"Da Ali G Show" (2000) TV series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creator:

Sacha Baron Cohen

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Talk-Show

Plot:

Hipster Ali G. interviews a variety of guests from the world of crime prevention, drug enforcement and...

Plot Keywords:

Rapper | Cult Favorite | Spin Off | White Male Pretending To Be Black | Character Name In Title

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Ali G / ... (6 episodes, 2000)
Steve Ellington	...	Himself / ... (6 episodes, 2000)
T.N.T. Crew	...	Musicians / ... (6 episodes, 2000)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Waterfall Studios, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company:

TalkBack Productions

Quotes:

Borat: Does the women here have nice... physique?
Employer: Well, that's something I've got to talk to you about, because that could be sexual harassment. See, in America, in the workplace, men and women are equal.
Borat: *What?*

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comic Relief Presents: Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (2001) (TV)

What a Recipe!

Ali G comes from Staines, and his larger than life obsession with Staines, drugs and all things youth like will make him a huge hit.

Take a dose of Goodness Gracious Me, a dollop of Louis Therioux, a whole lot of a gangster rapper attitude, mixed with a quantity of recreational drugs and no fear of saying what he thinks to get Ali G.

If you can hang up your hang ups and chill out with the TV Ali G will have you rolling around even if like me your well past the obvious youth market audience.

Ali G has several characters, taking on the persona of a dumb rapper, he deliberately misinterprets his interviewees with such style and conviction that they seem to really believe him and have to climb down to the kindergarten level.

His apparent naivety as he says to the man from the home office with a display of narcotics "it's not as if it's illegal is it?" (The poor man had no idea what to say or where to turn.) and the skill with which he brings down the top dog from the FBI whom he takes literally whilst making a figurative comment about doing a hypothetical crime. Suggesting that is was not such a good idea to talk about the job whilst the cameras were on.

Behind it all is a great talent who enjoys performing his art as much as I do watching it.