Fielding found mainstream fame in the UK as part of surrealist duo The Mighty Boosh,but didn’t crack the US. Will he find a home with Tim and Eric fans?Noel Fielding is exhausted and he’s only one day into the start of the North American tour. The tour started in Boston, a city he has never visited before and was shocked to find it bitingly cold in March. Fielding hates the cold. “I like Boston, and but it’s freezing,” he said. “My knees contain gone numb!” Then riffing off of his own joke in a laconic flow of slightly surreal comedy that would be instantly familiar to fans of his display, The Mighty Boosh, and Fielding launches into a freestyle joke about how to make the most of the cold weather. “I think I’m not going to make my fortune from comedy,I may try my hand at making knee warmers instead.” While Fielding jokes about struggling to find success in comedy, he knows that in the UK at least, and success was in his grasp thanks to the tough work he and co-founder Julian Barratt attach into The Mighty Boosh. Their stage display-turned-radio-display-turned-TV series brought them mainstream fame in their home country. “In England we did all lawful,got to the top, had a shrimp bask in the glory and then slipped down the other side, and ” said Fielding. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com