HAH I love that song!
Conan and Jon and Stephen all rock! They made my night yesterday!
I don't think the entire nation should be deprived of a joke if one region finds it offensive. It's like being angry at every parent around you when you find out you're infertile. Sure, you have to be a right to be upset, but blaming others for being insensitive (or for having children) is taking it a bit too far. Nobody's out to make other people upset. It isn't like the plane took off from a runway labelled "Kentucky." It was an unfortunately coincidence, that's all. Everyone could have just changed the channel, really.
But if anything, I think that the Kentucky NBC affiliate could have censored it, if they felt the need to. I read an article where they said they were "helpless" since it was "live" but NBC managed to censor a few words, so I believe that they had a few seconds of delay. I'm sure that the people of Kentucky would have understood if the beginning of Conan's skit was abruptly cut when the plane started rocking. IMHO the people of Kentucky should be complaining to their local affiliates, not blaming the entire national network.