Comedian CD Pulled From KY State Parks
A comedian who angered Appalachian residents with jokes they considered offensive won’t be allowed to sell CDs in a state park in Kentucky’s hill country.
The Department of Parks ordered recordings of comic-turned-politician Robert Farmer off the shelves at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park late Tuesday.
Farmer, who is running for the elected office of agriculture commissioner, drew no laughs from mountaineers with a stand-up routine that stereotypes them as toothless, inbred and living in a place where cars are up on blocks and homes are on wheels.
Republican Party Chairman Steve Robertson called on Gov. Steve Beshear on Tuesday to order the CDs removed from the park gift shop. The Department of Parks had the material removed shortly afterward.
The Farmer campaign had no immediate comment.
