# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/21 "2010-10-20T04:46:58Z")
The doper favorite is [this clip](http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/the-might-boosh-at-amnesty-secret-policeman-s-ball-2006). ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/22 "2010-10-20T07:15:22Z")
My ex-husband gave me series 1-3 sometime within the last year and I’ve really enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/23 "2010-10-20T08:00:55Z")
“Not you, naan bread.” ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@Short\_Guy\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/24 "2010-10-20T09:03:25Z")
I’ve never been able to get into it much (but then, I haven’t seen the first season, which by all accounts seems to be the best one). There are moments of brilliance, for sure, but I always come away less than impressed with the whole episode. Good acting (at least by the two leads), excellent characterisation, but the writing is generally unable to provide a consistent level of comedy over the length of a whole episode. There’s too much lag and too many jokes that make me go: “I can see how this is theoretically funny, but it doesn’t make me laugh.” ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/25 "2010-10-20T09:32:32Z")
> [@](#): > > When you is the moon; Buzz Aldrin, he a-walkin’ on your face. Not really my sort of thing generally (I prefer my humour deeply cynical) but it does have some moments of genius. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/26 "2010-10-20T11:24:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My favorite episode would have to be either Howard’s birthday party, or the invasion of the Nana demon. I think it would have to be S2’s one with Milky Joe for me - starts off fairly normal for them, then descends into particularly surreal paranoid madnesss. Brilliant 🙂 ---
**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, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/27 "2010-10-20T12:17:31Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > 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. Cheers – I do know that one. I’m quite fond of Richard Ayoade as well (he’s lovely in _Dark Place_.) I’ve got one of Matt Berry’s CDs, and also got a kick out of _AD/BC_. The real surprise was watching the film _Moon_, as I wasn’t expecting Berry to show up in a cameo (and once I recognised him, fully expected him to turn into his Dixon Bainbridge/_Snuff Box_ style character.) ---
**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 20, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/28 "2010-10-20T13:14:38Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > I think it would have to be S2’s one with Milky Joe for me - starts off fairly normal for them, then descends into particularly surreal paranoid madnesss. Brilliant 🙂 My only problem with Milky Joe is that Howard gets abused by his coconut. Battered spouses suck the humor out of things for me. Everything else is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/29 "2010-10-20T14:29:15Z")
> [@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. Rich was kind of out there even in high school, when he and I were members of the same class for a couple of years. (Although not great pals or anything like that.) His success on the comedy circuit doesn’t surprise me. However, I’m a bit suspicious of the birthdate in his Wikipedia bio, according to which Rich was 12 1/2 years old at the time of his high-school graduation. ---
**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 20, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/30 "2010-10-20T16:07:32Z")
It seems that in nearly every episode Vince is referred to as a female, such as “Howard Moon’s wife” usually as if he has been mistaken for a woman. Are there any episode in which this does not happen? ---
**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 20, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/31 "2010-10-20T19:45:26Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > Rich was kind of out there even in high school. apparently, his characters in Boosh are very much him…toned down! and he doesn’t like cricket! ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/32 "2010-10-20T21:50:32Z")
> [@lee](#): > > It seems that in nearly every episode Vince is referred to as a female, such as “Howard Moon’s wife” usually as if he has been mistaken for a woman. Are there any episode in which this does not happen? I’ve only seen Season 3 (the series set in the Nabootique), and I don’t remember this in ‘Party’ (Howard’s Birthday Party) - ironic, as this is the episode where Vince kisses Howard. I also don’t remember it in ‘Journey to the Center of the Punk’ (again, ironic, as among the many of his ‘body parts’ Vince plays is the Brain’s female secretary). And I don’t remember it in ‘Eels’ (where Howard eventually ends up a Prostitute) - heck, that’s 1/2 of the series’ episodes - did it occur in ‘Crimps’ or ‘Chokes’ or ‘Crack Fox’? ---
**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 21, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/33 "2010-10-21T01:47:05Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > I don’t remember this in ‘Party’ (Howard’s Birthday Party) - ironic, as this is the episode where Vince kisses Howard. Ah, but in “Party,” Vince brings this up himself and says, "I’m the confuser – ‘Is it a man? Is it a woman? I’m not sure if I mind!’ " ---
**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 21, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/34 "2010-10-21T04:39:42Z")
Good catch **gallows fodder**. I watched this one tonight, and I rather liked it. I was really happy to see Howard dump Vince, and Vince objected that he has never been dumped. In someways, this seems like an incredibly self indulgent episode for Noel to write, with the repeated gag of Howard being 32 and Noel even younger, the scene where the three chavs slaughtered as they richly deserve, and Vince’s grand entrance. Given all that it seems like it should be crap, but it works. It has lots of laughs, as well as serious dialog. On reflection this episode is all about gifts. There is something to indulge everyone. Howard gets the girl, a good party with a bouncy castle, and he gets the upper hand for once with Vince by dumping him, and he gets to stay friends with Vince. Julian gets to play the head shaman, looking mighty hot, with a hot wife who casually dispatches chavs. His regal manner and that voice almost make me forget about Noel for a moment. Vince gets to be rescued by Howard, some of Howard’s undivided attention, that entrance, and a terrific cape. The fans get that kiss and the solid knowledge that they have not missed any off screen action between Howard and Vince. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/35 "2010-10-21T17:34:18Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Ah, but in “Party,” Vince brings this up himself and says, "I’m the confuser – ‘Is it a man? Is it a woman? I’m not sure if I mind!’ " Probably why I didn’t recall - I was trying to think of other parties saying it, not Vince himself. And I watched a few (well, 5 of 6) Second series episodes last night, and there was some far more obvious examples (of course, I may have been looking for it - confirmation bias you know) - for example, in “Old Greg” where the fisherman offers to charter a boat for Howard and ‘his lady’ (Vince) - and ‘Call of the Yeti’, where the old woodsman who owns the cabin wants to spend the night with Vince (it’s a bit hard to figure out if the woodsman thinks Vince is a man or a woman - although that doesn’t seem to matter too much in the Mighty Boosh universe). I find it somewhat amusing that throughout the shows I’ve seen so far, they price and pay for everything in Euros, even though most of the time they’re in the UK (when they’re not stranded on a desert island in the North Atlantic or on planet Xooberon). Maybe this is a subtle hint that they don’t inhabit our reality (where the UK uses Pounds… and the Moon doesn’t talk at all, let alone with a barely understandadly accent) ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/36 "2010-10-21T17:45:24Z")
Stupid America, with all its cowboys and rock n’ roll . I wish I could watch more. It’s even hard to steal. They used to run it on Adult Swim, which I hope they still do. Probably discontinued because us lame Americans are too busy with our pompadours to appreciate it. ---
**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 21, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/37 "2010-10-21T17:50:51Z")
Well, the 1-3 boxed set is readily available online in formatting for america. ---
**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 21, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/38 "2010-10-21T18:42:02Z")
Well, the 1-3 boxed set is readily available online in formatting for america. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/39 "2010-10-21T19:43:17Z")
> [@lee](#): > > Good catch **gallows fodder**. I watched this one tonight, and I rather liked it. I was really happy to see Howard dump Vince, and Vince objected that he has never been dumped. > > In someways, this seems like an incredibly self indulgent episode for Noel to write,… “Is it Christ?!” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626/40 "2010-10-21T21:18:55Z")
I’ve never been particularly moved to check out a full episode. But they did one of their crimps on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show a while back and, I have to admit, it was weirdly entertaining. I would find myself mumbling it for a good while afterward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-boosh/557626.md?page=3)