1 00:00:05,241 --> 00:00:07,835 So, are you all set for tonight? 2 00:00:07,961 --> 00:00:11,317 Yeah. We're really grateful for this. We've had a tough week. 3 00:00:11,441 --> 00:00:14,717 - How come? - Our singer got pushed in a canal by a gorilla. 4 00:00:14,841 --> 00:00:18,629 - By a gorilla? In Dalston? - Yeah, I know. He somehow survived, 5 00:00:18,761 --> 00:00:21,514 - then got backed over by a wizard in a van. - 12 times. 6 00:00:21,641 --> 00:00:24,519 - Finished him of. - Really? You've had a shocker. 7 00:00:24,641 --> 00:00:26,916 So what will you do? Have you got a new singer? 8 00:00:27,041 --> 00:00:31,114 Not yet. I think we'll have to do an instrumental set. It's a bit of a shame. 9 00:00:31,241 --> 00:00:36,679 I've got an idea. It's a crazy idea, but I'm gonna be at the gig anyway, and I can sing. 10 00:00:36,801 --> 00:00:41,750 I know all the lyrics to your songs, and I was mucking about on Photoshop the other day 11 00:00:41,881 --> 00:00:46,636 and accidentally Photoshopped my own head over your dead singer's face. 12 00:00:46,761 --> 00:00:50,151 Out of grief more than anything. I don't know. What do you think? 13 00:00:50,281 --> 00:00:52,237 Save you auditioning anyone else. 14 00:00:52,361 --> 00:00:56,912 Vince, you're a nice guy and you've got a good look, but... you ever played football? 15 00:00:57,041 --> 00:00:59,430 - Yeah. Why? - Your legs are a bit muscular. 16 00:00:59,561 --> 00:01:02,997 - We've got a thin-legs policy in this band. - I've got thin legs. 17 00:01:03,121 --> 00:01:06,830 - No, chicken drummers, mate. - Look, come on, guys. I could do this. 18 00:01:06,961 --> 00:01:13,150 - I could be your singer. It'll be amazing. - I tell you what. If you can get into these... 19 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:15,078 the gig's yours. 20 00:01:15,201 --> 00:01:19,240 They'll be fine. They look a bit baggy, if anything. Yeah, easy. 21 00:01:19,361 --> 00:01:23,479 I'll see you tonight for the gig. And give my condolences to Neville's family. 22 00:01:23,601 --> 00:01:26,274 - You mean Nathan. - Whatever. 23 00:01:29,961 --> 00:01:33,795 (Howard) Come with us now on a journey through time and space. 24 00:01:33,921 --> 00:01:36,481 (Vince) To the world of "The Mighty Boosh". 25 00:01:36,601 --> 00:01:37,829 ♪ "The Mighty Boosh" 26 00:01:37,961 --> 00:01:41,476 ♪ Come with us to "The Mighty Boosh" 27 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:42,829 ♪ "The Mighty Boosh" 28 00:01:42,961 --> 00:01:46,920 ♪ Come with us to "The Mighty Boosh" 29 00:01:53,041 --> 00:01:55,191 (man on TV) Life is pain. 30 00:01:55,321 --> 00:01:57,277 Suicide is freedom. 31 00:01:58,961 --> 00:02:03,034 Coming up next, a seven-hour documentary about Danish avant-garde cinema. 32 00:02:03,161 --> 00:02:05,152 Oh, yes. 33 00:02:05,281 --> 00:02:07,920 (electronic whine) 34 00:02:18,481 --> 00:02:21,075 - This is never gonna work. - What do you mean? 35 00:02:21,201 --> 00:02:24,910 You're never gonna wither your legs using a wheelchair. It's insanity. 36 00:02:25,041 --> 00:02:28,397 You don't know. Maybe if I don't use them, I'll drop a size. 37 00:02:28,521 --> 00:02:31,433 I will get into those drainpipes. I will. 38 00:02:33,641 --> 00:02:36,235 - Why don't you just accept it? - What do you mean? 39 00:02:36,361 --> 00:02:40,479 You've got muscular legs, like a football player. That needn't be a bad thing. 40 00:02:40,601 --> 00:02:42,751 It didn't get in the way for Van Morrison. 41 00:02:42,881 --> 00:02:45,679 He shufled to the top on his beefy Celtic drummers. 42 00:02:45,801 --> 00:02:48,554 Can you not mention Van Morrison? 43 00:02:48,681 --> 00:02:52,117 - He's a Nik Nak in a ginger wig. - Why are you letting it get to you? 44 00:02:52,241 --> 00:02:55,517 I've got to get in this band and they've got a drainpipe policy. 45 00:02:55,641 --> 00:02:58,758 Stop mocking me. Come and watch tonight. It's gonna be good. 46 00:02:58,881 --> 00:03:02,954 - My nights are genius. - I don't think so. I've got other things to do. 47 00:03:03,081 --> 00:03:05,470 - As if you've got anything to do. - What? 48 00:03:05,601 --> 00:03:09,913 Gonna go to Lester Corncrake's house, stick your phone up his arse and ring him? 49 00:03:10,041 --> 00:03:11,997 - That was a mistake. - Yeah, right. 50 00:03:12,121 --> 00:03:14,794 He doesn't see very well. He sat on the phone, 51 00:03:14,921 --> 00:03:17,435 and I was ringing him to find out where it was. 52 00:03:17,561 --> 00:03:21,270 He thought a bumblebee had gone up him. It was quite traumatic for him. 53 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:24,359 - I wanna know how he answered it. - It was a bit weird. 54 00:03:24,481 --> 00:03:27,200 Why don't you come along? My nights, they're genius. 55 00:03:27,321 --> 00:03:29,471 I don't think so. You know what I'm doing? 56 00:03:29,601 --> 00:03:33,150 I'm gonna see Jurgen Haabemaaster speak about his latest project. 57 00:03:33,281 --> 00:03:35,476 - Who? - Jurgen Haabemaaster. Know who he is? 58 00:03:35,601 --> 00:03:39,753 Only the leading exponent of avant-garde cinema working in Denmark today. 59 00:03:39,881 --> 00:03:42,520 Incredible mind. You know what he once did? 60 00:03:42,641 --> 00:03:47,476 He once strapped 14 cameras to the back of a dying swan and hurled it into a supermarket. 61 00:03:47,601 --> 00:03:49,432 Unbelievable footage. 62 00:03:49,561 --> 00:03:52,029 Never saw that. Have you seen Herbie Goes Bananas? 63 00:03:52,161 --> 00:03:55,198 It's called culture, something you wouldn't know about. 64 00:03:55,321 --> 00:03:57,596 My nights are packed full of culture. 65 00:03:57,721 --> 00:04:01,111 Black Tubes? That's just men in tight trousers howling. 66 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:04,472 It's not just music. It's about cabaret now, it's coming back. 67 00:04:04,601 --> 00:04:07,877 You've got to have variety. We've got dancing girls, an actor. 68 00:04:08,001 --> 00:04:11,038 - An actor? Who have you got? - We've got Sammy the Crab. 69 00:04:11,161 --> 00:04:14,198 Sammy the Crab? Are you joking? 70 00:04:14,321 --> 00:04:17,631 - He's the best actor of his generation. - Get real. He's awful. 71 00:04:17,761 --> 00:04:20,673 - What? He'd be in Hollywood now. - What, if he wasn't a crab? 72 00:04:20,801 --> 00:04:22,951 No, if he wasn't keeping it real in theatre. 73 00:04:23,081 --> 00:04:26,471 - His eyes are on stalks. - Yeah, he uses that to his advantage. 74 00:04:26,601 --> 00:04:29,991 Have you seen his one-man version of Streetcar Named Desire? 75 00:04:30,121 --> 00:04:34,160 It's the seminal Kowalski. You can't go back to Brando after you've seen Sammy. 76 00:04:34,281 --> 00:04:37,432 12 encores. Took his little vest of, threw it into the crowd. 77 00:04:37,561 --> 00:04:40,598 I caught it. Look. That's gonna be worth something one day. 78 00:04:40,961 --> 00:04:42,679 Hey, Vincey. 79 00:04:43,521 --> 00:04:48,595 Howard Moon, as I breathe and stink. How are you? 80 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:52,077 I'm doing pretty good, Fossil, yeah. Things are going OK and... 81 00:04:52,201 --> 00:04:55,796 Boring. Hey, are you still trying to sell these jazz records? 82 00:04:55,921 --> 00:05:00,119 Or, as I like to say, these liquid discs of shit. 83 00:05:00,241 --> 00:05:03,392 - Yes, they're selling very well, thank you. - Ooh. 84 00:05:03,521 --> 00:05:09,153 I'm Howard Moon and I know how to use my talkie round hole! 85 00:05:09,281 --> 00:05:11,636 Hey, Vince, how are the legs? 86 00:05:11,761 --> 00:05:13,717 Not bad. I've gone down three sizes. 87 00:05:13,841 --> 00:05:16,594 Two sizes to go and I am in those drainpipes. 88 00:05:16,721 --> 00:05:20,396 Beauteous. You get into the band, you get me in as a manager. 89 00:05:20,521 --> 00:05:23,513 You're my little golden boy. You're my shower monkey. 90 00:05:23,641 --> 00:05:28,795 You're my two-ton circle of fun! Hey, and I got this poster too. 91 00:05:28,921 --> 00:05:31,594 - Cool. - (screeches) 92 00:05:31,721 --> 00:05:35,760 And listen, we got a big-shot director coming down to see Sammy the Crab. 93 00:05:35,881 --> 00:05:37,633 Is there any room on the door? 94 00:05:37,761 --> 00:05:40,878 The guestlist is a little tight. What's his name? 95 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:43,515 Jurgen Haabemaaster. 96 00:05:45,201 --> 00:05:47,510 OK, he can come, but no plus-one. I'm chocka. 97 00:05:47,641 --> 00:05:49,836 OK, bye. 98 00:05:50,601 --> 00:05:52,751 - Hey, Vince. Cup of tea? - What? 99 00:05:52,881 --> 00:05:55,714 - Cup of tea or a sandwich? - There's no way. 100 00:05:55,841 --> 00:05:58,719 - You don't even know what I'm gonna say. - I do. 101 00:05:58,841 --> 00:06:01,355 - Put me on at the club tonight. - Oh, really? 102 00:06:01,481 --> 00:06:04,632 I unleash my raw acting chops, blow Sammy of the stage, 103 00:06:04,761 --> 00:06:07,559 - Jurgen puts me in his latest project. - You can't act. 104 00:06:07,681 --> 00:06:11,230 Oh, really? Well, what then, pray, is this? 105 00:06:12,921 --> 00:06:16,675 - I don't know. What is that? - Me as Hamlet. You didn't know about that. 106 00:06:16,801 --> 00:06:18,951 You've never actually played Hamlet. 107 00:06:19,081 --> 00:06:21,879 I know. But had I, that's what I would look like. 108 00:06:22,001 --> 00:06:25,357 You knocked that up at the photocopy centre. It's just bizarre. 109 00:06:25,481 --> 00:06:30,760 Give me a break. All I need is one shot. It's my number-one dream to work with Jurgen. 110 00:06:30,881 --> 00:06:36,353 I thought in your number-one dream you had a boxing glove on your head and a minge. 111 00:06:36,481 --> 00:06:38,790 OK, it's in my top four. Please. 112 00:06:38,921 --> 00:06:42,072 I've only seen you act at school. Remember? We did Aladdin. 113 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:46,274 You were the genie. You froze in your gold trousers. Mr Freeze we called you. 114 00:06:46,401 --> 00:06:49,996 You got bottled of by Year 9. The headmaster got you in a headlock. 115 00:06:50,121 --> 00:06:53,113 That was years ago. I can act any time. Just watch me. 116 00:06:53,241 --> 00:06:55,835 You can't act when other people are in the room. 117 00:06:55,961 --> 00:06:58,316 A cheese plant can send you into a panic. 118 00:06:58,441 --> 00:07:02,753 - Cheese plants can be judgmental. - I'd like to help, but I can't. It's my night. 119 00:07:02,881 --> 00:07:06,476 If you freeze, it's gonna be me carrying you out of there like a post. 120 00:07:06,601 --> 00:07:09,798 I don't freeze any more. That was when I was a young boy. 121 00:07:09,921 --> 00:07:12,719 Now I'm a grown man. I'm loose. I'm at ease with myself. 122 00:07:12,841 --> 00:07:16,516 Just let me release a couple of my chops for Jurgen tonight, please. 123 00:07:16,641 --> 00:07:18,518 - Perhaps just one chop. - All right. 124 00:07:18,641 --> 00:07:20,472 - Yes! - I'll give you an audition. 125 00:07:20,601 --> 00:07:22,557 (ice crackles) 126 00:07:26,001 --> 00:07:29,357 What are you doing? Howard, have you frozen? 127 00:07:29,481 --> 00:07:31,597 Oh. There aren't any auditions. 128 00:07:31,721 --> 00:07:33,439 Oh. OK. 129 00:07:33,561 --> 00:07:37,349 - You'd better not do that tonight. - That was a joke. I was joking with you. 130 00:07:37,481 --> 00:07:41,599 - Cool. I'll put you on in the second half. - (ice crackles) 131 00:07:42,761 --> 00:07:45,229 Hey, Vincey, I've just been on the internet. 132 00:07:45,361 --> 00:07:47,875 I've got some ideas on how to get your pins down. 133 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:49,354 - Really? - OK, follow me. 134 00:07:49,481 --> 00:07:51,472 Let's do it. Let's go, baby. 135 00:07:57,521 --> 00:08:01,116 The Doctor and the Pencil is one of my first films. 136 00:08:01,241 --> 00:08:06,634 It is an exploration of pain and rage. 137 00:08:06,761 --> 00:08:11,391 Saying that, the film is playful and comedic too. 138 00:08:16,281 --> 00:08:18,476 (grunts) 139 00:08:22,441 --> 00:08:24,193 (shouts) 140 00:08:27,281 --> 00:08:29,272 (shouts) 141 00:08:33,321 --> 00:08:35,039 Make the calll 142 00:08:39,281 --> 00:08:42,114 Make the calll Fucking make the calll 143 00:08:44,561 --> 00:08:46,358 (wails) 144 00:08:46,481 --> 00:08:48,597 Yeahl 145 00:08:48,841 --> 00:08:50,911 (wails) 146 00:08:51,161 --> 00:08:52,116 Yeahl 147 00:08:52,241 --> 00:08:53,959 (chuckles) 148 00:08:54,081 --> 00:08:55,400 So playful. 149 00:08:55,521 --> 00:08:57,159 (strangled groan) 150 00:08:58,281 --> 00:08:59,714 Howard? 151 00:08:59,841 --> 00:09:01,877 (groans) Help me. 152 00:09:03,801 --> 00:09:05,553 - Thanks. - What's the matter? 153 00:09:05,681 --> 00:09:08,400 I'll tell you what the matter is. 154 00:09:08,521 --> 00:09:10,477 I just can't act. 155 00:09:12,161 --> 00:09:16,518 Yeah, I see what you mean. The thing about acting, Howard, it's about motivation. 156 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:19,758 - Remember when I was in Candide? - I didn't know you were in that. 157 00:09:19,881 --> 00:09:23,032 I did a lot of French period drama before I worked in Megabowl. 158 00:09:23,161 --> 00:09:26,836 - I remember in one scene I had to be upset. - What did you do? 159 00:09:26,961 --> 00:09:30,397 What I did was I looked back to the most traumatic period of my life, 160 00:09:30,521 --> 00:09:32,477 the time I was most angry. 161 00:09:32,601 --> 00:09:35,240 It was when Pete stole my trainers. I went berserk. 162 00:09:35,361 --> 00:09:39,479 And I took that emotion and I used it in the scene. 163 00:09:39,601 --> 00:09:43,230 Mr De Beauvois, your conduct this evening has been intolerable. 164 00:09:43,361 --> 00:09:47,991 I've a good mind to thrash you, so you'd better explain yourself before I do. 165 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:51,397 Never mind that. Where are my trainers?! I need 'em for work! 166 00:09:51,521 --> 00:09:55,150 What, am I supposed to go to Megabowl with my socks on? 167 00:09:55,281 --> 00:09:58,910 - Thanks for that, Naboo. - Don't mention it. 168 00:10:02,961 --> 00:10:05,031 I did a bit of acting once. 169 00:10:05,161 --> 00:10:07,470 I was in Home and Away. 170 00:10:07,601 --> 00:10:09,557 I played Carol. 171 00:10:17,681 --> 00:10:20,991 - Ah, top of the evening to you. - Hi. 172 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:24,591 - What can I get for you, fella? - I'll just have a whisky, please. 173 00:10:24,721 --> 00:10:28,430 Looks like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders. 174 00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:30,756 Know what I do when I'm down in the dumps? 175 00:10:30,881 --> 00:10:35,716 I jump over the neighbour's fence, take his cat and twist his neck. 176 00:10:35,841 --> 00:10:38,799 Just twist it a little bit, then twist it some more, 177 00:10:38,921 --> 00:10:43,039 then kick him and then throw him down and then twist his neck some more. And... 178 00:10:43,161 --> 00:10:46,915 - Just get a whisky, please. - Coming right up. 179 00:10:48,801 --> 00:10:50,951 - Bad day? - Yeah, you could say that. 180 00:10:51,081 --> 00:10:53,436 - What's wrong? - I was all set to go on stage, 181 00:10:53,561 --> 00:10:57,395 a big-shot director was gonna be there, but I can't act. I just... 182 00:10:57,521 --> 00:10:59,557 I just can't act! 183 00:11:00,161 --> 00:11:04,871 - Yes, that wasn't great, was it? - I freeze up, you know? I've got stage fright. 184 00:11:05,001 --> 00:11:09,119 Ah, the chokes. Old chokey. Chokus-pocus. 185 00:11:09,241 --> 00:11:12,233 Many a fine actor sufered from the chokes. 186 00:11:12,361 --> 00:11:17,640 John Gielgud, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole. All sufered from the chokes. 187 00:11:17,761 --> 00:11:21,640 I remember talking to Gielgud about it. He was furious with himself. 188 00:11:21,761 --> 00:11:26,312 - You've actually met Gielgud? - He was my understudy for a year, the bitch. 189 00:11:26,441 --> 00:11:30,719 - Who are you? - Cast your eyes across my portrait, yonder. 190 00:11:30,841 --> 00:11:32,160 My God! 191 00:11:32,281 --> 00:11:33,794 You're Paul Weller. 192 00:11:33,921 --> 00:11:36,640 No, the next one along. 193 00:11:36,761 --> 00:11:40,037 - Bruce Foxton? - The next portrait along. 194 00:11:40,161 --> 00:11:42,880 - Montgomery Flange! - Ah, at your service. 195 00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:45,754 You were the greatest actor of your generation. 196 00:11:45,881 --> 00:11:48,076 You disappeared, though. What happened? 197 00:11:48,201 --> 00:11:51,238 It's a sad story. I won't bore you with it. 198 00:11:51,361 --> 00:11:56,389 It was about 1976, I think it was. I was in my heyday. Everything was going right for me. 199 00:11:56,521 --> 00:12:00,912 Rave reviews, the lot. I wanted this part. I wanted it so bad. 200 00:12:01,041 --> 00:12:06,399 I prepared for it for months, but I was pipped to the post by another actor. 201 00:12:06,521 --> 00:12:09,240 Confidence shattered, lost my wife. 202 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:11,477 Everything turned to shit. 203 00:12:11,601 --> 00:12:16,231 Apart from a brief stint playing bass for The Style Council, I've not worked since. 204 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:19,671 - Monty, I've got an idea. - Hm? 205 00:12:19,801 --> 00:12:23,191 You're a great actor, I need training up. Why don't you train me? 206 00:12:23,321 --> 00:12:25,755 Take the chokes of me, train me up as an actor. 207 00:12:25,881 --> 00:12:30,193 No, no, no. I don't do that any more. Thank you, but, no, no, no. 208 00:12:30,321 --> 00:12:34,792 I suppose Sammy will be getting ready to go on stage now. 209 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:36,991 - Who? - Sammy the Crab. 210 00:12:37,121 --> 00:12:39,555 No! No, Sammy! 211 00:12:39,681 --> 00:12:42,320 No, Sammy the Crab! No, Sammy the Crab! I hate him! 212 00:12:42,441 --> 00:12:45,672 He was the one I lost the part to, the one who ran of with my wife. 213 00:12:45,801 --> 00:12:50,079 Oh, there's not a day goes by when I don't want to kill Sammy, 214 00:12:50,201 --> 00:12:54,513 throw him into a huge cooking pot and eat the little pink wanker! 215 00:12:54,641 --> 00:12:56,950 Argh! (spits) 216 00:12:57,081 --> 00:13:00,357 - So he's on the bill with you tonight? - He's my competition. 217 00:13:00,481 --> 00:13:03,837 If I train you, get rid of the chokes, we'd be sticking it to Sammy? 218 00:13:03,961 --> 00:13:07,033 - Damn right we would. - We have no time to lose. Let's go. 219 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:11,200 - Where? - To my secret woodland acting training area. 220 00:13:13,321 --> 00:13:16,233 OK, I'm pretty sure this is the answer, Vince. 221 00:13:16,361 --> 00:13:20,036 - Now, instructions say don't go over level 10. - OK. 222 00:13:20,161 --> 00:13:23,790 But the gig starts in an hour, so I'm going to take you to level 42. 223 00:13:23,921 --> 00:13:27,755 - All right. Do it, Bollo. - (bass guitar plays in a Level 42 style) 224 00:13:29,561 --> 00:13:31,870 Oh, yeah. Come on. Feel it. 225 00:13:32,801 --> 00:13:36,316 Bollo, can you stop pretending to be Mark King and make my legs thin? 226 00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:38,318 - Sorry. - Dickhead. 227 00:13:43,441 --> 00:13:46,751 Ah, here we are once more in my acting dojo. 228 00:13:46,881 --> 00:13:53,195 It's not easy being an actor. Sometimes you'll have to act for 30, 35 minutes in one go. 229 00:13:53,321 --> 00:13:57,473 With no interval. Well, a short interval. But then another half an hour. 230 00:13:57,601 --> 00:13:59,796 - Do you think you have what it takes? - Yes. 231 00:13:59,921 --> 00:14:00,910 - Do you? - Yes. 232 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:02,599 - Do you want it? - I want it. 233 00:14:02,721 --> 00:14:05,997 - But do you really want it? - I want it more than life itself. 234 00:14:06,121 --> 00:14:09,591 Well, you're going to have to want it a little bit more than that. 235 00:14:09,721 --> 00:14:11,837 - How is that possible? - Not sure. 236 00:14:12,721 --> 00:14:14,439 Acting. 237 00:14:14,561 --> 00:14:17,519 Now, first things first. What the hell is this? 238 00:14:17,641 --> 00:14:22,157 Are you training to be a football manager? Are you Terry Venables? No, no, no, no, no. 239 00:14:22,281 --> 00:14:25,910 - We need appropriate acting attire. Tights. - Tights. 240 00:14:26,041 --> 00:14:29,954 I want to see you skipping around the bracken in your tights. 241 00:14:30,081 --> 00:14:34,313 - I didn't bring any tights with me. - Luckily, I did. Behind the tree. Of you pop. 242 00:14:34,441 --> 00:14:38,070 Put them on. Don't worry, boy, I won't look. 243 00:14:42,121 --> 00:14:44,157 Emotions. 244 00:14:44,281 --> 00:14:48,479 Now, Howard, as an actor, you'll need to summon up emotions as quick as a beam. 245 00:14:48,601 --> 00:14:51,399 OK? I'm going to fire a few at you now. 246 00:14:51,521 --> 00:14:53,034 Pain. 247 00:14:53,161 --> 00:14:54,879 Sorrow. 248 00:14:55,001 --> 00:14:57,799 Ecstasy. MDMA. 249 00:14:57,921 --> 00:14:59,593 Joy. Jealousy. 250 00:14:59,721 --> 00:15:02,997 A situation. You've lost your ladder. Look for your ladder. 251 00:15:03,121 --> 00:15:06,636 You've found it again. One of the rungs is missing. Who did this?! 252 00:15:06,761 --> 00:15:11,232 Was it little Johnny with his trousers around his ankles? Ask him! Confront him! 253 00:15:11,361 --> 00:15:14,797 - Did you break my ladder? - No, not with your mouth, with your nose! 254 00:15:14,921 --> 00:15:17,355 Tell me a story with your nose. 255 00:15:19,041 --> 00:15:20,793 Useless! 256 00:15:20,921 --> 00:15:26,234 Time for a break. Let's have a liquorice roly, a double brandy and bitch about the industry. 257 00:15:26,361 --> 00:15:28,158 Who the fuck is John Simm? 258 00:15:29,241 --> 00:15:31,038 John Simm. 259 00:15:31,161 --> 00:15:33,470 Lesson 49, object animation. 260 00:15:33,601 --> 00:15:36,035 - What do you see in front of you? - A pencil. 261 00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:39,870 A pencil? No, no, no! Look, it's Niagara Falls. It's a seagull. 262 00:15:40,001 --> 00:15:43,960 It's cheese in the shape of a question mark. It's anything you want it to be. 263 00:15:44,081 --> 00:15:47,073 You try. Come on! 264 00:15:47,201 --> 00:15:52,400 I don't know what to do. I can't make it into anything else. It's just a pencil, you old git! 265 00:15:52,521 --> 00:15:54,637 Yes! You found the truth! 266 00:15:54,761 --> 00:15:59,755 You're an actor now, and I'm as hard as the cobra. 267 00:16:00,361 --> 00:16:03,114 Mighty cobra. 268 00:16:03,801 --> 00:16:06,679 - OK, Howard. This is your audience. - (hens squawk) 269 00:16:06,801 --> 00:16:09,759 Give them a little blast of Hamlet, dear boy. 270 00:16:11,761 --> 00:16:13,399 (ice crackles) 271 00:16:13,521 --> 00:16:15,989 Go on, Howard. Show them what you're made of. 272 00:16:16,121 --> 00:16:18,715 Use the skills I've taught you. Howard? 273 00:16:18,841 --> 00:16:20,718 Oh, dear. 274 00:16:20,841 --> 00:16:25,471 This is the worst case of chokes I've ever laid my eyes on. 275 00:16:25,601 --> 00:16:30,516 Oh, there's nothing for it. I'm going to have to take them from you. 276 00:16:30,641 --> 00:16:32,518 (groans) 277 00:16:33,641 --> 00:16:36,235 Ooh, pain! 278 00:16:36,721 --> 00:16:38,916 Pain! 279 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:40,520 (grunts) 280 00:16:40,641 --> 00:16:42,791 - I'm loose. I'm free. - Yes. 281 00:16:42,921 --> 00:16:45,594 Monty, you've cured me of the chokes! 282 00:16:45,721 --> 00:16:49,191 - They're in me now, boy. Run! Run free! - OK. 283 00:16:49,321 --> 00:16:54,236 And stick a French banger of acting up Sammy's arse, the little pink shit. 284 00:16:54,361 --> 00:16:55,680 - Thank you. - Go, boy. 285 00:16:55,801 --> 00:16:57,280 - One last question. - Yes? 286 00:16:57,401 --> 00:17:00,393 What was the part that Sammy beat you to? 287 00:17:00,521 --> 00:17:02,477 It was the part of a crab. 288 00:17:04,921 --> 00:17:10,359 Obviously he had a physical advantage, but you should've seen my crab. 289 00:17:12,881 --> 00:17:16,078 Look at it. Have you ever seen a crab like it? 290 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:18,351 Fucking marvellous. 291 00:17:18,481 --> 00:17:21,120 Ow! Oh! I shouldn't have done that. 292 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:23,550 Oh! Heart attack. 293 00:17:23,681 --> 00:17:25,990 (thunder roars and electricity crackles) 294 00:17:27,961 --> 00:17:31,192 (Vince) I will get into those drainpipes. I will. 295 00:17:34,041 --> 00:17:37,795 Howard Moon, actor, at your service. 296 00:17:41,001 --> 00:17:44,471 Where do you want me? First or second half? 297 00:17:44,601 --> 00:17:46,910 - There's a problem with the bill. - Is there? 298 00:17:47,041 --> 00:17:50,078 - You're not on it. - This is a joke you're playing on me. 299 00:17:50,201 --> 00:17:54,160 Last time I saw you, you were like this, then you disappeared. Where were you? 300 00:17:54,281 --> 00:17:56,556 What? I was involved in an acting montage. 301 00:17:56,681 --> 00:17:59,195 - How am I supposed to know that? - Thank you. 302 00:17:59,321 --> 00:18:02,597 Vincey! My little beauty boy! Are you ready? 303 00:18:02,721 --> 00:18:04,677 (laughs) Hey, Moon. 304 00:18:04,801 --> 00:18:06,917 Who are you? Zorro on gay night? 305 00:18:09,481 --> 00:18:13,793 - Nice comeback. Hey, let's go. - Let's do it. I've got my drainpipes. Let's go. 306 00:18:13,921 --> 00:18:18,597 Wait! You can't walk. It's a good five minutes and you've got to lose the weight. 307 00:18:18,721 --> 00:18:21,519 - Ride me like a blue horse. - OK. I'm sorry, Howard. 308 00:18:21,641 --> 00:18:23,996 You can go on the bill next week if you want. 309 00:18:24,121 --> 00:18:27,670 Jurgen's here tonight and tonight only. I've missed my chance. 310 00:18:27,801 --> 00:18:30,918 Zip it, Zorro. Vince has a lot of things to do tonight. 311 00:18:31,041 --> 00:18:36,115 He's gotta sing and wear pants. He doesn't need you bumming him out. Now, giddy-up. 312 00:18:36,241 --> 00:18:38,516 - See you. - Yeah! (laughs) 313 00:18:38,641 --> 00:18:41,394 Whoa, Vince, ride me! 314 00:18:42,241 --> 00:18:47,998 Yeah, well, your suit's really tight. It makes you look stupid. Ha! Deal with that! 315 00:18:48,761 --> 00:18:50,877 Ah, that's told him. 316 00:18:52,801 --> 00:18:55,474 What? That was a good comeback. 317 00:18:58,001 --> 00:19:02,836 (Bob) Please welcome the Mayor of Camden, Vince Noir. 318 00:19:05,841 --> 00:19:08,355 You've heard of Oxford Circus. 319 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,995 You've heard of Piccadilly Circus. 320 00:19:11,121 --> 00:19:15,717 Well, tonight I present you Vince Noir's Electro Circus. 321 00:19:17,521 --> 00:19:21,594 Let me introduce you to the opening act. This guy used to be a tennis umpire, 322 00:19:21,721 --> 00:19:26,112 but he's given that up now to pursue his dream of becoming a folk legend. 323 00:19:26,241 --> 00:19:30,154 Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together and welcome onto the stage 324 00:19:30,281 --> 00:19:32,272 the Umpire of Folk! 325 00:19:32,401 --> 00:19:34,357 (audience cheer) 326 00:19:36,641 --> 00:19:41,351 ♪ I tied her in my twisted beard 327 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:46,157 ♪ We walked among the standing stones 328 00:19:46,281 --> 00:19:50,593 ♪ The light was fading on our match 329 00:19:50,721 --> 00:19:55,556 ♪ So we stopped for lemon barley drinks 330 00:19:55,681 --> 00:19:59,799 (PA) Ten-minute call for the Blue McEnroe group. This is your ten-minute call. 331 00:19:59,921 --> 00:20:03,630 Watch your step. Hey, goofballs, you're on in ten, OK? 332 00:20:03,761 --> 00:20:06,912 Big-time avant-garde director coming through. 333 00:20:07,041 --> 00:20:09,316 - Here's Sammy's dressing room. - Thanks. 334 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:13,832 Hey, I hear you're casting for your new acting project. You know, I used to act. 335 00:20:13,961 --> 00:20:15,917 I'm a big actor. Look. 336 00:20:17,241 --> 00:20:20,677 You have absolutely nothing. You repulse me. 337 00:20:21,641 --> 00:20:24,360 Ah. 338 00:20:24,481 --> 00:20:27,598 - (Sammy) Oh, it's you. - Samuel. It is good to see you at last. 339 00:20:27,721 --> 00:20:30,394 - You're looking well. - Mm. I've been working out. 340 00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:35,072 I just wanted to say to you, Sammy, that what is in the past is in the past. 341 00:20:35,201 --> 00:20:36,270 Really? 342 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,791 The reason I sacked you, Sammy, was because of the drinking. 343 00:20:39,921 --> 00:20:43,709 - Yeah, I was drinking a little bit. - I had to do it. You assaulted me. 344 00:20:43,841 --> 00:20:45,718 You burned down my house. 345 00:20:45,841 --> 00:20:48,674 - You pulled of one of my wife's ears... - (laughs) 346 00:20:48,801 --> 00:20:52,840 ...and posted it to me. It is not funny. - It's quite funny. 347 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,919 I just wanted to say that I am glad you are clean. 348 00:20:56,041 --> 00:20:58,157 - I will be watching tonight. - Whoopee. 349 00:20:58,281 --> 00:21:02,877 - I want to talk to you about my latest project. - Bye. Fucking tit. 350 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:05,754 (applause) 351 00:21:05,881 --> 00:21:09,271 Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to present to you 352 00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:12,757 Naboo the Enigma and his beautiful assistant Bollo 353 00:21:12,881 --> 00:21:15,190 with magic from around the world. 354 00:21:15,321 --> 00:21:19,234 - Where's it from this week, Naboo? - Egypt. 355 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:22,910 Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Naboo the Enigma. 356 00:21:23,041 --> 00:21:25,601 - (applause) - (Egyptian music) 357 00:21:38,041 --> 00:21:39,190 - Bollo. - Mm? 358 00:21:39,321 --> 00:21:41,232 - Don't milk it. - Sorry. 359 00:21:42,441 --> 00:21:44,113 - Are you guys all right? - Yeah. 360 00:21:44,241 --> 00:21:46,960 - You don't mind sharing with Sammy? - Not a problem. 361 00:21:47,081 --> 00:21:49,595 - How's he been? Is he all right? - Oh, he's fine. 362 00:21:49,721 --> 00:21:53,350 - I think he's just making a call. - (Sammy) Fucking Goths everywhere. 363 00:21:53,481 --> 00:21:58,077 Hey, if Sammy's looking a bit sluggish, pop a couple of Berocca into his tank, will you? 364 00:21:58,201 --> 00:22:00,669 (Sammy) Oi, Scissorhands. 365 00:22:01,401 --> 00:22:06,521 - Get us a beer, will you? I'm gasping. - I think Sammy needs something stronger. 366 00:22:06,641 --> 00:22:09,713 (Sammy) Are you fucking getting it, you dickhead? 367 00:22:09,841 --> 00:22:11,911 Oh. Oh, the taste. Ah! 368 00:22:19,321 --> 00:22:22,631 Sword of terror number one, please. 369 00:22:26,441 --> 00:22:27,999 (audience gasp) 370 00:22:28,121 --> 00:22:29,634 Number two. 371 00:22:33,161 --> 00:22:35,356 (audience gasp) 372 00:22:35,481 --> 00:22:38,553 And the final sword, please, Bollo. 373 00:22:42,401 --> 00:22:44,437 - (woman screams) - (audience gasp) 374 00:22:45,001 --> 00:22:49,438 - They were the fake swords, Bollo? - What fake swords? 375 00:22:52,961 --> 00:22:55,395 (Sammy mutters) 376 00:22:58,081 --> 00:23:00,549 Sammy's going mental. 377 00:23:00,681 --> 00:23:03,115 Let's get out of here. 378 00:23:04,481 --> 00:23:06,517 (tank smashes) 379 00:23:06,641 --> 00:23:08,518 (Sammy mutters) 380 00:23:08,641 --> 00:23:10,677 (screams) 381 00:23:10,801 --> 00:23:12,757 (men groan) 382 00:23:17,121 --> 00:23:19,032 Come on. I'll have the lot of you. 383 00:23:19,841 --> 00:23:25,040 Vincey, we are in some deep diarrhoea. Sammy the Crab just went to nutball village! 384 00:23:25,161 --> 00:23:29,712 - Don't panic. Just put the Blue McEnroes on. - Well, I would, but Sammy killed 'em all! 385 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:31,957 They're the Red McEnroes now. 386 00:23:32,081 --> 00:23:35,118 Listen, the crowd is baying for an actor. 387 00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:37,118 Do you know anybody? 388 00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:38,993 I might know someone. 389 00:23:39,361 --> 00:23:41,158 (phone rings) 390 00:23:42,361 --> 00:23:44,556 - Hello? Howard Moon. - Hey, it's Vince. 391 00:23:44,681 --> 00:23:49,118 Sammy's gone mad. He's mutilated everyone. We need an actor. Can you come down? 392 00:23:51,441 --> 00:23:53,193 To the theatre! 393 00:23:53,321 --> 00:23:55,676 (audience chant) Sammy! Sammy! Sammy! 394 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:58,679 Sammy! Sammy! Sammy! 395 00:23:58,801 --> 00:24:00,314 Sammy! Sammy! 396 00:24:00,441 --> 00:24:02,397 (audience gasp) 397 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:11,119 (ice crackles) 398 00:24:17,921 --> 00:24:20,435 Howardl Howardl 399 00:24:20,561 --> 00:24:22,552 Howard, you can do it, dear boy. 400 00:24:22,681 --> 00:24:25,434 You know you can. You're a great actor. 401 00:24:25,561 --> 00:24:29,679 Think of the pencil, Howard. Think of the pencil. 402 00:24:32,481 --> 00:24:36,793 Ohhhhhhhhhh! 403 00:24:36,921 --> 00:24:38,639 No! 404 00:24:38,761 --> 00:24:40,558 (moans) 405 00:24:41,641 --> 00:24:43,632 No! No! 406 00:24:43,761 --> 00:24:46,559 No! Aargh! 407 00:24:46,681 --> 00:24:48,637 Ha! No! 408 00:24:49,801 --> 00:24:51,519 No! No! No! 409 00:24:51,761 --> 00:24:54,673 No! No! No! 410 00:24:54,801 --> 00:24:56,837 No! No! 411 00:24:56,961 --> 00:24:58,792 No! 412 00:25:00,601 --> 00:25:02,557 (howls) 413 00:25:20,281 --> 00:25:22,556 Bravo! 414 00:25:25,281 --> 00:25:27,511 (cheering) 415 00:25:31,761 --> 00:25:33,353 Bravo! 416 00:25:33,481 --> 00:25:36,712 So much rage! So much anger! 417 00:25:36,841 --> 00:25:42,438 It was at this moment that I realised I had found the man for my next project. 418 00:25:42,561 --> 00:25:44,313 He was the one. 419 00:25:46,081 --> 00:25:48,959 - What's going on? - Bollo's helping me put my trousers on. 420 00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:53,518 Oh, right. I just want to say I'm leaving. Jurgen's ofered me the part in his project. 421 00:25:53,641 --> 00:25:55,871 I won't be coming back. Are you gonna be OK? 422 00:25:56,001 --> 00:25:58,231 I'll be fine. I'm not going back to the shop. 423 00:25:58,361 --> 00:26:01,797 Once I get these on, I'm going all the way with The Black Tubes. 424 00:26:01,921 --> 00:26:05,072 - OK. I'll send you a postcard. - I'll send you a postcard. 425 00:26:05,201 --> 00:26:07,396 - See you later, losers. - (Bollo grunts) 426 00:26:07,521 --> 00:26:10,513 Come on, Bollo. We're almost there. (groans) 427 00:26:13,681 --> 00:26:15,637 Come on. 428 00:26:15,761 --> 00:26:19,390 One more. We're almost in. 429 00:26:19,521 --> 00:26:21,273 - (zip) - We've done it. 430 00:26:21,401 --> 00:26:23,392 (sighs) 431 00:26:23,521 --> 00:26:25,591 Oh, my God. 432 00:26:25,721 --> 00:26:28,599 - What? What's wrong? - Uh... nothing. 433 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:34,233 All right. Without further ado, let's welcome to the stage 434 00:26:34,361 --> 00:26:37,990 Vince Noir and The Black Tubes. 435 00:26:41,561 --> 00:26:43,517 (rock music) 436 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:51,957 (feedback screeches) 437 00:26:55,761 --> 00:26:58,514 Unbelievable. His legs aren't even that thin. 438 00:26:58,641 --> 00:27:01,155 (rock music) 439 00:27:05,201 --> 00:27:06,998 - Hey. - What are you doing here? 440 00:27:07,121 --> 00:27:10,193 - I thought you'd gone of to see Jurgen. - What can I say? 441 00:27:10,321 --> 00:27:13,836 Jurgen ofered me money, fame, international art-house acclaim, 442 00:27:13,961 --> 00:27:18,876 but I thought, "Do I need this?" And I realised I've got everything I need right here. 443 00:27:19,001 --> 00:27:22,755 What would you do without me? I'm irreplaceable. (chuckles) 444 00:27:22,881 --> 00:27:25,156 - Adam. - Yeah? 445 00:27:26,161 --> 00:27:28,834 - He came back. You're fired. - Hm. 446 00:27:28,961 --> 00:27:32,317 - (TV) # Windy Blast Fast - Oh, my day, what's this? 447 00:27:32,441 --> 00:27:34,796 Hello. I'm Jurgen Haabemaaster. 448 00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:38,231 - Yeah. Let's have the TV of, shall we? - Easy. Hang on a sec. 449 00:27:38,361 --> 00:27:40,397 When I'm making my avant-garde films, 450 00:27:40,521 --> 00:27:45,151 I can often suffer from the pain of trapped wind. It can be very uncomfortable, 451 00:27:45,281 --> 00:27:49,274 like having an angry crab scuttle from side to side in my tummy space. 452 00:27:49,761 --> 00:27:53,390 Aarghl I am the angry crab of trapped windl 453 00:27:53,521 --> 00:27:56,035 Oohl Aarghl Oohl 454 00:27:56,161 --> 00:27:58,277 Oh, my sweet Lord. 455 00:27:58,401 --> 00:28:02,792 Are you the new face of trapped wind? (laughs) Nice work, Howard. 456 00:28:02,921 --> 00:28:06,709 Blast away the pain of trapped wind with these. 457 00:28:06,841 --> 00:28:08,115 Windy Blast Fast. 458 00:28:08,241 --> 00:28:11,711 (jingle) # Windy Blast Fast 459 00:28:11,841 --> 00:28:14,275 (Sammy) One, two, three, four. 460 00:28:16,761 --> 00:28:19,673 ♪ I'm Sammy the Crab, I'm Sammy the Crab 461 00:28:19,801 --> 00:28:22,395 ♪ I'm Sammy, I'm Sammy the Crab, I'm Sammy the Crab 462 00:28:22,641 --> 00:28:25,838 ♪ I'm Sammy, I'm Sammy the Crab, I'm Sammy, Sammy the Crab 463 00:28:25,961 --> 00:28:28,270 ♪ One, two, three, four, I'm Sammy 464 00:28:32,921 --> 00:28:35,879 ♪ I'm Sammy the Crab, I'm Sammy the Crab 465 00:28:36,001 --> 00:28:38,561 ♪ I'm Sammy, I'm Sammy the Crab