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No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem!
From the best-selling comedian and author of You Might Be a Redneck If comes this new collection of humor touching on such universal subjects as marriage, growing up, parenthood, and politics. Tour.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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Jeff Foxworthy
93 books40 followersAmerican comedian, mostly known for his "you might be a redneck if" jokes.
Currently he is the presenter of the game show "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"
Currently he is the presenter of the game show "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"
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March 24, 2008
After reading several comics' books, I think there should be an alternative saying, "Don't judge a book by its author's stand-up performances."
Jeff Foxworthy is mostly known for his "You Might be a Redneck If..." routines. In this book, he tells bits of his life that finally led to the infamous routines. He said that his relatives once bought his books and read them aloud among family. And they were laughing... until they finally recognized that the jokes were all about them.
Unlike some of the comic-turned-authors, Jeff actually can translate his materials into writing. So his comedic timing and delivery in print are great. However, there's a problem when you bear your own life to perfect strangers. They might like your material, but not your character.
I fall into this category. I laugh at some of his jokes in the book. But I can't sympathize with his character. So there were many moments when other people might've enjoyed a hearty guffaw, while I just frowned and thought, "Doesn't work for me."
I gave the book a three star for they way it was written. But definitely not for the experience. Among books about comics that tell stories about their lives, I enjoyed Jay Leno's Leading With My Chin a lot better.
Jeff Foxworthy is mostly known for his "You Might be a Redneck If..." routines. In this book, he tells bits of his life that finally led to the infamous routines. He said that his relatives once bought his books and read them aloud among family. And they were laughing... until they finally recognized that the jokes were all about them.
Unlike some of the comic-turned-authors, Jeff actually can translate his materials into writing. So his comedic timing and delivery in print are great. However, there's a problem when you bear your own life to perfect strangers. They might like your material, but not your character.
I fall into this category. I laugh at some of his jokes in the book. But I can't sympathize with his character. So there were many moments when other people might've enjoyed a hearty guffaw, while I just frowned and thought, "Doesn't work for me."
I gave the book a three star for they way it was written. But definitely not for the experience. Among books about comics that tell stories about their lives, I enjoyed Jay Leno's Leading With My Chin a lot better.
July 10, 2015
I enjoy Jeff as a comedian, but this book was just o.k. Can't remember where I bought it or why. I was cleaning out the bookcase for books to donate to our local Friends of the Library when I picked up this book to donate and realized that I hadn't read it.
It was a quick read. Until I read it, I wasn't sure if the book was comic essays or his experiences as a comedian. Turns out it is his autobiography, but it was written almost 20 years ago so I assume a lot has happened since then. I'm not sure why every autobiographer feels they need to write in great detail about the games they played as children and their teenaged sexual exploits. When Jeff wrote this book, his two daughters were aged 2 and 4. Now they are young women in their 20's. I wondered how they felt when they read about the many women their father had sex with before he met their mother.
What I found most interesting in the book was Jeff's stories about marriage and family life. I have Sirius Satellite radio in my car so I have heard a lot of these stories in his routines on the comedy station. I enjoy his comedy, but am not sure I would read another one of his books.
It was a quick read. Until I read it, I wasn't sure if the book was comic essays or his experiences as a comedian. Turns out it is his autobiography, but it was written almost 20 years ago so I assume a lot has happened since then. I'm not sure why every autobiographer feels they need to write in great detail about the games they played as children and their teenaged sexual exploits. When Jeff wrote this book, his two daughters were aged 2 and 4. Now they are young women in their 20's. I wondered how they felt when they read about the many women their father had sex with before he met their mother.
What I found most interesting in the book was Jeff's stories about marriage and family life. I have Sirius Satellite radio in my car so I have heard a lot of these stories in his routines on the comedy station. I enjoy his comedy, but am not sure I would read another one of his books.
December 18, 2010
Jeff Foxworthy is one of my favorite comedians, leaves me in hysterics every time I hear a new show of his. Problem being, it doesn't translate well to book form. This book was missing Jeff's timing, delivery, and redneck vibe.
Sure, there were some funny parts and jokes he uses in his routines to this day, but just not enough. It worked for reading at the treadmill at the gym, but I'd have probably moved on had there been another book available.
Save yourself the time and instead of reading the book, catch a couple hours of Foxworthy's shows on tape, you'll enjoy it much more.
Sure, there were some funny parts and jokes he uses in his routines to this day, but just not enough. It worked for reading at the treadmill at the gym, but I'd have probably moved on had there been another book available.
Save yourself the time and instead of reading the book, catch a couple hours of Foxworthy's shows on tape, you'll enjoy it much more.
March 11, 2011
I like Jeff Foxworthy's stand-up. This was nothing like that. It felt like really disjointed stories, some of them made me laugh and most of them didn't. It just didn't live up to my expectations and wasn't coherent enough to really feel like a full biography. There were bits and pieces of his life, and bits of funny parts, it just didn't seem to mesh well.
August 30, 2011
Some books by comedians really don't work, and some do. Jeff Foxworthy is actually a pretty good writer, so his book is well done. I just didn't enjoy the book as much as someone else might because some of his stories about his life and where he gets his material made me cringe. I guess I would describe much of the book as teenage boy humor written well.
October 14, 2017
This 1996 follow-up to 1995's Redneck Classic is more an autobiography than material from his stand-up routines. The book is readable, but except for 2 or 3 laugh-out-loud lines, not memorable.
818.54 Humor - Jeff examines the universal issues of growing up, friendship, marriage, parenthood, family vacations, work, and politics--all from the redneck point of view that his fans love.
818.54 Humor - Jeff examines the universal issues of growing up, friendship, marriage, parenthood, family vacations, work, and politics--all from the redneck point of view that his fans love.
September 18, 2016
I wanted to read a comedy, & I hoped this would do the trick. However, Foxworthy's nth novel just bored me to tear and read like a braggart's tale. I put it down a little after a third of the way through and didn't look back until it was time to review
March 15, 2016
I laughed, I cried
I adore Jeff Foxworthy. I could sit through his concerts time after time so of course I wanted to read this. What a joy and what fun!
I adore Jeff Foxworthy. I could sit through his concerts time after time so of course I wanted to read this. What a joy and what fun!
August 13, 2020
Included quite a bit of material that I had heard on a recording. Very funny; sometimes so funny, I was wheezing, I was laughing so hard.
June 3, 2010
Jeff Foxworthy can be a very funny man. Over the years I have to admit having more than a few laughs at some of his stuff.
This book is something of a memoir of some of the high points (or low points) of his life. It gives the reader some feel for the personal side of Foxworthy, but I kept feeling I was reading about stuff that I have already seen somewhere else.
He delves into his dorm life in his college years and living as a bachelor in Sarasota, Florida, while working for IBM, but most of the things he brings up are not really that out of the ordinary. Maybe I just expected more of somebody that can be so funny live. Perhaps writing just isn't his strength.
It was a fun read, light enough that it would be good entertainment on a flight somewhere, or while sitting in a blind, deer hunting, or fishing. I just kept feeling that my time could have been better spent.
This book is something of a memoir of some of the high points (or low points) of his life. It gives the reader some feel for the personal side of Foxworthy, but I kept feeling I was reading about stuff that I have already seen somewhere else.
He delves into his dorm life in his college years and living as a bachelor in Sarasota, Florida, while working for IBM, but most of the things he brings up are not really that out of the ordinary. Maybe I just expected more of somebody that can be so funny live. Perhaps writing just isn't his strength.
It was a fun read, light enough that it would be good entertainment on a flight somewhere, or while sitting in a blind, deer hunting, or fishing. I just kept feeling that my time could have been better spent.
April 29, 2009
You might be a redneck if you find this book funny. But you don't have to be.
This book by stand-up comic Jeff Foxworthy is a hybrid autobiography/comedy book. Jeff tells the story of his life - his upbringing, his school days, his single days, his days as a husband and father, and finally his days as a famous person - with hilarious anecdotes and tales. It's all funny because it's all true. You'll enjoy Jeff's stories about the trouble he and his buddies created back in high school. You'll learn about B.A.s and the etiquette of the deer stand.
I think the best humor comes from true-life observations. This book is full of that sort of humor. If you like Jeff Foxworthy's material, read this book and learn where it all came from.
This book by stand-up comic Jeff Foxworthy is a hybrid autobiography/comedy book. Jeff tells the story of his life - his upbringing, his school days, his single days, his days as a husband and father, and finally his days as a famous person - with hilarious anecdotes and tales. It's all funny because it's all true. You'll enjoy Jeff's stories about the trouble he and his buddies created back in high school. You'll learn about B.A.s and the etiquette of the deer stand.
I think the best humor comes from true-life observations. This book is full of that sort of humor. If you like Jeff Foxworthy's material, read this book and learn where it all came from.
March 12, 2013
A lot of this book is recycled comedy routine material. While it is funny stuff it doesn't come across as well in print as when delivered in Foxworthy's folksy southern accent.
While a lot of this book is recycled comedy stuff, some of it is semi-autobiographical. While that stuff is interesting, as we get a glimpse into the rise of a comic, it is hard to tell which stuff is simply told for laughs and which part is sincere. In other words comedy exaggeration and reality are so blended it is hard to tell where one of them ends and the other begins.
It is still fun to read, but if he had tried to be a bit more serious, I think I would have enjoyed it more. Steve Martin's book on his career is much better.
While a lot of this book is recycled comedy stuff, some of it is semi-autobiographical. While that stuff is interesting, as we get a glimpse into the rise of a comic, it is hard to tell which stuff is simply told for laughs and which part is sincere. In other words comedy exaggeration and reality are so blended it is hard to tell where one of them ends and the other begins.
It is still fun to read, but if he had tried to be a bit more serious, I think I would have enjoyed it more. Steve Martin's book on his career is much better.
November 29, 2016
This was funny in spots, but some of it was familiar so I'm assuming that Foxworthy either used material from his stand-up when writing this or later incorporated things from the book into the stand-up. Either way, it had some redundancy to it.
As I was reading the book, I could practically hear Jeff talking which helped make it funnier. Being from GA, I learned a few things about Atlanta that I didn't know, so there was that.
I'm sure this book isn't for everyone but fans of Foxworthy will most likely enjoy it.
As I was reading the book, I could practically hear Jeff talking which helped make it funnier. Being from GA, I learned a few things about Atlanta that I didn't know, so there was that.
I'm sure this book isn't for everyone but fans of Foxworthy will most likely enjoy it.
August 5, 2015
A fairly entertaining book, with many vignettes from Jeff's life. He repeats some of what I have heard from his concerts (sadly, never in person). Some was truly funny, and I laughed out loud as I read. The best chapter was the "history" behind some of the "you might be a redneck" jokes...funny.
November 15, 2011
I read this years ago but I really enjoyed it and recently added it to my Nook. Jeff Foxworthy's memoir. Really funny. My favorite part of this book is when he describes his apartment when he was living with roommates in his early twenties. His apartment sounds like a replica of the one my husband lived in when I first met him. So hilarious!
December 19, 2008
i'm not a redneck.....hell, i'm a minority, but i still find foxworthy laugh out loud funny. the man really is a genius anyway....i mean, he took the premise of being a moron, and made it a multi-million dollar industry...
August 21, 2011
It was an interesting book to say the least. I liked that he was able to translate his comedy into writing, but I just don't get some of it. Maybe I am too "Yankee" to enjoy it, never having lived in the south.
January 20, 2016
No Shirt, No Shoes,....No Problem! by Jeff Foxworthy (Hatchette Books 1996) (Biography). Here is the author and noted comedian's first autobiographical material. Many of the back stories are told about Foxworthy's “You might be a redneck IF” jokes. My rating: 7/10, finished 6/2015.
August 5, 2017
Great tread
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who stole street signs. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't taken the saw horse with the strobe light. Wow was my Dad pissed. Anyway this great fun to read I recommend it to everyone!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who stole street signs. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't taken the saw horse with the strobe light. Wow was my Dad pissed. Anyway this great fun to read I recommend it to everyone!
August 6, 2007
This book was hilarious, but mostly, I related to the parts about his roommates! Priceless!
January 3, 2008
Absolutely hysterical! Speaks to some of life's basic truths but in a totally unexpected and funny way... also reveals where Foxworthy came from. Fascinating read for me.
November 23, 2008
Funny enough - imagine his stand-up, on paper.
February 4, 2009
hilarious, started reading it at the library so i had to stifle my laughs =) a lot of his jokes are also on his cds but theyll make you laugh again and again
June 29, 2012
Can't get enough of these "Red Neck" jokes & stories!
August 3, 2012
He is such a hoot.
April 27, 2013
this book was all right....parts seemed like just an excuse for him to tell us all the naughty stuff he did....but I did like reading about the love and devotion he had for his wife
August 12, 2013
Funny! Funny! Funny!
May 4, 2016
Maybe I just wasn't in the mood when i tried to read this. I found it boring instead of funny, like he was trying to hard.
May 6, 2016
read SOMETIME in 2000
May 25, 2016
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again
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