Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Foxworthy has also made several ventures into television, starting in the mid-1990s with his own sitcom called The Jeff Foxworthy Show. He has also appeared alongside Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy ox cheek several Blue Collar television specials, most notably Blue Collar TV for The WB.
According to Foxworthy, who grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition, he remembers accepting Jesus Christ when he was seven years old. When he told his mother that he wanted to go down to the local sanctuary to accept Christ as his Lord and Savior, his mother, who felt he was too young, told him to wait until he had a firmer understanding of the undertaking. Foxworthy graduated from Hapeville High School. He attended Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, but left just before graduating. You Might Be a Redneck” fad.
1996, which is more than three million copies. Foxworthy’s July 1995 release Games Rednecks Play received a 1996 Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album. Totally Committed was released in May 1998. In conjunction with the album was a one-hour HBO stand-up special by the same name. The album reached “gold” status and received a 1999 Grammy Award nomination. In 2001, Foxworthy received a nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album for the 43rd Annual Grammys. In 1995, Foxworthy starred in The Jeff Foxworthy Show, a sitcom created out of his stand-up comedy persona.
It aired on ABC, but was canceled after one season. NBC subsequently picked up the show, but it was again canceled after one season. Foxworthy hosted Country Weekly’s “”TNN Music City News Country Awards” show for 1998, 1999, and 2000. He hosted Are You Smarter than A 5th Grader?
He hosted the syndicated version of the series from September 21, 2009, until its cancellation on March 24, 2011. He was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2005. ABC’s second season of Shark Tank. Since August 2012, Foxworthy has been the host and a producer of the GSN biblical-themed game show The American Bible Challenge, which has aired two seasons. Foxworthy has appeared as host and featured guest on several programs on the Outdoor Channel and Versus. In February 2019, Foxworthy was announced as a judge for NBC’s comedy competition series Bring the Funny. In 2020, a new episode of Ellen’s Game of Games featured Jeff Foxworthy on a game of Stink Tank.
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem! David Boyd has been the exclusive illustrator for most of Foxworthy’s books and album covers. He also has released a cookbook entitled The Redneck Grill, co-authored with Newnan, Georgia, artist R. In February 2008, Foxworthy released his first children’s book Dirt On My Shirt.
This was followed by Silly Street in 2009 and Hide! 2010, both of which were illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. In May 2009, he released How to Really Stink at Work, A Guide to Making Yourself Fire-Proof While Having the Most Fun Possible. In April 1999, Foxworthy began The Foxworthy Countdown, a nationally syndicated, weekly radio show, which featured the top 30 country hits of the week, as reported by Mediabase.