Whitechapel - Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:25 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9505#Comment_9505 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9505#Comment_9505 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:55:11 -0800 curb this show, but seeing as this is one of the best places on the web to get opinions from people who have actual working brains, I figure I might as well ask.

What did you make of the third series of The Mighty Boosh?

I have to say I was disappointed. Although there were some redeeming episodes and moments ('The Power of The Crimp' and 'The Strange Tale Of The Crack Fox' in particular), overall I came away with the feeling that this show was a product of writers who had run out of ideas. The gag density seemed far lower than usual, there was too great a reliance on 'fan favourite' characters like The Moon and The Council of Shamans, and the once well executed Howard/Vince dynamic seemed forced, misfiring as often as it hit.

I appreciate that this may sound like the ravings of some kind of obsessive fanboy, but I believe that comedy matters, and it's a shame to find myself wishing that this once great show won't be returning for a 4th series. So if anybody even cares, please let me know I'm alone in finding series 3 a big disappointment. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9517#Comment_9517 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9517#Comment_9517 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:58:21 -0800 alwayscrashing
But the most depressing thing is it was still probably the best comedy series of the year that I saw. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9524#Comment_9524 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9524#Comment_9524 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:09:29 -0800 screaming meat Try it. This track is particularly amusing. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9537#Comment_9537 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9537#Comment_9537 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:29:05 -0800 houseofmystery Flight of the Conchords. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9544#Comment_9544 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9544#Comment_9544 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:09:19 -0800 williac
I'll back up the Flight of the Conchords recommendation. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9547#Comment_9547 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9547#Comment_9547 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:29:56 -0800 warrenellis
Eels - start 12 minutes in, turn it off after the green guy leaves the shop. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9597#Comment_9597 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9597#Comment_9597 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:20 -0800 curb
@Screaming Meat, House of Mystery and williac - I'm totally with you on the Conchords reccomendation. Murray Hewwit is probably one of the finest comedy creations of recent years.

@warrenellis - agreed. The 'dancing with elsie' scene was the saving grace of that episode. Deliciously twisted, and visually interesting to boot. While I didn't find the closing song too bad, it certainly seemed like a harbinger of shitness to come. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9626#Comment_9626 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9626#Comment_9626 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:36:06 -0800 grnr
so yes, shark jumped. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9628#Comment_9628 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9628#Comment_9628 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:05:35 -0800 Elohim
I heard it on the radio, watched it on the telly, and got bored of it just before it became stupidly popular. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9633#Comment_9633 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9633#Comment_9633 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:48:18 -0800 curb far too many pop cultural references given that imho the 'parallel universe' feel of the first series

Yeah, this was definately a part of the problem. I don't have a problem with references per se, but to me it seemed uncertain whether they were affectionaly taking the piss out of the trendy 'people with haircuts, ipods and skinny fit jeans' culture of modern Britain or just pandering to it for the sake of being 'down wit da kids'. Either way, one of a series of missteps. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9666#Comment_9666 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9666#Comment_9666 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:03:28 -0800 zerodemocracy
"I'm Sammy the Crab, Sammy the Crab, Sammy the Crab..." ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9936#Comment_9936 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9936#Comment_9936 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:52:12 -0800 James Sharpe
I did like the Eels episode and the inner space one. The crack fox was good, but a good character in a poorly constructed episode, and I enjoyed the Howard acting sequences and Sammy the crab. But overall it all felt very forced. Vince became massively annoying, seemingly now serving as a conduit for Noel Fielding to gain cool points. Badly repeated characters. Mining of jokes from the second series. And no umpf.

The lighting and back projection stuff was nice though. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9942#Comment_9942 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9942#Comment_9942 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:37:14 -0800 curb Vince was this malicious fucking prick who seemed actively out to ruin Howard's life as opposed to being a sort of lackadaisical airhead like before.

Vince became massively annoying, seemingly now serving as a conduit for Noel Fielding to gain cool points.


Yeah. Well, if this is a case of art imitating life, and rumours are to be believed, it might be because Noel Fielding's developed a rather nasty coke habit. Or, maybe not. This was told to me by a friend who has a friend who apparently knows the guy. In a pub. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9943#Comment_9943 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9943#Comment_9943 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:49:30 -0800 Paul Duffield Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9951#Comment_9951 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=9951#Comment_9951 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:37:46 -0800 boyanachronism
2 was not bad

The live show was great fun

But i just cant get into the new season. Its ok...but just ok ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10166#Comment_10166 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10166#Comment_10166 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:56:01 -0800 Malsain Been watching the episodes on the BBCThree site because it clashed with other things on Thursdays. That said, I kept watching because I enjoy Boosh. I did not, however, like it enough to actually bother turning up at the same time every week, hurrah for web previews, and certainly not for season three. There were maybe a handful of genuine laughing out loud moments spread across the whole series, which is a terribly poor ratio.
I think I agree with most of the posts on here, so wont rehash too much, but aside from just not really being very funny, the songs were not as catchy or awesome, and Vince is just absolutely horrible. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10197#Comment_10197 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10197#Comment_10197 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:58:27 -0800 alwayscrashing Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10225#Comment_10225 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10225#Comment_10225 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:00:32 -0800 BrianKellett
...but have vaguely enjoyed the 3rd series.

Even 'The Shaman' video at the end of the first episode.

Goes to show that this humour thing is relative. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10230#Comment_10230 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10230#Comment_10230 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:32:14 -0800 alwayscrashing
I think they need a couple of years space to do other projects so they can come back to the boosh in say late 2009/2010 with some fresh ideas. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10277#Comment_10277 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=10277#Comment_10277 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:21:49 -0800 curb I think they need a couple of years space to do other projects so they can come back to the boosh in say late 2009/2010 with some fresh ideas.

Sounds like a fine idea to me. It's not like they haven't been funny in other projects they've been in. Julian Barratt's bit part as Padre in Darkplace was sheer genius. I'd also like to see him in some straighter roles, 'cause I think he's got the chops for it. So much so, in fact, that he'd be my number one choice to replace David Tennant on Doctor Who. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11015#Comment_11015 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11015#Comment_11015 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:07:59 -0800 Old Moon Face
I mostly enjoyed series 3 of The Mighty Boosh, anyway. The weakest episodes were the first and last (excluding the mad Eels song, which was ace), and everything inbetween was a joy. The crackfox, Vince's immune system, all the crimping, Naboo's cookery spot and the return of Saboo and Tony Harrison; all of these things made me happy. Sammy The Crab was utter shite, though.

I do agree that it has become a bit like the Noel Fielding Show, which is a shame, as I've always felt it's Barratt's music that propels The Mighty Boosh into the extraordinary. Ah well. ]]> Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11019#Comment_11019 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11019#Comment_11019 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:51:04 -0800 MagicSword! Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11033#Comment_11033 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11033#Comment_11033 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:03:17 -0800 James Sharpe Mighty Boosh series 3 - Jumping the Shark? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11059#Comment_11059 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=381&Focus=11059#Comment_11059 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:49:32 -0800 curb always blame the NME. ]]>