Sacha Baron Cohen scars Paula Abdul for life American Idol judge Paula Abdul has described herself as "scarred for life" by a Sacha Baron Cohen set-up which saw her interviewed from the comfort of two Mexican gardeners by the Brit comedian's alter ego Bruno. Abdul was last year duped into believing she was to be interviewed by a German TV crew "after winning an artist of …
It would be more amusing if he were to get someone with that gag who actually had something to do with human rights abuses, for example, rather than the low hanging fruit that is some modern-day 'opportunity knocks' panelist.
If he needed some pointers, the IMHO much funnier and cleverer comedian Mark Thomas could probably point him in the right direction.
Is the guy in NYC that he tried the Borat persona on out in the street. Being your average laid-back New Yorker, they guy commenced to punch him. and had to be pulled away.
As for Ms. Abdul, are we sure that it isn't plastic surgery that did the scarring?
@Chris: is this really the forum for your deviations?
I've known tree stumps with better reactions than hers.
"At two o'clock in the morning that night I woke up in a cold sweat, popped my body up out of bed and went, 'Oh my God.'"
Not only did it take her three weeks to make the realisation she'd been had, it took her *several* *hours* after she was *explicitly* told for a reaction to set in.
Unless that quote refers to a bout of necrophilia on her part. And the last bit could (downhill, with a following wind) mean she pissed herself. Yes, it's tenuous, but this is how it read in my mind:
"At two o'clock in the morning that night I woke up in a cold sweat, popped my dear departed sleeping partner up out of bed and urinated full stop end of quote new paragraph."
"Oh my God," she ululated, as the full recollection of that fateful night returned to her.
Bless 'er.
I might be assuming wrong here, but based on your use of the word "Yank" I'm going to assume you're British. You do know that American Idol is a spinoff of Pop Idol, right? So the "disgusting excuses for a TV program" as you put it, is originally yours. Now I do see your Joke Alert, and being American I realize that I am sarcasm impaired, so I might have missed the humor in your post, for which I apologize.
I think his jokes are infantile and mostly actually insulting to all present. I prefer intelligent humour which doesn't need specific people to be set up and fooled. But hey, "The Office" wasn't on my list of favourites either because I know too many f*ckwits who behave just like that.
As for whoever signed the release forms, I think just sacking isn't good enough.
Yes we had that program first. And it was the first of the breed of manufactorered pop. it has imprived TV shows like that a lot since its stopped. but your still dragging it through the mud. We started with it. And the yanks are carrying on. And taking it downwards. Especially with all the stupid branding everywhere. (Whats with the constantly forward facing Coca-Cola glasses?)
D'ahhh, get over yourself.
ALL comedy is stupid -- ALL of it.
Do you honestly think Michael Palin and Graham Chapman dressed up as a couple of old British prole wives arguing about the nature of the work of Marcel Proust is _intelligent_? No, it's _not_, pal, it's friggin' _stupid_ -- and that's why it's so _great_.
<quote>Them yanks (sic) are so gullible</quote>
Yeah, they've even been made to make spots for a TV documentary about mutant rain falling upwards, been horrified by the craze of taking drugs through a dog and even warning children to watch out for vapours released from keyboards by paedophiles to make them more suggestible. Oh, wait. hang on...
Just because the British broadcasters were originally responsible for such programs does not mean that all Brits have to like them. Anyone saying "yeah, but you were orignially responsible for this rubbish" needs their head examined. We were not personally responsible, we are not accountable for what crap our media decides to put on.
There is something called being pissed withone who is over-popular.
Then there is something called acknowledging other's right to have an opinion.
When you say : "Borat and all of Sacha Baron Cohen characters, are profoundly unfunny." You seem to project this as an abolute truth like it's -21degrees in Chelsea today. I may or maynot find him funny. But I know people who do. And so I don't think I can say that Borat etc are not funny. One guy tells a joke 10 guys laugh - who am I to say that he is not funny ?
Paris, coz she is ticklish..
"Just because the British broadcasters were originally responsible for such programs does not mean that all Brits have to like them. Anyone saying "yeah, but you were orignially responsible for this rubbish" needs their head examined. We were not personally responsible, we are not accountable for what crap our media decides to put on."
However, Americans are?
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