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POSTED:Mon, June 30, 2008 @ 2:50PM
'The Bill Engvall Show'"The Bill Engvall Show" is set for another season, with episodes at 9 p.m. Thursday nights on TBS. Many of you might know the veteran comedian Engvall from his role in the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour." Here's my question: With the previews I've seen for this show, is this the best a great comedy station like TBS could come up with? TBS is known for running syndicated re-runs of classic sitcom comedies like "Seinfeld," "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The King of Queens." It even has a couple of original comedy shows with promise -- like "My Boys" and "Frank TV" -- but "The Bill Engvall Show" doesn't seem to be one of them. The jokes are horrible. And they're not even clever or show any sign of originality. I honestly think some of these jokes were used in the very first generic sitcom ever made. Examples: Engvall: (To his wife while holding a pair of skimpy women's underwear) How come I've never seen you in these? Nancy Travis: Because they're your daughter's. Engvall: (As he throws them down) Oh, come on!
Engvall: Did your ex-wife have a job? Tim Meadows: Yeh, she was a magician. She made all my money disappear.
Lauren: (To her parents while they are kissing) Please guys, if you're gonna do that, be younger ... and not my parents.
Lauren: What's the difference between a belly button ring and an ear piercing? Bill: Because when you wear earings, boys look up here (Points to his ears).
So, you get the point. I'm not impressed at all with the writing. And if you've ever watched an episode (I glimpsed at a couple clips while writing this blog on tbs.com), the acting is just as bad. Engvall's not quite ready to be an actor, and TBS probably was the only station willing to give him a show. I'll give it to the end of this season until it's canceled.
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Ryan Beardsley Entertainment/Lifestyle Reporter Beardsley graduated from Loyalsock Township High School in 2003 and went on to study communications and journalism at Shippensburg University. Currently, he is enrolled full-time at Pennsylvania College of Technology, working on finishing his degree in Mass Media-Communications. Beardsley started at the Williamsport Sun-Gazette as an intern in the summer of 2005. In August of 2006, he was offered the full-time position as a Lifestyle and Entertainment writer. In his spare time, Beardsley enjoys reading as much fiction as he can get his hands on (and what he has time for), singing and playing guitar, and writing about himself in the third-person voice. Check out his column, "A Day in the Life," in Thursday's Showcase section.
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This joke or some type of form of this joke is used ridiculously too often. We get it; dad's don't like to think of their daughters wearing thongs and other skimpy lingerie. It's still not funny.
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