I have to confess, I still find this rather funny:
In a recent article, Noman Noam Chomsky’s assistant recalls the incident:
I have no idea how Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G character sneaked through my gate to ask Noam outrageous things like, „How many words does you know?“ and „What is some of them?“ I do remember that Noam came to me afterward looking dazed. „No more men in gold suits,“ he said, sighing.