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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 07 > Mencia pulled from Mardi Gras parade

Mencia pulled from Mardi Gras parade


February 7, 2009

NEW ORLEANS — Comedian Carlos Mencia was yanked Thursday from a Mardi Gras parade’s list of celebrity riders for jokes made about Hurricane Katrina.

That’s according to Krewe of Orpheus officials who on Wednesday announced Mencia as one of about a dozen celebrity....

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