Tundra (The Mighty Boosh episode)
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| The Mighty Boosh episode | |
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| “Tundra” | |
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| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 4 |
| Guest star(s) | Matt Berry as Dixon Bainbridge Dave Brown as Black Frost Peter Kyriacou as Zookeeper/Polar Bear Victoria Wicks as Mrs. Gideon |
| Writer(s) | Noel Fielding Julian Barratt |
| Producer | – |
| Director | Paul King |
| Original broadcast | 8 June 2004 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| “Bollo” | “Jungle” |
"Tundra" is the fourth episode of series one of The Mighty Boosh.
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[edit] Synopsis
After Dixon Bainbridge returns from his travels and impresses the Zoo-niverse, Howard, in an attempt to impress Mrs. Gideon, sets off with Vince to the Arctic Tundra in search of the Egg of Mantumbi - with the assistance of Gary Numan. Into the blinding whiteness of the Arctic Tundra, they come face to face with hideous ice demon Black Frost. Luckily, Vince befriended a polar bear.
[edit] Songs featured
- "The Tundra Rap" – sung by Vince and Howard after being inspired by the Blinding Whiteness of the Tundra.
- "The Stickleback Song"" – the first in a long line of acapella songs sung by Vince and Howard.
- "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – sung by Dixon Bainbridge and Bob Fossil.
[edit] Minor Characters featured
[edit] The Black Frost
An "icy bastard" featured in The Tundra. The Black Frost (Brown) is the protector of the egg of Mantumbi (a sapphire the size of a school boy's head). He is so terrible that he is capable of freezing a man's last words as they come from his mouth. However, in the episode he is knocked out by a polar bear that Vince befriended earlier on in the episode. He is the protector of the Parka People, who refer to him as "Loogaroo". He is a humanoid creature with skin that is midnight black, he has branchlike fingers and hair and a long, pointy nose. He has a high-pitched giggle, but he speaks only once, exclaiming "crikey!" in a Liverpudlian accent when attacked by the polar bear. He arrives accompanied by blasting Drum and Bass music (he has a stereo that plays it) and he is a rather odd dresser, wearing nothing but flashy cowboy boots (which Vince eventually steals) and plastic-looking bikini briefs with a hole in the front that shoots out his freezing "breath". While the polar bear does knock him out, he presumably survived. In the pilot episode of the Mighty Boosh (which follows a very similar storyline to The Tundra), The Black Frost is destroyed when Vince's phone rings, playing a high-frequency monophonic version of Gary Numan's "Cars" that causes him to explode.
[edit] The Polar Bear
Becomes close friends with Vince in "Tundra", much to the surprise of Howard who thinks he has been eaten by him. After a day of fun, the bear asks Vince to "Hold me" to which Vince obliges. Having saved Vince and Howard from the Black Frost, he is seen staring at the stars all alone humming Gary Numan's 'Are 'Friends' Electric?'. In the radio 'Tundra' episode and it is revealed that he works in a kiosk.
[edit] The Parka People
The Parka People are featured in Tundra. They are a strange race of diminutive people who wear parkas that obscure their faces. While Howard is suffering in the snow, convinced Vince is dead, a parka person appears and commands Howard to "look deep into the parka." He claims there are many things within his parka, things Howard has never dreamed of, such as rubies. When Howard says that he has, in fact, dreamed of rubies, the parka person then says his parka contains "lesbian ham". When Howard finally looks deep into the parka, he sees the Egg of Mantubi he and Vince were seeking. Howard returns to the icy lair of the parka people, where he joins them for dinner. He eats one of their vomit, mistaking it for a dish they are offering. Then the parka ruler sentences him to be sacrificed, as they know Howard plans to steal the Egg of Mantumbi, and it is their duty to guard it. While they are summoning the Black Frost, Vince arrives. They grab the Egg, but the alarm goes off, and the Parka People tie them up and then are not seen again.
[edit] Trivia
- The storyline of the episode is a reworking of the original Mighty Boosh pilot episode, which was a reworking of the original live stage show, Artic Boosh.
- The tie worn by the two new zookeepers (played by Noel and Julian) was actually bought from Top Shop.
- The white stripe across Noel's face whilst he is in the Tundra is a reference to Adam Ant.
- The red and white jacket worn by Noel in this episode was arrently originally worn by Freddie Mercury in a Queen music video and by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in the film Velvet Goldmine.
[edit] External links
- "Tundra" at the Internet Movie Database
