The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 DVD

Advantages: One of the best, most bizarre comedies on TV
Disadvantages: Features are disappointing

"Hip, sexy and magical" says The Times. "Morecomb and Wise reinvented by Lewis Carroll" says The Independent. These two reviews can only be describing the fantastic Mighty Boosh, written by and starring Julien Barratt and Noel Fielding. It's one of the funniest, most bizarre and original comedies on TV at the moment, and I love it! I could talk about it for days but I'll try and keep this review (fairly) concise. Basically, for those who don't know, ...
...revolves around the adventures of two zookeepers: Vince Noir, King of the Mods (Fielding, the one with the long hair) and Howard Moon, Jazz Maverick (Barratt, who you may recognise from Nathan Barley). The "Zooniverse" at which they work is not your regular zoo, as it is home to a Shaman called Naboo (played by Noel's brother, Michael) and a semi-talking gorilla called Bollo; and run by the downright bonkers Bob Fossil (played by Rich Fulcher). Each ... Read review

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: 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