Jimmy Fallon, longtime Tonight Show host and former Saturday Night Live alum, recently found himself on the receiving end of some down-to-earth advice from country music superstar Blake Shelton—about trucks. During a September 2024 appearance, Shelton couldn’t hide his excitement when Fallon revealed he’d joined the “truck driving dudes” club with a brand-new Ford F-150 King Ranch.

“Man, I heard about that!” Shelton said. “What’d you get?”

Fallon proudly described his blue-and-khaki pickup, joking it looked like it worked at Best Buy. But Shelton quickly turned serious about what it means to really own a truck.

“Are you keeping it clean? Is it looking nice?” Shelton asked.

Fallon assured him the truck was “pretty clean,” only to be met with a shockingly blunt response:

“That’s wrong,” Shelton declared. “If you’re gonna buy a truck, you gotta get some mud on it! You gotta have mud on the sides. You gotta have dents in it, scratches, guts in the back! Like, yeah, corn and shovels.”

“Corn and shovels?” Fallon laughed, bewildered. “This sounds like a Dateline episode! Guts?! It sounds like Lester Holt should be doing this.”

Shelton clarified with a chuckle, “Just crap, you know? Trucks are a tool, you don’t drive around the city in it.”

Fallon quickly assured Shelton his was no “city truck,” but a “country truck” that lives on a farm—perfect for hauling pumpkins, especially with pumpkin season approaching.

“I got it because, very important, pumpkin season is coming up,” Fallon said, prompting laughter from the audience. “And you’re gonna want a place to put the pumpkins.”

Shelton nodded in agreement. “Of course, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. It is getting close to pumpkin season and gotta go get a load of ’em.”

The playful exchange perfectly showcased Shelton’s genuine country roots and Fallon’s good-natured humor—proving that sometimes, buying a truck is about more than just looks; it’s about getting a little mud under the tires and truly living the truck life.