History Trivia / CledusTJudd

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** "Gone Funky" references Salt-N-Pepa, Music/TwoLiveCrew, and Music/SnoopDogg's "Gin and Juice".
** "Quit Teasin' Me Ed" refers to Ed [=McMahon's=] appearances for the sweepstakes company American Family Publishers, which went out of business in 1998.
** "1-900-Sheila": 900 numbers went out of vogue in the late 90s.
** "Christ-Mas" references Tickle Me Elmo.
** "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" (Music/KennyChesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy") is a reference to an incident in 2000 when Kenny and Tim [=McGraw=] got arrested after stealing a Mounted Reserve Deputy's horse.
** "It's a Great Day to Be a Guy" references ''Series/AllyMcBeal''.
** "More Beaver" name-drops ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', ''Series/HomeImprovement'', and Creator/NickAtNite.
** "Don't Mess with America" (Music/BrooksAndDunn's "Only in America") could not be anymore obviously tied to the era right after 9/11.
** "Natalie, Martie, and Emily" (Music/BradPaisley's "Celebrity"), besides being tied to the Music/DixieChicks' CreatorKiller moment in 2003, has the line "You are Series/TheWeakestLink, goodbye!", a reference that was dated even then — and only even ''more'' dated when the song reappeared on ''Bipolar and Proud'' a year later.
** "Waitin' on Obama" (Brad Paisley's "Waitin' on a Woman") references UsefulNotes/BarackObama's election in 2008.
** "Let's Burn One" centers on the novelty of illegally downloading [=MP3s=] and burning mix [=CDs=], dating it firmly to the early 2000s.
** "Momma's Boy" with John Anderson references Elián González, ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', and audiocassettes. It's also clearly inspired by Scott Rouse's late-90s remixes of Creator/JeffFoxworthy and Creator/BillEngvall standup routines.
** Many of his parodies came out over a year after the original song, with the gap narrowing considerably over the years. ''Parodyziac!'' zig-zags this, as some of the parodies are of songs from 2010, while the album also includes parodies of Music/LittleBigTown's "Pontoon", which had ''just'' fallen from the charts when the album came out, and Music/EricChurch's "Creepin'", which ''hadn't even peaked yet'' when he spoofed it.
* WorkingTitle: ''Bipolar and Proud'' was originally supposed to be titled ''Cledus Gone Wild''. This explains the cover art, which features Judd flashing his chest.

** Three later songs, "Illegals" (2007), "Tiger by the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)" (2009 parody of Music/BuckOwens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail"), and "Redneck Christmas" (2010 duet with Deborah Allen) — were also never put on an album. No trace of "Illegals" existed anywhere on the Internet until someone uploaded the video in 2018.

** "Gone Funky" references, among other things, Salt-N-Pepa, Music/TwoLiveCrew, and Music/SnoopDogg's "Gin and Juice".

** "It's a Great Day to Be a Guy" references ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', and "More Beaver" name-drops ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/HomeImprovement'', plus "Nick at Nite" reruns of older shows.

** CJ Solar, one of the writers of Morgan Wallen's "Up Down", liked Judd's parody "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down".

** Three later songs, "Illegals" (2007), "Tiger by the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)" (2009 parody of Music/BuckOwens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail"), and "Redneck Christmas" (2010 duet with Deborah Allen) — were also never put on an album. There do not appear to be any circulating copies of "Illegals" anywhere, either.

* WorkingTitle: ''Bipolar and Proud'' was originally supposed to be titled ''Cledus Gone Wild''.This explains the cover art, which features Judd flashing his chest.

** Music/ShaniaTwain apparently liked "Any Gal of Mine" (based on her own "Any Man of Mine"), as she made cameos in some of his videos.
** Music/TobyKeith liked Cledus' parodies of his songs enough to write "Starkissed" for him and sing duet vocals on "I Love NASCAR" (a takeoff of his own "I Love This Bar").
** Music/LukeBryan tweeted that he enjoyed the late-2014 ribbing of him in "Luke Bryan" (a parody of "Blurred Lines").
** CJ Solar, one of the writers of Morgan Wallen's "Up Down", reacted positively to the parody "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down".

* CreatorCouple: He was briefly married to singer Julie Reeves. His previous wife, Kim Winters, sang female vocals on his early albums.

** According to a [[http://www.countrymailbag.com/bios/cledus_t_judd_bio.asp 2000 article]], his next album after ''Juddmental'' was supposed to be titled ''Songs to Eat By''. He was also in talks to publish an autobiography and record a duet with Music/WeirdAlYankovic, but neither happened.
** ''Boogity, Boogity'' was originally supposed to be released in 2005, but Koch Records closed before he could release it, so it ended up moving to Curb in 2007.

** "Momma's Boy" with John Anderson references Elián González, the then-recent ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' movie, etc.

* WorkingTitle: ''Bipolar and Proud'' was originally supposed to be titled ''Cledus Gone Wild'' (which is why he is flashing his chest on the cover).

* ApprovalOfGod: Many of his parodies' targets have approved of his takes on their songs. For instance, Music/LukeBryan tweeted that he enjoyed the late-2014 ribbing of him in "Luke Bryan" (a parody of "Blurred Lines"), and CJ Solar, one of the writers of "Up Down", reacted positively to "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down".

** Three later songs, "Illegals" (2007), "Tiger by the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)" (2009 parody of Music/BuckOwens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail"), and "Redneck Christmas" (2010 duet with Deborah Allen) — were also never put on an album.

* ApprovalOfGod: Many of his parodies' targets have approved of his takes on their songs. For instance, Music/LukeBryan tweeted that he enjoyed the late-2014 ribbing of him in "Luke Bryan" (a parody of "Blurred Lines").

* InMemoriam: The video for "Every Light in the House Is Blown" ("Every Light in the House" by Trace Adkins) ends with "Cledus and Trace wish to recognize the late Kent Robbins, the songwriter for 'Every Light in the House Is On.'[''sic''] Kent, we miss you."

* CreatorCouple: He was briefly married to singer Julie Reeves.

** The two extended plays in 2003 had limited runs, so most of the songs from them are hard to find.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Hell No" laments bad country and bad rap almost a decade before the advent of rap-influenced "bro-country" in 2013.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Hell No" laments bad country and bad rap almost a decade before the advent of "bro-country" in 2013.

* ArtistDisillusionment: According to [[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/474621/cledus-t-judd-parodies-miranda-lambert-little-big-town-on-parodyziac this Billboard article]], Cledus wanted to quit and focus on his radio career because "I'm tired of the traveling, and I just don't know if I'm funny anymore." Then his seven-year-old daughter told him, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments "Dad, here's the deal. If you quit being funny, then I'm not going to be happy anymore. She said 'You're funny, and you'll always be my daddy. So, you just keep singing, and wherever you're at, I'll just come and sit in the front row, and cheer you on."]]

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* CoveredUp: Very rare since he usually writes his own non-parody material too, but it has happened:
** "Ricky Tidwell's Mama's Gonna Play Football" was originally recorded by Creator/TimWilson.
** "Stephon the Alternative Lifestyle Reindeer" was also recorded by Mac [=McAnally=].