Sacha Baron Cohen Rulez!

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\'Ali G\' Comedian Risks Riot at U.S. Rodeo

Thu Jan 13, 1:07 PM ET   Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip

LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen escaped a near-riot at an American rodeo while filming his satirical "Da Ali G Show."

According to a report in the Roanoke (Virginia) Times, a man who was introduced as Boraq Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan -- in reality a Cohen character named Borat -- appeared at the rodeo over the weekend after organizers agreed to have him sing the national anthem.

After telling the crowd he supported America\'s war on terrorism, he said, "I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq (news - web sites), down to the lizards ... And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq." He then sang a garbled version of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned "downright nasty." One observer said "If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him."

Cohen and his film crew were escorted out of the Salem Civic Center and told to leave the premises.

"Had we not gotten them out of there, there would have been a riot," rodeo producer Bobby Rowe told the paper. "They loaded up the van and they screeched out of there."

It is not the first time Cohen has wooed controversy with his show, which airs on Channel 4 in the UK and on HBO in the United States. In one episode last year, Borat sang an anti-Semitic song called "Throw the Jew Down the Well" at a U.S. country music bar, prompting protests from the U.S-based Anti-Defamation League.

Producers of the Ali G show, Talkback Thames, were unavailable for comment.

This is the kind of thing that thrills me.  This is an example the purest expression of freedom of speech.  You know it\'s good when it offends people.  It\'s like when Janeane Garofolo said:

"That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, \'We\'re here, we\'re queer!\' -- that\'s what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."

I feel the same way.  Not specifically about gay rights, but about dissent.  I love the US, but what I love about it is THE PEOPLE.  Not the national anthem, not the flag, and not the president.  I love to see someone put their ass on the line to make a point.

[GmanJoe]

I think it would have been cooler if they lynched him.

Never liked this annoying guy and his jokes are in poor taste imo.

[videoholic]

only thing I like is when he interviews big wigs.  That\'s pretty funny. I don\'t like the boraq character.

Cored, are all the Cali people like you?

[Viper_Fujax]

no. i cant stand this guy. saw him on conan and wished someone from the audience would walk up and punch him.

I like Borat and Ali G. I don\'t like the gay guy. The only time the gay guy\'s skits were funny was at spring break.

cant wait to see it on dvd

(To a womens rights group) "Me know what you lezzes want, that\'s why me give me pledge to lower taxes on strap-ons."

"Belong? Dat is a very sexist way to talk about deez bitches."

Ali: Jezzy, iz you wearing green? I knew it - you iz defected to da Ivy East possey, innit? Come on - let\'s stab him!
Jezzy F: No no - wait! Me Mum yeah, she put me yellow top in the wash with me brothers blue football socks even though they ain\'t colourfast.
Ali: A\'ight. But you tell dat slag, dat in da ghetto, washing non colourfast synthetics at 60 degrees could cost you your life...


lol How could anyone not love Ali G?

[GmanJoe]

I like the Ali G movie....where he had his penis whacked with a ruler by a teacher.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
I like the Ali G movie....where he had his penis whacked with a ruler by a teacher.

"C\'mon, grow Biggie, grow! Jennifer Lopez! Jennifer Lopez lezzing off to da one from Destiney\'s Child wit big thighs...." lol I love that movie.