Colbert, Ga., to Stephen Colbert: Don't Come to Our Parade

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert won't be invited to the Fourth of July parade in Colbert, Ga., because "his satire is probably something that we didn't feel suited our small-town atmosphere," the city's mayor says. A local professor circulated a petition seeking to invite Colbert and change the pronunciation of the city name to match the TV host's, the Augusta Chronicle reports. "We're not above taking a good joke," the mayor says. "I just don't think the Fourth of July was the appropriate venue for that." (More Colbert, Ga. stories.)