# The Mighty Boosh **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626 "2010-10-19T03:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/1 "2010-10-19T03:26:20Z")
So, I just bought the DVDs for series 1-3. Anyone else a fan? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/2 "2010-10-19T13:38:46Z")
Seen a couple of skits on YouTube. Liked most of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/3 "2010-10-19T13:45:56Z")
They’re very good - probably the best comedy out of the UK in the last few years IMO. There’s nothing else remotely like it. For this reason I’d be surprised if it had broad appeal - it’s not exactly British humour but it’s very niche. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/4 "2010-10-19T13:48:19Z")
So, I need a costume for my 3 year old. I am thinking of making a boosh themed costume. Any suggestions? I so want to make **KellyM** the mirror ball suit, but I doubt I can get her to wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/5 "2010-10-19T13:52:30Z")
She would be about the right size for Naboo. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/6 "2010-10-19T14:05:28Z")
The three year old is a boy, but he does like hats. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/7 "2010-10-19T14:11:20Z")
My 16 y.o. daughter bought a DVD set, says it’s her favorite TV series, and shows it to her friends when they come over for a visit. It’s growing on me, but I haven’t given it an attentive viewing. The actors seem to be doing something they enjoy. Goofy songs, funny medium budget spfx, cheerfully risque material, lots of winking at the viewer. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/8 "2010-10-19T14:20:15Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Goofy songs, funny medium budget spfx, cheerfully risque material, lots of winking at the viewer. Is it? When they show previews on Adult Swim it looks like more HR PuffinStuff combined with fart jokes. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/9 "2010-10-19T15:30:39Z")
Meh. I’ve been working my way through it, but that surrealist kind of comedy always leaves me cold. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/10 "2010-10-19T16:21:02Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Is it? When they show previews on Adult Swim it looks like more HR PuffinStuff combined with fart jokes. > > -Joe No, it’s very funny. No fart jokes that I remember. My favorite episode would have to be either Howard’s birthday party, or the invasion of the Nana demon. Heck, anything with the Shaman Council is bound to be good. “Sometimes, I wonder if I did the right thing… marrying an extreme sports calendar model.” ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/11 "2010-10-19T16:22:01Z")
I know everyone calls it surreal, but it isn’t truly. I have been watching through the episode and things happen for a reason. It is magical, but it follow an internal logic which is lacking in surreal films, of which I have seen too many. In proper surrealist film, there is no why. **Merijeek** is close to the truth. It flows like children shows but it crosses far more boundaries than just fart humor. I don’t think it crosses boundaries for the sake of crossing them, but rather they just include anything they think about. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/12 "2010-10-19T16:34:43Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Is it? When they show previews on Adult Swim it looks like more HR PuffinStuff combined with fart jokes. > -Joe You’ll just have to look and see. In my daughter’s favorite episode, the local dreaded bogeyman “Old Greg” turns out to be tedious, plaintive creature with a glowing “man-gina.” He’s willing to not kill the protagonist in exchange for wedded bliss. That description doesn’t say anything about the quality, but I’d say call it cheerfully risque. The program doesn’t take itself seriously, which makes many potential flaws highly forgivable. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/13 "2010-10-19T16:48:52Z")
Vince won my heart with this exchange: Vince: I like thick girls. Girls that like bright colours, dancing, soft fabrics… Howard: Don’t you want an equal? Vince: Yeah! He was so enthusiastic and happy. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/14 "2010-10-19T20:01:20Z")
Aw The Mighty Boosh. I haven’t seen it in ages but love it. My favourite episodes would have to include the Monkey Hell one, the one in the Tundra, the one with Old Gregg and the one with Milky Joe. I’m rubbish at titles. I preferred series 1 to the others. I thought it worked much better. Series 3 especially seemed to be a bit thin. But I still love them and hope they come out with something special if they do another series. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/15 "2010-10-19T20:02:16Z")
> [@lee](#): > > So, I need a costume for my 3 year old. I am thinking of making a boosh themed costume. Any suggestions? A poncho? Cover him in shells? dress him as a panda? set a hat on fire? the options are endless ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/16 "2010-10-19T20:29:05Z")
I love this show, Nazi turtle and Ku Klux Goose for the win! ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/17 "2010-10-19T20:59:49Z")
I love this show, but I think season 2 was its peak. “The Nightmare of Milky Joe” is my favorite episode – even though I’ve seen it so many times now that I don’t really laugh out loud anymore, watching it cheers me right up. My favorite MB scene, though, bar none, is the conversation in the car in “The Hitcher” that includes Vince’s story about being raised in the jungles of India by Bryan Ferry…but it’s the conversation afterwards (“Listen, that’s the end of that saga.” “What? Are you Icelandic?” etc.) that is so adorable. EDIT: Ooh, [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIixgGpZh38#t=8m27s) the clip! I like their radio show a lot, too (you can get it on CD). They have one bit where Vince and Howard are bored and just talking about nonsense, and they get on this riff about Jimmy Lasers playing a grain of rice in _Rice Dreams_ – so cute. I love that childlike, singularly good-natured, completely devoid of cynicism sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/18 "2010-10-19T22:57:10Z")
I was a bit ambivalent about it at first, but about two-thirds the way through the first season it officially ‘grew on me’ and now I own all the DVDs, CDs etc. I always have trouble describing the show to people and I can’t really explain why I like it either. I guess because it is so content with it’s own silliness. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/19 "2010-10-20T01:44:59Z")
> [@lee](#): > > So, I need a costume for my 3 year old. I am thinking of making a boosh themed costume. Any suggestions? > > I so want to make **KellyM** the mirror ball suit, but I doubt I can get her to wear it. Teach your little boy to say, ‘It’s an outrage’ and have him go as Tony Harrison. Or if the adults go as shamen, he can be Kirk. I needed to fill a little extra time in my history of rock class one term a couple years back, in the funk and soul lecture, to be precise, so I ended up showing them Old Gregg’s legend of the funk – I’ve just left it in since then, and play it to the class with no real additional explanation. I’m still trying to figure out a way to work in the Hitcher into a lecture, although I did make reference to the character in a journal article that’s coming out next year. _The Mighty Boosh_ was my introduction to Matt Berry – his show with Rich Fulcher, _Snuff Box_, is rather surreal (I’m fond of it) if you want to take the next step. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/20 "2010-10-20T04:28:21Z")
I’m a big fan but most people I know either love it or hate it; a lot of them just think it’s [Moss from the _IT Crowd_]“A little bit _Weird_”[/Moss]. Personally, I think it’s a brilliant show and the actors are obviously really enjoying what they do. And some of the songs are pretty catchy too; not to mention the story vignettes. > [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > _The Mighty Boosh_ was my introduction to Matt Berry – his show with Rich Fulcher, _Snuff Box_, is rather surreal (I’m fond of it) if you want to take the next step. Matt Berry also plays the delightfully [del]sleazy[/del] rakish Douglas Reynholm in _The IT Crowd_, if you’re looking for more of his work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626.md?page=2)