Discomfort
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy makes me nervous to the point of sweating. As most of you are aware, I'm not an uptight a-hole, but I had to turn off Borat after the turd in a baggie scene and I couldn't even entertain the notion of watching Bruno. Seeing regular people squirm and/or inadvertently expose themselves as morons is my worst nightmare, equal to being eaten alive by tarantulas or attending a Nickelback concert.
But before Bruno and Borat hit the big screen, Ali G was on on HBO chatting up politicians and asking them delightfully retarded questions. Now that I can watch.
I was going to recommend NPR's Terry Gross interview with Cohen, which was straight-up LOL (and Terry "loved" Bruno!)(wtf!), but the podcast has already disappeared into the internet ether. So unfair. Why did I even mention it?
Incidentally, Isla Fisher is married to Sacha Baron Cohen, and I want to be her BFF. I already have a BFF, so she couldn't be mine, but I would be hers. No problem.
She has the prettiest hair, doesn't she?
Oh! One last thing. For Frank, and the world:
BAM!
Reader Comments (9)
Totally, 100% agree with you about Ali G. The Ali G movie wasn't too bad, either (though it wasn't too good, if you know what I mean). But I can't stand Borat or Bruno.
By the way, I think the term you're looking for there on the Wii is, "BOOM, BITCH!"
That little drawing of 2nd-place Frank: I can feel his eyes following me everywhere.
Please tell me Franck has a flat-top in real life.
SGM,
I hereby formaly protest the posting of your skiing score. First, no one was there to witness you actually being the individual to obtain that score. For all I know you could have had the sour-puss neighbor come over and asked her to get that score for you. Second, if that was you who got that score don't you have a blog to write or something to do besides practice Wii all day? Last but not least is if you are going to post that score at least in fairness post the ski jumping scores too and tell the folks how your record went down on my first attempt.
I luv ya guys! Make me laugh every time.. Yeah I cannot watch Bruno or Borat, too much for me. I liked Ali G but even that would make me cringe at times.
Love Ali G - just looked for another one where he interviews C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General but also couldn't find it. Another funny one is his interview with David Beckham and Posh Spice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P842Tmi6lrc&feature=PlayList&p=9E0CED81B19DAC04&index=2
Keep training, ski bunny. He going down!!!!
Have you ever heard any of the music that Sasha's brother Eron has done? A hio-hop version of Driedel. Hilarious.
Your description of how you feel watching Borat describes how I felt every time GW talked. Can I please crawl under a chair and someone tell me when it's over? I am scared!!!!!! And embarrassed!
i couldn't do bruno either- too much. humor that finds me sympathizing with people i would ordinarly hate, is no good. let me hate in peace, ok, sasha?