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ARABIC VERSION OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HITS THE MIDDLE EAST
AP ^ | Feb. 19, 2016 | MARAM MAZEN

Posted on 02/19/2016 12:15:29 PM PST by PROCON

CAIRO (AP) -- "From Cairo...it's Saturday Night!"

An Arabic version of Saturday Night Live is airing across the Arab world for the first time this weekend, offering a Middle Eastern twist on the hit U.S. comedy show.

In a newly renovated theatre in the Egyptian capital, the live audience laughed their way through the shooting of the first episode on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: comedy; egypt; islam; shariahlaw; snl
"Hey-Hey, make sure to beat your waitress...I'll be here all week!"
1 posted on 02/19/2016 12:15:29 PM PST by PROCON
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The Killer Bees use suicide vests and the Land Shark only eats Jews.


2 posted on 02/19/2016 12:26:15 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: PROCON
...the live audience laughed their way through the shooting of the first episode on Tuesday

Did anyone else need to read that twice?

3 posted on 02/19/2016 12:27:13 PM PST by kidd
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Ha, it caught my eye too.

"Blew" my mind.

4 posted on 02/19/2016 12:28:57 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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I can't wait for Samurai Jihadist


5 posted on 02/19/2016 12:36:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Beat my wife, Please


6 posted on 02/19/2016 12:37:56 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: PROCON
Mosque Lady?


7 posted on 02/19/2016 12:44:29 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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I'd be rided id bedesert odda horse bid no bame,
It belt gooda be outtada raid.
Cod ib  bedesert I rebemmer by dame,
Cod dere aidno one bore to gibbe doe glame...

8 posted on 02/19/2016 12:48:02 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: nickcarraway

"72 virgins be berry, berry good to me."

9 posted on 02/19/2016 12:59:43 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON

The Fuse Brothers.


10 posted on 02/19/2016 1:11:44 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: PROCON

later


11 posted on 02/19/2016 1:14:39 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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Sharina, you ignorant slut......


12 posted on 02/19/2016 1:20:50 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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Did anyone else need to read that twice?

Yeah, but I'm finally getting around to commenting that "shooting" was an unfortunate choice of verbiage.

"...taping..." might have been the better synonym of choice for the situation...

13 posted on 02/19/2016 1:47:32 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: PROCON

The jokes will write themselves all season long.


14 posted on 02/19/2016 1:53:53 PM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
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The Richmeister! Making suicide vests!


15 posted on 02/19/2016 3:19:48 PM PST by Larry Lucido (I'll support Trump as a second choice, and I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.)
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