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''Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy'', known as ''Luxury Comedy 2: Tales from Painted Hawaii'' for series two, is a
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comedy
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written and directed by
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and Nigel Coan. The initial format for the series changes after the first series, with series one being a surreal sketch show, and series two being a
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. The series stars Noel Fielding, his brother
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,
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,
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, and occasionally
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, Dave Brown, and
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. The first episode premiered on 26 January 2012 on E4. The music for the first series was written by Noel Fielding and
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, a good friend of Fielding's, under the band name
Loose Tapestries Loose Tapestries is an alternative music project consisting of Sergio Pizzorno (Kasabian), and comedian Noel Fielding. It was formed in 2012 to provide music for ''Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy''. Their first album, ''Loose Tapestries Presents t ...
. The duo were joined for the second series by Kasabian touring member, Tim Carter. It is described on the Channel 4 website as "a psychedelic character based comedy show half filmed and half animated". The first series started airing on 26 January 2012 and lasted for seven episodes. Channel 4 announced in February 2012 that ''Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy'' had been recommissioned for a second series, which started airing on E4 on 31 July 2014. The series format has switched from sketch show to sitcom, set mainly in a Hawaiian coffee shop. It features many new characters as well as the majority of characters from the first run. The series is given the subtitle ''Tales from Painted Hawaii''.


Plot

Each episode is structured around a plot involving Noel and his friends, accompanied by sketches featuring strange characters who are usually not connected to the main story. The first series is set in Noel's treehouse in a red and blue jungle, while the second series ''Tales from Painted Hawaii'' is set on a fictional island in
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, where Noel runs a coffee shop. There are fewer sketches in the second series than in the first, with most of the character sketches being set around the Hawaiian island. During the second series, most episodes revolve around the characters having to complete a task before the end of the show.


Characters


Main

* Noel (Series 1- )
Noel Fielding Noel Fielding (; (born 21 May 1973) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and more recently as a co-presenter of ''The Great British Bake Off'' ...
(playing an exaggerated version of himself) - Noel is portrayed as imaginative yet childlike and irresponsible. In the first series, he lives in a treehouse in a red and blue jungle, and dresses in elaborate costumes and brightly coloured face paint. In the second series, Noel is the manager of "Luxury Coffee", a coffee shop on a fictional island in
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named "Painted Hawaii". He stops wearing face paint and wears the same costume, his Luxury Coffee uniform, in every episode of the second series. He is the lead singer in the band who perform the show's theme tune. * Smooth (Series 1- ) (played by
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) - Smooth is a grey human-anteater hybrid, describing himself as "
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" because his father is a human and his mother is an anteater. He often serves as the voice of reason and maturity, often pointing out the flaws in Noel's plans. He plays the bass guitar in the cast band and is also shown to play the double bass. * Dolly (Series 1- ) (played by
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) - Noel's friend and former girlfriend. She is a fashion model from
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, and is obsessed with fashion, art and the latest cultural trends. She is the drummer in the cast band. * Warhol (Series 1- )
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(played by
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) - An exaggerated version of the famous painter, who started out as Noel's cleaner in Series 1. In Series 2 he works in the coffee shop with Noel and Smooth. He talks and acts like a robot, with his voice mimicking a voice synthesiser, and he is often neurotic and insecure. A recurring joke in the second series includes Andy meeting with other famous artists, musicians and writers from the 20th century, such as
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, for leisure activities. He plays the keyboard in the cast band.


Recurring

All characters listed are played by Noel Fielding, unless stated otherwise. * Secret Peter (Series 1- ), Noel's landlord. He is a purple blob creature covered in multi-coloured crystals, and speaks and acts in a stereotypical East London dialect. He is named after the production company which makes the series. * Roy Circles (Series 1- ), an anthropomorphic chocolate finger biscuit who works as a PE teacher and once served in the army (presumably in the Brigade of Guards). He suffers from
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and often talks about how depressed he is because his wife died. * Sergeant Raymond Boombox (Series 1- ), an incompetent, obese New York cop with yellow skin and extensive facial hair and perm. In the first series, he tells stories of his past cases, and in the second series he serves as law enforcement on Painted Hawaii. He is an old friend of Smooth's and likes reggae music. * The Gash (Series 1- ), a talking wound on Sergeant Raymond Boombox's left arm who often insults the Sergeant for his failures. He likes to devour credit cards and argues with a second gash on Boombox's stomach who does impressions of
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. * Hooper (Series 1- ) (voiced by
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), assistant to Raymond Boombox. He never appears on screen but Boombox constantly shouts at him. According to The Gash he is having an affair with Boombox's wife and according to Boombox he was nearly gang-raped by sailors whilst on assignment in Miami after being mistaken for a prostitute. * Tony Reason (Series 1- ), an anthropomorphic
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who lives in a fish tank across a bridge from Luxury Coffee. He works as a
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and often talks about his past experiences with famous musicians such as
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. * Todd Lagoona (Series 1- ) (played by
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), an anthropomorphic
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. He is Tony Reason's friend, a fellow music producer and sometimes appears in the same fish tank as Tony. *
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(Series 1, 2- ), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the punk rock star, portrayed with comically long legs, blue hair and no arms. The Joey Ramone sketches parody children's television programmes from the 1960s and 1970s, having stop-motion characters in front of an illustrated background, with a mild-mannered narrator commenting passively on everything that happens and speaking for each character. He was up for eviction back to reality when Painted Hawaii was made into a
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show. * Fantasy Man (Series 1, 2- ), a superhero who goes on self-imposed quests in an electronic, operatic fantasy world similar in appearance to ''
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''. He rarely achieves his goals; often being snapped back into reality by a passer-by and getting into some sort of trouble for his delusional actions. His voice and mannerisms are a parody of
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. It is revealed his real name is Sandy, he is gluten intolerant and has a pet cat called 'The Dream Tiger' whom he employs as an improvised weapon when attacked by street thugs. * Big Chief Woolabum Boomalackaway (Series 1, 2- ) (played by
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), Fantasy Man's sidekick. He is a Native American chief who likes
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, wears a brightly coloured headdress made of household objects, and claims to be able to see up to fifteen minutes into the future. He is a parody of
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. * Dondylion (Series 1- ), an anthropomorphic lion. In the first series he is held in a run-down zoo and is quickly driven insane by his small enclosure and poor living conditions. He keeps a framed photograph of
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, which he talks to as if it were a real person and refers to as "The King of the Lions"'. He was killed off in Series 1 but still reappeared in Series 2. * Doo Rag (Series 1- ) (played by
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), a man with a bowl haircut and moustache, who dresses in blue racing leathers. He speaks in a soft American accent, and a tiny red race car occasionally drives across the white stripe in his hair. In the second series, Doo Rag works as a doctor in a "Coolness Clinic" (where people go for tests to see how cool they are) on Painted Hawaii.


Others

* Renny & Gaviskon (Series 1), French chefs who cook at high speeds and go on a trip to
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. * Tip Baker (Series 1) (played by
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), a NASA spokesperson, who sits on a trapeze on the edge of space. *
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(Series 1), a
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by
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character. *Daddy Push, a man with a giant winkle shell for a head. He appears exclusively in surreal sketches where he does not speak and engages in bizarre activities. *
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(Series 1), a drawing of the football star that comes to life. *Figo (Series 1) (played by
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), a fruitfly that escapes from a drugs bust. *John (Series 1), the zookeeper that abuses Dondylion. *Daran Cache (Darren Cache) (Series 1), art critic with stationary for facial features. *Lysergic Casserole (Series 1) played by
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and
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. Californian 1960s psychedelic rock band that Noel listened to. They only ever released one album and took so much LSD that they have been trapped on a motorcycle circling inside a guitar case ever since. *Diamondback (Series 1), a country-western singer with silver skin, a ginger mullet and moustache made from copper scouring pads and numerous small googly eyes all over his face, which he uses as percussion to his songs. *Mrs Diamondback (Series 1), a pink plastic
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seen in some of the scenes. *Jeremy Beautiful Chest (Series 1) (played by Dave Brown), a man with a large red heart on his chest. *Ghost of A Flea (Series 1), a character based on
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's real life recital to a friend of a visitation from
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. *God (Series 1- ) (played by
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). *William Jessop (Series 1) (played by
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), a lonely 100-year-old man who eats bug soup and summons creatures from other dimensions to party with. *Little Chrissy, Claw, Spoon Snake & McCoy (Series 1), characters made of coloured paper that go to visit the Jelly Fox. *Jelly Fox (Series 1), a super magic man who lives in a blue fabric castle and has special powers to grant wishes and give you what you need. *
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(Series 1), a drawing of the film star that stuffs bumper packs of crisps in the front of his shorts and eats them in a window. *Frida Kahlo (Series 1) (played by
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), Andy Warhol's friend who appears to fill in as a cleaner while he's supposedly on holiday. * Hawkeye (Series 1), a machine used to decide if Dolly's idea was a joke or a concept. *King Tutta (Series 1), a mountain which tuts at Noel from afar, alongside two other mountains (played by Jimmy Lazer and Dave Brown). *
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(Series 1), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the punk rock star. * Colin Montgomery (Series 1), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the golfer. *The Bobbatron (Series 1), a
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police officer in reality, and a flag guarding a bridge in the fantasy world. *Golden Needle (Series 1) (played by
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), used to stitch up the hole in the internet *Sugar Bone Thompson (Series 1), a stiff brim hat used to warn Noel of someone stealing his Fab Lollies, whom Dolly falls for. *City Gent (Series 1) (played by
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), an extremely dapper, well spoken businessman who begins each of his sketches by decrying the state of modern art, education and other intellectual topics, before abruptly blaming all their shortcomings on other characters. *Ice Cream Eyes (Series 1), a man with black skin, long blonde hair and strawberry and vanilla ice cream scoops in place of eyes, who often gets blamed by City Gent for the state of the aforementioned topics. *Tony Coins (Series 1), a mafiosi-esque man who lives in a till and has piles of coins in place of eyes. Ice Cream Eyes passes the blame on to him after being blamed by City Gent. *Adam Printout (Series 1), a printed sheet of paper with holes for eyes who speaks with a timid Northern accent. He is blamed by Tony Coins, but claims he was drinking weak tea and eating a lemon slice and passes it on to Eugene Secret Note Passed Under the Door. *Eugene Secret Note Passed Under The Door (Series 1), a man with cut out letters from magazines and newspapers on his face, who speaks in panicked nonsense after getting blamed by Adam Printout. *Martin Rogers (Series 1), monkey with flashing head and wrist bands, who accuses Noel of touching him. *Dolphin Bomber (Series 1), a sketched
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in a bomber plane. *The Audience (Series 1), a strange, laughing clown, who speaks entirely in short statements on matters concerning mashed potato and fish fingers. His stomach contains a series of cogs and gears that processes mashed potatoes into life shapes. *Ian (Series 1), a man with a seemingly deformed face, who sings in a nonsense language which may be a parody of French. *Count Ziggenpuss (Series 1), a fish-finger jewellery thief whose calling card is a single steaming baked bean on a golden spoon. *Ravi (Series 1), a monkey seen with Dondylion, who allegedly cannot talk but can write. He is asked to write a postcard to Dondylion's family. *Donald Nevereach (Series 1), a bomb who gets dropped by Dolphin Bomber and explodes in Sergeant Raymond Boombox's hands. *Alfie (Series 1), a talking pineapple who has Noel's eyes. *The Brooklyn Ice Box Throttler (Series 1) (played by
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), escapes and kills the Vice President. *The Vice President (Series 1) (played by
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), killed by The Brooklyn Ice Box Throttler. *Allan Key (Series 1), opens the door for Dondylion to escape the zoo, played by Warhol. *The Tiger with Chlamydia (Series 1), sketched character that passes on
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with his large arrow penis. *Kurt Russell (Series 1), catches
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from The Tiger with Chlamydia. *W. G. Disgrace (Series 1), gives Smooth
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in the same method as The Tiger with Chlamydia. *Kite Headed Ferry (Series 1),
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in kite form. *Brian Eno Frisbee (Series 1),
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in
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form. *Helen Daniels (Series 1), a
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with a screwdriver that clogs The Audience's stomach gears, and gets imprisoned in a potato waffle cage by Doo Cloth. *Doo Cloth (Series 1), Doo Rag's friend that traps Helen Daniels in a potato waffle cage. *Burnt Sausage (Series 1) (played by Joey Page), the burnt sausage that sets fire to the show in the last episode of Series 1. *
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(Series 1), this character was not seen in the televised episodes but appeared in the Outtakes of Series 1. *Paul Panfer (Series 2), a blue surfing Panther that is an internet sensation. *Terry (Series 2) (played by
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), the only Luxury Comedy viewer. He is killed by an asteroid. *Fantasy Block (Series 2) (played by Dave Brown), a Michelin Man shaped creature that smashes Noel's creative ideas with his two gold mallets as in a game of
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. *Reality Man (Series 2) (played by
Richard Ayoade Richard Ellef Ayoade ( ; born 23 May 1977) is a British actor, comedian, broadcaster and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom ''The IT Crowd'' (2006–2013), for which he ...
), he attempts to turn Noel's show into a reality show, due to not liking fantasy, but fails. *George Orwell (Series 2) (played by
Simon Farnaby Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe in which he starred in the television series ''Horrible Histories'', ''Yonderland'' and ''Ghosts''. He has writte ...
), Andy Warhol's salsa dancing friend. *Geometric Box Fish (Series 2) (played by Dave Brown), a rare fish who's a pyromaniac disaffected youth. *The Head Cucumber of Cool (Series 2) (played by
Rich Fulcher Richard Fulcher (born November 18, 1968) is an American comedian, actor and author. He played Bob Fossil and other characters in the British comedy series ''The Mighty Boosh'', and Edward Sheath in the American series '' Jon Benjamin Has a Van'' ...
), captain of a spaceship from a cool planet, searching the galaxy to destroy the uncool. *Francis Cucumber of Cool (Series 2) (played by Stuart Silver), second cucumber in command. *Cucumber of Cool (Series 2) (played by
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), cucumber operator of "The Machine". *Yoko Ono (Series 2) (played by
Michael Fielding Michael Fielding (born 23 January 1982) is a British comedian and actor, known for his role as Naboo in the British surreal comedy ''The Mighty Boosh''. He was born in Westminster, London, England and brought up in Mitcham, Southwest London. He ...
), plays
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with Andy Warhol. *Noel Rain (Series 2), a version of Noel trapped in one of Andy Warhol's tears. *Alison Mosshart (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the musician. *Jamie Hince (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the musician. *Slash (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the musician. *Plasticine Police (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine policemen who maintain order on the part of the Painted Hawaii island that's made of plasticine. *Danny Bullet (Series 2) (played by
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), Noel's Los Angeles agent. *Airline Hostess (Series 2) (played by Tanya Wade), works on Didier Drogba's Learjet. *Plasticine Iggy Pop (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine version of the musician. *Plasticine Captain Birdbrain (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine ship's captain. *Plasticine Punk Rock Whale (Series 2), a stop-motion, plasticine whale. *Mr. O'Sullivan (Series 2) (played by
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), a TV snooker player. *Bathroom Policeman (Series 2) (played by
Kim Noble Kim Noble is a comedian and artist, and was one half of the BAFTA-nominated comedy duo Noble and Silver, who won the 2000 Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. Kim has featured in shows such as ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'' ...
), wonders how he will explain Mr. Fantasy and Big Chief in the tub to his wife. *Greg Somebodyorother (aka Pinocchio) (Series 2) (played by Joey Page), appears inside Punk Rock Whale.


Episode list


Series 1 (2012)


Series 2 (2014)


Music

The show's soundtrack is provided by Fielding and close friend
Sergio Pizzorno Sergio Lorenzo "Serge" Pizzorno (born 15 December 1980) is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the rock band Kasabian. He is Kasabian's primary songwriter since the departure of co-composer Christopher Karl ...
of rock band
Kasabian Kasabian ( ) are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and occasional vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karlof ...
, who formed the group
Loose Tapestries Loose Tapestries is an alternative music project consisting of Sergio Pizzorno (Kasabian), and comedian Noel Fielding. It was formed in 2012 to provide music for ''Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy''. Their first album, ''Loose Tapestries Presents t ...
to make music for the series. An album entitled ''Loose Tapestries Presents: the Luxury Comedy Tapes'' was released following the first series. Fielding and Pizzorno returned to create the soundtrack for series two with Kasabian guitarist, Tim Carter. The series one theme tune appears on the album as "Luxury Comedy" - a Hawaiian style variation of this theme tune is used for series two.


Reception

Series 1 received mixed reviews, offering both high praise and scathing criticism. ''
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'' described it as a "neo-psychedelic riot of mirth that regurgitates decades of memories of broad, Technicolor TV entertainment from The Banana Splits onwards." Stephen Armstrong wrote in ''
The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...
'' that "Fielding grins down like a fiendish blend of Peter Gabriel, Syd Barrett, Samuel Beckett and a TV-age Antonin Artaud, unsettling and hypnotising in equal measure. In these dreary times it's as subversive as Bowie appearing on Tops of The Pops in a dress." Andy Johnson at '' Purple Revolver'' said that "if someone wanted to make TV for Salvador Dalí and Rene Magritte then Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy would be it. The artwork, decadent use of colour and reckless abandonment of the rules of form is a delight to watch." On the other hand, '' The Yorker'' said "The plots are too obscure to follow, so one is left with a lurid array of half-animated, half-real characters spouting phrases which seem to have been generated by flicking through the dictionary at random." ''
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'' said of Fielding: "as an absurdist comedian he's so painfully uninspired and laboured" and "I was left bewildered as to how anyone could ever fall for this charmless rubbish", and goes on to say "he patently thinks of himself as a mind-blowing surrealist bursting with astonishing ideas (A sentient chocolate finger! A Noo Yoik cop with a talking wound!). But in reality he's the tiresome equivalent of the unfunny office clown persistently proclaiming how ''mad'' he is." Series 2 was rated 4/5 stars by the
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's Christopher Howse, who described it as "best watched drunk".


International broadcast

In
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, the first season commenced airing on
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each Thursday at 10:30pm from 5 April 2012.


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