Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie

Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie: 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures.
Featuring: Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy
Also starring: Heidi Klum, David Alan Grier, Chris Cagle
Director: C.B. Harding
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It was inevitable that I was going to get around to this movie and its two sequels. You can thank this movie for the rise of popularity for the comedian formerly known as Dan Whitney, and his numerous catchphrases while parading on stage while either celebrating or parodying the worst traits of the stereotypical American redneck.

Filmed in Phoenix, this is a filmed version of the very successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour from earlier in the decade, which judging from the shots of the audience, appealed to a broad number of people, and not just the people who you would probably be expect to be fans of this kind of comedy. The format is pretty simple: four solo performances from Foxworthy, Engvall, White, and the Cable Guy, followed by all four of them coming together at the end of the show for the encore where all four comedians perform abbreviated, or in the case of White, the PG-13 version of their favorite solo routine.

There really isn't much to be said about a stand-up comedy film, so I'll just say this one is recommended, unless you can't stand this kind of material. Remember, liking this movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're an easily entertained redneck. Got it? Good.

P.S. A YouTube clip of Dan Whitney well before he created the Larry persona, and back when he had a penchant for giggling at the punch lines to his own jokes.