There's a recurring joke in Welcome to Sweden, a new half-hour comedy airing on Thursday nights on NBC, about how Americans are short. The show stars Greg Poehler as Bruce, a milquetoast accountant from Ohio who moves overseas to be with his Scandinavian girlfriend, Emma. "He's average?" asks Emma's mother, played by Swedish actress Lena Olin, upon meeting our Midwestern straight man. She answers her own question: "Maybe if you include children and Asian people!" There are also gags about how Swedish people drink a lot, sing weird songs at dinner, and like to take saunas naked. Bruce prefers to steam in board shorts.
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