Sacha Baron Cohen
publication date: Saturday, February 3, 2007 (part of Round XXIX)
category: Comedy
clue: Niiice! This comedian threw his people down the well to play a Kazakhstani reporter.
explanation: Jewish comedian Baron Cohen played Borat, a fictional Kazakhstani reporter in Borat. Among the character's signatures was the phrase "niiice!" and the made-up song "Throw the Jew Down the Well." more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Michael Paul Cote, Jackie Mason, Todd Brotsch, Adrianne Rodgers, Kerry Odell, Josh Paddison, Allison Bair, Joy Dunn, and Chris Venit
trivia: Baron Cohen was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for writing Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
This goo was part of Oscars Week 2007. |