Product ReviewsThe Mighty Boosh - Series 1 - Complete (DVD, 2005)

An amazing serious

Worth the watch honestly, the show is absolutely hilarious and it was in fabulous condition!

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The Mighty Boosh - Series 1.

Very bizarre and very funny in equal measure. ✌️😎✌️

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Too many scratches on the disc to work properly disappointed

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Way Great

We, in the US haven't really known of "The Mighty Boosh" and our entire family thinks it's very entertaining in the strangest way...Check it out for your self

Never underestimate the world of the Mighty Boosh...

Absolutely off the wall, out of this world, nonsensical fantastical comedy that just seems custom-made to kick the traditional 'sit-com' off our prime-time viewing slots.
The wonderful world of the Mighty Boosh is focused round two zookeepers, the glam-rock, Gary Numan loving androgene Vince Noir, and the socially defunct, moustachioed misfit, Howard Moon.
Though every episode starts in the 'Zooniverse', it soon escalates outward to strange places and dimensions, including scenarios such as Monkey Hell, the arctic, and a boxing ring with a killer kangeroo.
Each episode has a song in it somewhere, and the songs are one of the best things about it; they are hilarious. The humour is completely unlike anything else around, and thee guys deserve trophies and awards galore for coming up with something so daringly original and hysterically funny.
Seriously. Buy it. It's worth it alone to see the zoo owner, Fossil, dancing to 10CC's 'Dreadlock Holiday', or to see the 'spirit of jazz' trying to 'get inside' Howard.
Absolutely ace, can't recommend it highly enough.Read full review...

Post modern comedy with electro & jazz!

The Mighty Boosh are Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, and this series is their first foray into television. Previously Perrier Award winners for their Mighty Boosh stage show, these veterans of the Edinburgh Festival have practised their moves on the BBC Radio 4 crowd before being unleashed on BBC Three.

The show focuses on two zoo keepers: Howard Moon (Barratt) - a slightly unsure, self-deluded (supposedly) intelligent individual, Britain's leading Cream Poet and jazz multi-instrumentalist; and Vince Noir (Fielding) who, despite his stupidity and confusing face, seems to survive adventures and peril without ruining his hair do. He is king of the mods, mates with Gary Newman, was brought up by Brian Ferry (or possibly Terry Wogan), is obsessed with Mick Jagger and can talk to the animals (he's like Mowgli - the Retro version).

Howard and Vince work in the Zooniverse - a dilapidated zoo with a decreasing animal population and a brash, yet damaged manager, Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher). Each episode sees them off on a different adventure, whether to the Arctic Tundra or to Monkey Hell (and back).

The series works on many levels, is wonderfully postmodern with characters talking directly to camera, silly songs and dances and completely bizarre situations. Unlike some of the more recent comedy offerings, this seems rather innocent in comparison, with no boundaries being broken, and no taboos being stomped on, having said that, it is an acquired taste. Its one of those programmes that you will either love, and become obsessed with (or is that just me?) or loathe. Endlessly quotable, you will notice new details each time you watch, (keep your eyes on the background,) and become more and more impatient for the second series to be released on DVD!

As for the DVD, menus are nicely animated, easy to use and stylistically in keeping with the show. The main downside is the lack of commentaries, with only 4 out of the 8 shows with commentary. As with all the good comedy commentaries though, they are amusing and informative, even when they do get a bit off-topic. The two featurettes are a big lengthy, yet informative throughout, and I found that I enjoyed the show in a different way the next time I watched it, having seen behind the scenes and the history of the comedy duo. The out-takes are average, but the photo gallery is amusing. At first, the option to view the music tracks as separate entities seemed like a space-filler to me, but having watched them, its a nice way to get a Boosh-dose if you've only a couple of minutes to spare!

If you like the recent offerings from BBC Three, or you think that you can cope with a touch of coherent surrealism, give this DVD a go, you can always dance along to the songs if you don't like anything else!Read full review...

Zooniverse! The rise of Booshness

Julian Barret and Noel Fieldings transition of the award winning Mighy Boosh to screen proves to be every bit as off the wall and giggleworthy as the radio shows. The pair demostrate a mastery of leftfield comedy not seen since the anarchic days of the Monty Python team. Set in a delapidated Zoo they weave episodes around absurd story lines which are both bizzare and addictive. Aided and abetted by their trusty team and friends The Boosh pull of some side splitting observational comedy with mod style and jazz fusion finesse! Fans will be treated to the origins of some of their best loved characters and sketches which are further developed in the later series and live shows. On your feet or on your knees - the only ones to watch! and Don't forget the upcomming Boosh festival during 2008. TNR - Aril 2008Read full review...

Qulaity comedy

The first series is not one to be missed. The Mighty boosh are a slightly surreal comedy double act, featuring Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) and Howard Moon (Julian Barratt), set in the 'zooniverse'. I was completely won over by seeing the series on TV but if you missed it, I would definitely suggest giving it a go, especially if you love comedians like Ross Noble or shows like Nighty Night. This series introduces legendary characters such as 'The Hitcher'(an evil cockney with a giant thumb), Rudi (a psycholdelic monk)and Mr Susan (the keeper of the mirror world)! The extras are also pretty good, with interviews with the cast, and some really entertaining comentaries on four of the episodes.
I would recommend this DVD to anyone who has a random sense of humour or just enjoys gawping at two very attractive men! Also check out the live show (which is unbelievably fanatstic), the second series (in which Noels hair is goregous!) and the radio show.Read full review...

Gotta love the Mighty Boosh!

This comedy is imaginative and unique. There's no real explanation to it without getting someone to just sit down, watch it and make up their own mind. The lead characters (and writers) of this fab series could be the only reason to watch this show but you do look forward to what other wacky characters will appear next - Naboo the Shaman being my favourite other character, his deadpan expression and comic timing is excellent. Julian Barratt is brilliant as the boring, nerdy and quite needy Howard Moon and Noel Fielding is perfect as the trendy, cool and happy-go-lucky Vince Noir. In this series the lead characters work in a zoo but somehow end up on magical journeys to other lands as their zoo life seems to be quite boring and samey without dressing up and travelling into other worlds. I like the songs and animation they add to the acting too. I think different people will find it funny for different reasons, the comedy definitely isn't a one size fits all. Everything is random and spacey and that is the reason that makes you either love or hate it - think magical TV marmite! Luckily I loved it and I'm looking forward to buying Series 2 and 3 on DVD.Read full review...

THE BOOSH ARE ON THE LOOSE...

Come with us now on journey through time and space with Vince Noir (king of the mods), Howard Moon, (jazz maverick) Naboo (the enigma), Bollo (the familiar), Bob Fossil (head of the zooniverse) Mrs giddion (Howards true love and reptile keeper) and Dixon Bainbridge (man of action). This is a collection of amazing stories that happen at the zooniverse where they all work. Hip sexy and magical.

Well what can i say about my favourite comedy heros, except fantastic. This dvd set is just wonderful, charming, clever, surreal and very very funny, the more you watch vince and howard the more you will love them until they feel like part of your family. I can not reccomend this dvd highly enough with strange tales and fantastic songs you will enjoy it again and again.Read full review...