text: A parody video that mocks American skiers and plays on stereotypes about US tourists has gone viral on the internet, but not all viewers are finding it amusing. The profanity-laced comedy sketch by 26 Minutes, a news satire programme broadcast by Radio Television Suisse, follows ‘Jeff Randl’, who travels to Switzerland to compete in Xtreme Verbier. With more than 300,000 views on YouTube since late March, some viewers said they were offended or didn’t find the humour in the show’s over-the-top depiction of Americans on the slopes in Switzerland. The comedy sketch follows 'Jeff Randl', who travels to 'Sweden' to compete in Xtreme Verbier . Jeff, portrayed by one of the French-language show’s presenters, is a blonde, mop-haired snowboarder who tells the camera he has travelled from Lake Forest, California to ‘Sweden’ to compete in the freeriding event. The Bible-toting and pot-smoking character plays on the usual stereotypes about US tourists – from being loud and inconsiderate to arrogant and less worldly. Scenes show Jeff smoking a ‘joint’ while travelling up the mountain on a gondola, saying ‘Excuse me, I’m American’ as he pushes his way past other skiers or snowboarders, and barrelling down the slopes without care or caution. At one point, Jeff tells the camera: ‘Sweden, I think that’s one of the 50 states of Europe or something. I don’t like it too much here, you don’t give a s*** what people are saying.’ Jeff (right) offends others by being loud, jumping queues and smoking marijuana on a gondola . He later takes offence to a rainbow-coloured gondola, saying: ‘Hey, this machine is gay. I don’t like it.’ The end of the video shows Jeff being buried in an ‘avalanche’ and pulling his Bible out of his jacket. When he is hauled out of the snow by a rescue team, he believes he is saved by God and shouts: ‘I’m American, and God bless America.’ The video has received mixed reviews on YouTube, although the majority of comments appear to be from those who found humour in the satire. The snowboarder takes offence to a rainbow-coloured gondola at the Swiss ski resort of Verbier . Of the negative reviews, one viewer wrote: ‘Kind of offended by this, definitely not entertained. Pretty poorly thought out satire.’ Another said: ‘Still trying to find the funny in this.’ Of those who found it funny, one viewer said: ‘I’m an American… and I freaking love this’. Another wrote: ‘Gotta love the Bible toting Californian surfer dude who snowboards… All it needed was for him to eat a Big Mac.’ Jeff holds his Bible after he was 'buried' in an avalanche and pulled from the snow by rescuers . Comedian Vincent Kucholl, who played the role of Jeff, told Swiss newspaper Le Matin that he has enjoyed seeing the response from Americans, and he rejected suggestions that the sketch was racist. He said: ‘It’s funny that they are reacting ... but we did nothing wrong. This was for people here, not in America.’ He told the newspaper that viewers' reactions suggests that Americans have less self-deprecating humour than the Swiss.
target: Comedy sketch mocked US skiers at the Swiss mountain resort of Verbier .
  It portrays a boorish, pot-smoking snowboarder named Jeff Randl .
  Plays on stereotypes that American tourists are rude and less worldly .
  Clip was produced for a news satire programme on a Swiss TV station .
  It has been viewed more than 300,000 times on YouTube .