Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again

Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again. 2004 Paramount Pictures.
Featuring: Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy
Director: C.B. Harding
Available from Amazon.

Who knew Denver would be Blue Collar Comedy territory?

There really isn't much to be said about the second installment of the Blue Collar Comedy tour, aside from Paramount Pictures taking over from Warner Bros., and the feature is almost totally onstage performances with one short skit at the beginning aboard a bus involving Bill Engvall contaminating the lavatory, and the four comedians deciding in which order they want to take the stage for the concert (Jeff Foxworthy doesn't want to go last for whatever reason). Ron White's performance is slightly more risque than the first movie, but he's still keeping his routine as close to PG-13 as he can. And of course, there's Larry the Cable Guy, still riding his wave of popularity and spewing his catchphrases and vaguely insultingly stupid comedy that would probably knock a seventh grade boy out of his seat in hysterics, but it would probably annoy, well, almost everybody else.

It is actually surprising how broad the fanbase for Blue Collar Comedy is, honestly. The movie is recommended for fans of the first film, of course, even if it's not as funny.

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