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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Saturday, December 20, 2008
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
Buy Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie at Amazon.
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.
Featuring: Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy
Also starring: Heidi Klum, David Alan Grier, Chris Cagle
Director: C.B. Harding
Buy Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie at Amazon.
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.
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