By Mike Henneberger | September 26, 2012 at 2:02 pm | One comment
In the past nine months, direct-to-fan album sales have seemed to be all the rage with stand-up comedians who decided to take control of their comedy careers. While independent and unknown bands and comedians have never had any other choice but to independently distribute their...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 5, 2012 at 4:10 pm | 2 comments
It’s been a while since we’ve seen the original Blue Collar Comedy guys collaborate on a project. By next year, however, we’ll see Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy together again—in all-new animated forms.
That’s right, folks: CMT has given the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 29, 2011 at 9:21 am | 42 comments
Story telling is an integral part of stand-up comedy. Most comedians, in some form, tell stories. Maybe a story comes as a quick aside to further explain the premise of a joke; sometimes it takes the form of an extended tag at the end of a minute-long bit. At times, a comedian...
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By Nate Billy | May 28, 2010 at 1:07 pm | No comments
Ron White has laid down a cool million of his own scratch to start a new record label, set to release both music and comedy albums. The comic teamed up with music producer Michael Blakey to form the Organica Music Group. Blakley will be in charge of the daily operations, and...
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By Dave Mindich | May 27, 2010 at 2:45 pm | One comment
Ron White will be starring in a new half hour comedy on USA—the network's first one in over 10 years. The network is looking to (slowly) begin opening it’s scheduling up to accommodate for more half hour comedies in the future.
To start things off, the network went with...
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By John Delery | February 3, 2010 at 3:28 pm | No comments
America’s favorite stand-up com-hicks, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy (hilarious guys and bright businessmen laughing all the way to the ATM) will reunite to reminisce about 10 years of their comedy phenomenon, the Blue Collar Tour, on two TV specials...
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By Tom Keller | April 20, 2009 at 7:26 am | One comment
Sold out theater shows, a national tour, a new CD, DVD and Comedy Central special. This is just another average year for comedian Ron White.
You can easily envision Ron White kicking through a saloon door before he takes the stage, hear the spurs jangle as he saunters to the...
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By Meredith Daniels | June 9, 2008 at 7:45 am | No comments
Comedian Bill Engvall is bringing family back to comedy. The proof is in the blue collar comic's stand-up and on The Bill Engvall Show; the second season premieres on TBS this Thursday.
On his sitcom, The Bill Engvall Show, debuting its second season on June 12 on TBS, stand-up...
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By Chase Roper | April 21, 2008 at 4:29 am | One comment
With a little help from his friends -- Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy included -- comedian Reno Collier is quickly climbing his way to the top of the next generation of blue collar comedy stars.
After humbly starting his stand-up career one night at an open mic at...
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