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Howard and Vince, two workers in a run-down zoo, are often called upon to put their jobs before their pride. That often means dressing up as animals and sitting in cages because their boss, American entrepreneur Bob Fossil, cant afford any real animals. Vince accepts the situation happily, quite in contrast to his grandiose, tweed-wearing colleague. But they often have to leave their jobs to go on quests - to the Artic, or even other dimensions. A sci-fi comedy series with hallucinogenic qualities, related to Monty Python's anarchy and Hitchhiker's astonishing creativity.
Calling the British television comedy The Mighty Boosh
Howard and Vince, two workers in a run-down zoo, are often called upon to put their jobs before their pride. That often means dressing up as animals and sitting in cages because their boss, American entrepreneur Bob Fossil, cant afford any real animals. Vince accepts the situation happily, quite in contrast to his grandiose, tweed-wearing colleague. But they often have to leave their jobs to go on quests - to the Artic, or even other dimensions. A sci-fi comedy series with hallucinogenic qualities, related to Monty Python's anarchy and Hitchhiker's astonishing creativity.
Calling the British television comedy The Mighty Boosh eccentric is entirely accurate--it is, after all, a series that features a vicious boxing kangaroo and a man made entirely out of used bubble gum, among countless other characters--but the label doesn’t make room for the fact that it’s also boundlessly energetic and funny, which is proven in each of the eight episodes from its 2004 debut season. The brainchild of stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, who developed the show in numerous TV, radio, and live stage shows, and produced by Steve Coogan, The Mighty Boosh focuses on zookeepers Howard Moon and Vince Noir (Barratt and Fielding, respectively) who, in each episode, must contend with their certifiably insane employer (Rich Fulcher), a horde of animal-related problems, and their own obsessions and delusions. The stories, however, are simply a framework on which to hang off-kilter musical numbers, tangential and impossible plotlines (Howard and Vince travel to the Arctic to prove their manhood in "Tundra"; Howard accidentally creates the aforementioned bubble gum man in "Charlie"), and scads of memorably bizarre characters, most of which are played by Barratt and Fielding. Boosh is not for all audiences--those who favor more genteel UK comedy may find this too scattershot to follow--but its unique blend of Doctor Who-like fantasy/camp, 1970s psychedelic children’s TV, and Mr. Show/Human Giant-style sketch comedy is sure to find its share of supporters on both sides of the Atlantic. Extras are as anarchic as the show itself--Barratt and Fielding are at the center of raucous commentaries on four episodes that are rife with in-jokes, while two featurettes provide background on the show’s setting and production and the show’s journey from live performance to TV. --Paul Gaita
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Release date: 21 July 2009
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0883929025336 UPC: 883929025336
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