The Worst Episodes of The Mighty Boosh
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A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Mighty Boosh" is "Mutants", rated 7.5/10 from 424 user votes. It was directed by Paul King and written by Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt. "Mutants" aired on 5/25/2004 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Killeroo".
7.5/10 424 votes#1 - Mutants
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/25/2004
All is not well at the Zoo-niverse. Animals are disappearing one by one. Things go from bad to worse when Joey Moose, one of the zookeepers, goes missing. When Mrs Gideon reports that her python is also on the missing list, Howard is determined to save the day. Howard and Vince stumble across Dixon Bainbridge's secret laboratory and the terrible truth behind his ‘experiments' comes to light.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
7.6/10 488 votes#2 - Killeroo
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/18/2004
Bob Fossil sets up a highly illegal and shady kangaroo boxing match between the Killeroo and Howard. Howard thinks that by winning the fight he will impress the Head of Reptiles, Mrs Gideon. Vince enlists his uncle, a bare-knuckle fighter with a very strange accent, to help with Howard's training.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
7.7/10 271 votes#3 - The Chokes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2007
Howard takes acting lessons to overcome stage fright and get work with director Jurgen Haabemaaster.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Richard Ayoade
7.8/10 399 votes#4 - The Priest and the Beast
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2005
Vince and Howard are struggling to find the new sound needed to secure them a record deal with Pie Face Records. They enlist the help of Naboo who tells them the tale of musical gurus Rudy Van Disarzio and Spider Dijon, who only found their new sound after saving a town full of women from the evil Betamax bandit.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.0/10 379 votes#5 - Jungle
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/15/2004
Dixon Bainbridge, owner of the Zoo-niverse, is intent on selling to the highest bidder. There's a road being built through it and ‘if the animals won't work on it, they'll be underneath it'. Howard and Vince embark on an arduous trip deep into the Jungle Room, in search of the only man they think can help save the zoo - Howard's hero, Tommy Nookah.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.0/10 367 votes#6 - Charlie
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/22/2004
Howard is hell bent on a career as a serious writer in the hope that he'll improve his chances with Mrs Gideon. However, when famous publisher Hamilton Cork arrives at the Zoo-Niverse, he decides to publish Vince's literary efforts about a pink bubblegum character called Charlie. Meanwhile, Bob Fossil has embarked on a new breeding programme for the pandas.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.0/10 317 votes#7 - Party
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2007
Reluctant to celebrate his birthday, Howard finally succumbs to Vince's plan for a huge party.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.1/10 325 votes#8 - Fountain of Youth
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2005
When another bad gig is put down to Howard being old and past it, the boys use Naboo's magical amulet to transport themselves to the Fountain of Youth, where they hope to turn back the clock. However, to get there they must first go through the Desert of Nightmares where they encounter an evil cockney Sultan, a rebel army and Sandstorm, a beast made of sand that is incapable of love.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.1/10 306 votes#9 - Journey to the Centre of the Punk
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2007
When Vince bites a rare jazz record, the Jazz Beast enters his bloodstream.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.2/10 371 votes#10 - Call of the Yeti
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2005
During a break at Kodiak Jack's reclusive log cabin, Kodiak tells Howard of the mythical Yeti that lives in the forest. His desire for fame and fortune gets the better of him and Howard trades Vince for directions to the Yeti's lair. However, things don't go according to plan when the Yetis kidnap Howard and Vince is propositioned by a maniac trapper.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.3/10 425 votes#11 - Bollo
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/1/2004
Bollo, the eldest and most respected gorilla at the Zoo-niverse is gravely ill. Bob Fossil persuades Howard to dress in an ape suit, replacing Bollo, so that he can continue accepting sponsorship money for the gorilla. Everything's going smoothly until the Grim Reaper arrives and mistakenly takes Howard to Ape Hell instead. Vince sets off to rescue Howard and they run into trouble when they encounter the Ape of Death who is plagued with problem hair.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding
8.3/10 392 votes#12 - Electro
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/29/2004
Vince is convinced that The Human League invented music. According to Vince, Howard's past career as a jazz trumpeter does not measure up. When Vince is offered a chance to join a new band, ‘Kraftwork Orange' with Johnny Two Hats and the Electro Girls, he's intent on leaving everything behind, including Howard.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.4/10 392 votes#13 - Eels
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2007
Naboo and Bollo are off on the Head Shaman's stag do, leaving Howard and Vince in charge of Nabootique.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.5/10 473 votes#14 - Tundra
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/8/2004
In an attempt to compete with daring adventurer Dixon Bainbridge, Howard and Vince set off in search of the Egg of Mantumbi - with the assistance of Gary Numan. Into the whiteness, the nothingness of the Arctic Tundra, the boys come face to face with hideous ice demon Black Frost. Luckily, Vince has befriended a polar bear.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding
8.5/10 391 votes#15 - Hitcher
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/6/2004
After Ivan the bear becomes angry and escapes from his cage, Fossil arranges a place for Ivan at an Animal Offenders Institute. All Howard and Vince have to do is get there and back, in one piece, without falling foul of the Hitcher.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.5/10 343 votes#16 - The Power of the Crimp
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/2007
When imitators Flighty Zeus steal their thunder, the boys unleash the 'Crimp'.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.5/10 391 votes#17 - The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2007
The Crack Fox enters Nabootique and steals a precious bottle of Shaman Juice.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
8.7/10 420 votes#18 - Nanageddon
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2005
In an attempt to impress two goth girls, the boys stage a seance in their front room. Trouble ensues when they summon the most evil demon known to man, an old lady called Nanatoo, who does a runner with their flatmate, the Shaman Naboo's, most magic book. Naboo is livid and gets drunk, leaving it up to Howard and Vince to find the demon, retrieve the book and prevent Nanageddon.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
9.0/10 499 votes#19 - The Nightmare of Milky Joe
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/30/2005
While marooned on a desert island, Howard sees an opportunity to nurture his poetry and Vince takes to making bamboo fashion lines. However, with no-one to talk to but each other and nothing to eat but rancid coconuts, they soon find themselves in the midst of a coco-nightmare.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
9.2/10 769 votes#20 - The Legend of Old Gregg
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/2005
Following a somewhat poorly received gig, the boys decide to skip town for a bit. They take in a spot of fishing on Black Lake where, angry at Vince's fishing success, Howard sends him back to the local pub. Whilst Vince swaps tales with the locals at the King Prawn's Head, Howard is abducted by Old Gregg, the eerie merman who haunts the lake's waters.
Director: Paul King
Writer: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt