The Mighty Boosh to Premier on Adult Swim This Sunday

They hoppin’ the pond ai’ght? Weal Brit-Tish comedy, eh? I think they’re a band. This press release will probably clear it up, right.

British Comedy The Mighty Boosh Debuts on Adult Swim
Innovative Televisions Series from Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding Begins March 29, 2009

The Mighty Boosh will make its way to the U.S. on Sunday, March 29, at 1 a.m. (ET/PT), joining Adult Swim’s Sunday line-up.  An idea originally created by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding in a London pub as a sketch comedy has evolved from live theatre to radio and, finally, to a groundbreaking television series.  All three seasons of The Mighty Boosh are slated to air on Adult Swim in 2009, beginning with the third season on March 29.

U.S. television audiences will soon get the chance to experience the fantastical comedic universe written by, and starring, comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.  Barratt and Fielding’s characters were first created for their comedy sketch series Unnatural Acts, which soon made its way to three stage productions The Mighty Boosh, Arctic Boosh and Authoboosh.  The live act was then commissioned by the BBC for a six-part radio series that eventually became the successful and award-winning U.K. television series on BBC3.  In 2006, Barratt and Fielding launched their first nationwide tour The Mighty Boosh Live across the U.K.  Their second tour Boosh Live sold out venues at 90 stops across the U.K. and Ireland and wrapped up earlier this year.
In The Mighty Boosh, self-absorbed wannabe glam rocker Vince Noir (Fielding) and the intellectually vain and self-proclaimed genius and jazz aficionado Howard Moon (Barratt) are in a band looking to discover “the new sound” and live alongside a freelance shaman, Naboo (Michael Fielding) and Bollo (David Brown), a talking Gorilla.  Each season, The Mighty Boosh creates its own unique environment, taking place in a vast array of locales, including the “Zooniverse”, the Frozen Tundra and the Australian desert.  All three seasons of The Mighty Boosh are set to be released on DVD this summer.
Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s network offering original and acquired animated and live action series for young adults.  Airing nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, classic and acquired programming for children and families, and is seen in 97 million U.S. homes.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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