MIGHTY BOOSH movie, series 4 in doubt

In a long and funny but also surprisingly revealing interview with the Onion AV Club, The Mighty Boosh stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt actually put their comic personas aside for a while and talk about their creative process in detail. I've been a Boosh fan for a few years, but I've never read an interview with them that was quite like this one. At one point, you can see a riff they're doing about a bunch of weird recipes starting to turn into an actual comedy bit that Barratt wants to continue working on, later. It's fascinating to watch their peculiar creative process at work.

But during the interview they also drop the dispiriting news that they're undecided about making a movie based on the series, and they also have doubts about making a fourth season of the show.

NF: Often, we realize we’ve changed our minds just to do something else. Just to push ourselves to do something different. And it’ll be because we’re sick of it. We do think it might be a bit much if we do another six adventures. How many monsters can we make the musical style of?

JB: The basic thing is, with our characters, they’re always the same. The relationship between the two characters is a similar kind of dynamic all the time. There are some key jokes for us. The joke of our characters.

NF: We realize people are way behind us as well. They’re enjoying that aspect. (Barratt and Fielding have been doing these characters) for 10 years.

JB: We’re really bored of it.

As grim as that excerpt sounds, Barratt and Fielding are generally quite positive about The Mighty Boosh in the interview, talking at length about how the show allows them to really use their skills for music and visual art in a way that few other projects could. These two have a rare partnership, and they're obviously not taking it for granted.

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