Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season

Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season


Starring:Ali G
Director: Scott Preston, James Bobin
Studio: HBO
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The outrageous comedy/reality series stars British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of one of three totally different characters. Cohen's primary alter-ego is Ali G., who calls himself a "hip-hop journalist", but who's really a white rapper-wannabe. When Cohen isn't putting Ali G and his "guests" in unusual and often delightfully uncomfortable situations, he's shedding his yellow gangsta track suit attire and slipping into two other memorable characters: Borat, an impossibly naive TV reporter from Kazakhstan, and Bruno, a gay, Austrian fashionista. Each of these characters will be traversing America, exploring different aspects of our culture, and interviewing real celebrities and dignitaries.
Episodes:
1 - 1. Law (audio commentary)
2. War (audio commentary)
3. Politics
4. Art
5. Science
6. Belief
2 - Special Features

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes: Unseen clips of Borat
Audio Commentary: on Episodes 1 & 2
Featurette: Ali G Spyz Movie
Interviews: Conversation with Ali G
Other: Ali G Glossary
View-by-Character feature


System Requirements:

  • Running Time 180 Min

    Format: DVD MOVIE
    Amazon.com
    "Keep it real" says Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) at the top of each show. Keeping it real is what the British comedian does--and doesn't do--during each episode. First, there's the character of Ali G himself. There's nothing real about this slang-slinging geezer. He's a poser, a white hip-hop wannabe from the 'burbs who aspires to be "gangsta" like Biggie and Tupac. His interview subjects, on the other hand, are the real deal: Newt Gingrich, Buzz Aldrin, Donald Trump, etc. Ali asks stupid questions, they attempt to provide intelligent answers. The humor comes from the disconnect between the two, which is to say: 60 Minutes meets In Living Color.

    Da Ali G Show was a hit in Britain before Cohen brought his act to the States, but Ali wasn't the only character who came with him. There's also Borat, a Kazakhstan TV reporter with a shaky command of English. His show-within-a-show is called "Borat's Guide to America" and he travels the "US and A" interviewing regular folks, such as matchmakers and rodeo riders. Then there's Bruno, a sexually ambiguous fashion reporter with "Funkyzeit Mit Bruno." His subjects include models and designers. Borat and Bruno have their moments, but Ali G is the star of the show and gets the most screen time. It's Ali G, after all, who gets both James Lipton and Ralph Nader to rap. (The verdict? Lipton's got skills; Nader should stick to politics.) As proof of his popularity in the U.K., Ali G got his own theatrical release, Ali G Indahouse in 2002. As proof of his popularity in the U.S., HBO renewed his show for a second season. Due to sexual content, raunchy humor, and drug content, Da Ali G Show is recommended for mature audiences. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
    Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season
    Starring: Ali G
    Director: Scott Preston , and James Bobin
    Manufacturer: HBO
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    ASIN: B00020X852
    Release Date: 2004-08-17

    Product Description

    The outrageous comedy/reality series stars British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of one of three totally different characters. Cohen's primary alter-ego is Ali G., who calls himself a "hip-hop journalist", but who's really a white rapper-wannabe. When Cohen isn't putting Ali G and his "guests" in unusual and often delightfully uncomfortable situations, he's shedding his yellow gangsta track suit attire and slipping into two other memorable characters: Borat, an impossibly naive TV reporter from Kazakhstan, and Bruno, a gay, Austrian fashionista. Each of these characters will be traversing America, exploring different aspects of our culture, and interviewing real celebrities and dignitaries.
    Episodes:
    1 - 1. Law (audio commentary)
    2. War (audio commentary)
    3. Politics
    4. Art
    5. Science
    6. Belief
    2 - Special Features

    DVD Features:
    Additional Scenes: Unseen clips of Borat
    Audio Commentary: on Episodes 1 & 2
    Featurette: Ali G Spyz Movie
    Interviews: Conversation with Ali G
    Other: Ali G Glossary
    View-by-Character feature


    System Requirements:
  • Running Time 180 Min

    Format: DVD MOVIE

    Amazon.com

    "Keep it real" says Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) at the top of each show. Keeping it real is what the British comedian does--and doesn't do--during each episode. First, there's the character of Ali G himself. There's nothing real about this slang-slinging geezer. He's a poser, a white hip-hop wannabe from the 'burbs who aspires to be "gangsta" like Biggie and Tupac. His interview subjects, on the other hand, are the real deal: Newt Gingrich, Buzz Aldrin, Donald Trump, etc. Ali asks stupid questions, they attempt to provide intelligent answers. The humor comes from the disconnect between the two, which is to say: 60 Minutes meets In Living Color.

    Da Ali G Show was a hit in Britain before Cohen brought his act to the States, but Ali wasn't the only character who came with him. There's also Borat, a Kazakhstan TV reporter with a shaky command of English. His show-within-a-show is called "Borat's Guide to America" and he travels the "US and A" interviewing regular folks, such as matchmakers and rodeo riders. Then there's Bruno, a sexually ambiguous fashion reporter with "Funkyzeit Mit Bruno." His subjects include models and designers. Borat and Bruno have their moments, but Ali G is the star of the show and gets the most screen time. It's Ali G, after all, who gets both James Lipton and Ralph Nader to rap. (The verdict? Lipton's got skills; Nader should stick to politics.) As proof of his popularity in the U.K., Ali G got his own theatrical release, Ali G Indahouse in 2002. As proof of his popularity in the U.S., HBO renewed his show for a second season. Due to sexual content, raunchy humor, and drug content, Da Ali G Show is recommended for mature audiences. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Caustic Humor.......2007-01-28

    A very good comedy, Da Ali G Show-The Complete First Season, a.k.a. Ali G in Da USAiii, brings to the screen three different characters played by Sacha Baron Cohen: the British rapper Ali G, the Kazakh sex-starved journalist Borat, and the Austrian homosexual Bruno.
    Sacha Baron Cohen takes the country by storm when he hits the American shores and starts picking on as many different groups as possible; from politicians, astronauts and religious figures to feminists, fashion designers and anti-war protesters.
    The key to success is the indiscriminate use of caustic humor against all.
    Very well written and very well presented, Da Ali G Show allows for a highly entertaining movie that can be watched over and over again!
    The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the humor, and the music are all wonderful!
    Strongly recommended along with Ali G Indahouse.

    5 out of 5 stars Check yourself befor you wreck yourself booyakasha!.......2007-01-12

    Da Ali G is very funny as long as you are not politically correct or so freakin sensative that you can't take a joke. The different characters he portrays and the interviews he does are hilarious. I am most likely going to purchase the 2nd season soon!

    5 out of 5 stars ali g.......2007-01-10

    this cd is really really funny, i think a bit funnier than second season

    4 out of 5 stars Alison's review.......2007-01-09

    The price was good, excellent deliver service and the product arrived in great condition and is an hilariously funny DVD.

    5 out of 5 stars Embarassing and funny.......2006-12-29

    I suppose everyone is familiar with Sasha Baron Cohen and his fake documentary movie, "Borat...". This is season 1 of his show which preceded the movie. I did not know much about it beforehand, but my sister recommended it.

    It is pretty funny, though at some points I felt embarrased for some of the guests/victims. In a nutshell, one of three of Sasha's characters (Ali G) will talk to someone about a fairly important subject but in a really stupid way - such as with C. Evertt Koop (Surgeon General) about the possibility of implanting a programmable cell phone in your chest to make you heart beat with a more appealing "rap-like" beat. Another guest was astronaut Buzz Aldrin (called "the geezer Buzz Lightyear") who was asked if man would ever walk on the sun. "No, it's too hot". "Well, what about in the winter...when it's colder?" Another character, "Borat", will interact with people and use the (fake) culture gap to push the limits of bad taste - such as at a dinner, announcing to an old couple that he had sex last night - with his sister. In another case he goes on and on (and on) about how in his country they say "when a horse walks, he walks like a man. And when a horse cries, he cries like...a man. And when a horse..." for about 2 minutes while some equestrian woman smiles and nods. Or he sings the (fake) Kazikstani national anthem at a minor league baseball game - for about 3 minutes as the standing crowd gets restless. His third character "Bruno" is sort of a gay fashionista, and actually manages to get on the catwalk to model long underwear and ends up doing the "worm" - when he's not propositioning some 50-year old man.

    Finally in a TV "round table" discussion about "compooter tekmology", Ali accuses a person of leaving something in the toilet backstage. He also got United Nations Sec'y General "Boutros Boutros Boutros" (yes, 3 times) Ghali to spell the equivalent French slang word for excrement.

    Only Donald Trump figured him out early and excused himself, and a former presidential press secretary (name escapes me) told the cameraman "this guy's an idiot!" after being asked repeatedly if Hilary Rodham Clinton was "a carpet muncher" or some such word.

    Funny, but best in small doses.
    Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season (UMD Mini For PSP)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    		 Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season (UMD Mini For PSP)
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    Product Features:
    • The outrageous comedy/reality series stars British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of one of three totally different characters. Cohen's primary alter-ego is Ali G., who calls himself a "hip-hop journalist", but who's really a white rapper-wannabe. When Cohen isn't putting Ali G and his "guests" in unusual and often delightfully uncomfortable situat

    ASIN: B000ASDFCC
    Release Date: 2005-09-13

    Description

    The outrageous comedy/reality series stars British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of one of three totally different characters. Cohen's primary alter-ego is Ali G., who calls himself a "hip-hop journalist", but who's really a white rapper-wannabe. When Cohen isn't putting Ali G and his "guests" in unusual and often delightfully uncomfortable situations, he's shedding his yellow gangsta track suit attire and slipping into two other memorable characters: Borat, an impossibly naive TV reporter from Kazakhstan, and Bruno, a gay, Austrian fashionista. Each of these characters will be traversing America, exploring different aspects of our culture, and interviewing real celebrities and dignitaries.

    DVD Features:
    Additional Scenes
    Audio Commentary
    Featurette
    Interviews
    Other

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars AWESOME.......2006-03-22

    This title is very funny... buy it right now if you are into BIG laughs... you will be very pleased with your decision

    5 out of 5 stars Ali G is da man..........2005-09-21

    I wanted to write and let you know that I think this is a peculiar and particularly funny DVD collection. But I should mention that the humor really grows on you, and requires repeat viewings to catch all the double entendre and hidden jokes. Also, many of the jokes have to be heard two or three times, before they become as funny as they truly are. And believe me, they are hysterical.

    Ali G is just one of the three characters played by Sacha Baron Cohen. A British humorist, from London presumably, this DVD is one funny show. Hard to believe that a Jewish man, from England, could play a "white Americaninized rapper" but play he does; with the minds and imaginations of many famous and important people. I cannot believe that he gets Boutros Boutros Kahli to rap? Amazing.

    I first heard of this DVD/show from the star's interview on the Howard Stern show, and I was instantly entranced. I am a big fan of the "hidden camera" type shows (please see my other reviews) from the likes of Jamie Kennedy, and others, and assumed that this was the same type of show. But what is amazing is that everyone on the set knows they are being filmed, and yet, they continue to sit there, and take his abuse.

    Howard Stern asked him his method of obtaining interviews, and Mr. Cohen could not reveal his secret for fear of not being able to repeat the process. However, it is clear, after viewing, Mr. Cohen is an expert ad-libber, and a very funny comedienne. He has my vote for funniest person from England.

    My second favorite character is Bruno, the sexually confused high profile personality interviewer from Austria. He is brilliantly inept, and quite stupid. The fact that he more often interviews secondary no-body's, and doesn't get near anyone remotely famous, makes it even funnier. In one segment he is interviewing the owner of a fancy boutique, and he tells him, presumably when the film isn't rolling, to say that Madonna comes to his shop on a regular basis, 'cuz zat is much more interesting for 'ze viewers.' HILARIOUS!!!

    Lastly is Borat, a Kazakhstan TV reporter who seems to limit his low command of the English Language to only the most embarrassing subjects and questions, much to the chagrin of those being interviewed. I find it hard to believe this man would even be married in his home country, but showing naked pictures of his "wife" to complete strangers is not past him. Watching him run down the streets of Manhattan after taxis is funny, and stupid at the same time. Supposedly his shows are telecast in his home country, and I suspect his "innocent foreigner" questions are what help to warm him up to his "victims." We Americans are quite trusting.

    Season 2 was just released last Tuesday, 9/13/2005, and I await my UMD version from Amazon. Hopefully, I'll follow up with a review sometime next week. I give "Seazon 1" two thumbs up!!!
    (Review is based on the DVD viewing of the same name.)
    DA ALI G SHOW - The Complete First Season / Platinum Comedy Series - STEVE HARVEY [3 DVD Set]
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      Product Description

      Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, See more Director: Scott Preston, James Bobin Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.) Format: Color Aspect Ratio(s): 1.33:1 Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 2.0 Rated: NR Studio: HBO DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004 Run Time: 180 DVD Features: Available subtitles: English Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0) All 6 episodes from the 2003 season, one with commentary by Sacha Baron Cohen & writer/producer Dan Mazer Unedited "Spyz Movie" that Ali G pitched to Hollywood Unseen footage Glossary of Ali G jargon Number of discs: 2

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