Jeff Foxworthy

Birth Name:

Jeff Foxworthy

Birth Place:

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Profession

Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack

In 2011, he advocated for the Salvation Army's Home Sweet Home Program for homeless families
Received the 1990 American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic
In 1984, he won the Great Southeastern Laugh-off contest at Atlanta's Punchline comedy club
Worked in computer maintenance at IBM before entering a career in entertainment
Quote: "If you break into my house, I will shoot you․ My wife will shoot you and then spend thirty minutes telling you why she shot you․"
Quote: "(On his family being poor) "I think we finally all got together and went, 'You know what? We like being this way․'""
Widely recognized for his "blue-collar" comical approach to stand-up
Attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, but left the school in 1979
Is close friends with fellow "blue-collar" comic Bill Engvall
Opened his own chain of barbeque restaurants in 1998

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