This makes me mad!

And yes, I read The Sun...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article934592.ece

THE Mighty Boosh boys are squaring up for a battle with the HONEY MONSTER in a bitter legal showdown.

And no, I’ve not been sniffing marker pens — this is a genuine showbiz scrap.

The latest Sugar Puffs TV advert bears much more than a passing resemblance to cape-wearing NOEL FIELDING and JULIAN BARRATT’s hit telly show.

And ad star Honey Monster is about to find himself in a sugary mess with the psychedelic cosmic crew as a result.

The Boosh maestros are going puffing-mad at the cereal brand for “copying” their unique “crimping” singing technique.

A source said: “A pal of the Mighty Boosh boys was lying in his pants watching daytime telly and saw the advert.

“He rang the Boosh and congratulated them on their work for Sugar Puffs.

“They were baffled and checked it out on the internet. They hadn’t been asked permission to use the style and are speaking to lawyers about getting the Honey Monster’s crimp removed from the airwaves.”

For those of you who haven’t come across crimping before, allow me to explain.

Crimping is the singing of short, random songs and the tunes have become a trademark of the hit series, featuring in every episode.

The songs are delivered by Noel’s character, Vince Noir, and Julian’s, Howard Moon.

Now the big yellow furry monster’s efforts at imitating The Boosh boys has gone down like a soggy bowl of cereal.

In the Sugar Puffs ad the Honey Monster breaks into a barbershop-style skit.

The first time I saw it I thought Noel Fielding had bleached his hair and his voice had dropped.

They’ve emerged from all corners of the country to slate the cereal ad.

Hundreds of comments have been left on YouTube and the clip has received a paltry two in the site’s star-rating.

One furious fan proclaimed: “How dare they steal the crimp! Noel and Julian are the only crimpers in these parts...”

Another die-hard fan added his thoughts to the attack: “This is such a pile of s***! I mean, seriously do they expect us to all be like ‘ooh that’s similar to The Mighty Boosh...let’s go buy some Sugar Puffs.

“I’m never buying them again.”

I rang Honey Monster’s people last night to get his take on the controversy, but they never got back to me to comment — must have had too much on their plates.

I reckon Noel will be sticking to porridge from now on — and saying Cheerios to the Sugar Puffs.

This is so silly as to be pathetic. Short silly songs existed WAY before Boosh.

To sue someone for a 'style' is like The Sex Pistols getting sued by the first band to invent punk (but this is a mythical beast as no one band created any one particular sound. A band may have led the way but they all owed to past influences).

It's reminiscent of the pathetic attempt to sue Smashing Pumpkins for using an octaver on their rhythm guitars on the Siamese Dream album. But apparently a band tried to sue them, for goodness sake.

If a tune has been copied then there is a claim, likewise words, but a style? Let's get some perspective on this. The Goons and The Goodies and some Rap bands should band together to counter-sue Boosh for marrying the elements of Rap's fast internal rhymes / rhythms with comedy nonsense lyrics.

If I'd just read this in the paper, I'd think it was bloody ridiculous too!

But, having seen the ad, the song they used sounds exactly like one of the songs in the Boosh show. Not just 'in the same style'. It's an exact copy. Which is out of order.

I'm not sure making a big legal fuss is a good idea, but I can understand why they're so angry.

Can anyone post comparison links?

Quote: zooo @ March 19, 2008, 4:34 PM

But, having seen the ad, the song they used is not just 'in the same style'. It's an exact copy. Which is out of order.

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I saw the ad but only have a few Boosh songs to compare it with. But if it's a case of song-lifting rather than style then I agree. Sue that synthetic yellow ass.

It's theft, pure and simple. Coca Cola were sued by rathergood.com recently for something similar. Stupid twats, it'll cost them £100,000 now, where it would have most likely cost £10,000 if they'd asked.

Can anyone point out which is the Boosh rap under question?

It's on a video, on the Sun site in the link.

Anyone remember when McDonald's fell foul of ripping off Viz?

Top tips adverts. I love to see these greedy, shit peddling scum bags take a beating.

That said those adverts were ace.

Quote: sootyj @ March 19, 2008, 4:45 PM

It's theft, pure and simple.

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Listened to both - there's a strong similarity in style but no one can honestly say those songs share the same lyrics or note-for-note melody when sung, which is what they'd need to prove for plagiarism of song. You can't put a patent on a musical style.

If this is the Boosh song under question then Honey Monster is safe and should have his day in court.

I'm not sure if it is the Boosh song I was thinking of, as I can't open the link.

Wouldn't it be great if the actual honey monster turned up in the courtroom.

I'd love it. Maybe a dance-off would be on the cards too?

Bollo VS the honey monster would be a pretty good, fair fight.

Oh, gawd, now you've said that, Harry Hill's researchers will be reading this and putting it on TV Burp.