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5 unusual facts about John Safran


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The track "Karma" was featured on a "World Instruments" segment of John Safran's Music Jamboree.

Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me

It was, however, distributed to Australian radio stations, and signed copies were made available to fans attending the Popcorn Taxi session with the band in 2004 (hosted by John Safran).

Fatwa

In 2003, on his television show John Safran Vs God, Australian comedian John Safran tricked Sheikh Omar Bakri into placing a fatwā on Safran's colleague Rove McManus by showing him falsified evidence seeming to indicate that McManus had been making fun of Islam.

John Safran's Music Jamboree

It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work.

Race Around the World

John Safran submitted his audition with ten seconds of yellow.


Rove McManus

In 2004, McManus appeared in comedian John Safran's TV show John Safran vs God in a segment in which Safran convinced the controversial UK Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad to put a fatwa on McManus.


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