Talk:Bill Engvall

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Personal Life[edit]

Just wondering if it's appropriate to have two sections titled Personal Life. One in the Biography sections, and one out of it.

Took out "Bill has had numerous affairs with fat women" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.146.137 (talk) 01:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Engvall and Foxworthy are NOT Cousins[edit]

This seems to be an oft-recited bit of trivia on several sites, including Wikipedia and IMDB, but it is most certainly untrue, and I think any reference to this should be removed until someone can offer convincing evidence as to its validity.

I have changed the line (which was a bit originally used by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, a cousin of Engvall's) to read (which was a bit originally used by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, a friend of Engvall's). Mouseclicker 21:56, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rat pack analogy[edit]

"The Blue Collar group has been called the redneck Rat Pack. Foxworthy is both the leader and most famous of the group, like the Rat Pack's Frank Sinatra. Engvall equates to Dean Martin, as both the lead man's best friend and the second most famous of the group."

I don't think Engvall is the 2nd most famous of the group. When they started out he may have been, but Larry seems to have surpassed him. Priester 18:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Album links[edit]

Why do most of the albums link back to this article? They should have their own pages. Ianthegecko 20:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps because individually the albums themselves are not all notable. MLA 07:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Snappy **** to Stupid Questions[edit]

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't Al Jaffe's bit called "Snappy Comebacks to Stupid Questions"? Jaerune 05:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discography Loop?[edit]

All of the links in Discography Loops to the main article. I will try to fix this, but the respective articles may not exist.

Vistro (talk) 04:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's your sign[edit]

I've reverted a recent action by User:Comatmebro which removed a paragraph on Engvall's "Here's your sign" stage bit. Much like a singer or band's most famous, signature if you will, song the "sign" routine was a major breakthrough for Engvall in his career. It would be comparable to Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..", Larry the Cable Guy's "Git 'r done". Therefore it's not just simply the explanation of one joke as Comeatmebro stated in their edit summary. Consensus please? Does it belong in the article or not? Sector001 (talk) 05:26, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Engvall's signature bit is "Here's Your Sign", which consists of a series of rapid-fire bits. The concept is that everyone has days in which they suffer from temporary stupidity, and the metaphorical sign reads "I'm Stupid Today", thus preventing any unnecessary conversation. In each bit, Engvall describes a situation in which any observer should be able to determine what happened. Someone will then ask whether the obvious is true. Instead of simply saying "yes", the responder comes up with a sarcastic alternate theory before awarding the sign to the asker." That seems wordy to me. An encyclopedia should be concise, that looks like an essay a tenth grader would write if he was trying to reach a word count. The bit should be mentioned, it was a career maker for him, but this isn't Bill Engvall 101 (Plus all that stuff is uncited). "Known for his "you might be a redneck" one-liners" is the most that is mentioned about Foxworthy, for example. How about just a quick mention of the joke in the lead or anywhere really.Comatmebro ^{~Come at me~} 08:15, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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