Has Bill Engvall ever actually SEEN a gun?

[divemedic]

When I hear this it reminds me of an old Sam Kinnison bit- he was saying that he gets complaints because his jokes about abortion are not medically accurate.

He says, "Excuse me, but I slept through the class on abortion while I was in medical school learning how to write medically correct humor."

In other words, sometimes entertainment is just entertainment. Lighten up.

 

[Brad Johnson]

I'll betcha he's either from New York or LA, and discovered that accents are funny...

From IMDB:

Birth Name: William Ray Engvall, Jr
Born: 27 July 1957
Location: Galveston, TX

Brad

 

[possom813]

Had to look at the reciever, didn't even know what brand it was.

I don't think that's too bad. I've got a friend that has forgotten more about guns than I'll ever have. There have been times when I was at his home and a gun would be in the corner and I'd ask him what it was and he would tell me the caliber, but had to check it for the brand.

I don't think it was because he forgot, just that he has so many that he can't keep them all straight.

 

[scout26]

I watch comedians to laugh and check THR to learn about guns.

 

[Zundfolge]

12 Ga Mauser
http://www.cabelas.com/gun-inventory---boise---european-sg---571313-mausersxs-boi.shtml

Laser Scope
http://www.somecampingstoreonline.net/catalog/product.asp?ret_id=965775&pid=58077


also in Redneck, "sight" and "scope" are often interchangeable.

 

[Wedge]

Zundfolge, nicely done

 

[Wheeler44]

There was a Mauser 12 ga. for sale here on the THR less than one year ago.

 

[Stump Water]

Well, your first mistake was watching anything w/ him, or the cable guy, or any of the rest of the corn-pone worthless slobs involved. That kind of garbage, WWE, gangsta rap, sitcoms, lawyer dramas, any of the CSI series, etc., are all fine examples of dumbed-down T.V. for a declining society.

Interesting. Most of those types of programming have been going on for decades. I imagine the Coliseum was also responsible for the fall of Rome.

It must be something to not allow yourself to be entertained.

 

[TCB in TN]

I don't worry about folks who watch

WWE, gangsta rap, sitcoms, lawyer dramas, any of the CSI series, etc.,

for entertainment, I worry about those who watch them for informational purposes!

 

[strangelittleman]

Well, Stump Water, Marcus Aurelius warned the Romans of the distraction of "Bread and Circuses" so yes, in part, the games of the Coliseum play into the fall of Rome.
I do not allow myself to not be entertained. I just choose quality entertainment.
I choose not to be one of the flock that is ignorantly blissful of the fact that we're all marching towards the cliff.

 

[Snarlingiron]

In other words, sometimes entertainment is just entertainment. Lighten up.

...divemedic

I choose not to be one of the flock that is ignorantly blissful of the fact that we're all marching towards the cliff.

...strangelittleman

"Sometime, a cigar is just a cigar"...Sigmund Freud

 

[Walkalong]

Well, your first mistake was watching anything w/ him, or the cable guy, or any of the rest of the corn-pone worthless slobs involved. That kind of garbage, WWE, gangsta rap, sitcoms, lawyer dramas, any of the CSI series, etc., are all fine examples of dumbed-down T.V. for a declining society.

Someone once said, "No great society was ever conquered from without before it was destroyed from within."

Can I get an Amen?

 

[shc1]

Remchesterby's

Your not making fun of my Remchesterby’s, ,,,are ya?

You can make fun of my Jennpoint’s and such but not my Remchesterby’s.

 

[Stump Water]

Well, Stump Water, Marcus Aurelius warned the Romans of the distraction of "Bread and Circuses" so yes, in part, the games of the Coliseum play into the fall of Rome.

Meaning... don't just concentrate on the fun stuff and forget about the important stuff.

What is "quality entertainment" to one man may be folly to another. As this thread has illustrated.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

I read somewhere that at one point someone (or people) sporterized Mausers (I don't know what model) and re barreled them into single shot shotgun.

 

[The Annoyed Man]

Well, Stump Water, Marcus Aurelius warned the Romans of the distraction of "Bread and Circuses" so yes, in part, the games of the Coliseum play into the fall of Rome.

I do not allow myself to not be entertained. I just choose quality entertainment.
I choose not to be one of the flock that is ignorantly blissful of the fact that we're all marching towards the cliff.

And the bread and circuses were part of the Roman empire's deliberate plan to distract the masses. Our government is not so well organized, and based on what is actually aired versus the complaints from the viewers, the government doesn't really give a damn what goes on the air; so your analogy doesn't really stand up. And one man's grape juice is another man's merlot. If you don't like grape juice, don't buy it. It doesn't make your entertainment choices necessarily any better than anyone else's. It just makes them your preference. Sure, low brow humor can be crude and an appeal to ignorance, but its molecular opposite can be stuffy and stultified. True balance is found somewhere in between.

Personally, I enjoy a broad spectrum of humor, from the heady to the folksy.

 

[strangelittleman]

Stump Water & Annoyed Man, Very well stated indeed, thanks for the great debates!!!

 

[dirtyjim]

i have a 12 guage mauser, so all i need is a laser pointer & some ducktape.
there are basically 3 version of mauser shotguns. the geha, the remo & the hard hit heart. the geha is the base model with a cutdown gew98 stock the remo & HHH's have aftermarket stocks.
pic of my geha 12ga

i think bill & jeff are funny but i cant stand larry

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

If I even owned a TV or watched someone else's I guess I would understand this tread better. What all are you rednecks arguing about anyway?

 

[elrod]

Seems like if there is going to be a fight to keep our guns it would be much better not to always throw the term "Bubba" and or "Redneck" at folks that just own firearms for hunting.

If ya'll do that, I ain't gonna know when you'uns 'a talking to me!
Guess ya'll hafta hollar"Hey You!

political correctness at its best, and I feel good about it!

 

[Scanr]

"Has he seen a gun?" Well, he is up here in Reno Nevada performing for the SCI (Safari Club International) convention. There are a lot of guns to look at there, so he should see a few.

 

[catfish101]

I am from KY. Easy on the redneck stuff...

 

[MASTEROFMALICE]

A few people made the predictable point that it's comedy and so all should be forgiven.

But I guarantee this: If a comedian kept saying things like "Thank God Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence before he was killed in 1963."

It would be funny at first, but there's a point where people would start saying, ".......saaayyyyyyy. He ACTUALLY doesn't know what the hell he's talking about!"

 

[Wheeler44]

A few people made the predictable point that it's comedy and so all should be forgiven.

And quite a few also made the very predictable point that the items mentioned in the original post ( mauser shotgun, laser scope) exist. So there is really no need for forgiveness, unless you need to be forgiven for not knowing about them prior to this thread. (insert smiley face) If that is the case I offer forgiveness, as penance shoot 10 targets and buy a redneck a beer.

 

[CZ223]

He's a comedian!

I don't suspect that he researches everything he jokes about. I think he is incredibly funny but not as funny as Ron "Tater Salad" White. Larry is a little too crude and I have heard Jeff Foxwothy too often. If you haven't heard Ron tell his story of his brother-in-law describing his deer hunting trip, well lets just say that it is funny.