History Creator / BillEngvall

* ParentalHypocrisy: He notes that, as a parent, he tries his best not to screw up, but knows he'll eventually do something stupid that his kids are never going to let him forget. Bill even adds that such a thing is porbably universal with parents. Bill specifically mentions a time he saw his son Travis hitting his friend, so Bill smacked Travis to make him stop. Travis pointed out the hypocrisy quickly.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Much like he had done with Jeff Foxworthy, RecordProducer Scott Rouse remixed several of Engvall's routines to music, usually with a sung chorus by a country artist or a session musician:
** The first was a standalone single titled "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)", featuring the first batch of "here's your sign" routines from his debut album and a chorus sung by Music/TravisTritt. After it came "Warning Signs" (featuring Music/JohnMichaelMontgomery, and material from the same standup segment), and then "It's Hard to Be a Parent" (various bits on parenting from throughout the ''Here's Your Sign'' album) and "Hollywood Indian Guides" (from a routine on ''Dorkfish'' about a Native American culture class he took with his son) which both opted for uncredited session vocalists instead. These latter three were only sent to radio, and were never given a commercial release until 2004.
** ''Dorkfish'' itself featured "I'm a Cowboy" (based off a routine about bronco busting from earlier in the album) and "Here's Your Sign Christmas" (original, Christmas-themed "here's your sign" jokes), both also featuring session vocalists.
** The entire ''Here's Your Christmas Album'' is even more of an example. Some tracks feature comedy bits with choruses; some are entire songs sung by session vocalists which do not feature Engvall in any other capacity than co-writer; and "The Bike" features Engvall narrating.
** "Now That's Awesome" has the title track (based on a routine earlier in the album where he decries the misuse of the word "awesome") with T. Graham Brown, Tracy Byrd, and Music/NealMcCoy, and "Shoulda Shut Up" (original standup bits with a chorus by an uncredited Julie Reeves).
** ''Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography'' got more adventrous by letting Bill talk-sing his way through "Rich, Fat, and Ugly" and "I'm a Cheap Drunk".
** He reverted to guest vocalists for the musical tracks on ''Here's Your Sign Reloaded'' (his last album to have musical tracks): "Here's Your Sign (Don't Mess with Us)" featured Music/NealMcCoy, "Married for Twenty Years" featured Lisa Cochran, and "Here's Your Sign (Wear It All the Time)" featured Butch Baker.

Engvall rose to prominence in the 1990s alongside fellow comedian, close friend and labelmate Creator/JeffFoxworthy. The two experienced a second wind of popularity when they partnered with Creator/LarryTheCableGuy and Creator/RonWhite to form the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He had his own sitcom, ''The Bill Engvall Show'', which aired on TBS for three seasons. The show co-starred Nancy Travis and Creator/JenniferLawrence.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Several of his routines were remixed to music, usually with a sung chorus by a country artist or a session musician:

* MushroomSamba: After he was having trouble sleeping, Bill's doctor prescribed him marijuana to help him sleep. Bill ended up getting pot brownies and eating an entire brownie, not knowing he was only supposed to eat only part of it. At one point, Bill was so high that thought he was just a head without a body.

William Ray "Bill" Engvall Jr. (born July 27, 1957) is a stand-up comedian and actor from the state of Texas. He is best known for his "Here's Your Sign" jokes, in which he states that [[AskAStupidQuestion people who ask stupid questions should be given signs that say "I'm Stupid"]] so you won't rely on them. Of course, he has a snappy rejoinder to the stupid questions asked of him.

William Ray "Bill" Engvall Jr. (born July 27, 1957 in Galveston, Texas) is a stand-up comedian and actor from the state of Texas. He is best known for his "Here's Your Sign" jokes, in which he states that [[AskAStupidQuestion people who ask stupid questions should be given signs that say "I'm Stupid"]] so you won't rely on them. Of course, he has a snappy rejoinder to the stupid questions asked of him.

* SelfDeprecation: A staple of Engvall's routines, frequently calling himself a "dork" or an "idiot." He best described himself as "that guy who's always fifteen degrees off cool."
** Has finished some of his routines when he earns his own sign.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: As he had done previously with Creator/JeffFoxworthy, record producer Scott Rouse sampled some of Engvall's standup bits into original songs with a chorus sung by a session vocalist or famous country artist. The most successful was "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)", which took some "here's your sign" jokes from the first album and set them to music with a chorus sung by Music/TravisTritt. Later albums got a little more adventrous, with tracks such as "I'm a Cheap Drunk" that actually feature Engvall talk-singing original material.

William Ray "Bill" Engvall Jr. (born July 27, 1957) is a stand-up comedian and actor from the state of Texas. He is best known for his "Here's Your Sign" jokes, in which he states that [[AskAStupidQuestion people who ask stupid questions should be given signs that say "I'm Stupid"]] so you won't rely on them. Of course, he has a snappy rejoinder to the stupid questions asked of him.

* AskAStupidQuestion: Here's Your Sign is a redirect, and one of the primary examples of the trope.

* BrickJoke: On the ''Dorkfish'' album, he laughs at the fact that some places sequestered smokers to their own rooms. Later, he said that he always wondered how lions know which is the weakest zebra. He figured that there's a snitch in the herd who always tells the lion who's the weakest. Cue him imagining that said zebra singles out the smoker as the weakest.

* FetishRetardant: [[invoked]] Invoked in one skit, where he questions why anyone would consider spanking a turn-on. he then mentions that he knows he could never seriously ask his wife to spank him, because being a mom, she would say, "what did you do wrong?"

-->'''Bill:''' They teach you that in Driver's Ed? How about this one [=SUIT=]? S-U-I-T, Shut Up Immature Teenager!

'''Gail:''' ''Bill.''
-->'''Bill:''' ''Please don't make me do this.''

** At least twice, he has given ''himself'' a sign: once, when confronting someone with a coat hanger in his window ("Did you lock your keys in your car?" "No, I just washed it, I'm gonna hang it out to dry.") and another time when talking to his son ("Dad, I'm gonna play you a song from ''Harry Potter.''" "The movie?" "No, the book.")

--> ''She shows up with a '''SCOOTER!''' '' You can't tell someone to kiss your ass on a scooter, 'cause they just might!

-->'''Bill''': "That sounds ''superb,'' my friend! I've never seen Vicodinland from 300 feet in the air before!" [...] At 300 feet, the rope jerked -- and apparently, this was enough of a jerk to jerk me out of Vicodinland and into Realityland. I'm 300 feet in the air. [[OhCrap I'm scared of heights]]. [...] I ''literally'' walked on water, ran back to my hotel room, ate the other half of the Vicodin and watched Creator/AnimalPlanet.

* NoIndoorVoice: In the aforementioned skit about feminine hygiene products, his son demonstrates this, screaming "HERE'S THE LITTLE GIRL NARROW PADS, DADDY!" in the middle of the pharmacy. Bill then responds, "I appreciate that, son. Listen, I don't believe they [[SuddenlyShouting heard you IN SCOTLAND!]]"

* ParentalHypocrisy: See HypocriticalHumor.

* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: He talks about what a great day it was when you discovered you could do this as a kid ("You got to be God!"). Then he goes on to talk about when he was doing this and saw an ant on his arm...

--> If I found a six-inch ''worm'' in my toilet . . . I don't need a toilet anymore. I need a ''new set of underwear''... 'cause I just [[UnusualEuphemism hit a deer]].

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The premise of a skit on ''Now That's Awesome!'' is about the proper use of the word "awesome" under its original meaning of leaving someone in awe and wonder.

--> It wasn't that big of a deal and there was no damage. {{Beat}} To my truck; his Ford Escort got messed up a little bit.

* MushroomSamba: After he was having trouble sleeping, Bill's doctor prescribed him marijuana to help him sleep. Bill ended up getting pot brownies, not knowing he was only supposed to eat only part of it. At one point, Bill thought he was just a head without a body.

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* NoodleIncident: The time he rode an electric floor buffer. Apparently tequila was involved.

A successful comedian from the state of Texas, William Ray "Bill" Engvall Jr. (born July 27, 1957) is best known for his "here's your sign" jokes, in which he states that people who ask stupid questions should be given signs so that you know they're stupid. Of course, he has a snappy rejoinder to the stupid questions asked of him.

* InsultBackfire: Invoked, in anticipation of his wife buying him a motorcycle he bought riding gear along with a helmet with the words "If you don't like America you can kiss my ass!" written on it. She bought him a scooter; which makes riding it while wearing a helmet with that written on it somewhat problematic.

* FunWithAcronyms: According to one skit, he thinks Spam stands for "Stuff Posing As Meat". He also says that RV doesn't mean "recreational vehicle", it stands for "ruins vacations". Than there was this little conversation with his daughter following a minor fender bender.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He once decided to spice up his and his wife's sex life by greeting her at the door wearing nothing but a bowtie. Than he hears her talking to some friends. Cue trying to quickly find a hiding place till they leave. Than there was the time he walked in on his son Travis in the bathroom:

-->'''Emily:''' Signal, Mirrors, Over the shoulder, than Go.

-->'''Gail:''' ''Bill.''

'''Gail:''' ''Bill.''
'''Bill:''' ''Please don't make me do this.''

* ButtMonkey: Bill's wife, Gail, is the butt of many of his jokes almost as much as... well, as Bill himself.
** His kids, particularly his son, are not exempt from the trope, either.
*** Invoked literally when his son calls to him after going no. 2.
--> '''Bill's Son:''' ''DAAAAAAAD!'' Wipe mah butt!
--> '''Bill:''' And I walk in there, and he has ''assumed the position.''

-->'''Bill Engvall:''' I'll tell you, it's a real slap in the face when you walk onto a college campus with your daughter and you catch some guy checking her out. ''(murmurs of agreement)'' Yeah. Then I realized it ''was'' a slap in the face; my wife caught me checking out college chicks. ''(laughter)'' "Sorry, [[ImAManICantHelpIt I'm a guy]]."

-->'''Bill''': [[InsultBackfire You can't tell anyone to kiss your ass on a scooter! They just might!]]

-->'''Daughter''': This wouldn't have happened if you used [=SMOG=].
-->'''Bill''': [=SMOG=]?
-->'''Daughter''': Signal, Mirrors, Over the shoulder, than Go.
-->'''Bill''': They teach you that in Driver's Ed? How about this one [=SUIT=]? S-U-I-T, Shut Up Immature Teenager!

'''Bill's wife:''' Bill?!\\

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: As he had done previously with Creator/JeffFoxworthy, record producer Scott Rouse sampled some of Engvall's standup bits into original songs with a chorus sung by a session vocalist or famous country artist. The most successful was "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)", which took some "here's your sign" jokes from the first album and set them to music with a chorus sung by Travis Tritt. Later albums got a little more adventrous, with tracks such as "I'm a Cheap Drunk" that actually feature Engvall talk-singing original material.

* TheDitz: One sign-winner he brings up once asked him, on the first floor of a building, if the elevator he was waiting on went up. Bill jokingly informs the poor sap that this one goes sideways, and that the "up" elevators are down the hall.
-->'''''HE WALKED AWAY!!'''''

* IdealizedSex: Referenced in a skit on his first album, where he points out that he learned from experience the differences between idealized and real sex. For instance, apparently you can't rip a woman's panties off unless there's already a hole in them.

-->'''Bill''': "That sounds ''superb,'' my friend! I've never seen Vicodinland from 300 feet in the air before!" [...] At 300 feet, the rope jerked -- and apparently, this was enough of a jerk to jerk me out of Vicodinland and into Realityland. I'm 300 feet in the air. [[OhCrap I'm scared of heights]]. [...] I ''literally'' walked on water, ran back to my hotel room, ate the other half of the Vicodin and watched AnimalPlanet.