Remember the Ali G and Borat shows?

[Prowler]

You know, the two most iconic Sasha Baron Cohen characters? Ali G and Borat were quite popular in the early-mid 2000s. Who doesn't remember how Cohen interviewed all sorts of people while in Borat's or Ali G's character? Also, in case you don't know, Booyakasha was made popular/mainstream by Ali G... which makes it awkward for me to hear Mikey in the Nick show saying that.

I used to love both Ali G and Borat when I was a kid and I have some nostalgia for their sketches. Some are still amusing after all these years, but not as funny anymore. As for the movies, I remember watching Borat at the cinema and finding it hysterical, but then re-watched it a year or two later on DVD and didn't really laugh much. Oh well, that's a downside to comedy I guess.

Ali G was funny to me because he was a caricature of a "gangsta". One of my favourite lines of him is when he asks a woman if anal sex can impregnate a woman and when she says no, he says to the camera "See Tanya? I'm not the father!" .

Borat was an interesting case. He was an individual with very backwards thoughts, but often he'd end up meeting with backwards people as well. It's like when he voiced his messed up views occasionally someone would reveal their true selves and also turn out to be rather backwards, themselves. Who can forget that moment when he goes to a country club/bar or wtv and everyone starts singing along with him to "throw the jew down the well"?

Btw, fun facts, Kazakhstani people don't like Borat much because he sorta gave the country a bad reputation. Kazakhstan is not some backwards hellhole like it's portrayed in Borat. His village in the movie is actually in Romania and when he's speaking Khazak he's actually speaking Hebrew.

What about you? Do you like Ali G and Borat? Got any favourite sketches and lines?