ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE

Who's Who in American Comedy

Bill Engvall

Best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group, Envall started as a nightclub DJ in Dallas, worked at local clubs and moved to in Los Angeles where he hosted a cable TV special with Rosie O'Donnell and appeared on Evening at the Improv and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has made numerous TV appearances and is currently host of Country Fried Home Videos on Country Music Televison (CMT).

Here's a clip from his stand-up act where he talks about 'bad food.'

[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]