Canton, Texas responds to their mention on ‘The Colbert Report’
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And yet another Canton gets indignant and requests a visit from Stephen Colbert before he passes judgement. And another threat of violence.
For me personally, Canton hasn’t been the same since their neighboring town, Ben Wheeler, shut down the Round-Up Cafe. The chicken fried steak and pie at the Round-Up was absolutely legendary, and their tea was always wonderfully sweet. *sigh* The hubby and I would drive through Canton every 3-4 months on our way to Ben Wheeler. It’s a 2-hour drive from our home in downtown Dallas, but it was worth every minute and every drop of gas to get there. I really miss that chicken fried steak.
From the Tyler Morning Telegraph:
Canton Leaders Want Comic To Visit Before Ridiculing City
By CINDY MALLETTE Staff Writer
Friday, August 15, 2008“What does that sucker know about it? He’s never been here anyway,” said City Councilmember John Fuller, a resident of Canton for 37 years. “I wouldn’t live anywhere else. The people here are genuine and friendly.” McCuistion, who moved to Canton last year from Waxahachie and grew up in West Texas, said Canton is a great town and invited Colbert to see for himself.
“The folks are nice and friendly here, and there’s a lot of beautiful countryside,” McCuistion said. “We’ve got a lot of economic development going on here. It’s a fine place to raise a family and work in the Metroplex. The location’s great.”
He said Colbert should time his visit to correspond with the town’s world-famous First Monday Trades Days.
“That’d be the time he’d need to come down,” McCuistion said. “Canton is known worldwide. You can go anywhere in the world, and people will say, ‘Canton? Yeah, I know where that is. It’s where that big flea market is.’” Fuller said he would invite Colbert to visit Canton, too, for entirely different reasons.
“If he comes down here, I’ll mash his nose,” Fuller said, laughing.
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21 Comments
August 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
i wonder how long this will go on? I doubt stephen will respond to this.
recaptcha: anderson limon. heheh.
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August 15th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Actually, I was thinking he would go on until he insulted every Canton in America. It would be quite funny, especially since every single Canton keeps getting their panties in a bunch about it.
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August 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I made a set of audio clips out of the latest Canton installment: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2084/Canton
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August 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Anywhere in the world?
I’d never even heard of ANY town called Canton till Stephen mentioned it!
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August 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I’ve been to Canton.
Trust me, Stephen – don’t go.
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August 15th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
i’m interested to see how long this whole thing goes. surely as long as we have new towns to make fun of…i wonder what then?
How i do enjoy canton jokes.
and i’m with you…i hadnt heard of canton before this whole string of jokes!
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August 15th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
this thing is a “Top Story” on yahoo right now! it’s totally not that big of a story…I mean the uproar on the colboards is nothing compared to the Cantons in Georgia and Kansas.
but the story had a nice piece of “eye candy” attached to it so it was overall a good experience clicking on it.
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August 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I kind of want to see this keep going until we run out of Cantons. XD
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August 16th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Can you imagine if he attacked a town named Springfield…say Springfield, IL? That would go on for a looooooooong time.
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August 16th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Colbert already tried to steal Lincoln’s body from Springfield. That was probably insult enough. ;)
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August 16th, 2008 at 12:57 am
the canton thing hasn’t gotten old yet. what was great was that south dakota residents agreed … i am from texas, and have never heard of this world famous flea market the canton mayor is talking about … i mean, is that all they got?
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August 16th, 2008 at 10:26 am
I’m still trying to figure out why everyone wants to physically harm him.
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August 17th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Lesser minds resort first to violence… :-(
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August 16th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I guess they don’t get the joke. Maybe they are not it getters.
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August 16th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I am truly stunned and mystified that after all silly Canton smack talk that (excluding SD), Canton folks still don’t get that it’s a joke. I was that after the song this past week that surely everyone was going to see how incredibly silly and funny this all is. I was very much mistaken.
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August 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I’m pretty sure the Canton guys understood the joke. In fact, they were laughing when I interviewed them about it. None of them had heard of Colbert, but they laughed at his statement that their town is “an incorporated outhouse.”
I hope Colbert does come to visit. I’m sure his nose will remain un-mashed, and I’d love to cover the story :)
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
“Canton is known worldwide. You can go anywhere in the world, and people will say, ‘Canton? Yeah, I know where that is. It’s where that big flea market is.’”
He’s joking, right? I like flea markets as much as the next person, but a) I’ve never heard of it, b) it’s probably known throughout Texas and possibly the states surrounding it, but worldwide? I don’t think so, and c) even if it’s world-famous, I’m not going to go halfway across the country for a flea market. At least the president doesn’t live in their town. Poor Crawford…
I’m glad some people in Canton, TX got the joke. I’d pay big money to have Stephen call MY town an “incorporated outhouse.” :)
reCAPTCHA: overjoyed men
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August 20th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
The Canton Days flea market in Canton, TX, is absolutely huge. I’ve been before, and even in 8 hours I wasn’t able to see all the booths. I was able to walk from one end to the other, but not all the way side to side. It’s really crazy stuff. And yes, it really is known by people all over the country. Just not all people. :)
http://www.firstmondaycanton.com/
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August 20th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
My apologies. I’ve never heard of it, but then again, I don’t get out much. Or at all, really. I suppose a town could do worse than to have a 100+ acre open-air market of antiques and locally-produced goods and produce. AND a food court. Most of the flea markets I’ve been to just have a little repository of fried foods. It looks great, but I can’t help but wonder what goes on in this town the other 27 or so days out of the month. I’m guessing not much.
But I will reiterate my earlier point– at least it’s not Crawford. I’ve heard Crawford’s a depressing town AND they’ve got Bush living there.
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August 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am
Hahaha XD I am originally from this Canton.
I had to laugh, the joke is hilarious; all of the “Canton” jokes were funny. I was waiting for Colbert to finally bring this one into the mix.
And no, outside of First Monday, hardly ANYTHING goes on the other 27 days of the month, you have to drive 30 minutes either direction on the interstate to go to the movies (minus the one screen theater 15 minutes away, but it only has one daily showing), go to malls/decent shopping that isn’t wal-mart, and get alcohol if you drink (the whole /county/ is still dry).
I guess, compared to a lot of places in the area, it could be considered “an incorporated outhouse.” But really, it’s just a joke. Just because it’s a dull town, doesn’t mean it’s a bad place, there are some good people that live there.
And I agree, its not world famous, people who live close by don’t even know of it. When people ask why I talk like a hick I tell them I’m from Canton (and it’s only an hour east of Dallas, which is not far from where I live now) and most of them have no idea what I’m talking about. Sorry, they do have the east texas drawl going on there. I had it really bad when I was small and still living there.
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Way behind on this one, but I laughed when I saw that my hometown had thrown down the gauntlet against Colbert. Pretty much everything that Anon said was spot-on – having moved away and never really having had an accent blows people away when they ask where I’m from, then I get the inevitable condescending comments about small-town Texas. Ah, Los Angeles.
Anyway, solid blog you’ve got here, and it’s a shame to hear that the Round-Up Cafe shut down! I used to stop in there all the time on the way to work in Tyler.
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