With the 'Boosh,' we were trying to do this strange, weird thing that had its own language and visual style, and it wasn't really what the powers that be wanted.

Julian Barratt

Categorized in : Weird Language Strange Style

Sometimes it takes you two or three seconds to get your head round a joke and laugh at it. With a snot-bubble laugh, it comes instinctively - almost in spite of yourself. It's caused by something silly - like when a little kid says something unexpectedly bizarre.

laugh yourself you sometimes

It's strange, but something about lack of structure needs a structure itself. Otherwise, after a while, it's like looking at a Rothko painting or a Peter Greenaway film. You think, 'OK, I want to see something else now.'

looking think you painting

I was going to be a jazz-fusion guitarist. I came to London at one point with my mate, and we were going to make it. We spent three days there and went back home to our mummies.

back london three home

It's not immediately categorisable. I don't know what to say when anyone asks what the 'Boosh' is.

immediately anyone say know

Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it.

just-because just you book