Official Synopsis:
The laughs are back! Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and others in the talented Blue Collar TV ensemble are a comedy dream team - 'specially if your dreams are heavy on biscuits 'n' gravy. Season 2 of the rollicking skit-and-standup series invites you to unleash your Inner Bubba with comics who are proud of their down-home heritage yet still find silliness in it (and anything else caught in their comedy crosshairs.) Red state. Blue state. Doesn't matter. It's a comedy state of mind on display on display here in 13 episodes, each built around a separate theme - dating, money and aliens among them. Aliens? That's right. Stands to reason that comedy this gall-durn funny has got to be out of this world.
Our Take:
The fact that this show actually made it to a second season completely astonishes me. Well, that and it terrifies me to know that people out there might actually like this stuff. Thankfully, it’s been canceled, so I can breathe a little easier. Obviously, this does not bode well for a favorable opinion of this two-disc release.
Crass, inane, and idiotic are just a few words my thesaurus came up with when I went looking for adjectives to describe this show. It comes off as a third-rate rip-off of Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. I never bought into Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a Redneck…” act, and the whole Larry the Cable Guy bit gets old after about five minutes. I don’t even know who the other guy (Bill Engvall) is. Comedy that aims for the lowest common denominator to me ceases to be funny and is instead just stupidity. While this may be the blue-blooded Yankee in me talking, I guess I’m tired of the whole proliferation and exploitation of the beer drinkin’, NASCAR lovin’ Redneck. They’re people too, and they have feelings and emotions. And though they may be dulled by alcohol, they still have them, and I don’t think its right to constantly make fun of them.
Blue Collar TV doesn't come empty handed; included are two special features to round out the thirteen episodes.
* Banned from the Booth (3 minutes) – A “booth” skits reel.
* Too Much for TV (13 minutes) - Unaired skits… and unaired for a reason.
Blue Collar TV isn’t without any merit whatsoever; it does feature an interesting assortment of supporting actors who could one day end up on the likes of SNL, and I look forward to when that day comes. Otherwise, I can say to just skip this one.
Overall Picture:
Show: C-
DVD: B-
- Chris Lawrence
Staff Writer
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