Hitcher
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| The Mighty Boosh episode | |
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| “Hitcher” | |
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| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 8 |
| Guest star(s) | Dave Brown & Rich Fulcher as The Piper Twins Gur Bachchan Singh as Vince Noir Peter Elliott as Ivan the Russian Bear |
| Writer(s) | Noel Fielding Julian Barratt |
| Producer | – |
| Director | Paul King |
| Original broadcast | 6 June 2004 |
| Episode chronology | |
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"Hitcher" is the eighth and final episode of series one of The Mighty Boosh.
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[edit] Synopsis
After Ivan the Russian Bear hears Vince and Howard entertaining schoolchildren with Jazz-Funk, he becomes angry and escapes from his cage, so Bob Fossil arranges for him to be taken to the Animal Offenders Institute. All Howard and Vince have to do is get there and back, in one piece, without falling foul of The Hitcher.
[edit] Songs featured
- "The Hitcher" – a rap performed by the Hitcher, after having trapped Howard in his box.
- "Particle" – A Jazz-Funk song heard at the start being played by Vince and Howard, and at the end played by the Hitcher.
[edit] Minor characters featured
[edit] Ivan the Bear
Ivan is a Russian dancing bear with a profound dislike for jazz and slap bass, and goes into a rage on hearing such music. He seems to share Vince's love for Gary Numan, and his only spoken lines are to sing along with the chorus of "Cars." According to Fossil, he is a communist. Howard and Vince are charged with transporting him to the Zoo for Animal Offenders after he breaks free from his cage at the Zooniverse and attacks Fossil. He becomes enraged and breaks free from the transport van when The Hitcher begins playing jazz fusion, and his subsequent attack on The Hitcher saves Howard and Vince from certain doom.
[edit] Bryan Ferry
Has a cameo role in the episode 'Hitcher' (but it is obviously Barratt covered in fake tan and a strap on chin, made to look like the collage of Ferry seen in an earlier animated segment). Ferry apparently raised Vince in the forest, although there is some suggestion that this strange fellow is only a Ferry impersonator. (Naboo points out that the "Ferry" seen here looks more like Terry Wogan.)
[edit] Trivia
- Noel Fielding's father, Ray Fielding, can be seen on his T-shirt throughout the episode. He later appeared playing Chris De Burgh in "The Priest and the Beast"
- The hat worn by Noel in the episode is the same one worn by Johnny Depp when he appeared on The Fast Show.
[edit] External links
- "Hitcher" at the Internet Movie Database
