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"Tundra" is an episode of the British comedy television series, The Mighty Boosh, that was first broadcast on 8 June 2004. It was made by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Three.
[edit] Synopsis
In an attempt to compete with daring adventurer Dixon Bainbridge, Howard and Vince set off in search of the Egg of Mantumbi - with the assistance of Gary Numan. Into the whiteness, the nothingness of the Arctic Tundra, the boys come face to face with hideous ice demon Black Frost. Luckily, Vince has befriended a polar bear.
[edit] Cultural References
- When Julian and Noel play two men applying for positions at the Zoo, Noel's character pulls at his tie saying, "Top Shop". The tie was actually bought by Noel from the UK retail store Top Shop.
- The red and white jacket worn by Noel Fielding in this episode was once worn by Freddie Mercury in a Queen music video and was also worn by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the film Velvet Goldmine.
- The white stripe across Vince's face in this episode is a nod to one of Noel Fielding's favourite '80s music acts, Adam Ant.
- Several references are made to the pop star Gary Numan in this episode. Vince tells Howard about Numan's pilot's license, and Numan later takes them to the Arctic in his plane, while his song Cars plays in the background.
[edit] Production
- The Boosh team had attempted to get one of the scenes from this episode on TV before. They'd performed one of the tent scenes at a gala concert for Australia's Melbourne Comedy Festival which is filmed and screened to coincide with the festival every year - it is a top rating annual event on Aus TV. However their performance was edited out and never screened.
- This episode, and the pilot that it is a re-shoot of, were based on the live Boosh show, Arctic Boosh.
- Several of the scenes from this episode(namely all of the scenes set in the Tundra), were reused from the Pilot, which was directed by Steve Bendelack.
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