Man Of The Moment: Matt Berry

If you are not aware of Matt Berry you should be. for most people the first sighting of Mr Berry was appearing as Dixon Bainbridge in the first series of  The Mighty Boosh on BBC2 around 2004. Here he set the tone for most of the characters he was to play throughout his career till the present day. Typically they are richly voiced misogynistic nutters an example of this can be seen below in a brilliant clip from cult (read: put on a bit too late on a sunday) comedy show Snuff Box. This slightly odd sketch show also featuring mighty boosh co-star Richard Fulcher a.k.a Bob Fossil as two hangmen...

Matt Berry can now be regularly seen in Channel 4's The IT Crowd which for me is a waste of Mr Berry considerable talents as Matt Berry has a few more strings to his loud shouty & slightly deranged bow. such as his talent for music (all the music in snuff box was composed by him) Mr berry has released 3 albums to date and his most recent 'Witchazel' (acidjazz records 2011) sees him in psych folk mode..  

Matt's most recent role is as music video director and his talents for this can be seen in this extraordinary epic space quest video for the band Three Trapped Tigers  it looks like there is plenty more to come from  this chap and I for one will be watching (and listening) with interest.

UPDATE

After posting this new...um..er?..."post" I was made aware of a new Radio 4 comedy "thing" that Matt Berry is currently doing it's called I, Regress and the second episode is available on the BBC iplayer now or you can click HERE (whatever's easier uh'know..) I've not had chance to listen to it but the website spake thus:

"A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through their subconscious.

Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client who has come to him for a different problem (quitting smoking, fear of water, etc). As the patient is put under hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played out for us to hear. The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is disturbing."

Sounds alright dunt it?