A spoonful of Ali G helps the cricket go down

BOOYAKASHA!
I have been watching some hilarious episodes of "DA ALI G SHOW" on DVD because I can only take so much of the miserable pessimism surrounding ENGLAND and the first ASHES TEST against AUSTRALIA -- which I have been hearing on BBC RADIO'S TEST MATCH SPECIAL online.
At tea on the fifth day, England are 435 & 169-7 against Australia's 674-6 (declared), and the hosts (although the match is really in Cardiff, Wales) are battling to avoid humiliation with a draw.
"Da Ali Go Show" is notable for providing the first looks at the SACHA BARON COHEN alter egos Borat and Brüno, as well as the "wanksta" titular character.
Baron Cohen sometimes pushes the envelope a little too forcefully for my comfort, but all too often I am laughing so hard I can't hear all of the dialogue.
"When you arrived on de moon," Ali G asks astronaut Buzz Aldrin, "was the people who lived there very friendly, or was they scared of you?"
I need all the laughing I can get after listening to sorrowful England struggling against the Aussies.
Here's a special, Ali G-influenced shout out to ROUTE 1 INTERN KERSTIN, who turns 14 today: "Big up yourself!"