Redneck renegades Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall will bring their Blue Collar Comedy Tour to the Bryce Jordan Center at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10.
Teaming up to celebrate middle America, Foxworthy, Engvall and special guests Ron White and Larry King The Cable Guy will spotlight the finer moments of commonplace intellect.
Foxworthy, an Atlanta native, struck a chord in 1994 with his infamous album You Might Be a Redneck If (Warner Bros.) The triple platinum record is the largest selling comedy recording of all time.
Foxworthy's triple platinum follow-up, Games Rednecks Play, was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
The beauty, or embarrassment of it all, however, is the continued growth of Foxworthy's comedic themes. The backwoods brunt of his punch lines have hit too close to home for millions. According to Foxworthy, "You might be a redneck if you think watching professional wrestling is foreplay." Hmmm, sound familiar Cedarbrook?
One also qualifies as a redneck, "If you think the last words to 'The Star Spangled Banner' are 'Gentlemen, start your engines.'" Do you think "safe sex is a padded headboard?" Does "Jack Daniels make your list of Most Admired People?" Answer yes, and you might be a redneck.
Foxworthy's 1996 album Crank It Up: The Music Album includes collaborations with notable country acts like Alan Jackson and Little Texas. The single, "Games Rednecks Play" with Jackson won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Collaboration. His latest album, Big Funny, is making waves with "Blue Collar Dollar," the single featuring country crooner Marty Stuart and Engvall.
Lisa Cheresnowsky (junior-early childhood education) thinks Foxworthy and his cohorts could definitely find new material in State College. "I walk around campus and see way too many students strolling around in mesh hats, and I can tell they're thinking now this is the big city."
"That's all that's in State College is rednecks," said Ryan Pechulis (junior-logistics,) followed by a disclaimer. "No, I do not consider myself a redneck, but I can give you a number of one if you want to talk to him." Pechulis said he watched hours of his former roommate's Foxworthy videos.
Texas native Engvall has also gathered a list of major awards for humorous examples of the American I.Q. In 1997 he outsold Adam Sandler and Chris Rock to win the Best Selling Comedy Album at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) convention. Formerly Buck Overton on Delta Burke's ABC sitcom, Delta, Engvall also co-hosted The Jeff Foxworthy Show on NBC.
Engvall's current album, Now That's Awesome, pokes fun at the overused '90s exclamation. Engvall says the word should be reserved for truly worthy situations. "Getting invited to the Playboy Mansion — on trampoline night ... That'd be awesome," Engvall said in a press release.
In 1998 Engvall's second album, Dorkfish (Warner Bros.) he ousted Jerry Seinfeld for the No. 1 seat on Billboard's Comedy Chart. His 1996 signature debut album, Here's Your Sign, parked at No. 1 on The Billboard Comedy Chart for 15 consecutive weeks, cruised the Country Album Top 10 for 17 weeks and made the Top 50 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The album's title track was No. 1 for 10 weeks on Billboard's Country Singles Sales Chart.
Both Engvall and Foxworthy have published successful books as well. Foxworthy's No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem spent more than two months on The New York Times Bestseller List.
Tickets are $30 and $35. Call (814) 865-5555 or 800-863-3336 for ticket sales.
