Country Fried Home Videos is a television program

Television program

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 that is aired on CMT

Country Music Television

Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...

. It is hosted by Bill Engvall

Bill Engvall

William Ray "Bill" Engvall, Jr. is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group.-Early life:Bill Engvall was born in Galveston, Texas...

, an American stand-up comic.

Description

The show consists of home videos that people have sent in of things that are humorous and/or amazing with narration by the show's host Bill Engvall, and the winner, chosen by Bill, wins the "Here's Your Sign" award (taken from Bill's trademark "Here's Your Sign" standup comedy routine), as well as one thousand dollars

United States dollar

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. Bill hosts the show from a diner

Diner

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. The show often features a sound effect of a gun cocking before a video begins and always starts with a disclaimer stating that video submissions depicting intentionally dangerous and/or illegal content will be rejected, and ends with Bill asking a waitress

Waiter

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, "Waitress's name Check, please." The overall theme of the show is similar to America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...

.

Recurring features

Along with the regular assortment of videos, the show also includes recurring segments. These have included the following.

The World's Strongest Redneck

The most frequently-seen segment, called "The World's Strongest Redneck", appears in almost every episode. In the segment, The World's Strongest Redneck, Steve McGranahan, does something that takes a lot of strength to do, such as pulling a chain with a car attached to it with his teeth, bending metal objects with his bare hands, ripping a deck of cards in half with duct tape on them, or playing tee-ball with a sledgehammer

Sledgehammer

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 and bowling ball

Bowling ball

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.

The Great Handini

Another segment, one that is not shown as often as "The World's Strongest Redneck", is called "The Great Handini". In this segment, a person named Maher Haddad makes noises with his body parts, such as using his hands to perform "Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle

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", "Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

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".

Season 1: 2006

Episode 101: Crash-a-thon

Episode 102: Homemade Inventions

Episode 103: Judgement Calls

Episode 104: Felon Follies

Episode 105: Bikini Gun Girls

Episode 106: Cars I Want

Episode 107: Nature Vs Man

Episode 108: Moment of Shame

Episode 109: Life Rules

Season 2: 2007

Episode 201: Brokebike Mountain

Episode 202: Physics Is Hard

Episode 203: Gettin' Bucked

Episode 204: Kidiots

Episode 205: Rollin' Your Own

Episode 206: Wrecked 'Em

Episode 207: Great Americans

Episode 208: Spoiled Sports

Episode 209: Banned In America

Episode 210: Crash Bash

Episode 211: Fowl Play

Episode 212: Brain Drain

Season 3: 2007

Episode 301: You've Got Males

Episode 302: Unnatural Acts

Episode 303: Agony of De-Feet

Episode 304: Critters Gone Wild

Episode 305: Bullfight Club

Episode 306: Wall-to-Wall Action

Episode 307: Slightly Used

Episode 308: Steer Clear

Episode 309: No Class

Episode 310: All the Fixin's

Episode 311: The Buck Starts Here

Episode 312: Grass Guzzlers

Episode 313: Wish You Were Here

Episode 314: Major Tools

Episode 315: F for Effort

Episode 316: Glory Days

Season 4: 2008

Episode 401: Nut Jobs

Episode 402: Huge Boobs

Episode 403: Bored of Education

Episode 404: Drag Kings

Episode 405: Face Facts

Episode 406: Yankin' It

Episode 407: Misfortune Tellin'

Episode 408: Dog Daze

Episode 409: Terrain Wrecks

Episode 410: After School Delight

Episode 411: Slide Rules

Episode 412: Turning Tricks

Currently in Production

Country Fried Planet

A clip show, hosted by Bill Engvall, featuring videos from around the world.

Here's Your Sign Award

A 'best of' special from the first three seasons of "Country Fried Home Videos".

External links

• The Beachwood Reporter