Elizabeth's Mighty Boosh World

Fielding first met Barratt after seeing him
perform his solo stand-up routine
at the Hellfire Comedy Club in the Wycombe Swan theatre.
The pair soon found that they shared comic interests,
formed a double act,
and "decided to be the new Goodies".
After their first performance together at a bar in London in April 1998,
Barratt and Fielding developed their zookeeper characters ;
Howard Moon and Vince Noir,
respectively ;in a series of sketches for Paramount Comedy’s Unnatural Acts.
It was here that they also met American Rich Fulcher,
who became Bob Fossil.
Fielding’s friend Dave Brown and Fielding's brother Michael
also became regular collaborators.
Richard Ayoade was another original cast member,
playing the role of adventurer Dixon Bainbridge,
though he was later replaced by Matt Berry in the first television series,
since Ayoade was under contract with Channel 4.
Ayoade returned in the second and third series
as a belligerent shaman named Saboo.

The Boosh produced three stage shows : The Mighty Boosh (1998),
Arctic Boosh (1999) and Autoboosh (2000) ,
all of which were taken to the Edinburgh Fringe.
With the success of Autoboosh,
a radio series was commissioned by the BBC.
Produced by Danny Wallace,
The Boosh was first broadcast in 2001 on BBC London Live,
later transferring to BBC Radio 4,
from which the team were given a
half-hour television pilot of the same name.

The first eight-part series, directed by Paul King,
was then commissioned for BBC Three
and broadcast in 2004,
with a second of six episodes the following year.
The second series moved away from the zoo setting,
and instead sees Howard, Vince, Naboo the shaman and Bollo
the talking ape living in a flat in Dalston.
In 2006, the Boosh returned to theatre
with The Mighty Boosh Live,
which featured a new story entitled "The Ruby of Kukundu".

After two years away from television,
the Boosh returned in November 2007.
Set in Naboo’s second-hand shop below the flat,
the third series drew approximately one
million viewers with its first episode,
and in light of its success, BBC Three broadcast
an entire night of The Mighty Boosh on 22 March 2008,
which included a new documentary and six of Barratt and Fielding's
favourite episodes from all three series.

On Channel 4 TV programme "Transmission",
Alice Cooper mentioned a possible collaboration
between himself and The Boosh.

The Mighty Boosh (1998)
The Boosh, then consisting of only Barratt and Fielding,
conceived The Mighty Boosh whilst working on
Stewart Lee's Edinburgh Festival show
King Dong vs. Moby Dick in which they
played a giant penis and a whale respectively.

In 1998, they took The Mighty Boosh to the Edinburgh Festival,
recruiting fellow comedian Rich Fulcher,
whom the pair had met while working on Unnatural Acts.
The show won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer.
During their residency at the Hen and Chickens Theatre
in North London the following year,
they built up a cult following, introducing new characters
whilst developing old ones.

Arctic Boosh (1999)

In 1999, the Boosh returned to the
Edinburgh Festival with a new show,
Arctic Boosh, with Dave Brown acting
as choreographer and photographer,
as well as playing a variety of characters.
Arctic Boosh sold out every night
and was nominated for the Perrier Award.

Autoboosh (2000)

In 2000, the Boosh premiered their third stage show,
Autoboosh, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
adding Fielding's younger brother Michael to the cast.
Autoboosh won the festival's Barry Award.

The Boosh returned to the stage in 2006,
touring the UK for the first time.
Though drawing heavily from their earlier material,
the main story combined these elements into a new narrative.
A recording of this show at the Brixton Academy
was later released on DVD,
before being broadcast on BBC Three on Boxing Day, 2007.

The Boosh went on a second tour of the UK and Ireland
from September 2008 to February 2009.
The show featured characters from all three series
as well as the Boosh Band.

They made appearances and DJed throughout
the U.K after their live shows,
at after parties held in different places in each city.
The events were called "Outrage",
after the catchphrase by Tony Harrison.

From the success of Autoboosh,
the BBC commissioned a six-part radio series for the Boosh.
In October 2001 The Boosh radio series,
produced by Danny Wallace,
was broadcast on BBC London Live,
then BBC Radio 4, and later on BBC 7.
The show focuses on the adventures of a pair of zookeepers
at "Bob Fossil's Funworld": deluded jazz enthusiast Howard TJ Moon,
and fan of retro fashion Vince Noir.

The Mighty Boosh returned to radio on 22 October 2004,
in a one-off comedy special for The Breezeblock,
a show on BBC Radio 1.
Instead of the plot driven nature of their own series,
this show featured improvised conversational comedy
with Barratt, Fielding and Fulcher,
combined with the show's usual mix of electronic music.

On 15 November 2007, as part of
the publicity for the premier
of their third series the same day,
Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding returned to Radio 1,
this time on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge.