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Sounds quite amusing, and that has to be one of the longest and most amusing movie titles ever.

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I frickin LOVE that guy. Borat was outrageous and hilarious, and I am really looking forward to Bruno too.

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The absolute greatest title of a film EEEVVVER!! Can't wait to see it!

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It looks like Ausiello was having a little fun with the title. He came up with the subtitle, not Sacha Baron Cohen.

Definitely sounds like a funny movie, and can't wait to see it.

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If they keep the scene, it will lead to the first time anyone in the universe has watched Medium.

So yeah, they should totally leave it be.

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Oh, TV Squad.

Don't worry, you're only the 300,000th website to fall for the fake Bruno title.

http://defamer.com/5017659/the-curious-case-of-the-fake-defamer-bruno-title-that-ate-the-internets

Remember, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source!

-Ryan

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I don't get this guys appeal, at all. How is it funny to interupt the filming of a tv show? Especially considering how much it costs per hour to shoot one?

And, by the way, to the comment above, Medium ranked in the top 20 programs in the final episodes of last season, so obviously lots of people watch it.

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There's no difference between this guy and the Jackass crew. Misery is funny at someone else's expense. His 15 minutes are ticking off....

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you would think on a show called "medium", they could have seen this coming

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Will would also like to remind you kids to stay off of his lawn!

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in other news, Medium is apparently still on the air.
i was under the impression that it was canned 2-3 years ago...

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That's horrible. Jeff Olan Casting must be humiliated. You know why he did it - to ambush Patricia Arquette, whose brother is a pre-op crossdresser. Cohen's been ambushing unsuspecting people at their own expense and once again duping more dumbass people to sign super long releases that only attorneys could decipher their meaning to the average fat head. Essentially, however they capture you on camera, they can cut, edit, translate, depict you however they so choose without your knowing and since you've signed it, they cannot at all be sued by you ever. They could tell you they're gonna catch you playing with your hair and voice over that you're really a transvestite straightening out your wig. And you will have zero legal recourse. There are stories all over the internet about stunts he's pulled on people dumb enough to sign the releases that they don't even know what it really means. Some just want the money, some just aren't wise enough to know you never sign a contract that you cannot figure out what it truly means. His producers and crap try to sweet talk everyone and only later drop a bomb in their laps AFTER the releases have been signed and collected, or worse after they've edited it to make you look like a jerk, even if you didn't while filming. Like mock focus groups that ask for your release, and furthermore putting the market research companies' reputations on the line.

Here's one from this idiot who thinks he'll be edited out:

"We responded to a very vague Craigslist ad requesting people be in the audience for a new talk show, discussing current politics/events. We would get paid $50, just for 90 minutes of our time, after work (I think it was from 7-8:30pm). The studio was literally about 2 miles from our house, so of course, we both decided to go. At the studio, we filled out more screener surveys to pick the actual audience as there were so many more respondants than the studio would seat. For whatever reason, they picked my husband,Jeff, and not me.(I still got paid, though!) Anyway, Jeff and about 150 other people filed off into the studio. Meanwhile, I waited in the lobby.

(The rest is what Jeff described).
Bruno came out as a guest on a talkshow. Bruno was playing the gay father to a little African baby he "adopted". The little baby was wearing a onsie that said "Gayby". According to Jeff, during the audience Q & A section, some of the audience members said some very inflammatory comments. It was a very controversial talk show, apparently, which infuriated many of the audience members, so much that most of the audience walked out before the taping actually was scheduled to end,due to some very off-color pictures and comments by Bruno himself.

We were both fans of Borat, and on the drive home from the studio, after hearing about the crazy Austrian that had been the "guest", I started wondering aloud, "Wouldn't it be funny if this was actually "Bruno"?" From this very site, I knew that there was a Bruno film in the works, but certainly hadn't put 2 and 2 together, as the Craigslist ad, and the mock producers did such a good job of making us think we were merely filming a pilot for a new talk show. Period.

So when we got home, we googled "Bruno" and Jeff saw the photo of Bruno with the blond wig interviewing Gov. Arnold, and Jeff nearly fell over, and said, "That was him!" So, that's how the cover was blown, after it was all over. Of course, Jeff was quite bummed out that he was in Sacha Baron Cohen's presence without knowing it.

I am sure much of the footage will be edited, but hopefully some of the Dallas footage will make it into the final film!"

And these jerks:

"The Smoking Gun website has posted copies of ads used to lure thousands of Arkansans to staged events in Texarkana and Fort Smith for Sacha Baron Cohen's latest movie, Bruno, based on his TV character, a gay Austrian interviewer who specializes in entertainment and fashion topics. The ads promised one-dollar beer, "hot chicks" and "hardcore fights." As Tsg reported, both events ended with two male wrestlers "tearing each other's clothes off and, while in underwear, kissing down their opponent's chest." The display, said Tsg, "triggered Fort Smith fans to throw chairs and beer at the ring." Cohen's "Blue Collar Brawlin'" website, which promoted the events, shuttered after the filming. Tsg discovered they they were registered to Peto Philer of Algeria."

And this moron who should have screwed up Cohen's gig, because now they probably will make a jerk out of him for trying to snap photos:

"I was at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles today for a luncheon hosted by the Foreign Trade Association, and lo and behold, Sacha is there as our favorite gay Austrian Bruno!!! His get up is a little different than it was on the Ali G show. No mohawk with blond highlights, no tight t-shirt. He’s dressed in leather pants, black vest and a black t-shirt. The hair is kinduva flock of seagulls/sad boy from the cure look - rusty brown hair mopped over to one side and the tips are a frosty blonde.

Our eyewitness wasn’t able to snap any camera phone photos this time but he did say,

Obviously you had no idea what was going beforehand…There were several signs warning you that a documentary is taking place. I actually signed the release sheet to be interviewed. I was first told that it was about “world trade” and then when I asked again, I was told it was about American culture and world trade. I didn’t really care cause they gave me 20 bucks and I thought it was going to be something about trade. Clearly, 99 percent of the people had no idea who he was. I could only wish I could hear what he was saying in the interviews. Sacha had about 10 people with him. Three people running around with releases to sign, 4 camera people, a blonde haired producer watching the whole thing and a frazzled old dude with string salt and pepper hair checking the sound at the other end of the ballroom. At one point he started freaking out and telling the producer “I don’t have any *beep* sound! Get that guy back for another interview! I don’t hear *beep* They were obviously trained to deal with someone catching on, because as soon as I realized who he was (and I wasn’t very good at hiding my surprise) his staff were on me like lindsay lohan to a line of coke. I tried a couple times to take a picture with my cell phone and they kept blocking me and telling me please don’t take a picture. At one point they had someone following me making sure I couldn’t get off a picture. The guy told me “Dude give it up, you’ve trying all day. It’s not gonna happen.” If I was really gung ho, I’m sure I could have taken one, but he’s hilarious and I didn’t want to make a scene and screw up his gig."

Sure there's lots of footage they won't be able to use because the gags got screwed up. But lots they will so when you see your sorry self or husband or girlfriend in the movie, just remember, YOU JUST SIGNED THE RELEASE and the rest of the world will be laughing at YOUR expense.

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