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07.08.09 THIS IS SO REFRESHING – UPDATE

A week after I bitched about how tired I was of Sacha Baron Cohen appearing on late-night television shows in character to promote his movies, he went on Letterman as himself to promote Bruno.  And whaddaya know, he was totally funny and entertaining, and it was refreshing to not have a caricature of a flamboyantly gay Austrian flirting with the host for ten minutes.

Anyway, this is great because Cohen talks about his quest to interview an actual terrorist, and in the process reveals that he’s capable of smart, edgy humor that isn’t predicated on tricking people into thinking he’s some outlandish character.  Believe me, it’s not easy to tell jokes about terrorism in this country.  No matter how many times I try them out, my 9/11 jokes always seem to… bomb.   Anyone?  No?  That’s okay, I know where the door is.

UPDATE - Video of the entire interview below. Cohen talks about some of the hijinks while filming Borat. It’s approximately 800,000 times better than him appearing in character as Bruno and starting sentences with “Ich’m…”

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There are 18 comments about:
THIS IS SO REFRESHING – UPDATE

July 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Enrico Pallazzo says:

My 9/11 jokes also fall flat.

July 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Matt says:

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July 8th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
WhyDoYouAsk says:

Knock knock
Who’s there?
9/11
9/11 who?
I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU’D NEVER FORGET!!!

July 8th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Zack says:

The Onion had an article shortly after 9/11 that made me collapse (with laughter).

July 8th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Tim Was Tim says:

My 9/11 jokes are too inside.

July 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Vodka Cannon says:

My 9/11 jokes always go up in flames.

July 8th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Kid Presentable says:

The wit of these 9/11 jokes blows me away.

July 8th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Yamabushi says:

9/11 is a joke?

July 8th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
BengalCard says:

Maybe he always goes on these shows in character so people don’t tune in only to be disappointed by mistaking this for another Adam Corolla interview…

July 8th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
WhyDoYouAsk says:

+1 to Yamabushi tfor being a hardcore gangsta

July 8th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Stinky Pete says:

True story: the Saturday after 9/11 my brother in law was in town from New Jersey. He worked in a service industry and mentioned that many of his customers worked at or near Ground Zero and were concerned about their jobs. I told him I had heard that the NYFD was hiring.

The moral of the story is for some people (especially assholes like me), it is never too soon.

July 8th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Farthammer says:

You better appear, you fucking avatar.

July 8th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Lenny says:

Everytime I tell 9/11 jokes they crash and burn.

July 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Low Blood Sugar says:

Every time I try to tell a 9/11 joke someone hijacks my audience.

July 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
The Greek God Testiclees says:

911 is a joke in my town
– Flava Flave

July 8th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Jeremy says:

Is the full video somewhere else? All I can find is the small snippet about the terrorist…

July 9th, 2009 at 10:41 am
steven basler says:

i dont get it

July 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am
DrunkenEaglesFan says:

my wife is a terrorist.

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