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satisfied
yesterday i smashed my big toe into a chair and it ripped off half of my nail. ouch :(
but i don't have work tomorrow, i can sleep in, it's finally cold outside, my dad and step-mother are in Grass Valley (or something like that), and i'm easily amused right now. so here is a Noel/Julian, Vince/Howard picspam for anyone who wants it ^_^
but first an interview with Noel and Julian about how they met :D
HOW WE MET: JULIAN BARRATT & NOEL FIELDING
Independent on Sunday, The, Aug 7, 2005
Julian Barratt (left), 36, is from Leeds. One half of comedy duo The Mighty Boosh, Barratt has also appeared in Chris Morris's Channel 4 comedy series 'Nathan Barley'. He lives in London with his friend Jake.
Noel Fielding, 32, is the other half of the Boosh partnership, and was born in London. The pair first took their show to the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, and won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. 'The Mighty Boosh' made its television debut on BBC Three in 2004. Fielding lives in London with his girlfriend.
JULIAN BARRATT
When I did stand-up, Noel used to come to my gigs. I didn't really know who he was, but I used to see him there with his funny haircut. The first time we really met was when I had gig in Chalk Farm. Someone had dropped out and I said he should fill in. He did something before I went on, and he was pretty amazing. That was really annoying and I slightly regretted asking him to do it. We drove to his house afterwards and he said that I could come in but I'd never be allowed to leave. I told him that was all right - I didn't have much on. So that was how it started.
The more I do this, the more I realise that chemistry like we have is quite odd. Our styles are similar but come from a different place, so they fit together quite well. We're both into odd imagery and wanted to make a world of strange characters. I suppose we're trying to capture the kind of magic that cartoons have.
Noel is very upbeat and optimistic and talks a lot. I don't - I'm more guarded. We're opposites, but that's good. If he'd been a bit reticent, weird and twitchy like me, we'd end up sitting in a room with silences building up between us. He just keeps talking, so it works. I try to control everything and get worried all the time on set. He's more free and easy but he can't read maps, he can't drive, he can't do any of that, so I have to do it. Although all that ends up going in the show because the characters we do are similar to the differences between us. All the annoying things we make into a joke, a kind of therapy.
It's a bit like being in a band. Stand-up's a lonely trade - on the surface it's social, but you're really on your own. I didn't really like it. I like the dynamic of a double act. If I hadn't met Noel I'd probably be making things that were a bit more normal or real: he always wants to go into the weirder places. But then I like horror stuff and ghosts and strange creatures.
Like any relationship we usually argue about silly things. I'm a bit like a dad, while Noel's like the wife - a bit ditsy. Someone was saying that our show's like a psychedelic George and Mildred. When he's getting dressed up, I'm usually saying hurry up, we've got to be out of here. It's quite old fashioned really. We do shout at each other, get a bit angry and strop off. But we make up immediately. It helps to shout now and again. It only happens if we're tired or have been locked in together for seven weeks. I mean, I probably see Noel more than anyone. He even creeps into my dreams - his pointy little face haunts me in my sleep. Am I ever going to be safe?
NOEL FIELDING
The first time I saw Julian do stand-up I thought he was amazing. I tried to speak to him but he was very weird - serious, odd, slightly aloof. I probably freaked him out by bounding over. The next time I saw him I was with five friends who were girls. I think this gave me more credence, so we went for a drink, and the next day he rang me up to see if I wanted to write a TV show.
We became mates at the same time. We have different styles, but our voices and faces are good together. You can't plan stuff like that, and it's difficult to find someone you connect with when you're writing. It's luck. When we get together to write, it just happens, even when we're getting on each other's nerves, or depressed. We once wrote a scene about being on a fishing boat: we were both really hacked off and depressed and didn't have much time, so we rushed to finish it and then parted. We read it the next day and it was one of the best scenes we'd ever written.
I've learnt a hell of a lot from Julian. He really wants to be the best he can; I'm not sloppy but when I think of a new idea I'm not that interested in the old ones. But he's really good at getting an idea and making it better - he'll keep persevering, trying to get the story into shape and I'll be wanting to add more ideas to make it weirder. In the end it works really well. I've learnt from that, and I think he's learnt how to be a lot more free.
We're both quite extreme. I'm not moody in general but when I am I smash things. He runs away when I do that. We both really lose our temper. I think I kicked a door in his face once. There's no point in coming to blows about the show - whether Mod wolves should ride mopeds is not worth a fight - but it usually happens when we're really tired and stressed. When we were nominated for the Perrier Award, it was so stressful. We knew we had to do a good gig, and we had a fight because I washed one of Julian's white shirts with colours. He said I didn't even know how to wash and I said I didn't see him washing anything. We were fighting over shirts. That's wrong, but quite funny.
Because of the age difference, there's a big brother thing going on. If anyone starts on me he really goes mad. He had to put up with me being quite ill for a year, which meant I couldn't drink alcohol. We were on tour and another comedian got annoyed because I wouldn't have a drink, so when he was on stage he slagged me off. Julian went mad. I thought he was going to hit someone. I like that about him. If anyone says anything about him when he's not there, I find it really offensive. He's quite protective; I think I'm the same.
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booshslashhaven :D
and a clip of the hand stroking- http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=handstroky0em.gif <3 Noel
oh and to see them kiss, watch the last few seconds of this YouTube clip--->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Qo0ZNaGiA XD
Vince: I’m looking for my mate Howard.
Rudi: Perhaps what you seek is inside yourself.
satisfiedyesterday i smashed my big toe into a chair and it ripped off half of my nail. ouch :(
but i don't have work tomorrow, i can sleep in, it's finally cold outside, my dad and step-mother are in Grass Valley (or something like that), and i'm easily amused right now. so here is a Noel/Julian, Vince/Howard picspam for anyone who wants it ^_^
but first an interview with Noel and Julian about how they met :D
HOW WE MET: JULIAN BARRATT & NOEL FIELDING
Independent on Sunday, The, Aug 7, 2005
Julian Barratt (left), 36, is from Leeds. One half of comedy duo The Mighty Boosh, Barratt has also appeared in Chris Morris's Channel 4 comedy series 'Nathan Barley'. He lives in London with his friend Jake.
Noel Fielding, 32, is the other half of the Boosh partnership, and was born in London. The pair first took their show to the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, and won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. 'The Mighty Boosh' made its television debut on BBC Three in 2004. Fielding lives in London with his girlfriend.
JULIAN BARRATT
When I did stand-up, Noel used to come to my gigs. I didn't really know who he was, but I used to see him there with his funny haircut. The first time we really met was when I had gig in Chalk Farm. Someone had dropped out and I said he should fill in. He did something before I went on, and he was pretty amazing. That was really annoying and I slightly regretted asking him to do it. We drove to his house afterwards and he said that I could come in but I'd never be allowed to leave. I told him that was all right - I didn't have much on. So that was how it started.
The more I do this, the more I realise that chemistry like we have is quite odd. Our styles are similar but come from a different place, so they fit together quite well. We're both into odd imagery and wanted to make a world of strange characters. I suppose we're trying to capture the kind of magic that cartoons have.
Noel is very upbeat and optimistic and talks a lot. I don't - I'm more guarded. We're opposites, but that's good. If he'd been a bit reticent, weird and twitchy like me, we'd end up sitting in a room with silences building up between us. He just keeps talking, so it works. I try to control everything and get worried all the time on set. He's more free and easy but he can't read maps, he can't drive, he can't do any of that, so I have to do it. Although all that ends up going in the show because the characters we do are similar to the differences between us. All the annoying things we make into a joke, a kind of therapy.
It's a bit like being in a band. Stand-up's a lonely trade - on the surface it's social, but you're really on your own. I didn't really like it. I like the dynamic of a double act. If I hadn't met Noel I'd probably be making things that were a bit more normal or real: he always wants to go into the weirder places. But then I like horror stuff and ghosts and strange creatures.
Like any relationship we usually argue about silly things. I'm a bit like a dad, while Noel's like the wife - a bit ditsy. Someone was saying that our show's like a psychedelic George and Mildred. When he's getting dressed up, I'm usually saying hurry up, we've got to be out of here. It's quite old fashioned really. We do shout at each other, get a bit angry and strop off. But we make up immediately. It helps to shout now and again. It only happens if we're tired or have been locked in together for seven weeks. I mean, I probably see Noel more than anyone. He even creeps into my dreams - his pointy little face haunts me in my sleep. Am I ever going to be safe?
NOEL FIELDING
The first time I saw Julian do stand-up I thought he was amazing. I tried to speak to him but he was very weird - serious, odd, slightly aloof. I probably freaked him out by bounding over. The next time I saw him I was with five friends who were girls. I think this gave me more credence, so we went for a drink, and the next day he rang me up to see if I wanted to write a TV show.
We became mates at the same time. We have different styles, but our voices and faces are good together. You can't plan stuff like that, and it's difficult to find someone you connect with when you're writing. It's luck. When we get together to write, it just happens, even when we're getting on each other's nerves, or depressed. We once wrote a scene about being on a fishing boat: we were both really hacked off and depressed and didn't have much time, so we rushed to finish it and then parted. We read it the next day and it was one of the best scenes we'd ever written.
I've learnt a hell of a lot from Julian. He really wants to be the best he can; I'm not sloppy but when I think of a new idea I'm not that interested in the old ones. But he's really good at getting an idea and making it better - he'll keep persevering, trying to get the story into shape and I'll be wanting to add more ideas to make it weirder. In the end it works really well. I've learnt from that, and I think he's learnt how to be a lot more free.
We're both quite extreme. I'm not moody in general but when I am I smash things. He runs away when I do that. We both really lose our temper. I think I kicked a door in his face once. There's no point in coming to blows about the show - whether Mod wolves should ride mopeds is not worth a fight - but it usually happens when we're really tired and stressed. When we were nominated for the Perrier Award, it was so stressful. We knew we had to do a good gig, and we had a fight because I washed one of Julian's white shirts with colours. He said I didn't even know how to wash and I said I didn't see him washing anything. We were fighting over shirts. That's wrong, but quite funny.
Because of the age difference, there's a big brother thing going on. If anyone starts on me he really goes mad. He had to put up with me being quite ill for a year, which meant I couldn't drink alcohol. We were on tour and another comedian got annoyed because I wouldn't have a drink, so when he was on stage he slagged me off. Julian went mad. I thought he was going to hit someone. I like that about him. If anyone says anything about him when he's not there, I find it really offensive. He's quite protective; I think I'm the same.
most (or possibly all) taken from
booshslashhaven :Dand a clip of the hand stroking- http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=handstroky0em.gif <3 Noel
oh and to see them kiss, watch the last few seconds of this YouTube clip--->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Qo0ZNaGiA XD
Vince: I’m looking for my mate Howard.
Rudi: Perhaps what you seek is inside yourself.
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 09:57 pm (UTC)you can watch most of the first series on YouTube at least. that's what i've been doing- http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Boosh [scroll down to "mighty boosh ep1- killeroo" and after]
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Date: 2006-07-28 11:45 am (UTC)Also, I had the thirs last pic as my Lj header for the looooongest time. I hearts it, precious. *covets*
Alsoalso, Julian Barratt is one schmexy beast.*cough*no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 10:03 pm (UTC)they really do, don't they ;)
ooooh! i hearts that picture too <3 i'm thinking of possibly making a Mighty Boosh header... we'll see.
i still love watching that icon ^_^
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Date: 2006-07-28 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 09:53 pm (UTC)they surely do look adorable together! and lmao, secret behind-curtain kissing!! :P
they are so cute together! and funny. really funny. i wish i could have been there to see one of their shows live. and as for the kiss- <3<3<3
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Date: 2006-08-01 10:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-02 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 08:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-28 09:25 pm (UTC)... Just where can I see this show? I don't get BBC or BBC2 with my cable... D: Maybe it would be worth it to get those channels somehow?... Not just for this show, but still. It looks... hahaha, well, it look like slash fodder. X3
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:49 pm (UTC)i have to watch it on BBC America but it's almost never on. it's on DVD (region 2 only i believe), but i've been watching the first series on YouTube- http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Boosh [just scroll down to the "mighty boosh ep1- killeroo" and after] :D
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Date: 2006-07-29 02:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-29 08:31 am (UTC)