History YMMV / BillEngvall

* RetroactiveRecognition: Made memorable guest appearances on ''Series/DesigningWoman'' and ''Series/GoldenPalace'' in the early 1990s before he reached fame on the stand-up comedy circuit.

* RetroactiveRecognition: ''The Bill Engvall Show'' is better remembered as the starting point for Creator/JenniferLawrence than for anything related to Engvall himself.

* ValuesDissonance: In 1998, the second half of the "T-Ball and Indian Guides" segment on ''Dorkfish'', where Bill recalls him and his son taking a course on Native American culture from a guide who is CampGay simply because he's from Hollywood, would have read as an AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity. But Bill's overbearing gay stereotypes (joking that said guide's Native American name was "Dances with Men" and that since he obviously didn't have a son, he brought his nephew "Flaming Bow"; that their course involved listening to Music/BarbraStreisand instead of re-enacting Custer's Last Stand; or "Dances with Men" warning his troop of the pink rattlesnake, which Bill claims is identifiable because it hisses with an effeminate lisp) can nowadays come off as offensive to both the LGBT community ''and'' the Native American community.

* JustHereForGodzilla: There's only one reason anyone still watches ''The Bill Engvall Show'' -- and it's not Bill Engvall himself.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In 1998, the second half of the "T-Ball and Indian Guides" segment on ''Dorkfish'', where Bill recalls him and his son taking a course on Native American culture from a guide who is CampGay simply because he's from Hollywood, would have read as an AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity. But Bill's overbearing gay stereotypes (joking that said guide's Native American name was "Dances with Men" and that since he obviously didn't have a son, he brought his nephew "Flaming Bow"; that their course involved listening to Music/BarbraStreisand instead of re-enacting Custer's Last Stand; or "Dances with Men" warning his troop of the pink rattlesnake, which Bill claims is identifiable because it hisses with an effeminate lisp) can nowadays come off as offensive to both the LGBT community ''and'' the Native American community.

** Although it is worth noting that the role of the wife on ''The Bill Engvall Show'' was played by Creator/NancyTravis, who later played the role of the wife on the Tim Allen vehicle ''Series/LastManStanding,'' suggesting strongly that she HasAType.

* HilariousInHindsight: In a segment about stupid product warnings on his first album, he points out that Preperation H hemmorhoid cream says "Do not take orally", then imagines someone writing a letter to the company complaining that their mouth is now so small that they can't even eat jelly beans anymore. This was several years before the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/woll-smoth Woll Smoth]] meme.

* AccidentallyAccurate: In a riff on outlet malls selling factory seconds, Bill jokes that you can get a pair of jeans with a collar, or the Bible with typos. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_errata Bible errata]] are an actual thing, with the more notable slip-ups being named, like the (in)famous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Bible Wicked Bible]] ("Thou shalt commit adultery.")

** Although it is worth noting that the role of the wife on ''The Bill Engvall Show'' was played by Nancy Travis, who later played the role of the wife on the Tim Allen vehicle ''Series/LastManStanding,'' suggesting strongly that she HasAType.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In 1998, the "T-Ball and Indian Guides" segment on ''Dorkfish'' (where Bill recalls him and his son taking a course on Native American culture from a guide who is CampGay simply because he's from Hollywood) would have read as an AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity. But Bill's overbearing gay stereotypes (joking that said guide's Native American name was "Dances with Men" and his nephew was "Flaming Bow", that their course involved listening to Music/BarbraStreisand instead of re-enacting Custer's Last Stand, or that they were discovering pink rattlesnakes that hiss with an effeminate lisp) can nowadays come off as offensive to both the LGBT community ''and'' the Native American community.
* HilariousInHindsight: In a segment about stupid product warnings on his first album, he points out that Preperation H says "Do not take orally", then imagines someone writing a letter to the company complaining that their mouth is now so small that they can't even eat jelly beans anymore. This was several years before the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/woll-smoth Woll Smoth]] meme.

* RetroactiveRecognition: "The Bill Engvall Show" is better remembered as the starting point for Creator/JenniferLawrence than for anything related to Engvall himself.

* DeaderThanDisco: His sitcom was almost completely forgotten about after it went off the air and is barely a footnote in launching one of the biggest superstars of the 2010s.

* HilariousInHindsight: In a segment about stupid product warnings on his first album, he points out that Preperation H says "Do not take orally", then imagines someone writing a letter to the company complaining that their mouth is now so small that they can't even eat jelly beans anymore. This was several years before the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/woll-smoth Woll Smoth]] meme.

* RetroactiveRecognition: "The Bill Engvall Show" is better remembered as the starting point for Jennifer Lawrence than for anything related to Engvall himself.

* HilariousInHindsight: In a segment about stupid product warnings on his first album, he points out that Preperation H says "Do not take orally", then imagines someone writing a letter to the company complaining that their mouth is now so small that they can't even eat jelly beans anymore. This was several years before the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/woll-smoth Woll Smoth]] meme.