Redneck comic Jeff Foxworthy serious about childre
November 3, 2010 by lrir9jr8
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Redneck comic Jeff Foxworthy serious about children, home life
Q: Is it challenging to be a great dad when you’re busy with so many other things?
A: Yeah, I’m busy. But most of it I try to do when my kids are at school. One time a friend of mine, when my oldest daughter was 10, gave me this little glass jar about 4 or 5 inches high with beads in it. And he said,google??, “Do you know what this is?” I said, “No.” He said, “That’s how many weekends you have with your kids before they leave. So when you give Amethyst Beads away, it better be important.”
Q: Speaking of kids, let’s talk children’s books. Your last children’s book, “Dirt on My Shirt,” became a New York Times best-seller. Were you surprised by that?
A: Yeah. That tickled me to death because it is something I always wanted to do. When I started hosting “5th Grader,” every child knew who I was. And my daughter said, “Dad, you’ve always wanted to do a children’s book. You should do it now.”
Q: Tell us about your newest book, “Hide!!!”
A: I just thought to myself, “What do all kids like?” And even in this age of electronics, I never met a kid who didn’t like hide-and-go-seek. So, I said to Steve Bjorkman (the illustrator), “Why don’t we do a book about a giant neighborhood game of Amethyst Beads hide-and-go-seek, but the reader has to find the kid who is hiding on every page?”
And Steve said, “Why don’t we take it a step further? On the first page you not only have to find the kid who is hiding, but you also have to find three additional things.” … As you go through the book, it gets tougher and tougher.
Q: How’d that work out?
A: We would try to pick places, and I would say, “How about a yard sale? That’s a great place to hide.” And Steve would send me the illustrations. Well, I had four or five lying on the counter, and one night we had some people over to the house, and I look over and there are three or four adults going through it trying to find things. I took that as a good sign.
Q: With all your success, how do you stay grounded and humble?
A: (Long pause) You know, I don’t tell many people this, but I get up every Tuesday morning at 5:30 and go to Chick-fil-A and get 50 chicken-and-biscuits and take ‘em down to the homeless shelter. It’s the best morning of Amethyst Beads my week. I just think, “You know what? That could be me. I grew up in a dirt yard with nothin’.”
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