Russia angry over swedish comedy act

[Sune76]

During the pause of the swedish eurovision finals, there was a comedy act by a swedish band called grotesco. It's a song called tingelin - russian base lovers remix. Appearently the russian embassy went nuts over this comedy and thought it was insulting so that swedish tv had to apologize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWo6Dbwq4Ms (youtube video has 3500 comments)

Anyway, watch 2:05 into the song when the russian bear dances on the scene

[Jayems]

A guy in bear suit doing the robot on a podium.

hahaha.

[Tyler]

That was pretty silly.

Sweden's always been kind of an neat place, in that it definitely has its own language and culture, but there seems to be a ton of english thrown into the mix (and everyone appears to be able to speak it and understand it).

[ricoFlame]

i'm teaching myself that dancing bear dance right now, too sweet.

[troutman]

Yakov Smirnov will retaliate.

[VladtheImpaler]

We call on all workers, peasants, labourers and other progressive elements in the world to unite in their condemnation of the Swedish monarchist-bourgeois regime of oppressors and capitalist lickspittles. All power to the workers!

[CrusaderPi]

Originally Posted by troutman

Yakov Smirnov will retaliate.

In Soviet Russia robots mock bears?

[stacey]

People are too uptight, (laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone...)

[lambeburger]

Originally Posted by Sune76

Appearently the russian embassy went nuts over this comedy and thought it was insulting so that swedish tv had to apologize.

The Russians demanding an apology over a Swedish comedy act. How ridiculous. If they were demanding an apology because of comments made on a 3 AM satirical Fox News show that would be different.