From the comedy skits on the original Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts to the long-running Hee Haw television program, country music stars have always been great about poking fun at themselves. So following the popularity of "Weird Al" Yankovic's wildly successful parodies of pop/rock songs and videos, it was only natural that a comedian would work the same angle in Nashville. Enter Cledus T. Judd, the rotund radio personality on Tampa Bay's WQYK-FM (99.5). He shot to fame in the late '90s with a series of hit music videos including "First Redneck on the Internet" and "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" — many of which feature A-List stars like Shania Twain, Faith Hill and the legendary Buck Owens in the videos. 3 stars
This article appears in Apr 18-24, 2007.
