And maybe his time has come. It’s 10 long years since south Londoner Fielding, now 34, and Leeds-born Julian Barratt, now 39, became friends after appearing on the same comedy bill at a pub in north London. Fielding had studied Fine Art at Croydon Art College while Barratt had dropped out of an American studies course at Reading University; both had fathers who loved Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, and who encouraged their sons to avoid getting proper jobs.

When they first met, Barratt asked Fielding if he had his hair on backwards (hair being a bit of a theme - the duo takes its name from Fielding’s brother Michael, who as a child had really big hair which a friend called ‘the mighty bush’). Barratt was also intrigued by the large gaggle of girls who went everywhere with Fielding. Both wanted to get their material heard; neither had found anyone to work with who remotely understood what was going on in their head.

It was a huge relief when they chanced upon one another and decided to be the new Goodies. Which, of course, they’re not. What they take from the classic Seventies series is more the spirit of psychedelic, silly and surreal comedy. It’s part of a lineage that includes The Goon Show, Tony Hancock, Monty Python, Vic and Bob.

If Fielding is to be believed, the new friends went back to Barratt’s place that first night and while the host played around on his Akai sampler, the guest made an eye patch out of a ping-pong ball. A decade on, the Mighty Boosh are on the verge of breaking free of their cult status and edging into the mainstream, but their approach to comedy hasn’t really changed. Stage shows feature monsters made out of Jiffy bags; in the new series, Fielding briefly sports a Polo as a monocle.