"The Muslim Archie Bunker"
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Canada is abuzz with the debut on Tuesday night of a new comedy, Little Mosque on the Prairie, about, well, you guessed it: In the advance scenes of a new Canadian television comedy, a Muslim man stands in an airport queue talking to his mother on a mobile telephone. 'Don't put Dad on the phone,' he implores. 'I've been planning this for months, it's not like I dropped a bomb on him. If Dad thinks it's suicide, then so be it. This is Allah's plan for me.' The passenger in front of him, a sensibly stout Canadian, cranes her neck to listen in on the conversation, becoming increasingly and comically alarmed. As she rushes off to tell the authorities, the man finishes his sentence. 'I'm moving to the prairies to run a mosque.' This is the world of Little Mosque on the Prairie, a new comedy airing in January on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Even though it hasn't yet aired an episode, the show is creating such an advance buzz that the CBC pushed up its production to launch in the new year, instead of airing in the Fall as originally planned. The show will air for the first time in Canada on Tuesday. The series' name was taken from the wholesome 1970s US series Little House on the Prairie, but unlike the show set among pioneers in the 1800s, the subject matter in this show comes solidly from the post-9/11 world.
I'd love to hear from anyone who sees it.
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The Weekend Edition: One Tough Lady, One Tough City- Brigitte Gabriel is back, with tales of American talk shows. What is the future of America's relationship with Islam? What is The Little Mosque on the Prairie? Plus: Jerusalem under siege - what is life like for Jerusalemites under the threat of Muslim terror?
While listening to this program on Israel National Radio, I remembered "The Little Mosque on the Prairie" being mentioned in your blog. This station's and their guest's opinions of the show are not very complimentary – not surprising considering their political viewpoint . I think Little Mosque' airs in Seattle and wondered if you had a chance to view it when you were there.