Stream It Or Skip It?

For his sixth Netflix stand-up special, Jim Jefferies is not ashamed to share his love of shaving down to “Hitler face,” lets us know which letters in the LGBTQA+ community he thinks are worth more respect than others, and wonders why comedians don’t get so much respect. Hmmm, I wonder…

The Gist: When the Australian-born comedian first broke through on American television, Jim Jefferies was starring in an FX series loosely based on his life and comedy, Legit.

A full dozen years later, with several stand-up specials and a Comedy Central series in between, Jefferies is once again in a nationally-televised spotlight, this time hosting the FOX reality competition, The Snake, where competitors try to outwit and deceive one another.

So he’s enjoying a higher profile now as he releases his sixth special in the “Jim Jefferies Collection” on Netflix (following Bare, Freedumb, This Is Me Now, Intolerant, and High & Dry), and his 10th overall.

What Comedy Specials Will It Remind You Of?: Jefferies captures an audience looking for a white guy these days who’s looking to make more of a stir than Bill Burr, but without all of the baggage that Louis CK brought upon himself.

Memorable Jokes: Going after the late music legend Johnny Cash as overrated as a starting point demonstrates that Jefferies doesn’t care what you may think, he’s going to take aim at whomever he pleases.

That includes himself and his wife, an Indian actress with a British accent. He won’t try to impersonate the reverse, but he will openly cop to enjoying the end of every stand-up tour, when he shaves his tour beard in stages to reveal a tiny mustache in the style of Adolf Hitler. And yes, he knows he might get some grief for it, and yet he claims: “It’s a lot of fun that doesn’t f—ing hurt anyone!” Besides, he adds, part of the fun for him sporting that stache is getting of chores such as taking the couple’s son to school. “I am making fun off Hitler. I don’t take it seriously.”

He’s not a bad guy, though, he insists, noting his support of the LGBTQIA+ community. With a few caveats. Those being the +, the As, and the Bs. Plus is too inclusive, he argues, joking that Disney could include pornography in Disney+ if it wants to (swallowing Hulu whole in the coming year may not get them all the way there). He takes shots at asexuals as the opposite of gay men (“If you’re asexual, there is no struggle”), and concedes that his own penis has gotten him into more than enough trouble with friendships, jobs and child support. As for his beef with bisexuals? “They’re the most-watched thing on the Internet,” he quips.

His act gets more graphic from there, with him acting out various bisexual scenarios, and much later in the hour, using a story about his 83-year-old Australian father’s erectile function to jump into stories about his own sexual exploits and/or foibles; most notably describing a comedy festival he once attended that handed out face masks featuring the comedians’ faces, which prompted him to take his own mask for a test drive in the bedroom.

If you’re wondering where the title of his new hour comes from, it’s his fun way of explaining that after amassing a sizable number of disabled fans who want to meet Jefferies after his shows and snap photos with him, he has comb up with a “two limb policy.” As in, he jokes you’ll need to have two non-working limbs for the backstage meet-and-greet. Are there exceptions? “I will count autism as one limb,” Jefferies jokes, “and I’m a sucker for a lazy eye.” 

And if you think his routine on gun control (from Bare) got him into hot water, it’s nothing compared to the actual fear he felt when his tour took him to South Africa, where convicted murderer and double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been released from prison. Jefferies had a bit about Pistorius in Bare, as well, and per Jefferies’ policy, “he is definitely allowed backstage.”

Our Take: Jefferies jokes early in this hour that he holds jugglers in higher esteem than actors, because if he can get cast in TV and movies, then anyone can act. He doubles down on this by citing pre-teen Oscar winners and nominees, wondering how the rest of the industry must feel knowing kids can already achieve the heights they only aspire to. And Jefferies notes the irony that comedians and comedy is snubbed by the Academy Awards, only to be asked time and again to provide the entertainment by hosting.

How much respect do you figure Jefferies feels he has in show business?

He continues to put out great stand-up specials, and can be counted on to host his own shows for Comedy Central and FOX.

But where does he stand in stand-up as an offensively nice white guy comedian in 2025? Or would you describe Jefferies as nicely offensive? Either way, he clearly wants to keep rocking the boat, making enough waves to garner attention in his direction.

Why else would he skirt the edges of decency when pushing buttons when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, or physical disability? What other explanation is there for a completely gratuitous joke slighting the AIDS epidemic as “the original Ozempic?” Or reminding us how the word “gay” used to mean “happy,” only to then claim that marriage among gay men is more successful than lesbians “because there are no women involved.” Jefferies wants to rile you up. Is he being foolhardy? Or is he proving why he makes a perfect host for a competition called The Snake?

Nevertheless, Jefferies boasts has an impressive body of work as a stand-up, but this is not the most impressive hour in that body, no matter how many party tricks he may be able to pull in the bedroom, or onstage.

Our Call: SKIP IT — There are plenty of other hours of his on Netflix that I’d heartily recommend. If you haven’t seen Jefferies before, pick out one of those first from the platform’s “Jim Jefferies Collection” and then if you like that, then perhaps you’ll enjoy this new hour more.

Sean L. McCarthy works the comedy beat. He also podcasts half-hour episodes with comedians revealing origin stories: The Comic’s Comic Presents Last Things First.