On the very same night time that Smith was presented with the Godlike Genius Award by Tim Burton at the Shockwaves NME Awards, The Mighty Boosh also gained "Best Tv Comedy". In 1988, a Spin magazine interview with Smith noted that "the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (i.e. Tim Burton) experienced questioned Smith to make an visual appeal in a film. New Zealand Film Commission.