Dancin’ Potatos and Leapin’ Leprechauns

Damien picked up on this national embarrassment the other day, which I’ll leave for now, begrudgingly, but come back to later with venom. But when we produce crap like Mister P the dancing potato as a national icon, it’s no surprise that the Aussies use our horrible parody of ourselves as an excuse to fling a stereotype back in our faces.

Cue an ad, now running on Australian television, complete with a tin whistle theme tune, dodgy accents, diddly-aye dancing, and leprechauns leaping out of Mitsubishi Lancers. The Lancers aren’t Irish, they’re Japanese. The ad will be part of a hugely publicised short film festival that is broadcast nationwide every year. Yay.

Click here and open the ‘roomier’ video, adjust your cloth cap and add water to your whiskey. It’s bad, but still way better than Mister P.

Welcome to the grand aul world of Diddly-aye-down-under.

PS: While we’re at it – Social networking for Irish dancers at Diddlyi.com. These guys are great.