Fenton the Dog's Viral Video Remade in Grand Fashion for New Ad

Grainy clip suddenly looks stunning

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A year ago today, a 13-year-old boy uploaded a hilarious video of his cursing father chasing their dog Fenton—who himself was chasing a pack of deer—through London's Richmond Park. The man's incessant screams of "Jesus Christ!" became a meme, and the audio was soon grafted on to all sorts of other videos. Now, British telecom EE has jumped on the Fenton bandwagon. Its new spot has a pretty basic premise: that everything on YouTube looks stunning through the company's 4G network.

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