{"id":158287,"date":"2016-03-11T09:57:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=158287"},"modified":"2016-03-11T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T07:59:27","slug":"watch-ali-g-star-rip-off-apples-launch-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/158287-watch-ali-g-star-rip-off-apples-launch-events.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch Ali G star rip off Apple&#8217;s launch events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacha Baron Cohen has taken the mickey out of Apple with a promotional video posted to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBrothersGrimsby\" target=\"_blank\">The Brothers Grimsby<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>The Tweet said: &#8220;#SachaBaronCohen is about to revolutionize the world. Again. #TheBrothersGrimsby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video parodies Apple\u2019s launch events, complete with stats on how much better his new \u201cproduct\u201d is compared to Ali G and Borat.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen&#8217;s new film Grimsy releases in the United States as \u201cThe Brothers Grimsby\u201d today.<\/p>\n<p>It was released in South Africa on 26 February.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SachaBaronCohen?src=hash\">#SachaBaronCohen<\/a> is about to revolutionize the world. Again. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBrothersGrimsby?src=hash\">#TheBrothersGrimsby<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtKWm5mfjY\">https:\/\/t.co\/PtKWm5mfjY<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vooP5wUMAQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/vooP5wUMAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Brothers Grimsby (@BrothersGrimsby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrothersGrimsby\/status\/707292841303670784\">March 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Apple news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/158265-showmax-launches-support-for-apple-tv-and-google-chromecast.html\"><strong>ShowMax launches support for Apple TV and Google Chromecast<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/157633-apple-users-targeted-in-ransomware-attack.html\"><strong>Apple users targeted in ransomware attack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/157527-mac-might-get-oculus-rift-if-apple-ever-releases-a-good-computer.html\"><strong>Mac might get Oculus Rift if Apple \u201cever releases a good computer\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/157365-apple-iphone-6s-plus-vs-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-drop-tests-reveal-which-is-stronger.html\"><strong>Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge \u2013 drop tests reveal which is stronger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/156981-apple-victory-in-iphone-5s-unlock-court-case.html\"><strong>Apple victory in iPhone 5s unlock court case<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actor behind Ali G and Borat has poked fun at Apple\u2019s predictable structure for its launch events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":158295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[36,605,36047,36045,36049],"class_list":["post-158287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-active","tag-apple","tag-grimsby","tag-sacha-baron-cohen","tag-the-brothers-grimsby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158293,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158287\/revisions\/158293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}