Michael Landon is doing back flips in his grave right now.
(stuff.co.nz) TORONTO: The creators of a new Canadian sitcom, Little Mosque on the Prairie, are hoping the TV show will strike a chord beyond the country’s borders as it portrays Muslims in a new light: funny.
It concerns a community of devout Muslims and the inevitable misunderstandings that ensue when they interact with the locals in rural Saskatchewan.
“Laughter is a universal language,” said Zarqa Nawaz, the hijab-wearing creator of the show whose previous films include BBQ Muslims and Real Terrorists Don’t Belly Dance.
“It’s important to get over this assumption that Muslims are not funny or they can’t take a joke or that we don’t have the same sort of relationships that anyone else would have.”
The first airing of the show pulled in 2.1 million viewers. For the politically correct folks out there that this show will make fun of Muslims only. Let not your heart be troubled.
“Muslims were really worried because issues in the media surrounding Muslims tend to be so skewed towards violence,” said Nawaz, whose production company, FUNdamentalist Films, promises to put the “fun back into fundamentalism”.
Little Mosque on the Prairie is more a gentle romp than biting satire, and it pokes fun at Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Coming soon to a television set near you.
The creators say they have received calls from broadcasters in the United States, Europe and the Middle East interested in airing the show and, in some cases, buying the format rights.
I can’t wait. What next? Who loves Ramadan? Sex in Sadr City. The possibilities are endless.
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Oh Zarqa… stop, you’re killing me. No, not literally thank you.
Sex in Sadr City? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Sounds funny.
Other Muslim sitcom ideas:
“Welcome Back, Khomeini”–Allah gives radical cleric a chance to return to life, on one condition–he teach a group of smart-alack students in an inner-city Madrassa.
“The Beverley Sunnis”– Country bumpkins from Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit move to Southern California after discovering oil; hilarious hijinks ensue.
Here’s a good a list if anyone wants to add.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sitcoms#content
My favorite
Allah knows best
Maybe a local production could create our own sit- com!
“Little Mosque on the “KATY” Prairie”
Have a good weekend
Just what the viewers have been clammering for…. Ward Cleaver and the boys caught in hilarious skits of misogyny.
June, you never had it so good.
WKRP In Cincinatti—Hijinks at Al Jazzeera
Or some isalic game shows
Islamic squares
who head is it anyway
whats my lie
The Munsters—no explanation necessary
Is it just me or is this difficult? Can’t imagine why it would be.
And I’m pretty good at dark humor.
I guess I’ll just have to wait for the big premiere.
The Courtship of Eddie’s beheader.
Another one…. Leave it to burkha.
we could really enjoy a show about how to be a raping, abusive to female, murdering group of young professional male jihadists.
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I still say the only good muslim is a dead muslimTWOCUTE64001– I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND ASSUME THIS WAS WRITTEN WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH.
PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
#14
That would be a reality show. And be a big hit, for sure.
Oops, should have referenced # 14 in #16.
3rd Rock From the Son of a Terrorist’s Hand.
Love Thy Neighbor…. As Long As They’re not Jewish
The Many Wives of Sheik Al-Dobies Gillis
Just Shoot Me… And I’ll blow up and get to see all those virgins
broadcast rights - really. where do they live - i will drink a bunch of water and help there eco systems proliferate and make liberal soup!
twocute64001 — Please address my edit and note to your comment #15, thanks
Beheaded-witch
I Dream of Dhimmi
Allah in the family
Hadji Days
Fat Allah-bert (hey hey hey….. BOOOM!)
Gaza Times (with Jihad Jimmy Walker… DY-NO-MITE!)
The Hajj-mooners
The Malak-ees (”Hey, Hey, we’re the Malak-ees!”)
Mujahadeen and Mindy
Sahabi and Son (Big dummy… BOOM!)
Osama and Harriet
Those are some great ones. I knew I could count on you guys.
Mujahadeen and Mindy
Big dummy…..Boom!
ROF
The Dukes of Hezobllah
The Rahmadan-ford Files
Bahimah Miller
Car Bomb 54 Where Are You?
BOOMsum Buddies
It’s Hamzi Doomsday Time
Cooking with Emir
IED’smoke
And for the kiddies, can’t forget Cartoons:
Scooby Boom Where Are You?
The Fallujahstones
Dhimmi Neutron
Sponge Bomb Simtex Pants
Ren and Sahabi
Of course, they are on the Khartoum Network
CSI Bagdad and the inevitable spin offs CSI Faluja and CSI Tikrit
This is too humorous from all of you…LOL. Great laughs. I wonder what the non-humored Muslims are thinking??
34 vlou
I KEEL THEEEM! KEEEL THEEM!
That’s what they are probably thinking, but I could be wrong.
The Mary Tyler Mohammad Show
#36 how about the intro where she trows her burka up in the air.
You mean “unoffended” Muslims?
37 “she trows her burka up in the air”
She did that in the pilot episode then the Sharia police came and beat her and she never took it off again.
Here’s an Islamic joke site. These guys are hilarious… not really.
http://youth.ibn.net/humor2.asp?CAT=Muslim
David, let me just go ahead and say it - The comment from twocute64001 is inappropriate and should be deleted.
Hey, wait… We already have the Main Stream Media showing us the whacky hijinks of those fun filled worshippers of Allah….
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
Concur with vlou, some of the funniest stuff I’ve read in a while everyone……faster may have to reconsider a career change doing a stand up routine!!
Hey David, if TwoCute really is TwoCute, can’t it just be chalked up to a ‘momentary lapse of reason’?
I happen to think that Mayor White is a space alien(maybe would explain his laxity on dealing with other illegal aliens!) See? We’re all prone to maybe overstating things from time to time; can’t we be, TOLERANT, and cut her some slack?
Great ideas- too funny ;). Aahh yea kill the “2cute” comment. ;
The Alawi Bunch…Mom of 3 Sunni girls and Dad of 3 Shiite boys marry, hence a civil war ensues between these craaazy kids…