Comedian Jeff Foxworthy released his first stand-up special in a long time. Netflix, in their attempt to keep new and original content on the service, paid for the special to be exclusive to their streaming platform.
Now both are the butt of jokes, as people online make fun of the stale humor the company presumably paid top dollar for.
The Twitter account Netflix Is A Joke, the account used to promote comedy on the platform, shared some screenshots of the new Foxworthy special.
And the joke made is old and tired.
pic.twitter.com/zmeC4MKlqW— Netflix Is A Joke (@Netflix Is A Joke) 1647986448
During Foxworthy’s new solo special—the first he’s released in over two decades—he explores observations about older and younger generations.
But not all of these jokes were winners.
When he discussed how he used to play sports, it led to the cringy moment shared by Netflix:
“I played every sport. And it was weird back then.”
“Because if you wanted a trophy, you had to finish in first place. It was nuts.”
The joke is meant to make fun of so-called ‘participation trophies’, the awards given to children in sports who didn’t win. The implication is that being given a trophy for nothing made millennials entitled.
It’s a very old joke, and one that’s been shared far and wide by weird uncles on Facebook.
The internet couldn’t believe that Netflix paid a probably sizeable amount of money for this special.
Everyone's Netflix costs more bc they had to pay Jeff foxworthy to tell 15 year old jokes. Cool.https://twitter.com/netflixisajoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— marie (@marie) 1647994563
It\u2019s unfair to judge Jeff Foxworthy\u2019s whole special on his one participation trophy joke, he also talks about kale (why are we so obsessed with it!?), oat milk (how do you even milk an oat?!), and avocado toast (maybe if we stopped buying so much we\u2019d have health insurance!!!)— gianmarco (@gianmarco) 1648072931
Can someone explain to me how Jeff Foxworthy being given a Netflix special in 2022 is not, in itself, a big ass participation trophy?https://twitter.com/NetflixIsAJoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— Yagyu Beef (@Yagyu Beef) 1648016176
Did Jeff foxworthy laugh when he wrote this joke or did he just stare blankly \u201cyes this will do\u201d— Big Joel (@Big Joel) 1648063722
Jeff Foxworthy is the son of an IBM Executive, and his first job was at his dad's office.https://twitter.com/NetflixIsAJoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— Dr. Matthew Morrison (@Dr. Matthew Morrison) 1648007375
Participation trophies were invented by rich Boomers like Jeff Foxworthy who were upset when they couldn't bribe the refs to make sure their kid won. They then turn around and blame their own kids for "inventing" them.https://twitter.com/NetflixIsAJoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— mega them (@mega them) 1647995271
apart from the joke being the most low-energy boomer bullshit ever does Jeff Foxworthy not understand that second place and even third place frequently get trophies as well\nlike in the Olympics, even, they give out medals for those spots— it's coup for my family (@it's coup for my family) 1648064316
Despite what the generation of baby boomers might gripe about, it’s hard to believe little bits of plastic that the kids didn’t even want led to an inflated sense of entitlement. Instead, there’s evidence that participation trophies led to millennials having a toxic work/life balance.
Millennials are twice as likely as boomers to be afraid of losing their job, and less likely to use their vacation time. And with the advent of the internet and email, even when they’re off the clock, they’re still working.
Foxworthy’s joke wasn’t really tone-deaf, but old and tired. The fact that such material could make it into a comedy special in the year 2022 is astounding.
To make it funnier, people came up with their own jokes.
Jeff Foxworthy is apparently older than the concept of "silver" and "bronze" trophies.\n\nThat makes him an ancient, unholy thing, an abomination unto the eyes of the Lord.https://twitter.com/NetflixIsAJoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— The Call is Coming from Inside the Nash (@The Call is Coming from Inside the Nash) 1648009420
Jeff Foxworthy, in a Netflix special despite not being funny in 30 years, complaining about participation trophies? Netflix specials are participation trophies for shitty old washed up comedians.https://twitter.com/netflixisajoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— Olivia Hill (@Olivia Hill) 1648001842
Wasn\u2019t expecting this type of material from Jeff Foxworthy in 2022 but I\u2019m here for it pic.twitter.com/BJDQea1Srh— Ash Diggs (@Ash Diggs) 1648048415
The only advice I\u2019m interested in from Jeff Foxworthy is how to have your hair slightly longer at the back without becoming a full-fledged mullet. Say what you will about his disappointing comments but the man\u2019s walked that razor-thin tightrope for 30 years and not once stumbled.pic.twitter.com/Qv9x8yE1U7— Jeremy Woodcock (@Jeremy Woodcock) 1648059672
didn't jeff foxworthy host a show that rewarded adults with money for being able to pass elementary school?— Intelligent YaQube (@Intelligent YaQube) 1648004924
God took Bob Saget and left Jeff Foxworthy here. Fuck this timeline.https://twitter.com/netflixisajoke/status/1506390462956986373\u00a0\u2026— Justice for Janet (@Justice for Janet) 1648006783
Foxworthy’s special The Good Ol’ Days is now streaming on Netflix.
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