[A Ruckus of Dogs]

For example, I think the Americans are unknowingly anti-british. Can you think of an American TV show or film were the British guy isn't bad, cold-hearted or a snob? This drives us nuts when the reality is different.

This strikes me as funny because there is truth to it! I don't know why Hollywood chooses to do this so often. My guess is that, to us, European accents sound very patrician and very aristocratic, and aristocracy is something Americans have historically had little respect for. It has nothing to do with being anti-British.