Cockney

The Hitcher from the Mighty Boosh Episode Eight, Season One called "the Hitcher " Episode Four, Season Two called "the Fountain of Youth" Episode Six of the second season called "the Nightmare of Milky Joe" as a coconut and in Season three in an episode called "Eels" where he sings the song about Eels. He also appears in the Mighty Boosh Live DVD from 2006. The Hitcher is an old cockney man with long grey hair, green skin, a large polo mint over his left eye, a top hat and black and red clothing. He is evil, threatening to kill Howard and Vince whenever he meets them, and killing the whole cast in the stage show. His name is Baboo Yagu, but he is almost always referred to as The Hitcher. He is also a proponent of jazz fusion, especially proficient on the bass guitar. The Hitcher has a confused history, he states in The Hitcher that as a child his parents were ashamed of his small thumb (prompting him to seek out the Hornet Shaman). However, in Eels he reveals that Elsie, proprietor of the Pie and Mash Shop, gave him free eels "on account of him being an orphan n' that"