The Mighty Boosh
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2003 - 2007
- 21 episodes (3 series)
Surreal cult sitcom following the adventures of Vince Noir and Howard Moon. Stars Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding, Dave Brown and Matt Berry
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10 little-known UK sitcoms that US viewers need to watch
Only a few British sitcoms make an impression in the United States, but there are plenty of hilarious shows which deserve bigger international audiences. While shows like Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and The Office have had plenty of success in America, this is merely the tip of the iceberg. British comedy doesn't always translate well overseas, so people don't often give lesser-known British sitcoms a chance.
Ben Protheroe, Screen Rant, 28th July 202420 years later, The Mighty Boosh is still a comedy revolution
It's been 20 years since The Mighty Boosh first aired on the BBC in the UK. Starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, the surreal comedy pair grew quickly from having a cult following into a popular award-winning series. While the show never achieved that same level of mainstream success in the US, it certainly left a legacy that reaches far beyond its initial cult status.
Joanna Orland, Collider, 8th June 2024Noel Fielding says he'd "love" to bring back The Mighty Boosh
"It would be like Last Of The Summer Wine!"
Morgan Cormack, Radio Times, 23rd February 2024How 'The Mighty Boosh' transformed British comedy
In the whirlwind of The Mighty Boosh in 2004, attempting to describe the show posed a formidable challenge.
Kelly Scanlon, Far Out, 24th January 2024The last laugh: is the television sitcom really dead?
From Friends to The Thick Of It, the TV sitcom has evolved - but it's no longer in rude health. Enter offbeat shows like Stath Lets Flats, bringing joy and potential redemption.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 26th October 2021Putting the 'cape' into capers
The cape, not to be confused with its longer length kin, the cloak, is a versatile item of comedy clothing with a long and storied history. Depictions of cape-wearers go back as far as 300 BC to the nomadic Pazyryk culture of Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The blue, geometric designs of the capes characteristically worn by Aztek kings were made with intentionally laborious dyeing techniques to create a symbol akin to the difficulty in forging a great katana in feudal Japan. And most famously and popularly, the cape is a powerful symbol associated with 20th century superheroism. British comedy, perhaps unsurprisingly, has made use of the myriad cape tropes for its own hilarious ends, but not as frequently as one may imagine for such a popular device.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 4th May 2021Noel Fielding's designs for fashion label Fendi unveiled
Noel Fielding has collaborated with Italian fashion house Fendi for its "New Normal" winter menswear collection, which launched over the weekend.
British Comedy Guide, 18th January 2021Julian Barratt wants to do Boosh reunion show
The Mighty Boosh star and co-creator Julian Barratt is keen for a reunion show.
Ella Kemp, NME, 20th October 2020TLOG & Boosh stay on BBC iPlayer after Netflix removal
The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh are to remain on the BBC iPlayer despite being removed from Netflix amid objections about the use of blackface.
BBC, 11th June 2020Netflix censors comedy shows, solves police brutality
Apparently cancelling The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh was the key to solving racism all along.
Spiked, 11th June 2020