Ron White
Ron White found success during January 2000 through March 2003, when he toured with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour – a show that sold out across the United States in over 90 cities and grossed over $15 million. White is the only member of the Blue Collar crew who did not go on to star in the Blue Collar TV series because he did not want to be typecast as “blue collar,” although he jokes in his performances that he simply does not have “the work ethic for a television show”.
Ron White found success during January 2000 through March 2003, when he toured with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour – a show that sold out across the United States in over 90 cities and grossed over $15 million. White is the only member of the Blue Collar crew who did not go on to star in the Blue Collar TV series because he did not want to be typecast as “blue collar,” although he jokes in his performances that he simply does not have “the work ethic for a television show”. He did, however, make seven guest appearances on the show.
In 2005, The WB Television Network aired the pilot for The Ron White Show, a variety show that combined a number of celebrity cameos, cartoons, and sketches. He recently taped several episodes of The Gong Show with Dave Attell as one of the celebrity judges. White has had appearances in the TV shows Kath & Kim, Reno 911!, 12 Miles of Bad Road, the films Sex and the City 2 and Horrible Bosses, and a cameo in a Rascal Flatts music video, “Why Wait”.
White is known for drinking Scotch as part of his act. (Though it has not been confirmed, it is believed he prefers Johnnie Walker Blue Label.) He stated during his You Can’t Fix Stupid show, “Somebody asked what I was drinking. If the company that made the stuff I was drinking was paying me, I’d have it in their bottle and not mine. But it’s the kind of scotch that people drink that are going to die penniless. It’s good though!” In 2009 Comedy Central released Ron’s stand up DVD Behavioral Problems.
