Tuesday, 7 February 2012

The Mighty Boosh- The Nightmare of Milky Joe

In this episode of the Mighty Boosh Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) and Howard Moon (Julian Barratt) plan to travel to America to be on a show named 'Pie face Showcase' and because Howard is scared of flying they go by boat. Vince cuts the Captain's hair on the boat making the Captain angry and kicking them off the boat so they're shipwrecked on an island which grows coconuts that they eat
On the island they fall out and build separate huts so Howard befriends a coconut called Milky Joe causing Vince to get jealous so he makes two coconut girls- Ruby and Precious. Vince dates ruby and Howard dates Precious, but Precious beats Howard up causing him to accidentally kill her. After Milky Joe spots this, he phones the 'cocopolice' and Howard and Vince end up in Coconut court. They are used as attractions at a coconut shy ran by the coconut hitcher. At this point Howard and Vince are splashed with water by a sailor whom awakens them from a rancid, coconut-induced nightmare or 'coco-loco' as the sailor calls it. They return home to watch 'Pie face showcase' and to Howard and Vince's horror 'Milky Joe and the coconuts' are headlining the show.
A lot of puppetry had to be used for this episode and can I just say they used it VERY well! The way the puppets moved around was almost realistic, in my own opinion this has to be the most trippy episode of The Mighty Boosh. No one besides Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding would come up with an idea involving coconuts arresting them for accidentally killing another coconut! It's genuis.
My twitter followers have again enlightened me with their opinions @stoopidarsejess says 'Brilliant... Love the puppetry and the plot as a whole!' @Rubberband_girl says 'Milky Joe is a wonderful coconut who has changed my life' @RebeccaDionne_ quotes 'great episode. Why people don't resort to doing stuff like that on 'I'm a celeb and castaway I'll never know' and lastly @PleaItDidRelate says 'I love how one of the coconuts is called Serge!! Too cute. Really clever episode.'
So as you can see, my twitter followers love it so it's been highly recommended, so go watch it and enjoy!

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