History Music / CledusTJudd

** In "Gone Funky": "Well, he's fed up with Travis, Garth, Music/TimMcGraw, Collin Raye, Billy Ray Cyrus, Music/JohnMichaelMontgomery, and Joe Diffie."

** "Cledus Went Down to Florida" does ones to Creator/JeffFoxworthy, but they're InUniverse (the story of the song is Cledus losing an opening gig for Garth Brooks to Jeff Foxworthy, due to Jeff sabotaging a car that Cledus stole) and he gives a JustJokingJustification at the end.

** His first two albums had parodies of songs that were several years older than their release date. The first had parodies of "Hotel California" by Music/{{Eagles}} (1977) and "Music/WeAreTheWorld" by USA for Africa (1985), which also rank among his only non-country parodies; the second had parodies of "Jackson" by Music/JohnnyCash and June Carter Cash (1963), "Cadillac Style" by Sammy Kershaw (1991), "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band (1979), and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy (1978). By 1998's ''Did I Shave My Back for This''?, his parodies were mostly within a year of the original song's release (although even that album had a parody of Joe Diffie's 1994 hit "Third Rock from the Sun").

* BuxomIsBetter: "Double D Cups" sings the praises of busty women.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** ''Cledus Envy'', ''Bipolar and Proud'', and ''Parodyziac!'' all have one serious song each: "Leave You Laughing", "Funny Man", and "104 Amanda Street", respectively.
** "Wife Naggin'" on ''Just Another Day in Parodies'' is one of only two times that he ever parodied an album cut (specifically, Music/TheChicks' "Sin Wagon").
** As is often the case with Christmas albums, ''Cledus Navidad'' is somewhere between this and OddballInTheSeries: only four new songs, three covers (Mac [=McAnally's=] "Stephon the Alternative Lifestyle Reindeer", Music/RayStevens' "Santa Claus Is Watching You", and Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" in a Southern rock style -- by extension, this also makes it the only song that he has both parodied and covered), two parodies of older songs ("Tree's on Fire" and "All I Want for Christmas Is Two Gold Front Teef", parodies of "Ring of Fire" and "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" respectively), and one reissue ("Merry Christmas from the Whole Fam Damily", previously found on ''Just Another Day in Parodies'').
** After his own real-life baptism, he co-wrote "Three Feet of Water", a serious baptism-themed song on Music/BrantleyGilbert's ''The Devil Don't Sleep''.

* BigEater: The woman in "She's Got a Butt Bigger than the Beatles", and sometimes Judd himself, as seen in "Cledus Don't Stop Eatin' for Nothin'" (Music/BrooksAndDunn's "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothin'"), "Bake Me a Country Ham" (Music/TracyLawrence's "Paint Me a Birmingham"), and "A Little More Hungry Than That" (Easton Corbin "A Little More Country Than That").

** "Christ-Mas" is a shot-for-shot parody of the "This Kiss" video (which has Faith dancing on flowers, swinging from oversized cherries, and riding a rocket) — the surroundings become candy canes, ornaments, and a toy rocket. (This is because [[ParodyAssistance both the original and parody video were directed by Steven Goldmann.]])

* SongParody: His bread and butter, although like most parodists he has original material as well.

** Early on (except for "Indian In-Laws" and "Swingin'"), he usually sang in a slightly off-key, affected nasal twang that one critic described as "[[Series/HeeHaw Junior Samples]] on helium". Over time, he began using his normal voice more often, and even returns to the more twangy delivery managed to stay in key.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For the three serious songs in his catalogue ("Leave You Laughin'", "Funny Man", and "104 Amanda St."), Cledus sings in his normal voice rather than his trademark Southern drawl.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For three serious songs in his catalogue ("Leave You Laughin'", "Funny Man", and "104 Amanda St."), Cledus sings in his normal voice rather than his trademark Southern drawl.

->''When you think about mePoole (born December 18, 1964), or as he is better known, Cledus T. Judd, is known primarily for his humorous parodies \\

A CountryMusic parody artist for 20 years, Barryof CountryMusic songs, often replete with humorous music videos. Essentially, he's the Music/WeirdAlYankovic of country.

->''When you think about me\\

A CountryMusic parody artist for 20 years, Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964), or as he is better known, Cledus T. Judd, is known primarily for his humorous parodies of CountryMusic songs, often replete with humorous music videos. Essentially, he's the Music/WeirdAlYankovic of country.

* BigEater: The woman in "She's Got a Butt Bigger than the Beatles", and sometimes Judd himself, as seen in "Cledus Don't Stop Eatin' for Nothin'" (Music/BrooksAndDunn's "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothin'") and "Bake Me a Country Ham" (Music/TracyLawrence's "Paint Me a Birmingham").

** Starting with "If Shania Was Mine", he made it a running gag that he was trying to court Music/ShaniaTwain. This gag ended with his parody of her 1998 hit "Honey, I'm Home", titled "Shania, I'm Broke".

** "In Another Size" is credited to "Waite Gaines with Patricia Earwood", the former a parody of Music/GarthBrooks' alter ego Chris Gaines and Garth's longtime wife Music/TrishaYearwood. Judd's ex-wife, Kim Winters, takes Trisha's part.

** The albums from ''Juddmental'' backward also stand out for their use of Kim Winters on female vocals, most prominently when he parodied a male-female duet. Winters had somewhat of a StylisticSuck nature to her much like Judd himself, but later songs requiring female vocals had more normal sounding ones.

** The opening of the "Coronary Life" video is a parody of the opening to ''Series/{{Emergency}}''

** Joe Diffie opens the video to "She's Got a Butt Bigger Than the Beatles" by saying, "Folks, I just want you to know that I had absolutely nothing to do with the making of this video."

In January 2015, Judd announced his retirement after 20 years. But he came back in 2018 with a new parody called "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down", based on Morgan Wallen's "Up Down".

** Averted in the "Paycheck Woman" video. Cledus's guitar playing appears to be real (although the song is mostly composed of G and D chords, which are usually easy for even an amateur guitarist).
** Zig-zagged and PlayedForLaughs in the "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down" video. Judd's guitar playing still appears to be real attempts at playing G and D chords, while his family members stand behind him with bored expressions, barely paying attention to their instruments at all (including a ukulele and hand drum, neither of which is actually in the song).

A CountryMusic parody artist for 20 years, Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964), or as he is better known, Cledus T. Judge, is known primarily for his humorous parodies of CountryMusic songs, often replete with humorous music videos. Essentially, he's the Music/WeirdAlYankovic of country.

** Guest vocalist Daryle Singletary does this on "Ricky Tidwell's Mama's Gonna Play Football", intentionally singing low notes that are way out of his range and require him to use vocal fry.

* VocalRangeExceeded: Invoked by Daryle Singletary's duet vocals on "Ricky Tidwell's Mama's Gonna Play Football", where he repeatedly sings too deep for his range on purpose.