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On Comparing Americans and Brits

I think I've found the reason why I think Americans aren't very clever. Here are two ads for the Volkswagen Golf using similar themes. One is for normal people who understand subtlety, and the other is for people whose idea of funny exclusively means slapstick and schaudenfreude.

You take a gander which is which.

Video 1


Video 2


Oh, and in case you're wondering why I was trolling through VW Golf ads, it involves three years, and a Jetta called Big Green. With a cameo by a blown-engined Dolomite called Olivia.

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