Did you know that Jeff Foxworthy opened a barbecue restaurant in Kissimmee?

It flopped, unfortunately, but he's not bitter whatsoever.

In fact, the funny man might even take another stab at it -- just for the perks alone.

I had about six minutes with the multiple Grammy Award nominee during his media tour for the new quiz show, "The American Bible Challenge."

You can watch our entire interview on Central Florida on Demand - Bright House Ch. 300. Just click on the "Movies & Music" section, then scroll to "Celebrities."

Or, read it here:

ALLISON WALKER: He's ready to host another game show and y'all better be ready for this. "The American Bible Challenge" debuts on GSN on Bright House Networks. So thrilled to have one of the country's most successful comedians with us right now, Jeff Foxworthy. Jeff, thanks for being with us. How are you, my friend?

JEFF FOXWORTHY: I'm great, Allison. How are you?

AW: Couldn't be any better. Now, before we get to how a proud redneck got interested in hosting this kind of show, folks might not have known that you had a BBQ joint in Kissimmee. Are you going to give it another shot? We want you back here.

JF: You know what - my whole deal is I love being able to pop in and get free BBQ. So, I hope so. That's always been one of my favorite parts of the country. I just need and excuse to come back down there.

AW: You have an invitation from us, so there you go.

JF: (Laughing) Thank you.

AW: People also may not have known that you were an IBM guy, but then on a dare from friends, you did a few minutes of comedy. Take us back to that Atlanta comedy club.

JF: I carried a tote bag. I fixed machines for IBM and I had a bunch of friends that were always going to the comedy club. And they signed me up for a competition for comedians. I mean, not even an amateur night thing. I was the guy always doing impersonations of the boss in the break room and getting caught, and so they entered me in this contest. And the first time on stage, I won the contest. I knew I loved it. I knew I wanted to do it again.

I quit my job. My parents thought I'd lost my mind. They're like, 'Are you on drugs? What's wrong with you?' Five years later I was on Johnny Carson and my same mother was going, 'You know, you wasted all those years at IBM.' But I am such a lucky guy because I've made a wonderful living doing something that I love to do. And it has taken on so many forms over the years; whether it was the redneck stuff, and then it was the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

You know, I never thought I'd host a game show and then it was "Smarter Than a 5th Grader." And because of the success of that, GSN contacted me and [asked me about] doing something like that, but with a Bible. I kind of took a step back and thought, 'Ok, can you do this? Is this OK? Is it irreverent?' Here's the thing that sold me on it, Allison. Every team that plays on there, they're not winning anything for themselves. They're taking that money and they're loving on somebody in their community -- whether it's a food bank or a youth crisis center. And so if you read the Bible, the only people Jesus ever got upset with were the Pharisees that had all this head knowledge, but no heart knowledge. Well these people, we tell their stories. They're out there doing this every week. It's almost like "Extreme Home Makeover" where you see a whole community come together to do something for somebody else and not, then, for themselves. And then the challenge is, OK, can we have fun with it, make it relevant, make it contemporary. And so we have little games like CSI Holy Land, where we talk about a crime in the Bible. You've got to tell us who committed it. Or is it Word of the Lord or Lord of the Rings -- we give you a quote. Or, Faithbook! If there was a Facebook page, whose page would this be? So I think we're able to have fun with it, able to be respectful, and able to tell these stories of people out there blessing somebody else if for no other reason, then, than they feel like they're blessed themselves.

AW: So for folks who go to church once every millennium, what's the hook to keep them interested? The fact that it's contemporary, right?

JF: Well I think so! Well, the other thing - I think it's like "Smarter Than a 5th Grader." I think everybody's going to know some of this stuff. I mean, most of us grew up with at least some of that in our lives. So I think everybody's going to know some of it. Obviously as the game goes on, the questions get more difficult. But the message hasn't changed for thousands of years. I mean, God knows the way we're wired the best. So if anything, as Christians, one of our shortcomings is we're not very joyful. And so to show a side where, if somebody didn't have faith and they looked at it and go, 'That's cool. Somebody's doing something kind for somebody else. I want to be a part of that,' I don't see how that could be a bad thing. It's nothing but a good thing.

AW: I also want to talk about another good thing. In the works is a new animated TV series called "Bounty Hunters" starring Larry the Cable Guy, your dear friend and our local boy. So tell us what's the deal with this?

JF: You know what? It's funny. You just kind of go along in your career being a comedian, and then all of a sudden you realize, "Hey, everybody knows my voice!" If I'm in somewhere, people may not look until I talk and then everybody turns their head. And so we always kind of wanted to do an animated thing and so Bill Engvall, Larry and I are doing this thing. It's kind of like a take-off of "Dog the Bounty Hunter," but we're bounty hunters and we're total idiots which we pretty much are on stage anyway. But it's been a lot of fun because when you're doing stand-up, you get to use your hands and facial things, and it's like, "Can I convey this same comedy just using my voice?" We recorded a couple of them already and I think it's really funny.

AW: We are looking forward to all your projects, Jeff. Thank you so much. The American Bible Challenge airs Thursdays on GSN. Now, you come down here and we are going to have BBQ. But I can only get it for free if you open up your own restaurant.

JF: (Laughing) OK! I will open another restaurant just so we can get a free lunch out of the deal, Allison!