A young ventriloquist is touring in the Southeast and stops to entertain in a bar in Alababma. He's going through his usual stupid redneck jokes, when a big burly guy in he audience stands and says threateningly, "I've heard just about enough of your smartass hillbilly jokes--we ain't all stupid here in Alabama!!"
Flustered, the ventriloquist begins to apologize, when the big guy interupts him and say,"You stay out of this mister--I'm talking to the smartass little fella on your knee!"