{"id":2611674,"date":"2026-06-07T11:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-me-be-the-guy-thats-not-funny-anymore-jeff-foxworthy-opens-up-on-his-possibly-final-special\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:46:34","slug":"dont-let-me-be-the-guy-thats-not-funny-anymore-jeff-foxworthy-opens-up-on-his-possibly-final-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-me-be-the-guy-thats-not-funny-anymore-jeff-foxworthy-opens-up-on-his-possibly-final-special\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Don&#8217;t let me be the guy that&#8217;s not funny anymore&#8217;: Jeff Foxworthy opens up on his possibly final special"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdont-let-me-be-the-guy-thats-not-funny-anymore-jeff-foxworthy-opens-up-on-his-possibly-final-special%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611674&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jeff Foxworthy has released his new stand-up special, *The Joke\u2019s On Me*, on FOX Nation on June 1. The show is more revealing than a typical comedy hour: it mixes footage from about a year of joke testing at comedy clubs and personal conversations, including clips that show the \u201cmessy\u201d process of building material. About 15 minutes focus on this behind-the-scenes progress, while the remaining 45 minutes filmed at Gas South Theatre in Duluth, Georgia, delivers new jokes-such as a 14-minute bit about getting bitten by a venomous snake-along with stories about aging, his 42-year marriage, and his grandson, followed by his classic \u201cYou might be a redneck\u201d routines.<\/p>\n<p>Foxworthy largely avoids political jokes because he doesn\u2019t want to split the audience, but he reflects on how trust in government and news is low, based on questions he says he\u2019s asked repeatedly during audience work. He also discusses how the digital age has changed comedy, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> pushing vrey short content that makes longer stand-up bits harder to seperate from the crowd. His advice for aspiring comics is that you have to truly love comedy enough to give up other work.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether this could be his last special, Foxworthy says he doesn\u2019t know without a doubt, but suggests he doesn\u2019t want to overstay his welcome-preferring to stop while people still remember him as funny. He maintains, though, that he likely won\u2019t stop doing stand-up entirely, and the special is streaming now on FOX Nation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legendary comic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"688\">Jeff Foxworthy<\/a> released his new stand-up comedy special, <em>The Joke\u2019s On Me<\/em>, on June 1 with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"92\">Fox News<\/a> media streaming service, Fox Nation. It\u2019s not your average hourlong comedy show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To barter for the special, Foxworthy told Fox he wanted to show viewers the <em>whole<\/em> messy process of what it takes to create one. He was confident they wouldn\u2019t agree to it. But they did.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4598244\/scott-pelley-accused-physical-abuse-60-minutes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Scott Pelley says he was accused of physical abuse before 60 Minutes firing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4597308\/natasha-owens-drops-tds-song-music-video\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Natasha Owens drops \u2018TDS\u2019 song and music video: \u2018You tested positive\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4596337\/trump-announces-new-performers-of-greatest-rally-ever-on-june-24-rally-to-end-all-rallies\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump announces new performers of \u2018greatest rally ever\u2019 on June 24: \u2018Rally to end all rallies\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clips of the year he spent testing jokes at comedy clubs, along with intimate chats with both <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marriage\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1429\">his wife<\/a> and Larry, a childhood friend, are woven throughout the special. The clips, totaling about 15 minutes, give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into creating the show. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 45 minutes filmed at Gas South Theatre in Duluth, Georgia, is on new material, including a 14-minute joke about when he got bitten by a venomous snake. He also spends that time making the audience laugh about aging gracefully, his 42-year marriage, and a sweet story about his grandson to kickstart his closing \u201cYou might be a redneck\u201d jokes \u2014 Foxworthy\u2019s trademark.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeff Foxworthy performs his new comedy special, \u201cThe Joke\u2019s On Me,\u201d on Fox News\u2019s streaming service FOX Nation. (Credit: FOX Nation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A smidgen of the special was spent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-leno-seems-to-defend-cancel-culture-you-either-change-with-the-times-or-you-die\/\" title=\"Jay Leno Seems To Defend Cancel Culture: \u2018You Either Change With The Times Or You Die\u2019\">political humor<\/a>, an area Foxworthy purposefully avoids because he doesn\u2019t want to split the room.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what side you\u2019re on; half the room hates you. I\u2019d rather, to me, the biggest compliment is somebody going, \u2018Oh my god, you\u2019ve been in our house,\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019ve done that,\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019ve thought that,\u2019\u201d Foxworthy tells the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, Foxworthy shares an observation he\u2019s made while working on this latest project: \u201cOver the last few months, I\u2019ve probably asked this about 10 times \u2026 and I don\u2019t really know what I want to do with it \u2026 but I\u2019ve asked the entire audience, \u2018How many people trust your government?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you know, not one person has yet to raise their hand, and I go, \u2018How many people trust <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3\">your news<\/a>?\u2019 Nobody raises their hand. \u2018How many people trust social media?\u2019 Nobody raised their hand, and I just think, what does that say about us, that we\u2019re so used to being liked that we just accept it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foxworthy then said, \u201cBut part of me thinks, well, doesn\u2019t that make you just starve for the truth? For somebody to just tell you the truth, and I think that\u2019s what most good comedy is,\u201d noting that good comics are astute observers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a 57-year career in comedy, Foxworthy knows what he\u2019s talking about: \u201cBefore I got into comedy, I\u2019d never been out of the South through doing stand-up. I\u2019ve been to all 50 states, probably most parts of all 50 states. What I have found is the geography changes and the accents change, but it\u2019s been pretty amazing to me how much people are alike. And I think you could take people that were polar opposites politically, and you could sit down with them and say, \u2018What do you want out of life?\u2019 And I bet 85% of it would be the same. Yeah, like everybody wants to be loved, everybody wants to have somebody to love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4545411\/jimmy-kimmel-addresses-melania-trump-social-media-post\/\"><strong>JIMMY KIMMEL ADDRESSES MELANIA TRUMP\u2019S SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT HIS \u2018CORROSIVE\u2019 COMEDY SKIT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But comedy, as an industry, has not been immune to the effects of the digital age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, as Foxworthy said with a laugh, \u201cI made most of my big money by doing CDs or albums and DVDs \u2026 now nobody buys those, nobody buys CDs, nobody buys DVDs, so now it\u2019s like everybody has their social media platform, but the hard thing about that is \u2026 we\u2019re in such a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short-attention span world<\/a> that everybody\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"433\">social media<\/a> content is 30-seconds long or 40-seconds long, and shoot, I have bits that are 15-minutes long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued, \u201cIf you need help with your social media, I am not the guy, but if you need help in writing a joke, or putting something together, I know how to do that. I guess the way we\u2019ve done it has changed. I do think now it\u2019s probably harder to separate from the pack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was one unequivocal piece of advice, though, and it\u2019s that one must love comedy to do it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomebody will come up [to me] and they\u2019ll go, \u2018I think I want to be a comic, but \u2026 I\u2019m not ready to quit my job,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018well, if you\u2019re not ready to quit your job, you really don\u2019t want to be a comic,\u2019 because, the ones that I know, it\u2019s like once they discovered it, there was no other option, it was \u2018I\u2019m gonna do this regardless,\u2019\u201d Foxworthy said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Comic Jeff Foxworthy spoke with the Washington Examiner this week about his new comedy special, \u201cThe Joke\u2019s On Me,\u201d  which is streaming now on FOX Nation. (Credit: FOX Nation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if this was his last special, Foxworthy said, \u201cWell, to be honest, Judy, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut it might be\u2026 If it is, I can live with it. I know it\u2019s silly, but like from the time I started[hispreviousNetflixspecial[hispreviousNetflixspecial<em>The Good Old Days<\/em>], I used to tell my wife, \u2018Don\u2019t let me be the guy that\u2019s not funny anymore, don\u2019t let me keep doing it, because there\u2019s nothing sadder than somebody that used to be good at something and they\u2019re not anymore\u2019 \u2026 whether it\u2019s an athlete, a singer, a politician. It\u2019s possible to stay at the dance too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife, Pamela Gregg, offered wise words. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s so much smarter than me, she would always say, \u2018If you listen carefully, you\u2019ll know,\u2019 but at the end of this \u2026 I\u2019m proud of that, I\u2019m the old dude, but it\u2019s still funny, still good, so I don\u2019t want to do it too long. I\u2019d rather stop where people have fond memories, instead of, \u2018oh my god, remember when he used to be funny?\u2019 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/4582162\/will-you-just-smile-already\/\"><strong>MAGAZINE: WILL YOU JUST SMILE ALREADY?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, I wouldn\u2019t say 100% it\u2019s the last, but there\u2019s a good chance it\u2019s the last, and I don\u2019t think I would ever stop doing stand-up, I enjoy it too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foxworthy\u2019s last special (maybe), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.foxnews.com\/jeff-foxworthy-the-jokes-on-me-nation\/#&#038;_intcmp=fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_11\"><em>The Joke\u2019s On Me<\/em><\/a>, is available now on FOX Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary comic Jeff Foxworthy\u2019s new special, *The Joke\u2019s On Me*, debuted June 1 on FOX Nation and isn\u2019t your typical hourlong set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3954,"featured_media":2611675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JeffFoxworthy_Horizontal_Master-2-e1780681658385.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80972,36251,80971,37274,48254],"class_list":["post-2611674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-comedy-specials","tag-entertainment-news","tag-jeff-foxworthy","tag-live-performance","tag-stand-up-comedy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JeffFoxworthy_Horizontal_Master-2-e1780681658385.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611682,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611674\/revisions\/2611682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}