Never actually seen 'Da Ali G Show.'
Is it any good?

It's sad when you are the only commenter on your own post. So, I'll step in here and help ya out, LW.

Should Kazakhstan successfully sue Ali G, I think I'm going to re-evaluate my stance on the use of foreign precedent by the Supreme Court.

After all, a nice fat lawsuit with (hopefully) a gag order slapped on Margaret Cho would be sweet.

Why must everyone always make fun of the Kazakistanis? I am so tired of hearing those old digs about the Kazaki's and their ice cubes!

give it a rest!

God, it kills me to see people mention Central Asia news and not throw me mad linkage.

So, I will take one small step to make myself feel better by offering a link to Borat's video statement (via my website, of course).

The latest is that Kazakhstan seems to be changing their tune. I should have a post on it shortly.

And Borat's site really is worth checking out. Very well-designed.

And to answer your question, I think Ali G gets kind of old after a while, but I think Borat's pretty funny.

It's sad when you are the only commenter on your own post

She-dorks RULE!!

She-dorks may rule, but are they hawt?

Laura,

The Ali G Show is hilarious. Go rent the DVD.

Borat's pretty funny too. He had a skit where he went door-to-door in the US to learn about Democracy. At one house a lady answered the door, he introduced himself (from Kasahkstan, learning about democracy) then said "Can I please talk to your husband? I want to talk to someone who is allowed to vote."

It's sad when you are the only commenter on your own post. So, I'll step in here and help ya out, LW.

You've got a heart of gold. I salute you, sir. Not every young Galahad is so quick to rescue a she-dork in distress.

Oh shit, I feel a song coming on. Nooooooooo! Someone stop me . . .

I’ve been to hollywood
I’ve been to redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I’ve been in my mind, it’s such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.

*Still singing for Jack*

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls
Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world
Brownsville girl, you're my honey love

My foregoing comment might actually make a little sense if you have recently visited Jack's new blog at Letters From Desolation Row.

Ali G, Borat, Bruno - they're all quite amusing, all played by the same person. Very in your face. Part of a new type of "reporting" where people act stupid to get others to let down their guard and show their real face.

It's interesting that Sacha Baron Cohen (who did the voice for the lemur king, Julien, in Madagascar) is Jewish: almost all of his characters portray undercurrents of anti-Semitism that run in society. He's caused quite a few scandals/controversies.

His shows brilliantly portray how average people tend to double-facedness and how people can be simply absurd. Some of his interviews are uncomfortable to watch: we know what Sacha Baron Cohen is up to, the interviewee doesn't and so makes a capital fool of oneself.

Awww, Michael's found a new blogcrush.

My favorite Borat line is, "I am big like a can of Pepsi."

Awww, Michael's found a new blogcrush.

So true. I'm just a slut.

Borat is painfully funny. Remember the time he had that county legislature observe seven minutes of silence for some made up massacre. That was awful, but funny. And then, later, he was interviewed about it, asked whether it mad him mad. He said, no he was happy about the massacre.

priceless.

Sort of so painful, but funny, you can only laugh when thinking about it a week later.

Me Julie.

I think Borat is by far the funniest of Cohen's personae. I can kinda understand the beef of the real Kazakhstan, as he basically just uses the country as a stand-in for "comically and exaggeratedly backwards Eastern land."

But if I were Kazakhstan, I'd try to respond by denouncing Borat, the "expatriate" for spreading lies about his homeland, but with a sense of humor.