His in-character interview with Colmes was terrible and schlocky though.
Tayssir
Carl Remick wrote:
>> From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
>> ... Again, a subjective thing. But as an older, accomplished humorist
>> once told me, write comedy for the world you live in, not the one you
>> fantasize about. As much as I love old American comedy, an abundance
>> of which I own and treasure, we are not living in Laurel and Hardy
>> times. Slipping on a banana peel today makes sense only if the clown
>> falls into a mass grave instead of on his/her own ass. Borat uses
>> broad comedy to coax out the madness in Americans.
>
> Whatever. "Borat" sounds like a misfire to me. Some contemporary
> examples of film satire are very funny indeed, e.g., "Harold & Kumar Go
> to White Castle" -- a/k/a "Harold and Kumar get the Munchies" or
> "American High."
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_&_Kumar_Go_to_White_Castle>