Broadtexter Weekly

Bill Engvall is one of those comedians who is funny because he KNOWS who he is and he totally embraces it. As he says himself, “I’m a dork.”  He talks about how he told his wife that he wanted a motorcycle for his birthday - so he went out and bought leather pants, a jacket with fringe and a helmet with two eagles on the front and on the back it said “if you don’t love America, kiss my ass”. His wife showed up with a scooter. “You can’t tell someone to kiss your ass on a scooter…cause they just might.”

A lot of people know Engvall from his highly successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy and company - which grossed more than fifteen million dollars since in began in 2000. Bill’s fifth comedy album Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography debuted at #1 on the Billboard Comedy Charts and features his singing and songwriting debut. Though Engvall is a comedian, he is no stranger to musical success. Collaborating with musician Travis Tritt on a video entitled HERES YOUR SIGN Bill became a fixture on the play lists of CMT and TNN. The single of the same name became the most requested single on country radio. Warner Bros. released HERE’S YOUR CHRISTMAS ALBUM, with such songs as ‘Rudolph Got A DUI’, ‘I Am Being Sued By Santa Claus’, and the classic ‘Fruitcake Makes Me Puke’.

Now, Bill Engvall has a show on TBS called The Bill Engvall Show. In the show Bill plays a family counselor which is obviously a recipe for success…this guy shouldn’t be giving advice to himself let alone anyone else. The show also stars the very talented Nancy Travis (Three Men and A Baby, So I Married An Ax-murder). There is a great promo clip of Bill reading letters written in from viewers asking advice.  One letter asks “I have a 17-month old child who is not speaking yet, should I be concerned?” Bill replies, “No, not at all. Parents can’t want for their kids to talk and then they spend the next 17 years telling them to be quiet.” This is very good and logical advice.

I highly recommend checking out The Bill Engvall Show at 9/8c on TBS…yes, it’s good clean family fun but it definitely also has some edge due to the comedy of Bill Engvall.