safari_in_cali
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 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject: Original Borat |
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Some claim that Sacha Baron Cohen stole the Borat character from this man http://www.istanbul.tc/mahir/mahir
| Quote: | 24. IKissYou.org
For a brief period in 1999, an accordion-playing Turk named Mahir Cagri was the most famous man on the Net, which really says more about us than it does about this mostly harmless Web destination. His site, which featured personal photos, charmingly fractured English, and the phrase "Welcome to my home page...I Kiss You!!!" became a minor Web sensation, for reasons that are now entirely obscure. Mahir's legacy lives on in Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" character, who bears more than a passing resemblance to the Turk. |
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127116-page,2-c,sites/article.html |
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