Come with us now on a 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 ending up in ape hell (limbo). All the episodes give 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 he either dresses the animals at the zoo as rock stars or writes more adventures for his book series "Charlie" and putting them in weetabix boxes around supermarkets. I love his cool hair

Howard Moon (Julian Barrett)
He is a musician/actor/poet/novelist/photographer. He loves jazz as well as being madly in love with Miss Gideon who also works at the zoo (who is head zoo keeper of the reptiles). He is apparently a gifted musician after selling his soul to the spirit of jazz. Howard can't handle criticism and uses a picture of two cats to help control this (the picture was giving to him by Naboo). He will do anything to show a bit of leg.

Naboo (Mike Fielding)
He is a shaman who is psychic. He works at the zoo selling merchandise e.g. the famous pocket cup! Naboo is a wise man which people come to for help. However he has considered a career change either becoming a mighty hawk or just work in Dixons! If you are mad enough to get Naboo angry he has no other choice but to turn his back on you to teach you a lesson (which is so funny to watch). He is well known for his stoned expression and even smoking his frog.

Bollo (Dave Brown)
Bollo is a talking ape at the zoo has become close to Vince. He later becomes Naboo's familiar. Naboo has threatened to upgrade him. There is more of Bollo in season 2.

Bob Fossil (Rich Flucher)
He is the General manager of the zoo and creator of the pocket cup. He is strange, has no idea what the names of the animals are and very loud. He is famous for his very funny dance to the song "I don't like cricket".

Dixon Bainbridge (Matt Berry)
He is the very posh and sophisticated owner of the zoo. Bainbridge hates Howard and will do anything to get rid of him. He is famous for his impressive moustache which he apparently hid a pistol inside when travelling in the artic.

Episodes

Episode 1 = Killeroo
Howard is blackmailed into boxing a kangaroo due to Bob Fossil having naked pictures of him. After Naboo blows "magic dust" into his face it makes him have a strange dream telling him the secret of how to defeat a kangaroo.

Episode 2 = Mutants
Animals are mysteriously going missing in the zoo. When Miss Gideons python goes missing its up to Howard to save the day

Episode 3 = Bollo
Bollo starts to feel unwell so Howard has to dress up as an ape to replace him only to be taken by death (who is a cockney!) to ape hell. So Vince has to go on a weird journey to save him and even has a strange encounter with Mr Susan the guard of mirror world who even has a pair of shiny disco balls

Episode 4 = Tundra
Dixon Bainbridge returns for the artic from trying to track down the ruby of Mantumbi. So to make Dixon jealous and impress Miss Gideon he goes in search for the ruby. While Vince befriends a polar bear while Howard meets the Parker people

Episode 5 = Jungle
Dixon Bainbridge wants to sell the zoo as the owner and Howards mentor, Tommy has not been seen for 10yrs. So Howard and Vince go on a journey through the zoo's jungle to find him, evening meeting the cool Mod Wolves.

Episode 6 = Charlie
Howard wants to fulfil his dream of being a writer as he knows Miss Gideon has a thing for writers only to find Vince's "Charlie" books get published. But people at the zoo don't believe Vince that Charlie is alive!

Episode 7 = Electro
The spirit of jazz curses Howard after he sold his soul to him to become more multi instrumental. But Howard gets the chance to be a member of an electro band. Vince sing the brilliant "electro boy" song in this episode.

Episode 8 = Hitcher
Vince and Howard have to deliver a Russian bear to animal isolation after going wild at the zoo due to Howard and Vince played there music to him. But on the way they get lost and separate after a fight. Howard encounters the horrible (but cool) Hitcher who is green, has a hug thumb and has a polo for an eye (he has minty vision).

Extras

Inside the zooniverse
History of the Boosh
Out-takes
Picture gallery
Commentary with Noel, Julian and Rich
Boosh Music - e.g. Mod wolves, electro boy, hitcher song, hubbabubba nightmare, ape of death and tundra rap

I think the extras are great as you can sit and watch all the songs at the same time than having to fast forward episodes to see them. I enjoyed watching the history of the Boosh as you got to see them when they basically had no money and could see them developing into what the show is today. The out-takes are really funny, it must be hard to keep a straight face in some of the scenes they do. I even enjoyed watching inside the zooniverse, it's interesting to see where they got some of those wacky ideas.

Quotes

Vince and Howard : Calm a llama deep down in the ocean blue, like a barnacle sitting in a tight place. Laughing like a monkey, arm pulling like a China boy. Carraway, carraway, carraway, noise! Boing, chika, masala, boing chika, masala, ooohhhhh tooth, tooth, pffth

Naboo: Where's my frog?
Bob Fossil: You smoked it last night!
Naboo: Oh yeah

Bob Fossil: You know, grey leg face man, he's got legs, and then another leg on his face.

Howard talking about Vince:
Feather cut, the pointy features. Put you in the '50s, you'd be imprisoned for being a witch. They'd lock you in a trunk

Howard: Just imagine the headlines 'Howard Moon, Colon, Explorer'. Got a ring to that don't it?

Vince: I'm like Mowgli in flares

Vince: My uncle once punched a man so hard his legs became trombones. It was really embarrassing

Vince explaining his hair style : I
t's your basic backcomb structure, slightly root-boosted, frame and a cheeky fringe

Why Buy this DVD?

It was not until watching the Big Fat Quiz of the Year which Noel was a contestant in which I found out about this excellent TV programme. Once I watched the first episode with my sister I was addicted to it and bought the DVDs straight away. The series as a whole is outstanding.

The show is fresh and different from anything I have seen. It has been described as being like Mr Ben as it's magical with every episode being completed different. All the episodes are full of new adventures packed with songs and whole load of weird characters from spirit of jazz with a hat on fire to death as a cockney.

If was advertised more or shown on BBC 1 instead of being on BBC 3 then the show would be even more popular and better known like how the BBC publicise Little Britain.

only for 15 and over
price varies depends on where u buy the dvd