I live in Norway, and I must say that the program "Rikets Røst" is a big hit in Norway. I'm among the group of people who loves this show.

But there is one thing I do not understand. Why do the american people blow this interview up into the sky? Pia has interviewed a lot of people around the world with almost the same outcome, but nobody seemed to care about that. But in your country it's a biiiiiiiig case!!!!

Hmmm.....

This councilman is, even for a New Yorker, a crass low-life, and has zero class.

Makes me doubly proud to be a citizen of a more civilized state.

James Oddo is worth little more than door mat material.

keith whaley

The questions were geared towards racism against Obama and that american people of all races would not elect an African American because of that. The question about Hillary was clearly meant to get a rise out of and corner a known republican. Good for the councilman to put a stop to the BS and throw the so called reporters and crew out. I would not have blown my top like he did and threatened violence but just like him, I would not have put up with it and would have used choice words. So this Rikers Rost program is taking up time from Oddo just to make a joke on the blonde asking the questions, in their own words. ... uh, yeah, got to love that Norwegian humor, not. They got what they deserved.

I wonder how some of you would feel if they were interviewing a known Democrat like Pelosi or Kennedy. Would you feel the same about the reaction? I know I would, would you?

Fortune Cookie Say: "Better for Councilman to make big fuss over nothing than to actually have to WORK for living"

I'm not a New Yorker but I thought it was awesome. Like the Daily News, I'm going to go watch it again.

#28 - Backfired? From whose point of view. I think that Norwegian "reporter" got the off-the-wall video she wanted.

I suspect that they knew in advance that Oddo was known for his short fuse. So they just decided to play him to see what happens.

And yeah, this video certainly doesn't have the sly wit or subtlety of many of Ali-G's interviews.

Humor is a subjective thing. In a country where the majority of people are polite and controlled, it's possible that seeing someone completely flipping out is considered hilarious.

I totally agree with #15. I'm so sick of this style of "ambush humor" -- even if he'd responded intelligently and calmly it probably would have been edited to make him look foolish.

Disgraceful guido threatening to kick a woman's ass. He should be ashamed of himself and if he has a wife, check for bruises. Disgusting behavior, resign.

Awesome, coz he's kinda hot.

Backfired? From whose point of view? The Norwegian "reporter" in the video is practically laughing. The so-called "comedy" troupe got their off-the-wall video.

I suspect they knew beforehand that Oddo had a short fuse and could be easily set off. So, they decided to play him and see what happens.

Yeah, it definitely lacks the subtlety and sly wit of a lot of Ali-G's interviews, but humor is a subjective thing. In a society where most people are polite and controlled, I guess that seeing someone completely losing it could be seen as hilarious.

Or at least as I was trying to imply I should say.

Matty, really? They are all blond? Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Are you blond, too?

As I said, I heard that the joke was supposed to be on the interviewer asking dumb questions as much as the interviewee answering them. Apparently, neither worked out in the end.

"I heard that the joke was supposed to be on the blond, Mr. Hyperventilating Guest #26. "Dumb blond asking stupid questions" is a big hit in Scandinavia."

Considering they're just about all blonde that is retarded.

Also, as said before, it was an ali-g style concept that completely backfired.

I heard that the joke was supposed to be on the blond, Mr. Hyperventilating Guest #26. "Dumb blond asking stupid questions" is a big hit in Scandinavia.

P3WNage!

They were mocking all Americans with their

"Barack is not an American because he's African American" and Hillary's Lewinsky Cigar jabs.

They think they're soooooooooooo sophisticated with their supercilious condescension. They were trying to make an ass out of him and Oddo wasn't havin' any of it.

Love it! Tearing the Eurotards a new one.

And the dude is a Republican! Go figure...

Jimmy really got pissed off because the blond didn't ask any questions about the merits of wooden versus metal bats.

Jim is sexy when he's mad. hot hot hot!

Oddo's hair plugs do adequate service to the interests of his constituents.

He might have taken his jacket off to remove the microphone

This sounds like the way some foreign country would report an interview by The Daily Show.