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It’s been 20 years since the birth of Ali G, the abrasive alter ego that helped introduce the world to comedian/lawsuit magnet Sacha Baron Cohen. By donning shiny FUBU gear and sitting down for irreverent interviews, Baron Cohen was able to send up comfortably middle-class dudes appropriating culture and pompous public figures at the same time.

He’s broadened his style, his acting resume, and his appeal, but Baron Cohen has kept the costumed apery alive with his latest show, Who is America?.

This is where it all started.

Here are 10 facts about the series that gave us Borat, Brüno, and the gold chain-sporting "chav" from the mean streets of Staines.

1. IT STARTED AS A GAG ON THE 11 O’CLOCK SHOW.

Before Ali G, Sacha Baron Cohen crafted a similar character called MC Jocelyn Cheadle-Hume for a sketch on a short-lived youth show called F2F.

After realizing that people would interact with Cheadle-Hume as if he were a real person, Baron Cohen developed Ali G using BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood as one part of the recipe. The character pr

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