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"  Esquire contributor Mike Sacks has a new book, And Here&amp;#039;s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers About Their Craft (Writer&amp;#039;s Digest Books, $18). One of those top humor writers is Dan Mazer, cowriter of the Sacha Baron Cohen vehicles Borat and the new Br\u00FCno. An excerpt from their conversation: Dan Mazer: We were shooting a TV segment one time in Sedona, Arizona, and Borat was interviewing this new-age guy who was channeling angels through an &amp;quot;energized&amp;quot; cast-iron pyramid. The guy asked Borat to take off his clothes and lie down on a cot. The guy then began to chant and channel the angels. But while the guy was chanting, Borat began to masturbate under the sheets, at which point this serene and gentle angel-channeler did that thing that Americans sometimes do \u2014 he just snapped. He went absolutely crazy. He screamed something like, &amp;quot;Why are you masturbating in my pyramid? This is no way to treat angels! You have contaminated my aura!&amp;quot; Mike Sacks: Angels hate that. DM: They do... Sacha had managed to grab his underpants and jump into the back of the van. We drove off and collected ourselves and ended up shooting a segment at a drum circle not far away. All of a sudden, we hear police sirens... The police separated the director, and then me, and then Sacha to hear our individual stories. So I gave my story. The director gave his. And then I went over to Sacha, expecting to hear him say, &amp;quot;Look, I&amp;#039;m really sorry. I was just doing this for a television show.&amp;quot; And instead I heard, &amp;quot;I do not understand what you mean, &amp;#039;masturbates.&amp;#039; &amp;quot;... There was no way this was ever going to be seen by anyone, but nonetheless he was remaining steadfast in character. The police were so frustrated by their inability to understand him that they just said, &amp;quot;Okay, okay. Look, if you leave Sedona now, we won&amp;#039;t press any charges.&amp;quot; RELATED STORIES:  ENDORSEMENT: The Bruno Scene That the Military&amp;#039;s Happy to Be a Part of  S.T. VANAIRSDALE: Bruno &amp;amp;amp; Hollywood Engage the Gay Lifestyle for America  STEPHEN MARCHE: Why We Need to Let Sacha Baron Cohen Stop Playing Us  PLUS: Meet the Other Baron Cohen   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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