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{{quote|''"In America[...] you can always find a party.
''In Russia, [[Big Brother Is Watching|Party]] always finds'' you.
|'''[[Yakov Smirnoff]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}AbP1DVeJCT0 Miller Lite commercial, 1985]</ref>}}
{{quote|[[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue|Roses are red
Violets are blue,]]
In Soviet Russia
Poem writes you!
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In Soviet Russia, [[Describe Topic Here|topic describes YOU]]''!!''
A type of joke, commonly called a Russian Reversal (but technically called the transpositional pun), popularized by Ukranian comedian [[Yakov
{{quote|In America, you watch Television.
In Soviet Russia, [[Sinister Surveillance|television watches YOU]]! }}
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See also [[Glorious Mother Russia]] for the [[Hollywood Atlas]] version of Soviet Russia that inspired the jokes.
{{examples|In Soviet Russia, examples post YOU!}}▼
▲{{examples|In Soviet Russia, examples post YOU!}}
== [[Trope Namer]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is, of course Yakov Smirnoff <ref>although in Soviet Russia the trope made him</ref> who made jokes about how the U.S.S.R. had a [[Big Brother Is Watching]] regime. It's also a case of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]; his most famous line was simply "In Russia...", not "In Soviet Russia..."
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