The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 (DVD)

Advantages: great comedy, eight episodes, hours of fun
Disadvantages: not everyone taste

The Mighty Boosh are a British comedy group made up of Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Bollo, and Michael Fielding. They are a cult comedy show that originally started on stage displaying their crazy and often psychotic comedy and plots. They soon made it to the television with two series on the BBC. The name apparently comes from a remark that Michael Fielding’s friend made about his once curly hair where he referred to it as the ‘Might ...
...stuck. In all the episodes there are the five main characters Howard Moon played by Julian Barratt who is lonely, sad, he’s the jazz man. He works alongside Vince as a zoo keeper in series 1 and a failing and awful musician in series 2. Often Howard is the victim who gets rescued by Vince and his glorious situations always end in embarrassment. Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) is the cool one with ‘Mod’ hair and is a hit with the ladies. He is laid back ... Read review

Advantages: Original, silly fun comedy
Disadvantages: Not for everyon

Having seen copies of the Mighty Boosh in HMV for months on end, and growing annoyed by not knowing what it was exactly, I decided to rent the Mighty Boosh series 1 about 3 months ago, and bought the series shortly afterwards, and now I will attempt to try and explain what the Boosh is. -So, What is The Mighty Boosh?- The Mighty Boosh is a British sit-com, created by the stand-up double act, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. The Mighty Boosh is ...
...with off-beat, no-punchline humour and the odd song and dance routine. The Mighty Boosh takes place on a magical planet, inside a Zoo called the Zooniverse. The two main characters, a wannabe pop star with brilliant hair, Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) and a refined and self important jazz fan, Howard Moon (Julian Barratt) work as zoo keepers. Their duties at the Zoo often get ignored as the pair set out on unwitting adventures each episode, ranging ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious, surreal, fresh and very entertaining
Disadvantages: none

...journey through time and space…..to the world of the mighty boosh The mighty boosh is a Hilarious surreal comedy programme which is set at a zoo called zooniversery where two best friends work there as zoo keepers, Howard Moon and Vince Noir. They ended up working in the zoo due to Howard convincing Vince that GCSE's are not important. Each episode takes us on wild, weird and very bizarre journeys from searching for a ruby in the artic tundra to ...
...the audience endless laughs and great entertainment squeezed into 30mins. The series is full of songs and a whole range of characters. Characters Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) aka "King of the Mods" He is a Topshop loving electro boy with a special gift allowing him to communicate with animals. He loves anything electro or punk rock and is a huge fan of Gary Newman. Vince was even raised as a child in the forest by Bryan Ferry! In his spare time ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant, funny, crazy, different!
Disadvantages: None!

The Mighty Boosh is one of the most unusual comedies to ever be shown on tv. Wacky, crazy, often quite disturbing, but always brilliantly funny, the show is written by and also stars comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. The Mighty Boosh began life as a theatrical show, before moving on to become a radio series on BBC Radio 4, and finally in 2004, the show was commissioned to appear as a tv series on BBC Three. The show has been a massive success, ...
...Bainbridge .... Matt Berry The Mighty Boosh series one DVD was released in 2005, and includes all 8 episodes of the hit series, on a 2 disk set. Set in Bob Fossil's Zoo, the Zooniverse, series one is set around the adventures of Howard Moon and Vince Noir, both as workers in the run-down zoo. Whilst Vince accepts his daily routines, caught up in his own little 70's mindset, with no care in the world other than his own hairstyle, Howard despairs ... Read review

Advantages: very very funny, completely mad
Disadvantages: not to everyones rate

...had never even heard of the mighty boosh. so when i trundled upto oxford to see my friend, to be greeted by, hope you don't mind....but .....the mighty boosh are doing a dvd signing in one of the book shops i REALLY want to go. still having no clue who they were i agreed and a couple of hours later we were standing in the queue waiting for god knows who in the middle of god knows where. whilst standing in the queue i found out that they had originally ...
...a small fit, something along the lines of ' i can't tell them that i fancy them i really can't', i decided that i may as well buy the dvd, just to see what it was all about, and at £15.99 (shockingly expensive for a poor student like myself), maybe not the wisest thing to do but i trusted my friends judgement. couple of days later i finally got round to watching the dvd, i will admit, at firsti think my reaction was 'oh no, amy why the hell did ... Read review

Advantages: Very funny, clever, surreal, quotable,some cool costumes, more true-to-life than other series.
Disadvantages: Has a big indie fanbase, feels a little bit last-year.

...The Mighty Boosh follows the surreal adventures of Zookeepers Howard Moon (Julian Barratt) and Vince Noir (Noel Fielding.) Series one is in my opinion, the best of the three, focusing mostly on the complex love\hate relationship between Howard and Vince, particularly the banter between them, rather than bizarre characters found mostly in the second series, or numerous references to indie-culture in the third. Thankfully, I was one of the few who discovered this comedy gem prior to the huge indie and emo fanbase who just like how pretty Noel Fielding is. The show is definitely the most surreal sitcom around, comparable in places to early Reeves and Mortimer. Although The Boosh is not often laugh-out-loud funny, it seems to become more amusing the more times you watch or think about it, especially series one, as it seems to... Read review

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Advantages: the most unique comedy in the world!
Disadvantages: only two short series :-(

...fantastic little song interludes (written be the pair) and creatively surreal animated sequences, making the mighty boosh one of the best cult comedy programs of all time. its just a shame they didn't do anymore. Series 2 Episodes 1. The Call of The Yeti 2. The Priest and the Beast 3. Nanageddon 4. Fountain of Youth 5. The Legend of Old Gregg 6. The Nightmare of Milky Joe DVD DETAILS: Actors: Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding, Matt Berry Format: Box set, PAL Language English Region: Region 2 (This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 4 Classification: Studio: 2 Entertain Video DVD Release Date: 13 Feb 2006 Run Time: 408 minutes Main Language: English Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Stereo... Read review

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Advantages: Pure genius, great value for money
Disadvantages: None

...Go with them now on a journey through time and space. A thrilling adventure, much unlike anything else known on television today. Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding make the perfect unlikely pairing as they star in The Mighty Boosh. With Mike Fielding, Dave Brown and Rich Fulcher also starring in most episodes, particularly series 2, the journey is a thoroughly enjoyable one as Howard Moon and Vince Noir find themselves in all sorts of weird and wonderful situations, often needing Naboo the Enigma and Bollo, Naboo's familiar to get them out of trouble. Series 1 is set in Bob Fossil's Zooniverse, where Howard and Vince work. Mrs Gideon, the object of Howard's affection features in these episodes, and in the first episode, Killeroo, Bob Fossil makes Howard fight the deadly kangaroo, which he refuses to do until Vince convinces him that it... Read review

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