Posted 9:55 PM by Floyd

Christopher Johnson -- a.k.a. the Midwest Conservative Journal -- had a choice scoop a while back. I assumed it would swiftly make its way through the blogosphere, but Chris' findings were unaccountably overlooked.

Seems that France is trying to boost its image in America:

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."

You remember Woody Allen's wife. She used to be his adopted daughter.

I guess O.J. Simpson wasn't available.

Update: Lileks made sport of the French ad campaign in his syndicated column. His take: "Eewww. You might recall that Allen is 391 years older than his wife, and that his wife was his previous girlfriend's adopted daughter. Why him? Roman Polanski wasn't available?"