ali g interviews noam chomsky

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @floydhebert3684
    @floydhebert3684 4 года назад +10651

    Unstoppable force meets immovable object

  • @patodiblasi
    @patodiblasi 9 лет назад +14207

    I can't believe this actually happened.

    • @stefan1draganov
      @stefan1draganov 9 лет назад +81

      +patodiblasi I cannot believe that Ali G showed some "restecper" either.

    • @Tesla_Death_Ray
      @Tesla_Death_Ray 8 лет назад +212

      +patodiblasi "what if you made up a language"
      "no one would pay the slightest attention to you because itd be a waste of time"
      HAHA

    • @_DarkEmperor
      @_DarkEmperor 8 лет назад +43

      +butterflycaught900
      ... Esperanto

    • @kazbanasil883
      @kazbanasil883 8 лет назад +6

      I swear to God I said SAme thing on first glance

    • @kazbanasil883
      @kazbanasil883 8 лет назад +1

      I swear to God I said SAme thing on first glance

  • @VCCassidy
    @VCCassidy 6 лет назад +20444

    To be honest, this is probably what every interviewer sounds like to Noam Chomsky.

    • @AnyaIzmailova
      @AnyaIzmailova 5 лет назад +290

      Word! Best comment.

    • @blackrabbitgeorge5845
      @blackrabbitgeorge5845 5 лет назад +45

      haha, yep

    • @davidbarroso1960
      @davidbarroso1960 5 лет назад +132

      Shao Yu Mai Wang all of Sacha Baron Cohen’s guests are like that. He sets it up in a way that seems believable to them, and then only shows you the ridiculous part

    • @RB621337
      @RB621337 5 лет назад +12

      Anya Izmailova I laughed out loud 😁

    • @timbeecharmer
      @timbeecharmer 5 лет назад +14

      That's funny as hell!

  • @mattendahl2236
    @mattendahl2236 4 года назад +7751

    Chomsky's intelligence is only surpassed by his patience.

    • @wilsonhodge71
      @wilsonhodge71 3 года назад +86

      But not his politics.

    • @zt2019
      @zt2019 3 года назад +41

      @@wilsonhodge71 why not?

    • @nnass4774
      @nnass4774 3 года назад +4

      Brillant comment !

    • @timothyneal4859
      @timothyneal4859 3 года назад +49

      no Chomsky is really quite simple, but able to fool people who are even more simple

    • @ahenathon
      @ahenathon 3 года назад +15

      His type is INFJ; the coolest type of them all. He can not be inpatient.

  • @olaloch6
    @olaloch6 5 лет назад +12879

    It's like watching my two personalities

  • @franciscocarvalho2843
    @franciscocarvalho2843 4 года назад +8116

    I completely, totally, utterly lost it when Ali G asked Noam Chomsky how many words he knew

  • @MatthewD999
    @MatthewD999 8 лет назад +6263

    Me knows loads of words... parachute... photograph... spaghetti...

    • @ABOLITIONIST269
      @ABOLITIONIST269 8 лет назад +113

      +Matthew camrrah

    • @DuckAlertBeats
      @DuckAlertBeats 7 лет назад

      Matthew Whatsup Duck Brother

    • @scriptaman2888
      @scriptaman2888 7 лет назад +10

      parachute rofl

    • @gFS.1
      @gFS.1 7 лет назад +7

      No dialect in the world has "me knows". I dont know what he's emulating

    • @boloisdaman
      @boloisdaman 7 лет назад +29

      He's emulating an english-pakistani wigger. Duh.

  • @Gar96229
    @Gar96229 3 года назад +3258

    Imagine Noam Chomsky’s reaction when he discovered he was in fact talking to a Cambridge educated history student, whose brother is a knighted professor of Clinical Psychology at Cambridge.

    • @Solaire_of_Astora13
      @Solaire_of_Astora13 3 года назад +115

      Also, isn't SBC involved in some sort of investigation in neurology or psychology? I read something about that. Definitely an interesting dude.

    • @prikarsartam
      @prikarsartam 3 года назад +161

      Every good comedian happens to have quite interesting character in himself. Take atinson, Chaplin or even buster Keaton.

    • @oliverhardman3513
      @oliverhardman3513 3 года назад +77

      @@Solaire_of_Astora13 heard a lecture by him on autism and the male brain. Had to google him to check they were related haha

    • @Innocence44
      @Innocence44 3 года назад +39

      I think they're cousins, not brothers

    • @NaughtyBitts
      @NaughtyBitts 3 года назад +13

      No, just another lefty liberal

  • @avinashlobo
    @avinashlobo 8 лет назад +6250

    Professor Norman Chompsky handled this pretty well.

    • @MooMooManist
      @MooMooManist 8 лет назад +144

      +avinashlobo I think his name is Gnome Chompsky.

    • @avinashlobo
      @avinashlobo 8 лет назад +104

      Wha'eva

    • @danger2709
      @danger2709 8 лет назад +77

      Yes. Although he proved himself to be the consummate academic - as boring as batshit and utterly lacking a sense of humour

    • @MooMooManist
      @MooMooManist 8 лет назад +25

      danger2709 I couldn't agree more. His political views are as rigid and unimaginative as his work in linguistics was insightful and groundbreaking.

    • @dingoswamphead
      @dingoswamphead 8 лет назад +225

      +danger2709 He actually was polite and graceful in the face of embarrassing rudeness. It is an example of how the straight man can make a fool of the clown.

  • @RadioactiveSand
    @RadioactiveSand 8 лет назад +4034

    Holy... I can't believe he did that with Chomsky.

    • @AlphaCentCom
      @AlphaCentCom 6 лет назад +165

      Holy... I can't believe he did that with Ali G.

    • @johnrobinson4445
      @johnrobinson4445 6 лет назад +67

      Respect for both.

    • @natalialopez5770
      @natalialopez5770 6 лет назад +55

      John Robinson *Respek

    • @fede22081
      @fede22081 6 лет назад +10

      Yeah, he bi

    • @Bmanritchie
      @Bmanritchie 6 лет назад +6

      He did a similar stunt w/ Ron Paul as Bruno - it escalated quickly...

  • @MontyCantsin5
    @MontyCantsin5 6 лет назад +752

    After this 'interview', Chomsky apparently sighed and said to his assistant, 'No more men in gold suits.' xD

    • @fifitheflowerpot
      @fifitheflowerpot 3 года назад +7

      😆😅

    • @johnd3124
      @johnd3124 2 года назад +5

      where did u read this?

    • @MontyCantsin5
      @MontyCantsin5 2 года назад +49

      @@johnd3124: The quote is included in a blog post written by Chomsky's assistant when he was at MIT, Bev Stohl. You can find the text quite easily by searching for it online.

  • @juniorwhitefish
    @juniorwhitefish 2 года назад +981

    Sasha clearly respects Noam. This is the mildest I’ve seen him in one of these interviews. Well done.

    • @garshtoshteles
      @garshtoshteles Год назад +69

      I was struck by this as well. nothing directly antagonistic

    • @Kyle-ys3cv
      @Kyle-ys3cv Год назад +55

      Because he’s a fellow jew.

    • @creativemindplay
      @creativemindplay Год назад +2

      Sacha

    • @maaz322
      @maaz322 Год назад

      Jews dont diss other jews in front of a crowd of goyim, they only diss each other amongst each other

    • @dallassegno
      @dallassegno Год назад +16

      no shock, they're both jays

  • @GaryIV
    @GaryIV 5 лет назад +2097

    "My Nan's boyfriend Derek tells her that he's cunni-lingual" 😂

    • @Ruby-yn5fp
      @Ruby-yn5fp 4 года назад +95

      you misspelled that, let me help:
      "Cuz me nan's boyfriend derrick
      'im always tell me nan
      Dat 'e iz
      Cunnilingual"

    • @ebrahimmusleh
      @ebrahimmusleh 3 года назад +5

      What does cunnilungual mean please?

    • @monsieurali8484
      @monsieurali8484 3 года назад +36

      @@ebrahimmusleh cunnilingus is the act of sexually stimulating a woman's vagina by applying one's tongue to it. Cunnilingual just means someone who has the ability of engaging in cunnilingus or something pertinent to cunnilingus.

    • @geraldromanow4576
      @geraldromanow4576 3 года назад +58

      I think the cunnilingual reference went right over Chomsky’s head. He didn’t even bat an eyelash.

    • @dj_poopypants
      @dj_poopypants 3 года назад +15

      @@geraldromanow4576 Noam never ate pussy. To busy reading books. Maybe if he had eaten some pussy he would have skipped a lot of books and not be so smart.

  • @bradynorris1653
    @bradynorris1653 5 лет назад +2113

    Interesting trivia: Noam is the middle name of both of them: “Avram Noam Chomsky” and “Sacha Noam Baron Cohen.” It’s a Hebrew name meaning “pleasant.”

    • @thmhe321
      @thmhe321 4 года назад +44

      But Chomsky isn't pleasant at all, unlike sacha baron Cohen who is very pleasant and very very funny.

    • @lightning860
      @lightning860 4 года назад +268

      @@thmhe321 ok Zionist

    • @thmhe321
      @thmhe321 4 года назад +29

      @@lightning860 ok.boomer.

    • @Petroskoi3000
      @Petroskoi3000 4 года назад +101

      @@thmhe321 Rather boomer than killer of women and children...

    • @mexicotaco0913
      @mexicotaco0913 4 года назад +24

      יצחק סימן טוב wouldn’t calling the dude a boomer be a compliment since they all love Israel, so you’re denouncing your own supporters?

  • @BollocksUtwat
    @BollocksUtwat 10 лет назад +1783

    I am honestly impressed at Noam for doing the fist bump. It revealed that despite his doggedly straight replies he was indulging the obvious comic nature of it.

    • @Tesla_Death_Ray
      @Tesla_Death_Ray 9 лет назад +77

      BollocksUtwat Well it just would have been rude not to reciprocate. Its a fairly common alternative to handshakes.

    • @SiliconBong
      @SiliconBong 9 лет назад +77

      BollocksUtwat If everyone had Noam Chomsly to read them stories at night there'd be no war :)

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno 9 лет назад +43

      SiliconBong They'd be asleep long before he got to the nasty bits.

    • @pongobabongo
      @pongobabongo 7 лет назад +29

      BollocksUtwat Chomsky has a sense of humor, he knows it's all a joke

    • @michaelcaracofe7190
      @michaelcaracofe7190 7 лет назад +20

      He can be monotonous but if you stick with him, he will show you things.

  • @HeavyProfessor
    @HeavyProfessor 2 года назад +444

    I love Noam Chomsky. He talks to everybody exactly the same. Hilarious.

  • @User-xw6kd
    @User-xw6kd 4 года назад +592

    This is something that exists but it's still really difficult to believe that it exists.

    • @Hafnalck
      @Hafnalck 3 месяца назад +2

      if it wasnt for the date it was posted, i'd have thought it's a product of AI

  • @AizwellOfficial
    @AizwellOfficial 9 лет назад +1532

    Ali G : Can i create a new language?
    Naom : You can do it if you like but no one will pay the slightest attention to you since it's a waste of time.

    • @gFS.1
      @gFS.1 7 лет назад +36

      Thats wierd because of the majorly successful invented languages.

    • @skyworm8006
      @skyworm8006 7 лет назад +17

      Yes, I think it's important to construct languages, or at least explore the construction of them. Even for those ignorant of Linguistics, they should attempt it too, as it can yield results beyond the canon and noncanon both, completely separate train of thought and development. Though most of the time it will likely just result in a close derivative of their native language.

    • @transientlotus8159
      @transientlotus8159 7 лет назад +154

      Pretty sure he's referring to the particular idea of creating a language where "bread" is "meth lab", "dog" is "plelah", etc.

    • @Kneecap22
      @Kneecap22 7 лет назад +66

      but you could make a lot of money.

    • @ChristianHegele
      @ChristianHegele 6 лет назад +44

      Ha Kou there's a difference between constructing a language in terms of laying out its syntax, and just making a sort of substitution cipher arbitrarily out of English.

  • @rillloudmother
    @rillloudmother 7 лет назад +2549

    Best Ali G interview ever and it demonstrates Chomsky's willingness to talk with anyone. A testament to both of the guys' greatness.

    • @Hrcak1
      @Hrcak1 4 года назад +3

      Rubbish, he giving limited number of questions for media and he changes for that. Leftist with extremely right wing behaviour. Cynical double faced person.

    • @purrsnail2801
      @purrsnail2801 4 года назад +20

      @@rillloudmother they've got jorfon pehershon!!

    • @MalAnders94
      @MalAnders94 4 года назад +36

      He also answers every email from anybody.

    • @gonkymoukeeper
      @gonkymoukeeper 4 года назад +4

      Unless your name is Sam Harris

    • @mrianwonder6527
      @mrianwonder6527 4 года назад +17

      @@Hrcak1 Absolute delusional far-right bollox! stop spreading your trumptard delusions!

  • @Agos226
    @Agos226 3 года назад +1307

    I love how his final line “be more clever like him and start speaking proper” is like the antithesis of all of Chomsky’s work

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 3 года назад +15

      Wish to elaborate?

    • @Darloss9508
      @Darloss9508 3 года назад +330

      @@maazkalim language isn t grammar, for example blacks in America say "he be working", it s not the same as "he is working". "He be working" means he s employed, the other means he s currently working. In short, linguistics isn t about grammar. And saying speaki properly is funny because speaking unproperly is the soul of the language

    • @Jefflon_Zuckergates
      @Jefflon_Zuckergates 3 года назад +34

      @@Darloss9508 exelent explanation

    • @DocWhoFan64
      @DocWhoFan64 2 года назад +5

      Can you detail this a bit more, I liked Bader Khatofi answer but want a bit more explanation.

    • @regina000111
      @regina000111 2 года назад +5

      @@Darloss9508 poor attempt to find an excuse for badly educated ppl who use own phrading as they don't know the rules! Do I really need to memorise that meaning?? You're joking here love- no knowledge brings the fcng beauty and makes language alive. Ffs lol rofl

  • @DarlingPhenylethylamine
    @DarlingPhenylethylamine 8 лет назад +3894

    That was hilarious, what must have been running through Chomsky's mind. Something like 'this generation is doomed'.

    • @samoharvan2
      @samoharvan2 8 лет назад +285

      I'm pretty sure he thought the same thing during the Vietnam War era.

    • @DarlingPhenylethylamine
      @DarlingPhenylethylamine 8 лет назад +50

      Samo Harvan --- Then he was probably quite right. Do you reckon he thinks that about every generation?

    • @ThePotatoSmash
      @ThePotatoSmash 8 лет назад +11

      Although keep in mind there was a pretty strong opposition against the war in the US.

    • @sumdumbmick
      @sumdumbmick 8 лет назад +39

      pretty sure nothing was actually running through Chomsky's mind, since he never once responded appropriately to what was said. pretty much the same as every time Chomsky speaks.

    • @CGFUN829
      @CGFUN829 8 лет назад +3

      By the way this was in 2006.

  • @bryan.conrad
    @bryan.conrad 4 года назад +2593

    This guy is an inspiration. He's influenced, some would say defined, his field for decades and continues to advance us even to this day. It will be a tragic day when we lose this man.
    Oh and that Chomsky guy seems chill too.

  • @devinjustly8008
    @devinjustly8008 9 лет назад +260

    The contrast between these two types of people is just too hilarious

  • @giosueagius7003
    @giosueagius7003 2 года назад +390

    I studied as a linguist at university and I used this ''video'' for my presentation on Lingustics, Media and Interview Techniques. The Lecture room and the professor laughed so hard that I got an easy ''A'' on that exam.

    • @egi__lyricsadder5545
      @egi__lyricsadder5545 Год назад +14

      if only saving the planet Earth was about making people laugh

    • @keegster7167
      @keegster7167 Год назад +4

      That's awesome

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Год назад +4

      Haha professor G in da house!

    • @mfzoom5401
      @mfzoom5401 Год назад +3

      @@egi__lyricsadder5545 Saving it from what? Its eventual engulfment by the sun?

    • @A_Simple_Neurose
      @A_Simple_Neurose Год назад

      @@egi__lyricsadder5545 Are you so desperate about your polar caps melting that you've taken to astroturfing on funny video comment sections? You might as well abandon all hope right now if that's the case. Such a dumb place to be a killjoy that I wonder if we're ever going to fix climate with people like you being part of the movement.

  • @norsangkelsang7939
    @norsangkelsang7939 10 лет назад +2617

    Noam is a very cunning linguist.

  • @elliest55
    @elliest55 9 лет назад +873

    This has got to be one of the best videos in the whole internet. Chomsky is so Zen. I can't believe how calmly he reacts to all this absurdity. Baron Cohen is pretty much a genius in what he does too - I think Ali G is probably his best persona.

    • @MrScoobySnacks23
      @MrScoobySnacks23 9 лет назад +5

      elliest55 on top of the hilarity he is a well versed man, to my understanding he has obtained many degrees.

    • @taylorcarlson8537
      @taylorcarlson8537 9 лет назад +7

      +elliest55 Please don't say something is "so Zen" unless it actually has something to do with the practice of zen.

    • @AdobadoFantastico
      @AdobadoFantastico 8 лет назад +24

      +elliest55 He gets on edge by the last line, though. I was a little surprised. Chomsky's got a lot of experience calmly listening to absurdity.

    • @vladimirlenin8917
      @vladimirlenin8917 7 лет назад +15

      'zen' is often used as slang to mean calm and peaceful.

    • @deifor
      @deifor 7 лет назад +16

      Fo weel! Ali G is my favorite comic persona. Chomsky is awesome. I had the honor of not only study by his linguistics books, but also to personally be his Spanish interpreter once. Respek!

  • @roccoramos1358
    @roccoramos1358 8 лет назад +773

    I can't believe this is real.

    • @thereitis2105
      @thereitis2105 6 лет назад

      y not?

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 4 года назад +1

      What is real? How do you define 'real'...
      ruclips.net/video/VVro5wxqh4U/видео.html

    • @mrianwonder6527
      @mrianwonder6527 4 года назад

      @@j_freed Definitely not THAT in your link!

    • @glaswasser
      @glaswasser 3 года назад +1

      ikr I first thought this was some kind of deep fake demonstration lol

  • @Cminorputitincminor
    @Cminorputitincminor 3 года назад +90

    I'm doing an essay involving Noam Chomsky...I'm so tempted to cite this as a source.

    • @kaikingsland
      @kaikingsland 3 года назад +3

      You gotta let us know: did you do it?

    • @forefatherofmankind3305
      @forefatherofmankind3305 3 года назад +2

      @@kaikingsland Yes, it's pretty average ... On justice and equity ... Nothing original.

  • @thomasbuchovecky2205
    @thomasbuchovecky2205 5 лет назад +794

    Chomsky later revealed that at pretty much the beginning of the interview he realized it was a joke and thought about leaving but decided to just go along with it instead for the hell of it. Awesome guy.

    • @jay-ki6ie
      @jay-ki6ie 5 лет назад +42

      😂😂😂suuuure he did 😂😂

    • @thomasbuchovecky2205
      @thomasbuchovecky2205 4 года назад +97

      @@jay-ki6ie That's according to Chomsky. I have followed the guy for decades and have never seen him tell the whitest of lies. I think that is enough to give him some degree of faith in what he claims.

    • @thomasbuchovecky2205
      @thomasbuchovecky2205 4 года назад +3

      @Michael Johnson Are you talking about the one with the alt light Jordan Peterson fanboys?

    • @lf9341
      @lf9341 2 года назад +2

      Sure he did! Hahahah.

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 Год назад +7

      Does it really matter? It really was funny as hell. I don't agree with Cohen when he says the people he sets up are basically to knock down to show how ridiculous they are and really shouldn't be listened to. I'm not sure he feels that way about Chomsky but dont really know, or care.

  • @animalzblc8960
    @animalzblc8960 8 лет назад +362

    "how many words duz u know" holy shit

    • @adij1950
      @adij1950 8 лет назад +31

      question of the century

    • @juancpgo
      @juancpgo 8 лет назад +94

      and then “what is some of them?” LOL that was the funniest bit

    • @HamletsUnderstudy
      @HamletsUnderstudy 7 лет назад +10

      Parachute. Spaghetti. Camera. (Me know loads of words.)

  • @TheBeatle49
    @TheBeatle49 4 года назад +159

    Chomsky's smile at the end is precious.

  • @josh-_-_-
    @josh-_-_- Год назад +131

    This man is a legend. Amazingly clever and He did so much for the modern english language. And Noman Chomsky is allright too I guess

  • @gabrielsa9751
    @gabrielsa9751 4 года назад +605

    Im bilingual (Portuguese and English)
    And I'm into boys and girls
    Cant be just a coincidence

  • @MuonRay
    @MuonRay 10 лет назад +745

    Noam Chomsky is renowned for always taking a moment to answer questions, be it in interview, talk, lecture or email correspondence.

    • @tacob0
      @tacob0 10 лет назад +90

      Yea i emailed him once with a question and he actually responded. That is really rare to see for a person that gets so many emails.

    • @ChicoNahui
      @ChicoNahui 7 лет назад +4

      Huh, I always figured he had an intern email me back.

    • @SmackThePanda
      @SmackThePanda 7 лет назад +39

      email him at chomsky@mit.edu I believe. The man is a godsend, will normally answer your question succinctly and respectfully in about 20 minutes. At one public speaking event, he mentioned he was going to "reply to 84 emails" when he got home :D

    • @andrealeal21
      @andrealeal21 7 лет назад +10

      He replies so damned fast

    • @SmackThePanda
      @SmackThePanda 6 лет назад +24

      poor triggered fascist. practically the opposite of chomsky's ideals

  • @TheBroligarch
    @TheBroligarch 9 лет назад +335

    Well now i have seen everything

  • @wRAAh
    @wRAAh 2 года назад +173

    About twenty years ago, I used to drive Noam 'Norman' Chomsky around when he was in my country. Absolutely delightful drives they were.

    • @romarssieverything9667
      @romarssieverything9667 2 года назад +2

      woah

    • @Gabriel-jx4or
      @Gabriel-jx4or 2 года назад +1

      Oh my god! Did you talk about stuff with him?

    • @wRAAh
      @wRAAh 2 года назад +35

      @@Gabriel-jx4or Oops, it was around ten years ago, not twenty. And yes: though I didn't want to bother him too much after his lectures, I did get a chance to ask him about what was on my mind back then. And also we joked around... I remember he had a good laugh at the incomprehensible -even for him- electronic traffic signs around the Amsterdam Ring :-) Once he fell asleep in the seat next to me. Norman Finkelstein (whom I also had the honor to drive around and to pick his excellent brain) didn't believe me; he insisted that Noam NEVER sleeps. But the peeeep in his hearing aid, when his head tilted to the side, was proof enough for me. 😂

    • @regina000111
      @regina000111 2 года назад +5

      @@wRAAh ohhh, what a fantastic story! You're a one lucky man 💪💪

    • @supaman6713
      @supaman6713 Год назад

      Should have driven him into a brick wall

  • @AlexeiRamotar
    @AlexeiRamotar 8 лет назад +207

    I love Chomsky's dry humor

    • @maxwell10206
      @maxwell10206 8 лет назад +16

      +Filipp Miroshnichenko when he told Ali G that no one would pay the slightest attention to his new language where he calls bread methlane or whatever he said lol.

    • @maxwell10206
      @maxwell10206 8 лет назад +29

      Filipp Miroshnichenko I know it wasn't a joke. It was truthful dead pan humor. Not all humor has to be a joke. It can be truthful and honest too. What makes it deadpan is that he delivered his humor without changing the way he was talking. I'm not sure if Noam found his statement humorous but I think we did.

    • @maxwell10206
      @maxwell10206 8 лет назад +2

      Filipp Miroshnichenko I'll agree with that.

    • @37H662
      @37H662 5 лет назад +1

      he isnt funny at all

    • @mrianwonder6527
      @mrianwonder6527 4 года назад

      @@37H662 Your brain doesn't work.

  • @valjean76
    @valjean76 4 года назад +1328

    Chomsky: You could [invent a new language] but no one would pay attention to you. It would be a waste of time.
    Tolkien:

  • @CrackThoseClaws
    @CrackThoseClaws 9 лет назад +682

    Still a better discussion than the one with Focault.

    • @CrackThoseClaws
      @CrackThoseClaws 9 лет назад +10

      Search RUclips for the Focault Chomsky debate. He's a philosopher, historian, sociologist.

    • @AizwellOfficial
      @AizwellOfficial 9 лет назад +35

      Mineav Couldn't be more accurate.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 7 лет назад +66

      Aw, I thought you meant Ali G interviewed Foucault. I thought he'd died earlier than that.

    • @Breakbeat90s
      @Breakbeat90s 6 лет назад +2

      roasted lul

    • @elizabethhu351
      @elizabethhu351 6 лет назад +24

      john m what would be some major points in all of Foucault's work and theories that make him a post-modernist? Would love to hear your take on it.

  • @justinshabtai
    @justinshabtai 3 года назад +621

    He thought he'd get under Chomsky's skin by speaking "poor" English, but he doesn't get that linguists actually can't stand grammarians.

    • @josephhenning1781
      @josephhenning1781 3 года назад +12

      Is that true about linguists disliking those who speak grammatically accurate? I'm interested to read any sources about that if you have any. Even some anecdotal stuff would be cool. I imagine it might be because it undermines stuff like regional dialect, and idolect? Cool concept.

    • @justinshabtai
      @justinshabtai 3 года назад +148

      @@josephhenning1781 No, no. I'm saying no variation of a language is preferred by linguists, all are viewed as valid. What is "grammatically accurate" changes constantly. What's considered proper grammar today would be considered highly vulgar by grammarians from merely fifty years ago.

    • @josephhenning1781
      @josephhenning1781 3 года назад +10

      @@justinshabtai ah okay! Yeah I understand now. I'm currently learning German, and as a result have found a lot out about English, so English obviously used to have a case system, and now it doesn't... So yeah it's adapted and changed. And will continue to do so right? Thanks for the reply man. Very interesting.

    • @Jotari
      @Jotari 3 года назад +19

      I don't think it was specifically intentional. He speaks like that with everyone.

    • @ramina6568
      @ramina6568 3 года назад +1

      @@Jotari op did him dirty.

  • @PS-xi2yc
    @PS-xi2yc 9 лет назад +124

    Reportedly after this interview, he turned to his assistant Bev Stol and said, "No more men in gold suits" *sigh*

    • @drewosamu6694
      @drewosamu6694 6 лет назад +3

      JusticeFor SriLankans he's still too obtuse to see Ali G is a made up character

    • @boliussa
      @boliussa 6 лет назад +1

      +drew the thing is if you do see it then what. What do you suggest they do?

    • @drewosamu6694
      @drewosamu6694 6 лет назад +1

      boliussa wagwan

    • @mrianwonder6527
      @mrianwonder6527 4 года назад

      @@drewosamu6694 Pretty sure they know eachother?

  • @klistiranikrupije1724
    @klistiranikrupije1724 6 лет назад +92

    02:29 "He's cunnilingual." Noam ignored it with a great style.

    • @blu-fox
      @blu-fox 3 года назад +5

      Why aren't more people talking about the cunnilingual comment? That's what I wanna know

    • @ThoughtfulVoyager
      @ThoughtfulVoyager 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@blu-fox what does that mean?
      Can you explain?

    • @blu-fox
      @blu-fox 6 месяцев назад

      @@ThoughtfulVoyager it's the most clever moment of the clip so I felt surprised more people weren't commenting about it. Sasha is pretending to have a very limited vocabulary while making double entendres that attempt to bait Noam into suggestive responses. Double meanings aren't easy to do and typically come with a degree of mastery in a language. Pretending to mistake cunnilingus (oral sex on a vulva) with some other use of -lingus (Latin for tongue) is not only a double entendre but is also baiting a distinguished scholar to talk about oral sex. Peak word play

  • @theinternet1424
    @theinternet1424 8 лет назад +233

    Two of me favourite anarchists in one place!
    When Ali drop his grammatical structures, Chompsky linguistic comprehension competence go haywire innit?

    • @FreakyStyleytobby
      @FreakyStyleytobby 6 лет назад +17

      Yo big up to parachute, camera n spageti, they good thing aint ey?

    • @hanshuber9633
      @hanshuber9633 4 года назад +3

      Chomsky is not an anarchist, he's a syndicalist.

    • @theinternet1424
      @theinternet1424 4 года назад +11

      @@hanshuber9633 Meh, he mostly isn't really an anarchist nor a sindicalist, although he did declare as either or both a few times.
      In any case, as the great anarchist philosopher Ali G once said: "It's a case of you say tomato - I say potato, innit?"

    • @hanshuber9633
      @hanshuber9633 4 года назад +5

      @@theinternet1424 Booyakasha!

    • @cshady3537
      @cshady3537 4 года назад +2

      Easy now

  • @surindersingh724
    @surindersingh724 2 года назад +76

    What I love about Noam (and always will) is that he treats every question (regardless of who has asked it and how ridiculous it may be) seriously.

  • @politure
    @politure 8 лет назад +113

    3:12 That sly smile on Chomsky's face :3

  • @hastyone9048
    @hastyone9048 5 лет назад +71

    This is Ali G's interpretation of "Manufacturing" Chomsky's "Consent" to do this interview.

    • @hayk3000
      @hayk3000 4 года назад +3

      Chomsky does the plan, Cohen does the dirty work.

  • @rwed13
    @rwed13 5 лет назад +94

    Reporting from Oct 31 2019. Happy to say that, after watching another interview w/ Chomsky, he explained exactly how he felt about that interview. Not only did he not want to do it (BBC came and gave him song and dance about how it'll be serious), but he nearly terminated the whole thing, and only remained out of politeness and courtesy. Good man, Great thinker.

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher 5 лет назад +35

      Yeah I saw that too. There aren't too many people I'd say don't deserve to be trolled because their time is too important, but in the case of Chomsky I would definitely make that case. He reportedly gets 100's of speaking requests a day, and his interviews are always brilliant.

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Год назад +4

      This show was not commissioned or produced the the BBC.

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 Год назад +7

      @@AA-hg5fk Yeah, and Chomsky says that he'll pretty much talk to anybody with a camera. He was on Alex Jones podcast years ago for pete's sake. He'll really talk to anybody to get his message out there. He says he knew it was a joke, I suspect he didn't know what KIND of joke, he doesn't strike me for his humour.

  • @nialas1
    @nialas1 4 года назад +45

    Chomsky was still poised and interesting...and as intelligent as ever....REEEESPECT.....

  • @krisinsaigon
    @krisinsaigon 9 лет назад +78

    i thought Chomsky showed great manners in being so patient and understanding towards Ali G

  • @Dr.UldenWascht
    @Dr.UldenWascht 4 года назад +116

    Holy God, just learned about the existence of this interview. This is simply historic.

  • @stefan1draganov
    @stefan1draganov 9 лет назад +345

    Too smart to be even trolled!

    • @juancarlosvelasquez9172
      @juancarlosvelasquez9172 4 года назад +42

      Stefan Draganov I think Sasha has admiration an genuine respect for him, and he softened the usual tone of this interview.

    • @karozans
      @karozans 4 года назад +3

      Uh.... I don't think so. I think Cohen trolled him pretty good. Noam thought he was being serious the whole time.

    • @karozans
      @karozans 4 года назад +1

      @M H Yeah, but that's the thing. I don't think Noam knew he was being trolled. He just continued on as normal.

    • @Bucketheadhead
      @Bucketheadhead 4 года назад

      @@karozans His IQ is so high that when it comes to the IQ of a normal person, and of Ali G, differences in discourse between these types is negligible.

  • @anthonygibbs9245
    @anthonygibbs9245 3 года назад +90

    I hope that Chomsky found this funny when he found out, Noam is a legend

    • @BuGGyBoBerl
      @BuGGyBoBerl 3 года назад

      @Theo Hallworth any source?

    • @jollyollybolly6250
      @jollyollybolly6250 3 года назад +1

      @@BuGGyBoBerl ruclips.net/video/YB0HaQlQin8/видео.html

    • @BuGGyBoBerl
      @BuGGyBoBerl 3 года назад

      @@jollyollybolly6250 thanks!

    • @keithklassen5320
      @keithklassen5320 2 года назад +1

      I'm not sure if I can imagine Chomsky finding anything funny, and if he did it would not be something you or I find funny, I'd imagine.

    • @chriscurry2496
      @chriscurry2496 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@keithklassen5320 Why? Seriously, I don't understand why someone would think this way--as if Chomsky isn't human or is above human concerns or something.

  • @farshadgoldoust6548
    @farshadgoldoust6548 4 года назад +32

    you can obviously see how much respect they had for Noam. The prank was super light and polite.

  • @ericjamieson
    @ericjamieson 4 года назад +74

    I can't decide whether my favorite Ali G line is him asking Noam Chomsky "How many words does you know?" or the time he quizzed Kofi Annan on why Disneyland isn't in the UN.

    • @DerDuke
      @DerDuke 3 года назад +6

      That was actually Boutros Boutros Boutros Gali.

    • @cinquevocali
      @cinquevocali 2 года назад +2

      @@DerDuke hahahah, love that you wrote Boutros three times, hahahah

    • @VillemarMxO
      @VillemarMxO Год назад +1

      Why do Michael Jordan get is own seat? 😂

    • @defragsbin
      @defragsbin Год назад

      I liked him saying that Buzz Aldrin was "the first man to walk on the sun" :D

  • @thejew1789
    @thejew1789 4 года назад +1379

    “How many words, does you know”
    “Well, human beings know tens of thousands of words.”
    “What is some of dem”

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 года назад +11

      למה אני רואה אותך בתגובות בכל סרטון?

    • @sonofblessed
      @sonofblessed 4 года назад +4

      Good to see someone making fun of this jerk (Chomsky).

    • @dbog5214
      @dbog5214 4 года назад +5

      @@jonahs92
      הוא כנראה רואה הרבה יוטיוב

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 года назад +3

      @@dbog5214 כן חחח

    • @novasnotvibing
      @novasnotvibing 4 года назад +19

      @@sonofblessed bro how is he a jerk

  • @Ekalavya
    @Ekalavya 3 года назад +151

    You can actually tell he respects Noam Chomsky....

  • @rockstarrist5746
    @rockstarrist5746 9 лет назад +87

    "...And start speaking proper. Respek.". Noam laughs.

  • @brickmaestro8243
    @brickmaestro8243 8 лет назад +697

    Noam chomsky is the coolest dude on the earth.

    • @mo7sen94
      @mo7sen94 7 лет назад +37

      Well-said Said.

    • @t8m8r
      @t8m8r 7 лет назад +1

      Sulaiman your the man

    • @mohamedalyahudi3865
      @mohamedalyahudi3865 7 лет назад +11

      He is a condescending idiot who had no idea he was taken by Ali G.

    • @pinguinobc
      @pinguinobc 6 лет назад +4

      Comrade Chomsky cool? ROTFLMAO!

    • @LikeYayHigh
      @LikeYayHigh 5 лет назад +3

      @@TonyEnglandUK @Mohammed Al Yahudi
      It always cracks me up when trolls unknowingly troll each other 🤣

  • @TheRealSandorClegane
    @TheRealSandorClegane 8 лет назад +353

    this is the noam chomsky video that has the most views, holy shit we are a sad lot indeed

    • @frazonnor
      @frazonnor 7 лет назад +4

      Doesn't matter if it's opposed to "left wing ideology" or not. Even the most reactionary forms of art have revolutionary potential.

    • @frazonnor
      @frazonnor 7 лет назад +1

      Piano Aquieu nah

    • @blueeyed5074
      @blueeyed5074 7 лет назад +1

      Tyler , that's actually a good thing.

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 7 лет назад +10

      Fight Club wasn't espousing an ideology at all. It was heavily ironic.
      But the ideology present in the movie/book I'd say was left wing. Both the left and right have the capacity for totalitarianism. And, as Chomsky has said, anarchism was born on the left.

    • @DMO-DMO-DMO
      @DMO-DMO-DMO 7 лет назад

      Yeah, doesn't the book go into a lot more detail about how heavily communistic the group became? Although they were certainly all following their totalitarian "leader"

  • @Earth098
    @Earth098 4 года назад +50

    LMAO....the fact that Chomsky answered every question seriously makes it even more funny

  • @A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs
    @A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs 4 года назад +73

    Noam Chomsky? This must be the Bad Faith podcast episode everyone's talking about.

  • @Yoomons600
    @Yoomons600 8 лет назад +195

    ali g is cunnilingual, nice.

  • @blski
    @blski 9 лет назад +76

    Both extremely inteligent men. Pleasure to watch.
    Chomsky, like always, master of logic and precision of expresion.

  • @xanthromera
    @xanthromera 4 года назад +57

    I would love to hear Noam's retrospective take on this interview.

  • @aidanconcannon5710
    @aidanconcannon5710 4 года назад +16

    Hes so respectful and understanding to ali. He explains things so that he understands and doesnt just mock ali like other interviewees.

  • @regzzuse280
    @regzzuse280 7 лет назад +69

    "How would you like if I call you bilingual'?"
    Amazing.

  • @NothingParticularVid
    @NothingParticularVid 10 лет назад +161

    It's a real shame this is the most viewed Noam Chomsky video

    • @edmondjhg
      @edmondjhg 6 лет назад +19

      Actually cool, because many more people know now who he is.

    • @gaticaantonio9235
      @gaticaantonio9235 5 лет назад

      Why is that

    • @LetsGoGetThem
      @LetsGoGetThem 5 лет назад

      @Samantha Scott Just weird attempts at insults from the tankie crowd as usual, the constant fear of being labled some kind of phobic by your "comrades" leads to very strange insults which is always entertaining, though.
      Yeah, someday you will be old too and if you live long enough you will see all your friends and loved ones die as well. In that case, I will presume you will be lonely too, more so than now which implies that you could not be that lonely at all right now or the loneliness could be negligible.

    • @SinergiaAlUnisono
      @SinergiaAlUnisono 4 года назад

      Without nonsense meaning would have no meaning

    • @dhooth
      @dhooth 2 года назад

      no it isn't, good interview

  • @grantmoore8790
    @grantmoore8790 2 года назад +20

    The most shocking thing about this interview is that Chomsky smiles (at the end)

  • @SinergiaAlUnisono
    @SinergiaAlUnisono 4 года назад +129

    One of the most intelligent man on earth meets Noam Chomsky

  • @TantoFaz13
    @TantoFaz13 4 года назад +21

    I like how he actually asks some on point fundamental linguistic questions.

  • @noahjohnson6024
    @noahjohnson6024 4 года назад +388

    “How would you like to be called bilingual?”
    “I think I’d be a richer person if I were bilingual. I’d love to be multilingual.”
    “What’s multilingual? Does that have to do with animals?”

    • @bruhsoundeffect1903
      @bruhsoundeffect1903 4 года назад +2

      I thought he said "Is that having two families?"

    • @spiderduckpig
      @spiderduckpig Год назад +2

      Ngl I find it kind of crazy that Noam Chomsky, probably the most famous public intellectual linguist, only knows one language

    • @dezx3531
      @dezx3531 Год назад

      ​@@spiderduckpighis father was a hugely involved Hebrew revivalist and he debated michel foucault without a translator. although he's probably not fluent in either language he's certainly studied other languages extensively

    • @spiderduckpig
      @spiderduckpig Год назад +1

      @@dezx3531 Yes I did some more reading and found out he knows Hebrew but didn't consider himself fluent enough to call himself bilingual

  • @chrome_disco
    @chrome_disco 5 месяцев назад +3

    I love the fact that the first two questions are actual interesting questions that Ali allows him to give straightforward answers to.

  • @ssarpas
    @ssarpas 7 лет назад +24

    What the hell did I just see?! Either we are witnessing a whole new level of video editing or Noam Chomsky is just leveled up to the god position in my eye

  • @mim959
    @mim959 8 лет назад +20

    Fair play to Chomsky on this one - Ali G was generally out to oust the fake and Chomsky does himself and his integrity credit, especially as he blatantly has no idea what's going on or who he's being face with and still treats him with respect.

  • @youtubeexpert2441
    @youtubeexpert2441 5 лет назад +28

    “Pleh luh would be better for dog” - the greatest man on the internet

  • @malloid
    @malloid 3 года назад +17

    "My main man: professor Norman Chomsky..." lol

  • @hamonteiro
    @hamonteiro 5 лет назад +20

    I looks like Chomsky is playing into it, wich is fun. But knowing he was actually unconfortable makes it twice as funny.

  • @davidnavratil5349
    @davidnavratil5349 9 лет назад +18

    only moment Chomsky felt uncertain was when Ali G offered him a 'fist' instead of a hand shake

  • @adrijan6510
    @adrijan6510 4 года назад +157

    Man when Chomsky passes away I'll cry more than I've cried for anyone.
    The world needs to appreciate Noam but people are just dumb.

    • @amermh144
      @amermh144 4 года назад +7

      Yeah man, itll be heartwrenching
      arab chomskyist just passin by.. have a gd day

    • @tiberio1352
      @tiberio1352 4 года назад +2

      Word to the wise. Agree 111%

    • @nigelgibson2242
      @nigelgibson2242 4 года назад +3

      You're so right

    • @IRosamelia
      @IRosamelia 4 года назад +1

      R.I.P. Noam Chomsky

    • @adrijan6510
      @adrijan6510 4 года назад +1

      @@IRosamelia wtf? No please dont tell me

  • @sidsid5442
    @sidsid5442 2 года назад +9

    This is the proof of Chomsky's commitment to speak and write for the understanding of the audience and to impress them.

  • @WimbledonEngland
    @WimbledonEngland 6 лет назад +15

    This is incredible. Look how amazing chomsky is. He is so humble and down to earth. Anyone else in his position might have just said i dont wanna chat with a clown. But not this man.

  • @typhoonaaron
    @typhoonaaron 9 лет назад +11

    "How many words does you know?" Haha. Best question for Noam Chomsky. I bet he knows lots.

  • @ErikWouda
    @ErikWouda 8 лет назад +59

    I'd say Chomsky tricked Ali G.

    • @keithklassen5320
      @keithklassen5320 4 года назад +2

      Yeah he thought he didn't think he knew that he was already aware of his knowing about the other guy's awareness so I agree.

  • @carlwolfe9263
    @carlwolfe9263 3 года назад +7

    Norman Chompsky is a true intellect and inspiration for the youth.

  • @jimweights8908
    @jimweights8908 4 года назад +27

    Chomsky is the main man - treats everyone the same, a president or a joker. Classic interview!

  • @rhagedorn
    @rhagedorn 8 лет назад +30

    Noam handled Ali with class and respect. I want to see Ali interview Dick the Prick Cheney.

    • @dennisfield8443
      @dennisfield8443 6 лет назад +8

      I mean what do you think he could really pull off with Cheney. Get him to sign a water boarding kit or something.

    • @PSJamie2k
      @PSJamie2k 6 лет назад +4

      He did :) sort of.

    • @paulrouhan7288
      @paulrouhan7288 6 лет назад

      Yell-LAR

  • @comradesXcosmos
    @comradesXcosmos 5 лет назад +11

    “what is some of ‘em?” that make me spit out my tea.

  • @ephre
    @ephre 4 года назад +8

    Its rare for Noam to get any time on UK TV so i guess this was a plus.

  • @billygodd6703
    @billygodd6703 6 лет назад +7

    I love Noam. he is so composed and genuine, even when dealing w/ idiots

  • @TheRazerGamer02
    @TheRazerGamer02 2 года назад +7

    The fact that Cohen's cousin is a knighted professor with a background in developmental psychology makes this 100 times better

  • @anestojaga6442
    @anestojaga6442 5 лет назад +19

    "What is some of them?"

  • @onmaxj4725
    @onmaxj4725 3 года назад +4

    Noam is indulging Sacha as if he were a small kid! So patient! Hats off!

  • @MicrosoftsourceCode
    @MicrosoftsourceCode 9 лет назад +70

    Ali G is not so funny after listening to an hour of Noam Chomsky explaining why the world is fucked up.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno 9 лет назад

      MSCode ™ Guess this little exchange reveals Baron-Cohen to be part of the problem, in the context of your comment.

    • @MicrosoftsourceCode
      @MicrosoftsourceCode 9 лет назад +1

      jaye see nah Ali G used to be funny but he sometimes uses the wrong people to get laughs.

    • @MicrosoftsourceCode
      @MicrosoftsourceCode 9 лет назад +3

      jaye see
      To be honest Ali has some really funny lines but Chomsky just does not seem to get the humour.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno 9 лет назад +2

      MScode ™ Chomsky sussed him out immediately, he tends to humour idiots, and speaks to everyone in the same manner. They should have used a chimp.

    • @typhoonaaron
      @typhoonaaron 9 лет назад

      +MScode ™ No, it's still funny. ;)

  • @drunkensailor112
    @drunkensailor112 4 года назад +14

    "What is multi? Is that with animals?" Seriously can't make any more noise from laughing

    • @ryohazuki3161
      @ryohazuki3161 3 года назад

      REN! Do you know of any sailors?

    • @drunkensailor112
      @drunkensailor112 3 года назад

      @@ryohazuki3161 no. But you should know by now as Ryo!

  • @spydr86
    @spydr86 2 года назад +8

    Two geniuses having a conversation is always interesting

  • @stanmonzon5788
    @stanmonzon5788 Год назад +4

    I think this is the pinnacle of comedy. Nothing is better than this. The only bad thing about it is it’s so damn short.

  • @thebuttonfactory2306
    @thebuttonfactory2306 4 года назад +4

    Chompsky kept his composure with the patience of a saint and was able to smile and shrug off the interview.
    We should all be as gangsta as Chompsky.

  • @daniel6176
    @daniel6176 7 лет назад +12

    He's so patient

  • @PaveLowExpert
    @PaveLowExpert 10 лет назад +33

    biggest troll ever.

  • @faust3209
    @faust3209 4 года назад +21

    I'm so proud to live at the same time period with this genius of a man, smartest person to live with no doubt, trully awe inspiring human being
    Ah yes, Chomsky is also ok, I guess