The BEST episodes written by Anthony Hines

8.56

133 votes

#1 - Law

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ali G tries his skills as a recruit with the Philadelphia Police Department. Borat explores the do's and don't's of dating in the U.S. Bruno gets the inside story on New York's Fashion Week. Ali G interviews former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornberg.

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8.40

15 votes

#2 - Rekognize

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 2

Ali G has a serious sit-down with conservative icon Pat Buchanan, pondering the prospect of presidential partnerships, ""him""igration pros and cons, and Iraq's possession of ""BLTs."" Borat hits the campaign trail in Mississippi with a congressional candidate, then delivers a speech to the City Council after getting tips from the state's Republican Party chairman. Ali G presides over a family roundtable discussion with Michael Easley (senior pastor, The Immanuel Bible Church), Karen Mulhauser (Veteran Feminists of America), Diane Knippers (president of the Institute of Religion and Democracy) and Roger Lancaster (professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies), then visits a farm in search of the answer to a question on everybody's mind: Why are there are so many Vietnam veterinarians?

8.40

10 votes

#3 - Peace

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 3

In New York to sell book ideas to high-profile publishers and agents, Ali G pitches the following would-be bestsellers: ""A Kiss on the Lips,"" a vibrating book designed to stimulate the mind and more; ""The Lord of the Rings,"" an adaptation of the hit films; an Ali G ""autobiography"" of President Bush; and more. Bruno chats with fashion guru Leon Hall about which celebrities should be kept ""in the ghetto"" or sent on a ""train to Auschwitz""; later, Bruno and ""fashion police"" James Campbell and Randy McLaughlin rate the attire of such Hollywood notables as Renee Zellweger, Peter Jackson and Paris Hilton. Ali G interviews U.S. Olympic president (and former swimming star) John Nabor about the upcoming games in Greece, pondering why there isn't an Olympic competition for world-record events like Tallest Man or Longest Moustache. Borat travels to Nashville and Tucson to ""learn to be country star."" There, he demonstrates a Kazakhstan line dance to willing square dancers, gets songwriting inspiration from country-music legend Porter Wagoner, and tests out a liberating new tune at a local lounge.

8.38

53 votes

#4 - Politics

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ali G interviews Newt Gingrich. Bruno reports from New York's Fashion Week. Borat covers American hobbies at a gun club and gym. Ali G talks in the studio with a Drug Enforcement Agent. Ali G tries to sell a new business idea to Donald Trump.

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8.25

12 votes

#5 - Realness

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 6

Ali G gets relationship advice from Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus author John Gray. Excited to discuss reproductive rights with a lesbian couple (after all, ""he's got loads of"" their videos), Ali G then goes to a pro-choice march in Washington, where he questions pro-lifers about their beliefs. Borat goes job-hunting, learning about American work ethics from various employment agencies. Ali G talks money with former presidential economics advisor Charles Schultze, who gives stock market advice (""don't be high when you're buying and selling""). Bruno gets wrestling lessons from a college team on spring break in Daytona Beach. And finally, Ali G gets some grammar tips from 60 Minutes pundit Andy Rooney.

8.08

39 votes

#6 - Realize

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 4

Ali G ponders issues of security - from airports to dogs to trains to green cards - with former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service James Ziglar. On the road to sample some of America's favorite hobbies, Borat winds up wrestling with a self-defense expert, making music with a yoga teacher, and sniffing up members of a new-age dance class. Ali G chats with former EPA Administrator and New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman about solar energy and dirty water, then pays a visit on some earth-minded protestors perched in the redwoods. In Miami, Bruno discusses the future of clubbing with Nerve Lounge owner James Butler, and later plays bouncer at a South Beach hot spot. Finally, Ali G moderates a expert panel discussion on animal rights, focusing on kitchen experiments, fur coats, P. Diddy, horse sex and more.

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8.00

973 votes

#7 - Episode 2

Who Is America? - Season 1 - Episode 2

Erran Morad teaches Jason Spencer, a Republican state representative from Georgia, how to detect and repel terrorists. This includes taking pictures up a woman's burqua with a selfie stick, walking backwards while baring his buttocks, and yelling racial epithets. Gio Monaldo travels to Los Angeles to have Corinne Olympios endorse his charity that helps those infected with ebola in Africa. Olympios agrees to being photoshopped into a photo of aid workers and appearing on camera claiming that she had been in Africa personally helping with relief efforts. She also appears on camera endorsing a program to help fund the training of child soldiers. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD engages in a debate with Ted Koppel over the difference in attendance between the inauguration of President Obama and that of President Trump. Morad interviews former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney who agrees to autograph Morad's waterboarding kit. Dr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello travels to Kingman, Arizona, where he gives a presentation to a town hall meeting of local people. He informs them of a potential financial investment in their community through the construction of the world's largest mosque outside of the Middle East.

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8.00

11 votes

#8 - Jah

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 5

Ali G muses about Moses and the U.S. Constitution with historian/author/""hair stylist"" Gore Vidal, then pays a visit to Mt. Vernon, the home of Washington (alas, Denzel isn't at home). Borat goes house-shopping with a realtor, taking time to ask essential buyer's questions about integration, burial sites, padded cells and bathroom soundproofing. Ali G explores safe-sex issues via a genitalia model with sex educator Sally Epstein. Bruno falls hard for a barn dancer in Georgia, but is devastated to find his obsession ultimately unrequited. Ali G conducts a panel on medical ethics with several renowned experts, pressing his guests on issues of cloning (why not clone Carmen Electra?), euthanasia (vs. ""youth in Asia"") and plastic surgery.

7.90

48 votes

#9 - Media

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ali G presents his guide to art. Ali G interviews James Lipton of "Inside the Actors Studio." Ali G conducts a studio discussion on the media. Bruno delivers a guide to LA fashion. Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin.

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7.70

1210 votes

#10 - Episode 1

Who Is America? - Season 1 - Episode 1

Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD interviews Senator Bernie Sanders. Dr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello interviews Jane Page Thompson, a South Carolina Republican delegate who cast her vote for Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican National Convention, and her husband Mark. Rick Sherman sits down with Christy, a fine art consultant in Laguna Beach, California, and attempts to convince her to sell his artwork. Erran Morad sits down with various conservatives including Philip Van Cleave, gun rights advocate and the president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Larry Pratt, executive director emeritus for the lobbying group Gun Owners of America, Matt Gaetz, the current U.S. Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district, and Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader from Mississippi, in order to convince them to support his proposal of arming children ages 3 to 16 in order to prevent school shootings. Morad produces a video featuring the aforementioned people he talked to, in addition to Dana Rohrabacher, Joe Wilson, and Joe Walsh. Each openly advocates for his proposal, with the exception of Gaetz.

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7.64

14 votes

#11 - Belief

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 1 - Episode 6

Ali G pitches ideas for TV shows to Hollywood executives. Borat presents his guide to the South, touring a Charleston plantation and visiting a rodeo. Ali G conducts a studio discussion on sex. Bruno attends a football game in Alabama. Ali G interviews James Baker. Ali G attends a political rally. Ali G interviews Marlin Fitzwater.

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7.59

582 votes

#12 - Episode 7

Who Is America? - Season 1 - Episode 7

Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD interviews former congressman Barney Frank and discusses the veracity of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape and the pizzagate conspiracy theory, until Frank walks out. Erran Morad trains three men how to infiltrate Antifa. His methods include using knowledge of the television series Girls to gain the confidence of liberals, complimenting liberal men, learning information about lesbians, and insulting Donald Trump. Morad takes one of the men on a mission to a women's march in San Francisco where they are supposedly attempting to stop a liberal plan to develop diapers that turn babies transgender. The two of them pretend to be lesbians while walking around meeting various people at the march and tag certain ones with tracking devices. Morad has the man press a button on a tablet computer which supposedly kills one of the people they have tagged. In a mid-credits segment, Gio Monaldo meets with O. J. Simpson in a hotel room in Las Vegas where he attempts to remind his girlfriend of who Simpson is. After she leaves the room, Monaldo jokes with Simpson about killing her.

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7.56

681 votes

#13 - Episode 5

Who Is America? - Season 1 - Episode 5

Rick Sherman goes to the Heart Nightclub in Miami, Florida and meets with nightclub promoter/DJ manager Jake Inphamous to discuss electronic dance music that Sherman has created while in prison. Two days later, Inphamous reaches back out to Sherman, now using the stage name DJ Solitary, and takes him to the SWAY Nightclub in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to debut his music. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD interviews former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. They discuss the president's stance on racial issues, Ruddick explains some of his conspiracy theories, and the president's attitudes towards women are explored. Gio Monaldo conducts a photoshoot with internet entrepreneur Mahbod Moghadam, one of the founders of Genius. Moghadam agrees to be photoshopped into pictures appearing to be feeding starving African children. OMGWhizzBoyOMG! discusses Antifa with Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke while they unbox Shopkins. Erran Morad meets with Youth Shooters of America founder Dan Roberts and teaches him how to survive terrorist attacks. His demonstrations include speaking at a high volume, throwing babies into trash cans to neutralize suicide bomber infants, and halting a beheading by biting an attacker on the penis, using a strap-on dildo to illustrate the technique.

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7.43

30 votes

#14 - War

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ali G interviews former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and tours the U.N. Ali G conducts a roundtable discussion of experts on religion. Borat gets a lesson in etiquette. Ali G talks to General Brent Scowcroft.

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7.42

48 votes

#15 - Respek

Da Ali G Show (US) - Season 2 - Episode 1

Ali G talks with Sam Donaldson, ""boss man of ABC News,"" about Nixon's ""Waterworld"" crisis, journalist biases and TV ratings, among other critical issues. Borat over-imbibes with a pair of genial gents at a wine tasting in Mississippi. Ali G probes the legal travails of ""The Simpsons"" with former LAPD police chief Daryl Gates, then questions a pair of ATF dog trainers about bomb-sniffers and canine discrimination.

7.39

600 votes

#16 - Episode 6

Who Is America? - Season 1 - Episode 6

Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD interviews former presidential candidate Jill Stein and discusses climate change and global warming. He then interviews former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean and discusses his theory that Hillary Clinton is secretly a man. Erran Morad teaches reality personality Gretchen Rossi and her husband Slade Smiley how to protect themselves from home invasion. Dr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello travels to the Las Vegas Enlightenment Center and meets with spiritual healer Ataana Badilli. Cain-N'Degeocello discusses his plan to "give birth" to a baby doll from his rectum as a means empathizing with his partner whom he recently impregnated. Ruddick interviews the Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins and discusses his theory that agrochemical practices have turned people transgender. He also discusses his theory that AIDS is a myth and explains his experiment involving sharing a needle with an HIV-positive homeless man. In preparation of opening his own restaurant, Rick Sherman serves a three course meal to food critic Bill Jilla featuring prison-inspired cuisine, with one dish purportedly including the flesh of a Chinese dissident. In a mid-credits segment, OMGWhizzBoyOMG! discusses gun control with former Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer while they unbox Shopkins.

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