Comments on: Aliens!

By: Nitin

Nitin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:38:58 +0000

Haven’t seen the show. But Raja Musharaff, now that’s imaginative.

I’ve developed a theory of anyone who spells then name as Musharaff, with a double-f. Your post seems to validate it.

By: Abbas Halai

Abbas Halai — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:33:17 +0000

this show is just aching to suck. it’s trying to do what ‘little mosque on the prairie’ has very successfully done, i.e. breaking every muslim stereotype they could with very, very intelligent humour. but i’m sure because it’s a canuck show, hasn’t done too well down south. i highly recommend you try and catch the show if you haven’t seen it already.

p.s. i apologize for my horrible grammar.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:36:32 +0000

You leave Iowa City out of it. And, in any case, Packers suck.

By: Farangi

Farangi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:11:29 +0000

Or, perhaps, “Visits to Iowa City in 2000.”

By: sepoy

sepoy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:42:16 +0000

“vintage Haggar Ballhugger slacks”

Gold. Man. Gold.

Btw, “Many American Muslims are thrilled to see a multi-dimensional Muslim character on TV who has nothing to do with terrorism” says this NPR story. I mean, wow. If god ever granted me powers beyond my puny control, I will write a Pakistani beer-swivellin, Packer-loving, cow-tipping, and surprisingly-not-a-terrorist Muslim character. Huzzah. It will be called “Memories of My Drunk Terrorist Whores”.

By: Farangi

Farangi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:37:22 +0000

That’s actually called a “poofti.” In the minds of Hollywoodians, American politicians, American pundits & their gullible prey, it’s the traditional garb worn by subcontinental male fauna under the age of twenty, before Wahabist madrasas issue patchy beards, turbans of indeterminate origin and all-weather “Fuck Bush” placards. Fez wore one in the pilot for “That ’70’s Show,” before the Fox wardrobe mavens discovered the ratings benefits of pouring Wilder Valderamma into vintage Haggar Ballhugger slacks. Fez’s poofti was day-glo orange, if memory serves.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:29:02 +0000

All Pakistani boys dress in bright purple, embroidered, bridalesque clothing. Did you not know that?

Also, AiA watchers should know that this show was screen-tested in a Chicago high school.

Also: consider that despite the Barney Goes Paki “traditional clothing”, the actor Adhir Kalyan has “an impressive command of languages and accents. He speaks both Afrikaans and French, and has wide range of accents, including British, South African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani, Scottish, French and Australian, as well as several American accents.”