Los Angeles-based Parallel Entertainment is a management and production company seriously dedicated to the business of comedy. In 1991, CEO J.P. Williams founded Parallel as a personal management company, with one client—Jeff Foxworthy. Today, Parallel is one of the most successful personal management and production companies in the entertainment business, as a recent New Yorker profile of the Company pointed out. The Company manages and is partnered in various entertainment ventures with such top comedians as Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill Engvall, the trio collectively known as the ‘Blue Collar Comedians.’ Blue Collar Comedy projects, including films, television series and specials, concerts, DVD premiere films, comedy CD’s, and merchandise have generated over a quarter billion dollars in actual revenues since 2000.
