But the early joke was soon blown and over the past few years Ali G has had to be repositioned.

His early jokes were modestly sized, but as they caught on he executed larger pieces.

Can he remember any of his early jokes?

The addition of a waggle-based controller may have invited early jokes, but Nintendo is dominating the industry, and its wave has not broken yet.

'People thought it was an early April Fool's joke at first,' he said last week.

An earlier joke had one character having a photo taken with the real Saddam, after mistaking him for Thomas.

An early joke about pigeons tonight lasts 400 beats, by my count.

In contrast to these early jokes about 9/11, late-night comedy shows and humorous publications did not appear for several weeks following the attacks.

Mr. Larsen thought that the call might be an early April Fool's joke.

They are a few pretending to be many, hence my earlier joke about them all cramming into a phonebox.