Have you met Old Greg?

If any of you wasted your time watching the VMAs like I did, you might wonder why Russell Brand was the host.  (I won't even spend the time commenting on that gig.)  I know who he his from his fellow "Goth Detective" Noel Felding.  Both are comedy giants in the UK and Russell is obviously working on his US crossover at the moment.  Not too sure how thats going to go...

But...Russell isn't the jewel here...its Noel.  I came across Noel's comedic genius on his British TV series The Mighty Boosh.  The Mighty Boosh is set in a surrealistic future that is just flat out weird - it is really out there.  Each episode chronicles the adventures of a group of friends (one perpetually dressed in a gorilla suit) of which Noel plays the character of Vince Noir - Rock Star.  The Vince character is one of many however, as new characters are introduced in each episode and Noel plays a lot of them.  One of the most memorable being OLD GREG.  

Old Greg is a hermaphrodite merman who is in love with Howard Moon, another Boosh character played by Julian Barrett.  Old Greg has a "mangina" that emits a blinding white light when he feels inclined to flash it.  BTW...he also does watercolors and his favorite drink is Baileys.  Intrigued?  It is hilarious!

Now, You Tube is covered in Boosh clips and Old Greg has recently developed an american following.  If you haven't met Old Greg, you hopefully will not be totally confused by the clip below highlighting some of the funniest parts from the episode.  For you newbies, go to You Tube and search for the "Legend of Old Greg" Mighty Boosh episode - the best one shows it in 4 parts...if you have met Old Greg, you'll appreciate it immensely!

I'm OLD GREGGGG!