People Who Should Be Famous: Pia Haraldsen

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This week I'm taking a break from writing about people who are already famous to focus on someone who isn't famous yet, but possibly should be. She possesses a moxie and general sense of derring-do that just warms my obnoxious prank-loving heart.

I'm talking about Pia Haraldsen, whose Ali G-style interview of New York City Council Member James Oddo--and his insanely overblown reaction--made me and 6,000 other youtube viewers giggle with schadenfreude-y delight:

I almost wish Fox News hadn't interviewed her, because now more people will know who she is and the amount of fun she can have in this country will be limited, like what happened to the infamous Sascha Baron Cohen. But most politicians are too confused by the internets to follow a phenomenon like this, and it should also help her out that old white men are much more likely to trust a hot blonde Norwegian "reporter" than the hirsute walking stereotype that is Borat.

It's too early to tell if this chick is the next Baron Cohen or just an amusing emulator, but I am hopeful, and I'm trying to figure her out. It doesn't help that most of her other segments on YouTube are in some crazy gibberish language called "Norwegian." Her glamor-shot heavy website is also confusing; either she is engaged in a brilliant self-parody, or the chick is actually kind of lame. Hey, Norwegians (I know there are some of you on here.) Your take on this would be much appreciated. Read all that craziness and report back here with your verdict (please?)

Also, I know this is going a bit off topic, but since when did "punk'd" make its way into common newsreader parlance? The Fox News people keep saying it in their interview with her and this is not ok. Why don't we just let Ashton Kutcher write the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary while we're at it? Shit.

Anyway, her statement on the incident is something I can get behind:

I think Mr. Oddo’s reaction was quite normal and I’ve always been fond of men with a temperament,” the heavily-accented Haraldsen said, adding that she wouldn’t mind having Oddo as a “rumba and salsa” partner on "Dancing with the Stars."

(via smallscreen.monstersandcritics.com)

Let's hope that this comedienne knows what she's doing. We need some more funny-on-purpose Youtube celebs to balance out the Chris Crockers of the world. And I'm not gonna lie, I am especially happy when a woman turns out to be funny; when the Sarah Silvermans outweigh the Margret Chos, we will be significantly closer to that magical utopia of femiladyist radness where tampons grow on trees and men exist solely for cunnilingus and foot rests, or something.

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