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The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians
Julian Barratt Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor and musician. As a comedian and comic actor, he is known for his use of surreal humour and black comedy. During the 2000s he was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe along ...
and
Noel Fielding Noel Fielding (; (born 21 May 1973) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and more recently as a co-presenter of ''The Great British Bake Off'' ...
. Developed from three stage shows and a six-episode radio series, it has since spanned a total of 20 television episodes for
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which aired from 2004 to 2007, and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in the United States. The first television series is set in a zoo operated by Bob Fossil, the second in a flat and the third in a secondhand shop in
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called Nabootique. Various members of The Mighty Boosh have appeared in a number of different comedy series including '' Nathan Barley'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', and regular Boosh collaborators included
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and
Matt Berry Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as '' The IT Crowd'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Snuff Box'', ''What ...
. The troupe is named after a childhood hairstyle of co-star Michael Fielding.


History

Fielding first met Barratt after seeing him perform his solo stand-up routine at the Hellfire Comedy Club in the Wycombe Swan Theatre, in
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, Buckinghamshire. The pair soon found that they shared comic interests, formed a double act, and "decided to be the new Goodies". After their first performance together at a bar, De Hems, in London in April 1998, Barratt and Fielding developed their
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characters –
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, respectively – in a series of sketches for Paramount Comedy’s '' Unnatural Acts''. Here they also met American
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, who became Bob Fossil. Fielding's friend Dave Brown and Fielding's brother Michael also became regular collaborators.
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was another original cast member, playing adventurer Dixon Bainbridge, but
Matt Berry Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as '' The IT Crowd'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Snuff Box'', ''What ...
replaced him in the first television series, since Ayoade was under contract with
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. Ayoade returned in the second and third series as a belligerent
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named Saboo. Noel Fielding and Michael Fielding have each separately stated that the name "Mighty Boosh" was originally a phrase used by a friend of Michael's to describe the hair that Michael had as a child. The Boosh produced 3 stage shows – ''
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'' (1998), '' Arctic Boosh'' (1999) and '' Autoboosh'' (2000) – all of which were taken to the
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. With the success of ''Autoboosh'', a radio series was commissioned by the
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. Produced by Danny Wallace, ''The Boosh'' was first broadcast in 2001 on
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, later transferring to
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, from which the team were given a half-hour television pilot of the same name. The first 8-part series, directed by Paul King, was then commissioned for BBC Three and broadcast in 2004, with a second of 6 episodes the next year. The second series moved away from the zoo setting to show Howard,
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,
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the shaman and
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living in a
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in
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. In 2006, the Boosh returned to theatre with ''
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'', which featured a new story entitled "The Ruby of Kukundu". After two years away from television, the Boosh returned in November 2007. Set in Naboo's second-hand shop below the flat, the third series drew approximately 1 million viewers with its first episode, and in light of its success, BBC Three broadcast an entire night of ''The Mighty Boosh'' on 22 March 2008, which included a new documentary and 6 of Barratt and Fielding's favourite episodes from all 3 series. J. G. Quintel has said that The Mighty Boosh was a large influence on his animated series '' Regular Show''. In June 2013, it was confirmed that The Mighty Boosh would reunite for a US festival called Festival Supreme in October 2013. On 1 January 2020, Fielding posted an image of himself and Barratt on Instagram with the caption, "There really wasn't enough Boosh this decade ! let's try and rectify that in the next one ;) x".


Main cast

*
Julian Barratt Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor and musician. As a comedian and comic actor, he is known for his use of surreal humour and black comedy. During the 2000s he was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe along ...
as Howard Moon *
Noel Fielding Noel Fielding (; (born 21 May 1973) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and more recently as a co-presenter of ''The Great British Bake Off'' ...
as Vince Noir * Michael Fielding as Naboo * Dave Brown as Bollo *
Rich Fulcher Richard Fulcher (born November 18, 1968) is an American comedian, actor and author. He played Bob Fossil and other characters in the British comedy series ''The Mighty Boosh'', and Edward Sheath in the American series '' Jon Benjamin Has a Van'' ...
as Bob Fossil The cast members also play smaller roles throughout the series, the roles listed above are their most frequently appearing characters. For a full list of characters, see the List of The Mighty Boosh characters.


Theatre


Original stage shows


''The Mighty Boosh'' (1998)

The Boosh, then consisting of only Barratt and Fielding, conceived ''The Mighty Boosh'' whilst working on
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's
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show ''King Dong vs. Moby Dick'' in which they played a giant
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and a whale respectively. In 1998, they took ''The Mighty Boosh'' to the
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, recruiting fellow comedian Rich Fulcher, whom the pair had met while working on '' Unnatural Acts''. The show won the
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for Best Newcomer. During their residency at North London's Hen and Chickens Theatre the following year, they built up a cult following, introducing new characters whilst developing old ones.


''Arctic Boosh'' (1999)

In 1999, the Boosh returned to the Edinburgh Festival with a new show, ''Arctic Boosh'', with Dave Brown acting as choreographer and photographer, as well as playing a variety of characters. ''Arctic Boosh'' sold out every night and was nominated for the
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. The show was directed by
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.


''Autoboosh'' (2000)

In 2000, the Boosh premiered their third stage show, ''Autoboosh'', at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, adding Fielding's younger brother Michael to the cast. ''Autoboosh'' won the festival's Barry Award.


Nationwide tours


''The Mighty Boosh Live'' (2006)

The Boosh returned to the stage in 2006, touring the UK for the first time. Though drawing heavily from their earlier material, the main story combined these elements into a new narrative. A recording of this show at the
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was later released on DVD, before being broadcast on BBC Three on Boxing Day, 2007.


''The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour'' (2008/09)

The Boosh toured the UK and Ireland for a second time from September 2008 to February 2009. The show featured characters from all three series as well as the Boosh Band. They made appearances throughout the UK after their live shows, at after-parties held in different places in each city. The events were called "Outrage", after the catchphrase by
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.


Radio


''The Boosh'' (2001)

From the success of ''Autoboosh'', the BBC commissioned a six-part radio series for the Boosh. In October 2001 ''The Boosh'' radio series, produced by Danny Wallace, was broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, and later on
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. The show focuses on the adventures of a pair of zookeepers at "Bob Fossil's Funworld": socially awkward, jazz enthusiast Howard TJ Moon, and ultra-vain, fashion-obsessed Vince Noir. This also included voices from Lee Mack, playing such characters as the Plumber or the Gardener.


Further appearances

The Mighty Boosh returned to radio on 22 October 2004, in a one-off comedy special for ''
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'', a show on
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. Instead of the plot driven nature of their own series, this show featured improvised conversational comedy with Barratt, Fielding and Fulcher, combined with the show's usual mix of electronic music. On 15 November 2007, as part of the publicity for the premier of their third series the same day, Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding returned to Radio 1, this time on
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's
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. On 9 April 2019, it was announced that The Mighty Boosh will be the UK ambassadors for the Record Store Day at 13 April 2019, a show on
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.


Television


''The Mighty Boosh'' (2004–07)

In May 2004, after the success of a Boosh pilot, Steve Coogan's company,
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, produced the first television series of ''The Mighty Boosh'' for BBC Three, before it moved to BBC Two in November that same year. Though each episode invariably starts and ends in Dixon Bainbridge's dilapidated zoo, the "Zooniverse", the characters of Vince and Howard often depart for other locations, such as the
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and
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. A second series, shown in July 2005, saw Howard and Vince sharing Naboo's flat in
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with previously minor characters Naboo and his
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, Bollo, a gorilla living at the "Zooniverse". This series had an even looser setting as the four characters leave the confines of the flat in every episode, travelling in their van to a variety of surrealistic environments, including Naboo's home planet "Xooberon". Series three started in November 2007, still set in Dalston, but this time the foursome are selling 'Bits & Bobs' in their shop, the Nabootique. Their adventures and outings in this series focused more on the involvement of new characters (e.g. Sammy the Crab, or Lester Corncrake etc.) rather than just the two of them. Although BBC America originally aired only series 1 in the U.S (all episodes in their entirety), ''The Mighty Boosh'' began airing in North America on Cartoon Network's
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block (with up to 6 minutes cut from each episode), starting 29 March 2009 with the third series. In February 2016 series 1 of ''The Mighty Boosh'' was made available to watch via the online service BBC iPlayer for six weeks; this included every episode minus the final episode of the first series 'Hitcher'.


''The Mighty Boosh'' Night

On 22 March 2008, BBC Three broadcast a whole night of ''The Mighty Boosh'' from 9:05 pm, starting with a new documentary titled ''The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space'', documenting the history of the Boosh from their first amateur performances to their then-upcoming 2008 tour. This was followed by six of Barratt and Fielding's favourite episodes from the three series: "
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", " The Power of the Crimp", "
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", " The Priest and the Beast", "
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", and "
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". The pair also appeared in live links throughout the night, in a similar style to the openings of Series 1 episodes. On 23 December 2008, BBC3 held a Merry Booshmas Party featuring the entire series 3 as well as a broadcast of ''
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''.


Film

On 8 February 2012, whilst sledging, Noel Fielding said that he and Barratt had discussed plans to make a Mighty Boosh film. On New Year's Eve in 2019, Noel Fielding posted that there needs to be more Boosh in the following decade on his Instagram account.


Festival

On 5 July 2008, the Boosh held their own
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in the Hop Farm in Kent. It featured musical acts, Robots in Disguise, The Charlatans,
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, Gary Numan, and The Mighty Boosh Band, as well as comedy acts
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.


Media


Audio CDs

According to an official MySpace page for PieFace Records (the fictitious music label mentioned throughout the series), Barratt and Fielding are to release an album of music from the show, "along with extras, versions, remixes and rare unreleased stuff all to be released later in the year on their own label—this one". In interviews since, The Mighty Boosh have confirmed they will be releasing an album of their music. On 21 October 2013 episode of ''
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'', Fielding stated that the Boosh have recorded an album, but don't know when it will be released.


DVDs

Previously most of the DVDs were only released in Region 2 but as a result of a growing fan base in the U.S., the BBC rereleased in Region 1, Series 1–3 individually on 21 July 2009, and a Special Edition Series 1–3 Boxset on 13 October 2009.


Australian releases

*''Series One'' – 11 April 2007 *''Series Two'' – 12 April 2007 *''Series Three'' – 6 August 2008 *''Live'' – 3 December 2008 *''Special Edition'' – 6 August 2009 *''Future Sailors Tour'' – 10 November 2009 *''Series One: Episodes 1–3 (Comedy Bites)'' – 4 March 2010


Books

On 18 September 2008,
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published ''
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'', designed and compiled by Dave Brown and written by Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt,
Rich Fulcher Richard Fulcher (born November 18, 1968) is an American comedian, actor and author. He played Bob Fossil and other characters in the British comedy series ''The Mighty Boosh'', and Edward Sheath in the American series '' Jon Benjamin Has a Van'' ...
, Dave Brown,
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and Michael Fielding. The book includes original stories, crimps, concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, comics, and various other things, featuring old and new Mighty Boosh characters. On 1 October 2009, a paperback version was released under the name ''The Pocket Book of Boosh''.


Awards

Particularly popular among followers of the
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and electro music genres catered to by
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magazine, The Mighty Boosh has been recipient of the
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Best TV Show for three consecutive years, even though there were no new episodes broadcast for the latter two of the three years.


References


External links

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"The Mighty Boosh PBJ Page"

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