Bollo (1 Jun. 2004)

Bollo is deadly ill and when the grim reaper comes to take him to hell, Howard is in Bollo's cage in a gorilla suit. So the grim reaper takes him instead.

Director:

Paul King

Writers:

Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding,

Stars:

Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Julian Barratt	...	Howard Moon / Mr. Susan
Noel Fielding	...	Vince Noir / Phil the Reaper
Rich Fulcher	...	Bob Fossil / Colin / The Ape of Death
Michael Fielding	...	Naboo
Peter Elliott	...	Bollo
Peter Kyriacou	...	Pete
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dean Mitchell	...	Zoo Keeper

Storyline

Bollo, the gorilla, is deadly ill and Vince is taking care of him. The zoo doesn't have another gorilla for the moment so Bob convinces Howard to dress up like one. While Howard is acting like a gorilla the grim reaper comes to take Bollo to hell. The Grim Reaper believes that Howard is Bollo because of his costume so he takes Howard to hell instead. So now it's up to Vince to save him from ape hell.

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Plot Keywords:

hell | grim reaper | gorilla | ape | mirror ball | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Musical

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2004 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baby Cow Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min 28 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Several times, you can see the flesh wrists of some of the Grim Reapers. Once when Phil is driving Vince to Monkey Hell and during the musical bit when the shot changes to the Reaper behind the desk

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Quotes

Vince Noir: He asked me to play Blue Train by John Coltrane at his funeral. I couldn't really find that. Sorry Howard. But I found another song about a train.
[Pipe organ plays Thomas the Tank Engine theme.]

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Connections

Featured in The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Heavenly Voices"
Written by David Farnon

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