Da Ali G Show
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen appears as Ali G, a rapper-wannabe from Staines. Ali G has his own TV show, where he interviews people on serious subjects. They're not aware that Ali G is just a character and they're being set up as part of a comedy act. Cohen also appears in two other guises: as Borat, a Kazakhstani reporter, and Bruno, a gay Austrian fashionista. Hilarity ensues.
- Metascore66
- 2000-2004
- 3 seasons
- HBO
- Comedy
- TV-MA
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen appears as Ali G, a rapper-wannabe from Staines. Ali G has his own TV show, where he interviews people on serious subjects. They're not aware that Ali G is just a character and they're being set up as part of a comedy act. Cohen also appears in two other guises: as Borat, a Kazakhstani reporter, and Bruno, a gay Austrian fashionista. Hilarity ensues.
Season 3 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Respek
Sun, Jul 18, 2004 26 mins
Ali G talks with Sam Donaldson. Borat over-imbibes with a pair of genial gents at a wine tasting in Mississippi. Ali G probes 'The Simpsons'' legal travails with former LAPD police chief Daryl Gates.
Episode 2
Rekognize
Sun, Jul 25, 2004 27 mins
Ali G has a serious sit-down with conservative icon Patrick Buchanan; Borat hits the campaign trail in Oklahoma with a congressional candidate, then delivers a speech to the City Council after getting tips from the state's Republican Party chairman.
Episode 3
Peace
Sun, Aug 1, 2004 28 mins
Ali G pitches a few would-be bestsellers to some high-profile publishers and agents. Bruno chats with fashion guru Leon Hall; later, he and 'fashion police' James Campbell and Randy McLaughlin rate the attire of some Hollywood notables.
Episode 4
Realize
Sun, Aug 8, 2004 27 mins
Ali G ponders security issues with former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization James Ziglar. On the road, Borat winds up wrestling with a self-defense expert, making music with a yoga teacher, and sniffing up a new-age dance class.
Episode 5
Jah
Sun, Aug 15, 2004 26 mins
Ali G muses about Moses and the U.S. Constitution with Gore Vidal. Borat goes house-shopping with a realtor, taking time to ask essential buyer's questions. Ali G explores safe-sex issues via a genitalia model with sex educator Sally Epstein.
Episode 6
Realness
Sun, Aug 22, 2004 27 mins
Ali G gets relationship advice from 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' author John Gray and goes to a pro-choice march. Meanwhile, Borat goes job-hunting and Ali G talks money with former presidential economics advisor Charles Schultze.
