ventriloquist
A young ventriloquist is touring the South and stops to entertain in a bar in Arkansas.
He’s going through his usual “Stupid redneck” jokes, when a big burly guy in the audience stands up and says, “I’ve heard just about enough of your smartass hillbilly jokes, we ain’t all stupid here in Arkansas.”
Flustered, the ventriloquist begins to apologize, when the big guy pipes up, “You stay out of this, mister, I’m talking to the smartass little fella on your knee!”