Film

Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie

Name: Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: 2003
Cast: Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, Heidi Klum

Comedy
Light-hearted

A filmed concert featuring four blue-collar comedians—Foxworthy, White, Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy—performing their observational humor about working-class life, redneck culture, and everyday absurdities. It's loose, loud, and unapologetically aimed at people who find profundity in a guy's relationship with his truck. Pure hangout comedy.

TMDb rating

3.0

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