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Chandler: I thought if I littered, that crying Indian might come by and save us

The guys are stuck in a wild with keys locked in a car. No one is around to help. Chandlers throughs out an empty cigarette pack on the ground. The rest of a group protests, but Chandler explains:

Chandler: I thought if I littered, that crying Indian might come by and save us.

Why would he think that? Who is that "crying indian"?
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  1. Katia4 June 2014 at 09:37

    Ok, that one was easy to find an answer to. So in 70ies there was that commercial about native American puddling on his canoe through the rivers of garbige people through away. And in the end of this ad he is turning his face to a camera and we can see that there is a tear in one of his eyes. So this image was very much popularaized and luaghed at in different media. And here Chandler is suggesting if he litters than the Indian is probably going to be on his way soon.

    Here you can see the ad:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM

    And here is a blogpost where you can read more abot "the crying indian image" in American pop culture.

    http://grist.org/climate-energy/2011-10-04-laugh-at-the-crying-indian-all-you-want-the-jokes-on-us/

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