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{{trope|wppage=Russian reversal}}
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{{quote|''"In America,[...] you can always find a party.
''In Russia, [[Big Brother Is Watching|the Party]] always finds YOU!!'' you.|[[Yakov Smirnoff]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbP1DVeJCT0 Miller Lite Commercial, 1985]</ref>}}
 
{{quote|[[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue|Roses are red <br />
Violets are blue,]]<br />
In Soviet Russia<br />
Poem writes you!|'''Anonymous'''}}
 
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In Soviet Russia, [[Sinister Surveillance|television watches YOU]]! }}
 
The joke originated on ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'', where [[Arte Johnson]]'s ambiguously [[Eastern European[[Europe]]an character Rosmenko simply refers to "Old Country."
{{quote|Here in America, is very good, everyone watch television. In Old Country, television watches you!}}
 
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