Hitcher (The Mighty Boosh Live 2009)

The Mighty Boosh live in Manchester, Future Sailors Tour.
Noel Fielding entrance as Hitcher.

[@jesse1018]

“Fuck off? Imagine how weak the show would be if I fuck off. Imagine what an improvement it would be if you do.” Gold.

[@RachelTheVlogger]

Gotta love the Hitcher :)

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

I really wanted to go to this show but I was too young to go at the time, I hope they get back together and do one last tour

[@ladysuda3807]

Hitcher is my favourite character from The Mighty Boosh!!

[@paolovallejo8022]

I would kill for a HD audio quality version of this

[@AZITHEMLGPRO]

Ai upscaling

[@josh420masterB]

He makes a Jimmy Savile joke, and then a rape joke; and they've got nothing to do with each other. Ah, the pre-2011 days...

[@SamuelBlack84]

Maybe he did it on purpose in a sly way

[@livedandletdie]

It was well known back then too... It was known back in the 80s as well.

[@Bigglesworthicus]

Damn, julian's pretty handy with a guitar

[@danjames4086]

Yep, damned good.

[@juankusoff]

Bigglesworthicus I think he wrote most of the music

[@sartanko]

Until the spirit of Jazz gets him.

[@jjeshop]

Right?

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

He taught Alan Holdsworth

[@RevalisPyross]

I went to see this tour in Bristol and the whole show was completely amazing.

[@RodM.Peters]

Bloody 'ell! Just can't have enough of the 'Itcha'! And Rich Fulcher's cockney isn't too bad.

[@richardbeaton7324]

" Don't slip on the cobbles boy , They're covered in blood , That's right it's your own " .... Man what a line , This song is full of them!

[@voodoomurderous4252]

I saw this with my dad when I was 7/8 yeas old

[@zzzhuh]

+Voodoo Murderous Your young as shit....

[@charlesmanson3625]

Depends on the shit boy?

[@chantellepride6368]

Wow! You were young when you saw this boy!!

[@erubin100]

The Hitcher is one of the few characters that can actively insult his audience and threaten them with rape and murder...and they'll cheer him for it.

[@BeautifulAvenger]

Wish I was there lol

[@christopherherrington8387]

The piper Twins...... There's three of em ;)

[@Physhi]

I now realize it's real: Julian is a jazzist!

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

So this is Queen, yeah? Not bad! I figured Freddie would look different but steeeeeeel pretty good, boy!

[@pepsilord3058]

Fucking hell what a crossover

[@LiquidSpiral]

This is why I don't understand when people say Noel is a bad stand-up comic

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

He's a performance artist. Very abstract.

[@livedandletdie]

He isn't really a stand-up comedian... He is hilarious, and a really good performer, but sure he did start of as a stand-up but I mean come on, he grew into the role of the slightly over the top weird guy. And man does it allow for a lot more of his personality to show off, and his playfulness, just regular stand up is extremely hard to do well, some few jokes here and there in a performance makes for a much easier and a still enjoyable feeling. He's just a naturally funny guy, whom you can't help but love.

[@jazzy4830]

Many of his sets seem so aggressively anti-comedic, more of an audio-visual assault on the audience than entertainment.

[@erubin100]

completely different skillset.

[@bilbofloggins7713]

​@@jazzy4830 yeah but he's really trying to play his own heel. The whole show is really an ode to how much of theatre/ music nerds they are.

[@danjames4086]

I would love to know what happened to the giant inflatable eel at the end of the tour. What a garden ornament it would make!

[@Shmannel]

@JimmyTheKiller it grows any time he needs a ride, it's one of his powers

[@debcob1980]

Am I the only person finding Julian Barratt INCREDIBLY SEXY playing guitar??? 😍😍

[@SkeleTre]

The Hitcher is the ultimate nightmare alter ego of Les Claypool from Primus, even with all the characters Les already has. What happened to Mr. Hitcher's bass playing thumb?

[@MadCheshireHat]

isn't the white circle thing on the wrong side of his face?

[@simplsaiyanappa6572]

They swap it during the live show as Noel is left eye dominant, meaning he sees out of his left, and walking around in the dark performing with your good eye blocked is a dangerous idea.

[@MadCheshireHat]

aahh, really, I didn't know that. Well, that makes sense, thanks for sharing. :)

[@MadCheshireHat]

it might be that the edges around it that obstruct full vision. I don't know. It would bug me, at least, regardless of side.

[@simplsaiyanappa6572]

My answer is that of Noel lol I asked that question of him at The Boosh Live show in San Diego during the Meet & Greet, you have to imagine from his perspective but the polo is essentially a wobbly eye patch with a hole in it that is right next to his eye.

[@HaggertyTheEel]

its the solo polo vison

[@whatshername1675]

Julian

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

Julian is hilarious.

[@roseyvision]

That awkward moment when you're singing shit about eels and one shows up!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Apples and pears and various other fruits

[@ichaukan]

Are toasted elvers really that delicious? I haven't tasted them yet, but I reckon they are.

[@ellenheckles6185]

Does anyone know where to find the full thing?

[@JimmyTheKiller]

Where his thumb gone??

[@pepsilord3058]

Its not in any of the other episodes

[@gonjafarma89]

The part man, part hornet took it back. His mother kicked him out again when she heard.

[@madludwigii2648]

Probably emptied of the puss 😂

[@ZerberusKnight]

Shite like this would never get away today

[@gonjafarma89]

You sure about that, boy

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@gonjafarma89 Yeah. I'm sure of it. You must not live in the West.

[@LTPottenger]

Be about your dark, foul business, Phillip.

[@drparnassus2867]

It's like a pantomime with more rape jokes.

[@NBPPROGOAT]

since when did julian barrett learn to play the guitar

[@NBPPROGOAT]

fair enough

[@pepsilord3058]

Cause hes a jazz maverick

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

Always! He went to school for music I believe.

[@inesalejandra2868]

Is that a serious question? Music credit at the end of every episode. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp2baoV9fspkbcU That's Julian Barratt. He doesn't just play guitar, but he composes, mainly, on guitar.

[@donbrogan3158]

What? Where have you been hiding, a Chinese tea cup.

[@gasmaskguys4965]

XD

[@MayaLea99]

this crowd is terrible