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Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 2 [DVD] starring: Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding

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Rating: - The mighty boosh

What a great TV show!!! first time i ever saw it i was amazed it blends the great british tradition of turning out great comedy's and something slighty different which makes it the best TV show for years. Pleaz buy it, it will make you laugh

Rating: - The Boosh is loose again with excellent extras

The first series of the Mighty Boosh was a fantastic find. I saw it on BBC2 and was hooked. The great thing about the show is that it is not like anything else on telly at the moment. It uses fantastic situations, magic and music, as well as some superb banter and surrealism, to give you a show that makes you feel great after seeing it.

The charisma of the leading actors is a big part of the formula. Forming one of the best and most endearing double acts since Morecambe and Wise, they also share in that duo's appearance of innocence, as good people caught in a world of weirdos who want to do horrible things to them. They also have the same shifting relationship, with both thinking they are in charge. This isn't to say that they are a re-take, they aren't comparable as personalities, but they have that vibe.

If there is a failing to this series, as opposed to the first, it's that it's a little darker. Some of the characters and situations become just a little too twisted and sit uncomfortably close to straight horror. But that's a general trend in British comedy at the moment. It doesn't mean that this isn't worth buying, just an observance.

But the extras are where this shines. You get the Boosh pilot, complete with the original Dixon Bainbridge (a character sadly missing from this series), and a short film called Sweet, which in several ways is a precursor to the Boosh as seen on TV. There are also deleted scenes and outtakes and a couple of interesting documentaries.

All in all this is a lot of fun, but if you're new to the Boosh, I'd say start with the first series and then come back for this. (You know you will.)

Rating: - Booshalicious

The Boosh returns with a fervor unseen since Empire Strikes Back. And does it deliver. The first series was fantastic, but it did have flaws: mainly in the unnecessary character of Bob Fossil. This “token” seemed to drag down the cleverness of the show and I am glad to say the team was quick to respond.

Series two has no Fossil; instead the actor who played this character is put to good use in other roles. What made the first series a favorite was the relationship between Vince and Howard and now the pair are in another neo-eighties band, living in a "Young Ones" style abode with Naboo. A great formula, executed brilliantly.

My favorite episode is “Nanageddon” Its got Goth girls, a meeting of Shamen and great gags. The moon is a little too cute and annoying, but all up the series is a treat for all.

The Boosh 2 is the one of the two greatest comedy acts I have seen this year. The other is “Garter & Quail”. For those of you who are not in Sydney – watch out. The guys from Garter and Quail are brilliant. Dark comedy from a country that pioneered dark comedy (see Norman Gunston and Barry Mckenzie). So the Boosh 2 and Garter and Quail – great comedies to look out for.

Sean DB

Rating: - The Best Comedy in Years

Since its television debut in early 2004 'The Mighty Boosh' has never received the true recognition and acclaim it deserves, due mainly, in my opinion to the terrible graveyard time slots it was given when broadcast. Originally shown on BBC3 at 11pm on Tuesday evening with little promotion it seemed that no one would tune in. Worst still was the move to terrestrial television, which saw the show, drastically watered down and edited transmitted to miniscule audiences at 7pm on a Wednesday evening. However on the release of this fantastic DVD set, the timeslots don't matter - because you can watch the episode in their glorious entirety whenever you want. This programme is indeed something special, and here's why:

Several years ago now Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding, the two creators, writers and principal stars of 'The Mighty Boosh' devised the notion of the show, which began life as a radio 4-comedy show. However this DVD charts their second television series, which comprises of six superbly crafted and wonderfully daft episodes. The Mighty Boosh invite you to 'come on a journey through time and space' - and believe me it's a trip of a lifetime. Enter the bizarre world of Howard Moon and Vince Noir, two aspiring musicians, who seem to be pursued by trouble wherever they go. It serves as proof that Fielding and Barrett aren’t afraid to try something different, because they have moved the series away from the comforting zoo that series one was set in, and now Howard and Vince are living in a flat in London with Naboo (a Shaman) and Bollo, a gorilla. The two main characters are a joy to behold. Julian Barrett plays Howard Moon to perfection. His deadpan delivery and wit work excellently. Howard is a wannabe writer, poet, jazz funke musician and photographer but sadly none of his dreams seem to come true because he is always shunted aside by his confident partner, Vince Noir, played by the fantastically likeable Noel Fielding. Fielding brings an enormous amount of modernity to his character, as Vince is obsessed with his seriously brilliant hair and the latest fashion, but always seems to save the day. Howard and Vince’s contrasting and abstract personalities work wonderfully together and Fielding and Barrett’s double-act and interaction produces some of the greatest comedy in recent years.

The episodes themselves are wonderful, and seem to get better and better as the show goes on. Particular episode highlights would be ‘The Legend of Old Gregg’ which sees Howard attract the romantic interests of a bizarre sea creature. ‘The Legend of Milky Joe’ is another masterpiece, which sees the two main characters stranded on a desert island together, with truly hilarious consequences. ‘Nannageddon’ is superb as well as the boys accidentally conjure the evilest demon known to man in the form of an old granny (she’s got five stars!). And who could forget ‘The Priest and the Beast’, an offbeat episode in which Fielding and Barrett change their characters to take on two bizarre people named Rudi and Spider, who are on a quest to find ‘the new sound’. The ‘door of Kukundo’ is marvellous! The six shows all feature Fielding and Barrett playing a range of different characters (apart from Howard and Vince) and highlights for me were Noel Fieldings' sinister seaman Old Gregg and the Moon. Rich Fulcher (who played Bob Fossil in the first series) also plays a different character every episode, and particular highlights would be the horny Kodiak Jack and Beetamax, the video-tape bandit/villain. Each episode also features a song, all of which (I think) were written by Julian Barrett, and particular mentions should go the ‘Love Games’ funk tune in ‘Old Gregg’ and ‘Yeti Magic’ from ‘Call of the Yeti’.

The DVD is nicely packaged and the content is spread across two discs, All of the episode can be played with optional audio commentary by Fielding, Barrett and Rich Fulcher, which are all hilariously funny and (sometimes) quite insightful. The special features also include a making of documentary (approximately 28 minutes in length), the pilot of ‘The Mighty Boosh’, which bizarrely features a laughter track (the actual episode is ‘Tundra’ from Series 1) , out-takes, the music videos, ‘Sweet’, Boosh Publicity (19 minutes approximately) and more. The DVD also has subtitles. All in all I would recommend this DVD very highly, and I eagerly await the next thing Barrett and Fielding do together. Although some of the musical numbers aren’t as strong as the first series, and although there are less episodes, I think Series 2 is even better than the first. The comedy is genuinely hilarious, the dialogue original and innovative and the idea’s truly inventive, witty and ambitious. Forget ‘Little Britain’, this is comedy at its best, pure and simple. As Vince Nor would say ‘Genius!’ I'm really pleased to see such good reviews for this DVD on Amazon, which means I'm not the only one waking up to the hysterical, brilliant and of course, Mighty Boosh

Rating: - alright

its not bad, but it is very very hit and miss. the protagonists are great, both making me laugh my face off at times. naboo is also genius, as was bob fossell in the last series. i bought it because friends said it was great, but it just seemed a bit too much like orginised wackiness to me. if you find things like the word 'cheese' or 'monkey' this will be right up your street. is a demon granny really that funny? to be honest, the last episode is really good, as is the extra 'sweet'. borrow it off a friend if you really want it.

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