Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Y’MIGHT BE A REDNECK TRUE STORY



A friend of mine, who lives in Watertown, NY, sent the following first-hand account:

Here is something that will make you laugh, very, very hard as I swear to God this is a true story.


In 1999, Jeff Foxworthy was doing a show at the Watertown Fairgrounds Arena in the middle of the summer. It was a sweltering night, and the arena's AC was on the blink. Mr. Foxworthy got up and began his routine. The backstage crew set up a series of large fans to cool the building down, and one young man positioned a fan to cool the comedian. Mr. Foxworthy made a comment that he was very hot, and he looked at the young man beside the fan onstage to see if he could get some relief.

My brother-in-law Elwood (yes, this should tell you I live in the North Country) and myself happened to watch the interplay between Jeff and the stagehand as the young man tried to cool him down as best he could. Finally, after a good 10 minutes of frustration, we could not believe what he did next. Apparently he did not think the fan was working, so....
He reached in the fan....
To see if the blades were moving....
Elwood, myself, and Jeff Foxworthy's jaw's all dropped when his fingers hit the fan....
He dropped the fan with a crash and cursed loud enough for the front rows to hear....
Mr. Foxworthy laughed so hard that the show was delayed for 5 minutes or so before he could go on....
I looked at my brother-in-law and said, "Hell, you know he'll make up a routine about us now..."

This is an absolutely true story.......