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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
7/17: Engvall’s show debuts tonight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Here’s Bill Engvall visiting the Dave FM studios July 13. CREDIT: RODNEY HO
I wrote a story for the print edition today about Bill Engvall’s new TBS show.. It debuts tonight at 9.
Engvall, best known until now as Jeff Foxworthy’s bud on Blue Collar Comedy Tour and “Blue Collar TV,” is known as a “clean” comic and this show reflects his on-stage act. It’s family friendly and incredibly innocuous with Engvall playing a Denver family counselor with a sweet wife (Nancy Travis) and three kids ripped straight out of casting central. There’s the semi-slacker middle son, the neurotic, smarter-than-thou younger son and the mildly rebellious oldest daughter. It’s not going to win any critical acclaim and it’s nothing special per se but Engvall has a sweet, laidback quality about him that’s easy to take. And Travis is inherently likable. My biggest objection is the youngest son, who is given lines that no actual person would ever say unless they were on a sitcom.
Engvall himself is a truly nice, down to earth guy. While he might be perceived as a man who has lived in Foxworthy’s shadow, this show should give him a chance to break that image.
