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No Amour for France: Can France Make Us Love French Fries Again? (ABC News, May 30, 2003)

In an effort to win back hearts in the United States, France has commissioned a little schtick from one of America's best-known comedians: Woody Allen.

"I don't want to freedom kiss my wife," says Allen says in a new ad spot. "I want to French kiss her."

The backlash is serious business. By some accounts the drop in American tourism has cost France $500 million. Levitte says the issue is bigger than boycotts of champagne.

Leave it to the French to turn to a has-been who seduced the daughter of the mother of his children. They sure know America. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 3, 2003 09:28 PM