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The Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 3 [2007] | ![The Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 3 [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512bE2b%2BfKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Paul King
Actors: Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding, Dave Brown
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  85 reviews
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014503259426
ASIN: B000YZ8594
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: February 11, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Is there anything on television quite like The Mighty Boosh? Bluntly, who cares, for the ongoing adventures and antics of Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt remain a comedic treat, even if season three does have its up and down moments. Let's temper that, quickly: The Mighty Boosh on one of its lesser days can still generate more laughs than 90% of other modern-day comedy series, and that's certainly the case with the six episodes here. Lead characters Howard and Vince are found working in the Nabootique this time, and it's not long before they're joined by some old favourites. Cue Bob Fossil, the sublime Shamen, and the Moon, among others. If there's one downside to The Mighty Boosh's third season, it is perhaps a little too much self-indulgence, which occasionally tempers things. But then that's set against some brilliantly ambitious episodes, some of the finest surrealist humour on the telly, and the terrific Crack Fox. There's little denying that as a show, The Mighty Boosh can easily be classed as bizarre, bonkers, and straight-out odd. But here, that's turned into the show's strength. And given the side-splitting laughs it continues to generate, we wouldn't have it any other way. --Jon Foster
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 Yes and/or no January 25, 2008
HasABadFeelingAboutThis
35 out of 46 found this review helpful
Some of this is really funny. Some of it is fan service (and fair enough - I like to see boys kissing as much as the next girl). Lots of it is recycled (which is such a shame coz one of the best things about the Boosh is originality). Some of it is not funny.
The worst thing is this: the bits that are not funny aren't unfunny in the kind of still-interesting, somehow-strangely-mesmerizing way that the less funny bits of the first two series were. In some of the episodes Fielding seems just - well, tired. And a tired Vince doesn't work.
Also, the last episode was plain bad.
On the plus side, there are still flashes of genius. More than in most comedy series. It's really only the comparison with the first two series that makes this disappointing.
Uneasy watching for Boosh regulars. December 27, 2007
Alex is Metal. (England, UK)
31 out of 46 found this review helpful
Easily, the thing i was most excited about watching on tv this year.
Infact, maybe it was the hype surrounding it that made it falter for me.. but after watching the first episode, I was highly disappointed.
It almost made me cringe at the way it handled itself, the visual aspect of the effects (despite claiming a budget smaller than that of the last series) and even the story itself seemed particularly shoddy. I felt truely let down, and braced myself with gritted teeth for the next episode.
As I watched the second episode, I was rolling around on the floor laughing, truely singing their praises. And this Up/Down pattern continued for the duration of the series.
When they got it right, they absolutely nailed it. Some of the banter between Barratt and Fielding truely eye watering, showing the true comedic talent they are finally getting recognition for, and my personal favourite moment of "Stationary Village".
My main grievence with the show not really being the jokes, or dare i say "relying on the prievious two series" for continued over uses of original one liners (check Tony Harrison - This is an Ouuuuuuutrage etc.), but the overal feel of the story of each episode. While the majority of new characters added into the show seemed entirely disposable, even the exciting potential of characters such as the "Crack Fox" died in what i felt uncomplete storys. The episodes seemed to have little plot, which all concluded in an almost "Oh theyre not gonna end it like that are they?... Oh.. Yeah, they did." i.e. the Spirit of Jazz, Crack Fox, Howards Party, Black Tubes, and Eels.
The only reason I dont mention the Crimp episode was that it didnt particularly have a plot to finish. In my eyes the worst episode of the series, it had a very weak plot of Vince having someone who copied him, then just exploiting the popular randomy songs glimpsed occasionally in the past 2 series to carry them through untill the end of the 20 minutes.
By no means did I intend to make this review a complete critique of the series, nor go on about how theyve "sold out" given their new indie/nme status, norrr how the first 2 series were much better. As a boosh fan, following them since the radio series, I was for the most part thoroughly entertained by the series, just not bowled away like I have been with their previous exploits.
I will definately get the dvd, and maybe even see them live, as perhaps the episodes need time to grow on me. But as first impressions go, i would ask boosh fans to proceed with caution as, unlike the previous series, there are some unexpected lows.
Eat your own medicine February 16, 2008
Mr. D. C. Bold (London)
24 out of 33 found this review helpful
Whilst it is a shame that the 3rd series of the Boosh falls short when compared to its two lofty predecessors, it is to be expected. Seeing Noel's pointy face pecking my TV screen on any old TV drivel (Buzzcocks, Brand, Ready Steady Cook) was bound to result in overkill, particularly when the new series is so reliant on old jokes and character traits. Yes, we know Fielding is cool, in a 'my best friend is this scenester cat whom you should dislike but can't quite manage' kind of way. What grates when watching series 3 is the waste of Julian Barratt's obvious ability as both a writer and performer. I'm not saying the Boosh has become the Noel Fielding Show, but it seems that Barratt (perhaps intentionally, given his clear wariness of the spotlight) has withdrawn to the sidekick role, which for folk like myself is a massive disappointment. I have always found Howard to be more interesting, more amusing, and easier to root for in the show. If there is a 4th series (I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped at three) let's have no more NME, and no more Camden.
The men who killed the crimp... March 25, 2008
R. WALSH
20 out of 26 found this review helpful
I am a devotee of the Boosh, and I still managed to enjoy the good bits of this series, but the more prominent, ill-judged sections made it very difficult. The Boosh used to be a gentle, talky, phantasmagorically nonsensical bizarrerie in a world of formulaic and banal entertainment, and the third series suffers from the enforcement of 'normal tv' rules on material which can't survive such an imposition.
In the third series, obscenity has to be blatant rather than suggested, jokes and ideas are explained rather than simply produced for us to construe in the privacy of our own diseased minds; relationships are described rather than demonstrated, and the magic is squashed down by reams of The Explicit. The joy of a Boosh joke used to be the ellipsis, the obliquity; even a tiny pause in the delivery could be a recognisable stylistic quirk which became a joke in itself: the texture of the language was rich and subtle enough to improve with re-watching.
In the third series, the atmosphere is oddly alien to this kind of humour: suddenly the dialogue is laddishly sarcastic and harshly modern, or employing nostalgic whimsy only to point at it in a knowing way. The friendly, loose yet satisfyingly constructed tales of series one and two become a routine, formulaic sit-com, and the prosaic harshness punctures the fantasy.
The second series flat was a less magical environment than the Zooniverse, and the Nabootique is worse: suddenly the Boosh-space is very much indoors in mundane London, and oppressively crammed with obtrusive hordes of the self-consciously trendy. What happened to the lonely, obsolete corners of the universe populated by mystical, sad and dysfunctional monsters, or the dreamily lush back-projected landscapes?
Somehow the role of Vince and Howard's relationship has eroded: instead of being two terminally-bored idiots eternally yoked together in unspoken sympathy when faced with a world full of pitiful grotesques, they have become a trendy urbanite jerk and his profoundly depressed doormat, the dissolution of their mutual affection rendering the Boosh colder and less appealing.
The re-use of familiar material is unfortunate: it could have been handled much better or avoided, and the third series music doesn't reach the joyous level of the second series. That said, I enjoyed 'It's what's inside that counts', and a few other high points such as Howard's dance with Elsie, and the jewel-like animations. I was also pleased to see a decent selection of roles for the always sultry and delectable Rich Fulcher, and I only wish our voluptuous Bob Fossil had had some more original material.
I still think Barratt and Fielding have the potential to return to form, and continue the best British tv programme around in the style it deserves. Whatever else is said, it's still better than all the other pedestrian drivel around and this dvd is firmly on my shelf with the others. However what I really hope is that the Boosh give us another radio series, and get back to the quality of writing that made the first radio series so glorious. If you're looking for a first Boosh purchase, I direct you to that fine body of work, or the utterly charming first television series.
Series 1 & 2 are still genius, series 3 was not December 29, 2007
R.C Johns (...)
19 out of 27 found this review helpful
I don't want to give series 3 anything less than 3 stars cause I love the Boosh but I was sorely disappointed by this offering. It felt like they were running low on new ideas and at the same time trying to crack a bigger market. This meant bringing in old characters that just didn't belong to try and get them exposure to new viewers. For seasoned fans this meant having to sit through old jokes (The Hitcher peeing or Bob Fossil dancing in his office). The few episodes that were funny felt thrown together in an attempt to please old and new fans (crimping anyone). Speaking of that crimping episode, as a funny little bit it was great but that episode ran the idea dry.
Anyway, I'm afraid I will not be spending money on this release and will stick with my series 1 & 2 box set. I hope The Boosh up their game for the next series.
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