Radio merged with XM Satellite Radio, this brought more coverage of the channel.
Now known as Jeff & Larry's Comedy Roundup, it can be heard on Sirius XM 97.
Them Idiots Whirled Tour
As of 2011, Foxworthy, Engvall and Larry still do comedy tours together under the title Them Idiots Whirled Tour.
See also
References
- ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. February 27, 2023.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 4, 2012). "CMT Picks Up Animated Series 'Bounty Hunters' From Blue Collar Comedy Trio". Deadline. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Themidiotstour.com Archived April 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Them Idiots: Whirled Tour". Amazon. March 13, 2012.