Re: Colin Firth

Okay, I’m taking that old post down. Yes, I got responses along the lines of “you don’t understand humour, you moron” and “you need a thesaurus”. You know, I don’t mind helpful responses that point someone in the right direction, but abusive responses… not so much.

But then, what else could I have expected? I did post about darling Colin Firth. Incidentally, I did realise he was joking. I just don’t find him particularly funny. I do not like Colin Firth. There, I said it. And I didn’t like Mamma Mia either. Not enough to go see it a million times and buy the DVD like my friend.

So go ahead and post here with whatever you have to say about my taking the post down, but at the end of the day… it’s only Colin Firth; I couldn’t care less.

The Hitcher (The Mighty Boosh) vs. The Joker (The Dark Knight)

I was at The Mighty Boosh live the other day, which was awesome beyond awesome, when suddenly I had the most horrible thought. The Hitcher has fangirls. Which therefore could lead to ultra-badfic. Which could lead to a Harley Quinn situation. Which, for The Hitcher, would be a terrible idea. But then I started to compare him to The Joker as portrayed by Heath Ledger, and it struck me how bloody similar they seem to be. And so… I have comprised a little list.

1. Both use knives to kill people
-The Joker uses a knife to savour all the little emotions…
-The Hitcher uses a knife to slash you one way, slash you the other, slash you diagonal, because he’s Connect 4… in dagger terms.

2. Each have a disfigurement.
-”You wanna know how I got these scars?”
-”Wanna know about my thumb, boy?!”

3. Each have really bad dental hygiene
-Of course he has no dental records!
-Cockney nutjobs don’t need toothpaste

4. Each have a “look”
-Surreal clownish make-up and a purple and green ensemble
-Green face with a white stripe and a Polo mint motif

5. Each tell differing stories about their past
-The story about his father/The story about his wife
-His mother threw him out because of his disgustingly small thumb/He was an orphan who got free eels off Elsie

6. Each have nemeses
-Batman
-Vince Noir/Howard Moon

7. Each have unknown real names and instead use a moniker with a “The” at the start
-The Joker (obviously)
-The Hitcher (-_-)

8. Each have more than one name
-The Ace of Knaves, The Clown Prince of Crime, The Harlequin of Hate
-Baboo Yagu, The Green Man-Witch, The Hoxton Rapist

9. Each have faithful goons
-The Joker has a whole host of henchmen, one in the film is named as Thomas Schiff
-The Hitcher has an entire troupe as per the latest live show; in the TV series he has Jim and Jackie Piper who are twins

10. Each use(d) extortion
-The Joker used to rip off mob dealers, for example…
-The Hitcher ran a protection racket on the Nabootique (“Eels”)

11. Each had a story of a neglectful parent
-Father was a fiend, slashed his mouth
-Mother threw him out to walk the streets because of his disappointingly small digit

12. Both murder for fun
I don’t think I really need to explain that one

 

Basically, I’m just pointing out the similarities. It’s almost like Christopher Nolan is a fan of The Boosh. Except not.

Anyone Else Think…

That the Kaiser Chiefs would do an awesome cover of this song? I think they should. They really should.