RUBE/HILLBILLY HUMOR

RUBE/HILLBILLY HUMOR The stereotypical image of the hick from the sticks is a long-lasting one in American culture, and has been exploited by generations of country-music entertainers. Among its earliest manifestations is the famous Arkansas Traveler skit, in which a city slicker is outwitted in a series of questions and answers by a clever country rube. That the supposedly uneducated farmer in fact is smarter than the urbanite is part and parcel of the humor. The fiddle tune and skit date back…