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Date of Birth

6 September 1958, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Nickname

Boss Fox

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Jeff Foxworthy followed in his father's footsteps working for IBM in Georgia, but on a dare from friends did a few minutes of comedy at an Atlanta comedy club. A few months later, he quit his job and started on the standup comedy road. His comedy originally centered on family situations, but he soon hit upon his successful "You might be a redneck if..". tagline which he says signifies "a glorious absence of sophistication". Following two successful albums, Foxworthy joined the growing trend of standup comics with their own TV sitcoms.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel

Spouse

Pamela Gregg

(18 September 1985 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Children: Jordan (b. 1992) and Juliane (b. 1994)

In early 1998, Jeff opened the first of a new restaurant chain called Jeff Foxworthy's Backyard Bar-B-Q in Kissimmee Florida. He says his restaurant business flopped.

Graduated from Hapeville High School in Atlanta.

Graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1979.

He is a member of (and perhaps unofficial leader of) the Blue Collar Comedy group that also includes his friends Bill Engvall, 'Larry the Cable Guy', and Ron White.

He is best friends with fellow Blue Collar co-star Bill Engvall

Foxworthy is a cousin of the actor and filmmaker Eric Bruno Borgman.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $10 million.

On "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" (1995), he had two sons, played by Haley Joel Osment and Jonathan Lipnicki. In real life, he actually just has two daughters. In fact, there *are* no sons on his side of the family; his brother and sister both only have daughters, as well.

He lives next door to his brother in Atlanta.

Personal Quotes

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.

A free book that comes to my house full of nothing but women in their underwear? God Bless America! [On the Victoria's Secret catalog]

I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.

For a long time, because it goes against the message that the advertising world sends to you, they were ashamed they didn't have the coolest clothes, the coolest cars, couldn't afford to go here, buy this and do that. I think we finally all got together and went, 'You know what? We like being this way.'

Where Are They Now

(2007) Release of his book, "Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III: Learning to Talk More Gooder Fastly" by Jeff with Fred Bahr.

(1996) Release of his book, "No Shirt, No Shoes -- No Problem!".

(2004) Release of his book, "There's No Place Like a Mobile Home for the Holidays".

(2008) Release of his book, "Dirt on My Shirt".

(2005) Release of his book, "Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary: Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of" by Jeff with Fred Bahr.

(April 2008) He and his family are based in Atlanta, Georgia.

(2008) Release of his book, "How to Really Stink at Golf" by Jeff with Brian Hartt.

(2009) Release of his book, "How to Really Stink at Work".

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