Ali G Is Back?! | Hour 2
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Conor McGregor's one in five record since 2017 in combat sports includes the last time I got this mad about the attention that Conor McGregor was getting for fighting, which is the fight against Floyd Mayweather, which was a similar type of money grab that has next to nothing to do with being good at the sport now. It has everything to do with being good at the sport once upon a time. Where are we with Tony and the Miami Heat and this camp that he is doing? Is he going to play against the eight-year-olds?
I hope so.
One of the funniest things Peyton Manning has ever done was an assortment of videos that he made in which he was just throwing footballs at children. and hitting an assortment of children. Is Tony going to start posting up eight and nine-year-olds here? Is he doing drills against eight and nine-year-olds? We're going to check in with Tony at the HEATS facility in just a second. But before we do that, I was delighted to see at Wimbledon something that happened. I can't believe that enough time has gone by that the following is true. Sasha Baron Cohen, many, many years ago, became internationally famous creating a character, Ali G, who was an idiot sort of hip-hop guy who would go around interviewing people, serious people.
Political people. serious, powerful people, not just political people, an assortment of people who took themselves seriously would agree to an interview with Ali G. I'm not sure how many people know this because it was so long ago. So at one time, he was famous in England. Sacha Baron Cohen was as this character, Ali G., who crossed over with satire that was so funny, fake interviews with serious people where he was playing the straight man as an idiot character. He did so much embarrassing of important people that he could no longer do the character because they couldn't find people to be fooled by it because he was becoming too famous and so he had to retire the character and become Sacha Baron Cohen.
He's bringing back Ali G because the time has gone by and now people don't remember this entire time. A generation does not remember this character. So he can bring back the character now and evidently what he's done after the Borat movies, He is now going, he's already done the Ali G movie. Like he's already done the filming for this. And this is the last stages of promotion where he's appearing at Wimbledon as the character. He's resurrecting a character from how many years ago? 20 years ago? I was in college watching it.
Yeah, he was in the Madonna music video in the late 90s. He's already filmed this film, the Ali G comeback movie, which is why he feels comfortable letting the cat out of the bag. Hard launching himself, putting a social media video of himself as Ali G in character on social media.
And he doesn't look that different. He can pull it off. He's taken on a lot of serious roles since then. He's not just doing comedy.
What is Tony doing at the Jr. Heat camp and is he trying out for the Heat?
In fact, I'd be curious how harmed he was creatively by everything that happened with The Dictator because Ali G arrived at a level of stardom that allowed him to be a true movie star. I've told you the story before about Hank Azaria after he... What is the movie that Hank Azaria did here where he... Birdcage. Birdcage. Thank you. Yes. After he that was sort of his coming out party in terms of stardom, even though he had done a lot of different roles. And he said that he would after that, he got three giant movies offered to him. And that's sort of how you become a leading man with movies. the three choices you've made after you've broken out sasha baron cohen did the borat movies and then had those three movies i don't remember but one of them was the dictator and then the others disappeared because hollywood was like never mind we're not gonna we're not gonna honor our commitments et cetera et cetera and so since then he's had some serious roles and has had nothing that's broken through it's been the last time you guys is talladega knights the last time you guys saw something where where sasha baron cohen
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:24
2
What is Tony doing at the Jr. Heat camp and is he trying out for the Heat?
3:24–5:30
3
Why is Ali G's return at Wimbledon generating nostalgia and surprise?
5:30–9:24
4
How did Ali G evolve from prank interviews to Sacha Baron Cohen's film career?
9:24–31:01
5
What did the Ali G Wimbledon clip say about reviving a 20-year-old character?
31:01–39:21
6
How are coaches running drills at the Miami Heat camp for kids and what is Tony’s role?
39:21–42:20
Speakers
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