The problem is that he was never funny. Went to see him in Atlanta one summer when he first started getting big. He informed us that he was filming his Christmas special soon and needed to practice so we got 90 minutes of Christmas jokes while it was 100° and 90% humidity outside and the one time an audience member made a well timed heckle (and it was non-disruptive) he paused the whole show and berated the audience, calling us all rude.

That’s likely because the Internet has lied to you and ‘coke’ isn’t used in the same manner as soda / pop. Rather it’s used as an example. Like “hey, do you want a coke or something” Which means they have coke and likely other soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain dew, etc but most definitely NOT Pepsi. No one is going to look at a Dr Pepper or Sprite and call it a Coke in the South East. Source, grew up in Coke mecca / Atlanta