Booyakasha! Ali G left behind the streets of Staines in England to visit the USA. A six-part series started its run on HBO on 21st February 2003. A second series started on HBO in July 2004.
On his travels he met the former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and the former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich. He also met astronaut Buzz Aldrin and asked him: "So what was it like to be the second man to walk on the sun?"
