flight of the conchords

love it!

how many episodes have there been so far?

3

Anyone see the movie the one guy is in? Eagle vs. Shark or whatever? (I admit I'd written it off mentally as this year's cutesy indie movie.)

The show bit is great -- the strange thing is that some of the songs seem to work way LESS well than they do in their stage act. The "West End Girls" bit was terrific, but then the "Think, Think about It" song somehow missed, underplayed, or just skipped most of the punchlines from the way they perform it.

what was the second song last night? it was amazing.

(10,000 bonus points, though, for how well Jemaine's jacket matched the song.)

I was thinking that they would make a decent real band, actually.

Chaki, that was the "Think, Think about It" one -- compare versus

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5tmnBeNv18

no youtube at work :(

dean, if you have hbo on demand there is a concert from 2 years ago. its great. they are v v good guitar players.

Yeah, I saw that. It's funny because when I initially saw the ads for the new show, I thought it was weird that they were advertising a comedy special. Then, last week tooling on-demand I discovered the series! I think the show is brilliant and different and I find it surprising that they were able to turn the stage show into such a perfect little sitcom concept. Muggers was best one so far!

Being New Zealanders makes it easier to do all the soul/rap homages (that second song taking from Marvin Gate) without any icky racial stuff.

Watching last night's episode, with the classic New York guys, I realized how much this show can work internationally as a foreigner's idea of what it'd be like to live in NYC.

Marvin Gate? That's in East London, right?

i don't know if i can watch this show after seeing that eagle vs shark movie, which is the worst shit i have ever seen in my entire life.

LOVED the PSB homage.

that plus cutesy comedy collage marketing is really doing its best to turn me away from this show. which i'll probably like when i actually get around to checking it out.

i thought jermaine's rapping was amazing

s1ocks, that the demographic though--who else would they market to?

oh i misread collage for COLLEGE

I asked the wife last night, because I really can't tell, "if these guys were for real, would they be cute or retarded?" Now, that I think about it, she did not answer.

jermaine has an awesome voice

The Pet Shop Boys bit was what made me love this show.

dude the first episode had a godley and creme bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RC0DdrHbGg

this show it is funny to me

(can't find ep 3 t0rrent yet tho? :/ )

My boss made me watch like 900 clips of this show today and I really wasn't impressed. Better if watched as a whole episode?

yeah i think so - it's not really meant for clips even though so many clips are pulled from it?

e.g. the whole sign board job thing is funny as it stretches over the course of one show

they were just songs. I didn't think the songs were funny.

we have already established that apparently I have serious funny bone issues, though.

uh.. yah.

the songs need the show

e.g. the whole sign board job thing is funny as it stretches over the course of one show

I got a career now.

I also love the ridiculous back-and-forth about the band's gigs. They're always having hypothetical arguments about the gigs, but they don't have any gigs.

murry is so great. also props for having eugene mirmen as a regular character.

and the fan is a uniquely odd thing. not to mention her husband, which is odder.

It's quite funny.

eugene mirmen?! I love that guy and didn't even notice him. Is he the landlord?

yah

hopefully he'll get more parts later on... hopefully the show lasts more than a dozen episodes!

Clips here.

The fan is very credible!

Ha, I was actually thinking about how ILX would respond to this show and who would bring up "icky racial stuff" along those lines. The thing is, though, when they sing r&b it doesn't seem to be at all about black r&b -- if those songs belonged to anyone today, it seems like it'd be like John Mayer or James Blunt or something. Always feels like they're just going for "sensitive" pop music, and it's a whole other issue that super-popular music just happens to consist of white people already working in a black idiom.

That said, I do find them significantly less funny when they do rap or dancehall, though I think that's just a structural thing.

My favorite joke in all of these so far, apart from the ending shot joke of the mugging one, is the bit in the "I'm Not Crying" song where he's making a lasagna ... for one.

(Also Mel = fantastic)

It's going to get cancelled, isn't it? You can just tell. =(

It reminds me of Peep Show, actually.

I read somewhere that it was conceived as a 12-part thing?

xpost hooray

It seems like the kind of thing where they should just do like 10 great episodes and then close up, BBC style -- it's kind of a slight, charming thing, just not built for going on and on.

David Bowie Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2L98gobTQ&mode=related&search=

xpost I'm your typical American that wants as much as he can enjoy, the more episodes the better. If I get bored of it, no problem. At least I'm not left wanting more. I hate that.

yeah 12 eps sounds good for this show! like a book of short stories

i have dealt with dismay re: battlestar ending with next season so now i feel i can deal with all tv shows having an end is what i'm probably really saying

zen tv

vs. Ween?

tenacious twee

The thing is, though, when they sing r&b it doesn't seem to be at all about black r&b -- if those songs belonged to anyone today, it seems like it'd be like John Mayer or James Blunt or something. Always feels like they're just going for "sensitive" pop music, and it's a whole other issue that super-popular music just happens to consist of white people already working in a black idiom.

Definitely, this makes sense. And I like that we don't hear them actually performing, so they could very well be a lousy live band who have these fantasies of what their songs would sound like given some solid-gold production.

xpost - they are like Ween, except they're trying to get action. And, again, since they're not Americans, they don't fall into all the class/race stuff that American singer-actors would fall into when doing parody songs.

I'm your typical American that wants as much as he can enjoy, the more episodes the better.

Are you one of these that thinks "soccer" should have more goals????

they have an EP coming out on Sub Pop in August. am completely obsessed.

"She's So Hot Boom" doesn't belong to John Mayer or James Blunt.

If it wasn't for "Inner City Pressure" I'd say these guys were worthless.

That's why I said I like them less when they do rap or dancehall! Which is mostly just a matter of that kind of joke being, like, done -- not because of "icky racial stuff," but because those are the moments where they seem like they could just be two guys you know goofing around at your party.

(What's wrong with the world today / mmph a hmm mph a hmm mph a may)

I think my new excuse for everything = "hey, man, I just want some muesli"

that song jermaine wrote on the bass with the cassette tape was super funky kick ass.

woops, sorry, nabisco. missed the "dancehall" part when Eazy quoted you. Anyhow, I'll let people drop a youtube link when they do a novel homage and otherwise avoid ACOUSTIC FOLK COMEDY.

I thought the marketing made this look terrible, but I caught about 2/3 of the sign board episode (including the "She's So Hot Boom" song) and it was pretty good.

They're kind of taking the "Dick in a Box" idea -- catchy songs, not just funny as parody but well written and believably but ridiculously emo -- more than the Midnite Vultures idea.

icky racial stuff? What are you guys talking about? FFS, you don't have to be getting anywhere near racial to use a low voice and joke about funk.

Are you one of these that thinks "soccer" should have more goals????

No, the one goal is fine by me.

ilx, sometimes i just don't understand u

xpost to self (although it is entirely possible that the song would not have been nearly as funny if I had known to expect random musical breaks from reality)

fuck off, alphabet bitch.

'murmur' from the sopranos was in last nights episode.

"Icky racial stuff" in the sense of making fun of R. Kelly by trying to write your own sex jams that are ludicrously "primitive" in style and content (which is not what these guys are doing).

"Well, boss, it's sort of like Tenacious D meets Withnail & I..."

Finally the act that will inspire Starbucks to buy Sub Pop.

i think you might be taking this a bit too seriously.

brett is in a popular ska/reggae/funk band in NZ btw. also he was a hobbit in those movies.

Though the more Tenacious D embellished their folk comedy act, the further they got from their one joke. Embellishments give the Conchords a chance to think one up.

Can I create a board called "Do You Like Anything????"

An elf, actually! He has the nostrils for it.

More than you needed to know.

inner
inner city
inner city pressure

Anyone heard the bbc radio show? Available on amazon uk. Non-produced versions of the songs along with radio comedy(which works less well).

Hope they put out a proper sdtk.

Ever since I heard their song for the ladies, I have wanted a t-shirt that says "redheads not warheads".

ok i watched it and i roffld. just when its getting too cute then its funny which makes it all better. the scene where he meets the sign holding girl and he's all shes so hot omg - the part right before the song started cracked me up. the song was funny too.

This show makes my week.

I loved when they were getting mugged, Bret was wearing the safety vest Murray gave them, and Jermaine was the one who got the worst of it.

Important question: is it non-weird in NZ that his name is Jemaine, with the R omitted?

i've gotta try to torrent this, it sounds like. will report back.

saw the pilot and was all eh, but I've warmed to it considerably. John from Cinci, too

xpost to nabisco: i live in nz and jemaine with or without the r is a pretty weird name.

NAME DROP... brett is my friend's landlord!

Is he nice?

i don't know; i stayed at their place for 3 months and never saw him. but apparently he's a pretty laid-back dude. the house has a big section (by wellington standards) and they all wanted to jazz it up and have a vege garden and stuff, so he gave them a pile of cash to do whatever they wanted to the place.

I love them. The pet shop boys thing was amazing. Also, I'm a little bit in love with Bret.

i kind of like that i'm not in love with either of them but like them both a lot

the running around with the safety vest on + murray's tips for new zelanders in new york (stay away from dangerous crowds; stick to back alleys) = hilarious

i watched the texas (southxsouthwest fest) documentary that's up on youtube - it's pretty funny too, in a great deadpan-meets-genuine-shock-and-awe way - in general though, i'm more into their just being dudes and the adventures they have than i am into the songs. maybe this is wrong of me?

HOW TERRIBLE OF YOU

brett: "i'm looking for my friend"
cop: "dark hair, glasses, talks like a robot?"
brett: "yeah that's just how new zelanders talk"

haha
(paraphrased tho sorry)

xpost sometimes i am terrible haha

ned do you like this show?

brett: "yeah that's just how new zelanders talk"

that would be correct.

ned do you like this show?

Only seen some of the clips. I agree with others that "Inner City Pressure" is the high point.

but the strength of this show is in the, uh, show
like not the clips but watching the whole thing. a bunch of smaller jokes within one big joke. that is within another, bigger joke.
i probably said that upthread though and am repeating myself.

sorry i spelled new zealand wrong twice there... um
uh

on behalf of all new zealanders: we forgive you ;)

i'll never do it again!

murray: "he may be dead"
dude with paintball gun - dave?: "he maybe did what?"
m: "he may be DEAD"
dave: "i know but what did he maybe do?"
m: "he may be DEAD"
dave: "maybe he did or maybe he didn't, what did he maybe do?"
brett: "no, he may be dead"
dave: "are you guys fucking with me?"

full eps are on y0utube btw of course
which is why that above is like a transcript and my previous entry re: new zealand accent is a fairly inaccurate paraphrasing...

also: rhymenoceros

"Inner City Pressure" is my new theme song.

You want to sit down
But you sold your chair
So you just...
You just stand there.

No one cares
No one sympathizes
You just stay home
And Play synthesizers

Also:

She's so hot she's making me sexist. Bitch.

Also: I smell a lot of Ween-level comedy begging to happen in this show, but thankfully so far it hasn't gotten that inexcusable. So far it's just a little South-Park-y. And fine and whatever and -- deep breath -- ok.

my fave verses on the what's wrong with the world R&B song are the one about Monkeys giving people diseases and the one about high sneaker prices. Those cracked me up.

this show is brilliant. me and lxy watched all three last night. Inner City Pressure was tear-inducing. the phrasing was so perfect pet shop boys. I concur with rrrobyn above that you really need to watch the whole show: the genius is in the silences and looks and awkward moments. their manager kind of kills me, like a cross between Ian Fiath and David Brent.

Jemaine is really weird looking. In a good way.

also i love the week-in-the-life format. "What, all that happened on Tuesday??"

and thankx guys for the Daft Punk reference

it's pretty good except for the songs

The manager is my favorite for laffs; I love both the main guys & they are v.v. good looking. I am surprised no Tenacious D comparisons have been made (ie on their NPR interview): HBO show about unpopular two-man band. But xxx100k better of course.

HBO's streaming the entire episode this week.

wow is this ever hit and miss. but it hits enough

TENACIOUS TWEE

3rd time's the charm!

DAVID BOWIE

TENACIOUS DUNDEE

SHOW REFERENCE

murray will make me cry at some point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0

the apple toss kills me every time

i missed Coco this episode

murray will totally make me cry
he is the most sad of them all

"it's not gay if i'm pretending you're a woman"

Hahah this show is AWESOME Ive just been watching bits of it on YT. Love the Pet Shop Boys pastiche and the Bowie one thats on there as one of their standup things hahaha fantastic.

the best part is their one fan - she slays me

She's so superbly creepy!

and yet she seems so sweet too! and a psychologist! hahaha
she is comedy gold

am I wrong for thinking she's cute?

I am, aren't I. My life is one shame after another.

she is not horribly uncute, she just should've had orthodontics re: chin
but whatever, she is funny!!

Murray and Mel are what actually make this show for me.

thread needs more coco

http://www.suttonfoster.co.uk/images/recording.jpg

I didn't think the last 3 were very funny.

http://www.gothamist.com/attachments/interview_ben/2006_10_kristen_schaal.jpg

U LUV HUR

she has something. I don't know what.

a rooster?

a fake rooster, no less

Did anyone else notice that Weird Al was on the cover of "Novelty Pop World."

she looks like a poor man's miranda july

hm...

you make a good point.

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/ifc_films/me_and_you_and_everyone_we_know/miranda_july/meandyou2.jpg

:(

(not that that couldn't be hot in its own way)

o that woman is disturbing

Am I the only one who thinks their manager is like a dodgy NZ version of Ricky Gervais?

nope!

their manager kind of kills me, like a cross between Ian Faith and David Brent.

-- jergïns, Sunday, July 8, 2007 10:38 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

murray is probably the funniest

i thought the band shell field trip sounded fun

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8327424432005226305&q=-youtube+flight+conchords&total=165&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4

this kind of kicks ass

yeah i watched that a while back - v funny and yaaay

murray sings on this week's episode!
and there is racism! and fruit!

novelty music scene magazine

I'm so glad the shows are on YT, I'd never have seen it otherwise. I love this show and I keep replaying the live version of "She's So Hot BOOM!" which is awesomeness.

I've had that part in whatever that one song about tape of love where Jemaine goes PEOPLE PEOPLE PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PEOPLE PEOPLE etc stuck in my head all day.

I only just realized halfway through ep 7 that his name is Jemaine and not actually Jermaine as all the Americans pronounce it.

teardrops turn into jellybeans

yah albi the racist dragon was great and is better upon repeat viewings. as well as the bowie ep. "jemaine, you look like an ogre that works at the library."

I liked Mel better when she was hot for both of 'em, at some point she lost interest in Jemaine entirely.

i think you're over analyzing mel a bit there.

Have you guys seen the doco on their SXSW shows? They have some frightening real-life fans, these guys. Scary american women.

yeah, it's great!
(also, chaki linked to it yesterday, just upthread there)

Oh right, I didnt realise thats what that URL was, I saw it on YT :)

i had 'it's business time' in my head pretty much all last week
oh and i sang it out loud a few times in front of friends. and then tried to explain the show. lols

i've had "leggy blonde" stuck in my head since sunday night.

i had a budgie, but it died.
i like pie!

business time and love games from the mighty boosh would work well on a mixtape i would try to give to a girl.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1438/979382267_242c2a74b8.jpg?v=0

oh man this show

Ive also had "business time" and "She's so hot BOOM!" stuck in my head all week. I keep going around the house doing little wiggly dances singing "you like boom, i like boom" to myself haha.

i think its safe to say these guys are totally blowin the fuck up. hbo better renew.

I wonder why Tripod never hit this market in the same way?

no LotR connection or HBO deal

NEW ZEALAND ... ROCKS!

bret's devotion to the 1983 casio dg-20 (which my father has!) is quite inspirational.

I've had that part in whatever that one song about tape of love where Jemaine goes PEOPLE PEOPLE PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PEOPLE PEOPLE etc stuck in my head all day.

best moment in any of their songs!

i had 'it's business time' in my head pretty much all last week
oh and i sang it out loud a few times in front of friends. and then tried to explain the show. lols

my gf has admitted to me that sometimes when I initiate, she hears "business time" in her head. So far, this has not damaged our relationship, but only because of my assumption that this will go away.

OMG WHEN KENAN INITIATES

you have no idea, friend

i have a snake

"With phones, you make the call!"

They are the funniest Frenchmen ever

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU

oh yeah totally the french pop song part is amazing
this was a great episode

Just because we've playing tonsil hockey
Doesn't mean you get to score the goal that's in my jockeys

"With phones, you make the call!"

yes, totally bizarre. I want more surreal television, plz.

I have never seen the HBO show but I spent a lot of this morning watching FotC concert clips on YouTube. My favorite one is the one about "issues." Then at lunch today I went to this record store near my work, and as I was leaving a dad and his teenage son were walking in, and the son was singing "There are people on the street having sex with monkeys." It was weird.

get these cutleries out my knees

It's a phenomenon all of a sudden. It's a funny, funny show. You can see whole episodes on youtube.

The performances in that HBO special they did are so much funnier than in the show! I probably said this upthread: on the show they kinda step on the punchlines. Still great, but ... yeah.

Bret's player was amazingly well-cast.

on the show they kinda step on the punchlines.

Sometimes, sometimes not. "She's So Hot (Boom)" is much funnier on the show. "Business Time" is much better live. I did not need to see Jemaine naked, thanks.

the hbo special is funny in a slightly different way - a bit more true to life i guess - the show is more about the 'bret' and 'jemaine' (and mel and murray) weirdo oblivious-to-(some of)-the-ways-of-the-world personas. i like both kinds of performances. i'm still a bit surprised the show even exists.

And the visual references on the show are great! The french pop video, for a great example. Or the Chungking Express street shots in "Inner City Pressure".

nabisco, you are wrong, guy.

I'm surprised anyone disagrees! Stuff like "Issues" and "Business Time" seemed much funnier when they had time and space to let the jokes breathe a little. Some of them disappear entirely, like fork-knees saying "Aaa-aaaa-aargh."

But there are no great moments in performance specials where Bret fends off date rape, so...

i have no idea how you think the songs dont breathe in the sitcom setting. the songs are slowed down dramatically in the show just for that reason.

Apparently I am receiving a different broadcast :(

i saw bret at a pho place by my house /hstencil

!

btw i just watched some of mel's videoblog on youtube - funneee

There is one where she puts glasses on her dog Jemaine, and it's mindblowingly cute. I mean, a dog, wearing glasses.

Cuter than this, even:

http://thomascreek.com/dblog/dog_glasses.jpg

xxpost or a "vlog," as they might say in russia

kristen schaal is pretty funny live in stand-up too!

"women love that sensitive nautical shit"

dont know if its been linked yet but all the eps are on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/user/ryancorven

anyone have that photo they show on the HBO commercial where they are sitting in a room sliding almost totally off their chairs?

"women love that sensitive nautical shit"

The best bit was the rest! "Watership Down, man, women love that story". I love Arj Barker, he's awesome.

I fear my wife could leave me for Jermaine given the chance =''(

I like to think I'm the cute one without glasses. Girls would wake me up in the night begging for sex. And I would be like 'in 3 years I'll be ready' lol

interview thing with kristen schaal (mel) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNAH5hJ0dwk - hahaha, she is great
interviews with others linked on that page too (haven't watched them yet tho)

Arj needs to be on this show more. He's like the comedian's Dave Grohl, I have the hots for him something fierce.

at first i figured he was just a dumbass. now i realize he's a really really funny dumbass

Who, Arj Barker? He is awesome!

renewed for a second season! but will it run out of steam?

Uhh: Flight of the Conchords episode 9

what was that shit, guys? one song, too much murray, recycled jokes. you are better than that!

-- jergins, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:03 (2 days ago) Link

it was really sad too

Argh I need to catch up, Ive only seen up to ep 6 I think. Is 9 on YT yet?

Yep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOjWKgHFx20

"You're pretty much the most disliked race in this whole country"
"...what about black people?"
"They don't like you either"

I love this show.

"I can't put my emotions into words... so I decided to use lyrics"

NJUWWPT episode was hilarious but disappointing. When they went to black n white in the car I was certain they were going to do a we're-on-tour themed song, but then nothing. I did like the line about the mermaids smoking seaweed at their parties though.

The best thing about this show though really is Bret's sweaters.

"The best thing about this show though really is Bret's sweaters"

I was just thinking that his sweaters/sweatshirts are the most doggedly unaesthetic bits of clothing I've ever seen.

Daryl Hall!

haha my friend called him out! i never would've guessed at all

Mel needed more screen time and this week's episode does not disappoint.

this was def my favorite ep so far! (don't tell mel i'm down here)

"casual prince"

also, xpost, i love bret's sweatshirts!

HAY GUISE ONE OF THESE DUDES IS IN NOTED NZ BARBEQUE REGGAE COMBO "THE BLACK SEEDS" I THINK YOU ARE ALL MAKING A SIRIUS MISTAKE K?
http://www.kufala.com/art/bio/theblackseedsweb.jpg

So once again I wonder what is going on behind the scenes at HBO that we had a few weeks of ho-hum episodes of both this and Entourage, and now this week both shows are way way better and at their peaks.

It is you "wondering-too-fucking-much-for-your-own-good" - enjoy the show!

its not his fault. everyone in that town is in that band.

john turturro!

Ohno! All the full eps on youtube seem to have disappeared! :( Cept ep 10 which has snuck up but I guess it wont last long.

I hope this comes out on DVD.

the torrents are fast free and easy and look way better

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/1255267003_b0f2f68d97.jpg

Haha that whole scene was so excruciating, Mel's character is great.

Wacked off.

yeah t0rren+s are way better to watch than youtube
xpost

poor murray
mel speaking elfish was funnneee

I love Murray so much. I want to hug him.

This last episode was probably the funniest Will Forte will ever be.

hahaha true

So is it just me, or does the show seem to have decided over the past few episodes that the group really sucks, and they only make good music in their song-fantasies? At the beginning you could imagine they were weird but competent, since things like the "The Humans Are Dead" video were presumably their actual recorded music, and the Jemaine-and-boombox trade show performance was pretty funky. But the past few episodes keep having them twiddle shabbily on their guitars and look stupid, as if to suggest they couldn't even begin to play anything like in their fantasies.

(It's a good thing they weren't actually getting a record deal, cause Bret would get screwed on publishing: Jemaine wrote their big "Who Likes to Rock the Party?" single when he was out of the band! Though he maybe helped with the booties / boobies part.)

I love Murray so much. I want to hug him.

Me too!

nabisco, I thought the same thing myself (about them sucking when they actually do play). I think this past episode, they played something other than "Who Likes To Rock the Party", but it was equally as terrible. Will Forte seemed to sum it up with his, "Your stage characters of being 2 clueless and naive guys from New Zealand is hilarious!" (I'm paraphrasing).

That being said, 3 cheers for the Donovan-esque "Pretty Prince of Parties."

yah i noticed that 2

Aww man this'll blow yr mind, dude: it seemed like they played beautifully when they played that song for Coco, but, like ... what if that was just in their heads, man? Whoah.

WE R THRO TEH LOOKING GLASS PEOPLE !!!

In any case, it seems to deep-six my suspicion that they were going to go the Extras route with this, and have the second season be a whole turn-around where they're actually successful.

I love Murray so much. I want to hug him.

funny, you want to hug him, but you want to punch him almost as much. That's the character. The hug/punch axis.

after rewatching the fruit vendor/ leggy blonde epipsode i have decided that it is the best episode. there is SO SO SO much going on there.

Damn, that's the only one I haven't seen yet! ^^^

chaki is totally right. that was a fantastic episode.

I've never wanted to punch Murray. Ever. Granted, I don't want him to be my band manager either.

I had completely forgotten them making the video for the robot song; I was working under the theory that the TV version of Flute of the Commodores the guys only had the one "rock the party" song.

Mel/Kristen Schaal is kind of really hot in the Arwen dress.

Funny, you want to hug him, but you want to punch him almost as much. That's the character. The hug/punch axis.

-- kenan, Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:57 AM (Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:57 AM) Bookmark Link

Gee, kinda reminds me of someone.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/xsaribear456x/thebird.gif

after rewatching the fruit vendor/ leggy blonde epipsode i have decided that it is the best episode.

"Motheruckers" is a great song, worked so well in that episode. I loved the whole punchline to the "youre from New Zealand" bigotry when the dude realises it's actually Australians he hates.

I pissed myself laughing at that part!

Shit's disappearing from Youtube as fast as ppl can post it up, at this point. I can't be arsed with torrents, but I am going to buy it when it comes out on DVD for sure.

those jemaine + bongo player fights were gold.

The Footloose sequence had me and (especially) my wife in tears.

the todd/mel connection on the street was a thing of creepy beauty

ahahaha that was a great episode

dance sequences A++
breaking out the faux-anger dance sequence is srsly fun to do

was this the last episode of the season?

demitri martin sooo not funny wtf get him away

Okay I changed my mind I do want to punch Murray now.

The finale broke my heart.

I love though when he's talking about adding Todd..."you'll be a real band now, like the Policemen".

OMG the angry dance, I think I bust something laughing.

I just checked my DVR and apparently the long awaited series recap was last night/this morning. So happy.

I do not find them funny at all, but I also have not watched much.

chaki can you ban her from this board too?

lul u mad

i watched a full episode and laughed a good bit but srsly the only difference between these guys and Tenacious D is that they murmur.

Saw for first time last night -- not for me, I think. I would like to swear off now and remain rather fondly uninterested, but if I kept watching I think I could come to hate them, hate them all.

you guys hate the funk.

i watched a full episode and laughed a good bit but srsly the only difference between these guys and Tenacious D is that they murmur.

-- da croupier, Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

and they aren't douche bags.

ITS BUSINESSSS TIIIIME.

and they play funk not metal. and they arnt stoners.

Someone please
Remove these cutleries
From my knees

i still love this show!
there is a special place in my heart for funk, it's true, but also a special place alongside it for the millions of local funk bands in the world who i will never go see even if i have roommates or friends in these funk bands sorry guys

laurel you could never hate murray! not murray!

I feel sorry for Murray :(

Well, it was only one episode, maybe I need to see the full range of their loveability?

WE ARE FROM THE YEAR 2000 ROBOTS WE KILL THE HUMANS WQITH ARE SMARTS!

FUUUUUCK YOU

LOVE!

I saw an episode on BBC4 the other day - not quite a patch on the Radio 2 series! Yet, anyway.

I need to stay away from alcohol. Forever. I feel so shitty right now.

Anyway...love this show. Watched all the episodes on demand about a week ago. It is basically "Tenacious Twee" but that works fine for me as i loved the original Tenacious D HBO show. I think FOTC have better songs, though.

Jermaine's my favorite of the two. He resembles my friend Justin (even sounds like him!), except skinny and from New Zealand.

Murray is just a great character.

I do not find them funny at all, but I also have not watched much.

-- roxymuzak,

*cries* roxy, why you break-ah my heart? ;-)

i watched a full episode and laughed a good bit but srsly the only difference between these guys and Tenacious D is that they murmur.

-- da croupier, Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

and they aren't douche bags.

-- Jordan Sargent, Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

also, theyre funny.

Jemaine's David Bowie speaking voice is actually a note perfect James Mason.

You know, that's true.

I don't know why anybody would prefer the stage show to the TV program: I saw some of those on YouTube and it looks like THEY ARE LAUGHING AT THEIR OWN JOKES. Well smirking at least. A little too They Might Be Giants for me. Plus the acoustic guitars interfere with their dance moves.

what episode did you see, laurel?

(just curious, btw, i'm not going to try to convert you or anything)

laurel, the first ep i watched i felt the same way but it only took another to hook me in.

Oh wow I just saw Ep 1 of this and it's my new favourite programme.

The one where a woman who works in a coffee shop tells one of the boys that she's shipping out to Iraq as a sniper in order to get him to sleep with her. And it comes out that their band manager has paid for like four boxes of sawdust instead of copies of their CD b/c he did a deal with someone "under the bridge". Etc.

I just saw it too (hurray freeview) and yeah, it's pretty good.

The songs are easily the best bits, though. That and "I'm looking for an Australian", which was during a song anyway.

The New Zealand posters in their manager's office were priceless.

OMG, of all the episodes to not be feeling! The big reveal on her teenage-boy infertility / blueballs technique get me laughing just vaguely thinking about it.

Not like Dave talking about seeing a puppy being born, but still

xpost: Haha, I didn't see! The 'NZ ROCKS!!!' one was pretty good, though, so if that's the guideline...

Also great (perhaps the neatest bit) was the fact that after the first song, it DIDN'T cut back to him at the party looking lonesome, as you'd expect, but it turned out to all have happened.

galdarn it, the USA are like five episodes ahead of us

One of them was for Lord of the Rings, and the other one said something like "It's Great! If You Don't Expect Too Much"

Finally saw all of season 1, have been rewatching it, and I have "Foux de Fa Fa" stuck in my head all the time at the moment.

NEW ZEALAND........COOL!

Chaki u should do a cover of "the most beautiful girl in the room" in your band =)

Not like Dave talking about seeing a puppy being born, but still

Not to mention the 'casual Prince' scene where he explains that his sublettors think they're his parents (the t-shirt, the blouse, "I know. It's creepy! I think they do it on the computer.")

Trayce, is that the 'part-time model' one?

ILX LIKES TO ROCK THE PARTY

Chaki u should do a cover of "the most beautiful girl in the room" in your band =)

-- Trayce, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

^^^yes!

probably you should change it to most beautiful boy in the room just to be fair and accurate

FUK U

anyway since i moved away i dont have a band anymore :(

Trayce, is that the 'part-time model' one?

Yes! "You could be a part-time moodellll... or a high class prostitute". I love it.

you're a legend, dave.

I love it when he says "the gulab jamun is to DIE FOR", like it is some kind of awesome party drug lol.

"You could be a part-time moodellll...
"But you'll probably still have to keep your normal job."

Brown paper, white paper
Sticking together with the tape
The tape of love
The sticky stuff

A part-time model
Spending part of your time modeling
And part of your time next to me
My place is usually tidier than this

"Team Building Exercise 1999!"

I, also, watched Ep 1 this week. And spent ages trying to work out where I'd seen the American girl Jemaine was crushing on before. Thankfully, I realised.

ok why would you post that and not say from where? god.

http://rapidshare.com/files/56453135/FotCHBO.rar
1. Main Theme
2. Beautiful Girl
3. Robots
4. I'm Not Cryin'
5. Inner City Pressure
6. She's So Hot...Boom!
7. I Like to Rock the Party
8. Hip-Hopopotamus vs Rhymenocerous
9. Think About It, Think, Think About It
10. Coco's Song
11. If You're Into It
12. She-Wolf
13. Pencils in the Wind
14. Business Time
15. Song for Sally
16. Bret, You've Got It Goin' On
17. A Visit From David Bowie
18. Bowie
19. Albi, the Racist Dragon
20. Mutha Uckas
21. Murray Writes a Song
22. Leggy Blonde
23. Foux Da Fa Fa
24. K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
25. Mermaids
26. Ladies of the World
27. Prince of Parties
28. Cheer Up, Murray
29. Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring
30. Doggie Bounce
31. Closing Jam

Chaki u r awesome

http://www.memorygongs.com/pizzaface.jpg

No Sellotape, no credibility.

Or does it have a different name?

pencils in the wind

Pencils in the wind is the Sellotape song.

argh xpost.

OK, thanks. Actually some of the lyrics floating around the interweb say "Love is like a delicate pencil" but I hear it has "Love is like a mechanical pencil." Anyone else have an opinion?

chaki, that's heroic. Thanks!

Sorry not "love" but "lives"

there was a dude at the Animal Collective show last night who looked like Jemaine. same hair, same glasses, even a Jemaine-like outfit; there's no way it was not intentional. this led to a bunch of speculation as to whether or not there are people who are so super into this show that they divide up all the people they know into "Brets" and "Jemaines", and, eventually, to the ridiculous sentence "I like to think of myself as a Bret trapped in the body of a Jemaine".

Yeah, I've never seen a guy who looks like that at an indie rock show before. Can't be a coincidence.

Last try: "retractable pencils"

thanx chaki!

Chaki deserves much praise.

Cheer up, Chaki.

ok! hey these guys are like really good song craftsmen. i love listening to their tv versions of their songs just like an album i love or something. U WRONG NABISCK.

I just turned another friend onto FOTC and he loves it. AW YEAH!

sooo late to the game on this one.

awesome show though.

haha the other day i started talking about my job to someone and totally felt like brett in the sandwich board episode
except that my job is actually an office job - still, perspective, man
couldn't explain it to friend though b/c i knew they hadn't seen this show :/ laughter inside my head only

???

oh! you mean britt

haa
bret

Brat

Beat On The Bret

being the title of a Ramones takeoff from the upcoming second season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTxAx7kdqbs

No one cares
No one sympathizes
You just stay home
And Play synthesizers

-- kenan, Saturday, July 7, 2007 3:59 AM

otm

Did you ever think of that, Enrico Fermi?

dont really like this too much. i tried tho! 'prettiest girl in the room' song is funny

When is second season happening? Need FOTC fix.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=flight+of+the+conchords+&btnG=Search

Oh yeah yeah ;P

The songs are funnier live than they are in the programme.

I, also, watched Ep 1 this week. And spent ages trying to work out where I'd seen the American girl Jemaine was crushing on before. Thankfully, I realised.

-- Forest Pines Mk2, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:19 (3 months ago)
ok why would you post that and not say from where? god.

-- chaki, Friday, 28 September 2007 17:05 (3 months ago) Bookmark Link

Peep Show.

(yes, slow response, I know)

The songs are funnier live than they are in the programme.

Agreed. "Bowie in Space" and "Robots (The Humans Are Dead)" are two huge examples of this.

Love the live version of Robots - I always crack up at "Affirmative, I poked one it was dead".

i love live and tv versions. they both work on different levels.

"Sniff this one"

I was starting to get a bit bored with it (too many scenarios) and then the final episode was a complete classic. Todd was a perfect villain. Crazy Dogs! I loved when Jemaine was supposed to kick him out and somehow ended up kicking out Bret instead. And Murray's confusion of the legality of the sacking. And Bret's angry dance.

"I'm having lunch with Tori Amos"

Sorry - that was supposed to read "(too many samey scenarios)"

murray is awesome, he is never not funny

Rhys Darby's stand-up is pretty funny, too.

murray is awesome, he is never not funny

-- n/a, Monday, January 21, 2008 5:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

^^

I watched "Texan Odyssey" yesterday, and when they showed the clip of the Brunettes show, I thought, "Hey, I was there!" Sure enough, you can see my boyfriend in the crowd at one point (I'm standing next to him but someone's in front of me). If only we hadn't left right after the Brunettes' set! We had no idea what we were missing.

So the "album" is out and I just want to throw in my lot with whichever crew it is that's down with "bowie" and "inner city pressure" and "robots" because I suspect those may very well be just as awesome three years from now

it's the fuckups that make it

recent threads have made me also wish they would do a take on sagat, but there is such a thing as too much to ask

I actually kind of really like "Doggy Bounce".

im going to this:

Flight of the Conchords
May, 29 2008 at Davies Symphony Hall
Not Available , San Francisco, California

stoked

I really love "Bowie"

lol I didn't even see that I already said that durrrr

I'm going too. Can't wait.

see you there! brush your hair!

What's Steve got to do with anything? What kind of a rapper name is Steve?

I thought it was that guy who got eaten by the crocodile.

Or was it a stingray?

still hate these guys, vaguely despondent that their album is the highest-charting NZ album in the US evah.

FotC fans - do you like the mighty boosh / the songs in the mighty boosh?

Yes, quite. For different reasons though. I think FotC are wittier, sharper, and probably better. The Mighty Boosh is all about the conviction and effort with which they stage their silly day-glo fantasies.

The album version of "Inner City Pressure" is amazing!

love mighty boosh

Rhys Darby is a fucking dude!

i came late to this show but completely love it

me too jim!

I like them ok but there's a lot of guys like this in NZ so it isn't too interesting

When do we get a second series?

Always thought that their one fan was actually probably pretty attractive, just not allowed to be by the programme.

i don't think another series would work, tbh. burned a lot of bridges with the final episode.

That's true.

On August 17, 2007, HBO announced a second season for Flight of the Conchords, originally set to premiere in 2008[7], but which has been postponed to January 2009. Prior to the announcement, Jemaine Clement stated in an interview with The New Zealand Herald, "[HBO] is interested in doing another series but we have to think about it. It's not a definite offer but they have talked about us starting writing but we've got other things we want to do as well".[8] Bret McKenzie has stated in several interviews that the band has used up "97 percent" of their old songs in the first season. In an interview with The Star Ledger, he said "We'd need some time to develop new material. It's like the second album syndrome. It might take a lot longer".[9] Shortly after the renewal announcement, Clement stated in an interview that the second season would likely consist of fewer than twelve episodes "so they could concentrate on 'quality not quantity'".
McKenzie and Clement returned to their home town of Wellington to write for the second season, although the writing process was delayed by the 2007-2008 Writers Strike. Filming for the 10 episode second series began in September 2008. That same month, McKenzie and Clement were quoted in a Q interview that the second series would most likely be the last.

Accoridn to imdb they started filming the second series in August and Michel Gondry is directing one episode.

I just checked out some of Rhys Darby's stand up, and he's an annoying funny noises comedian! Wouldn't have guessed at all.

I don't think this show is that funny, what episode should I watch to be convinced that it is that funny? I thought the Pet Shop Boys song was good but otherwise it just makes me chuckle a little bit a few times per episode

That's relaxed kiwi humour for you

I mean like y'know, it's ok, it's pretty funny I guess, it's not as funny as like Nathan Barley or Saxondale or something but it's better than Black Books

Oh yeah, a few weeks ago they taped an episode in the neighborhood where I live ... a bunch of signs were posted about it. So who knows, you mgiht see the mysterious burt_stanton walking in the background!

It is NOT better than Black Books.

I don't think this show is that funny, what episode should I watch to be convinced that it is that funny?

I find it to be accumulatively funny, the more you get to know each characters' little ticks and quirks the better it gets.

Also, give this a shot:

i liked "vous du fa fa" and "business"

this show is a trip

I like them ok but there's a lot of guys like this in NZ so it isn't too interesting

― Niles Caulder

O RLY

Yeah really. And mostly they're kinda dicks, always making other people set them up for punchlines and shit

wait what? how does that work

They maintain a nonresponsive facade in response to increasingly excited attempts to get them to react, until such time as they can deliver an hilarious riposte. It is annoying. It's always girls they do it to, too. I don't know if I can explain it properly but it's kinda nasty to see, and it's ALWAYS guys like this. It's kinda an arrogant version of faux-naif type stuff.

Not that I have any idea if the FOTC guys're like this so I shouldn't have mentioned it really

Hall & Oates - I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me A Man)

vs.
Part Time Model

Not that I have any idea if the FOTC guys're like this so I shouldn't have mentioned it really

― Niles Caulder, 03 October 2008 08:32 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

uh whut

yeah i dont understand. at first you said 'there's alot of guys like this in NZ' and now it's 'i dont know if they're like this'. did you just say it cuz they're from nz?

pappawheelie OTM ie H&O. Doesn't seem that much of a coincidence anymore that Daryl Hall made a cameo last season.

wow, I have the first season on DVD, not done watching yet, but daryl hall is like my hero... did he have his trademark mustache? is second season on yet?

Oates has the moustache. I question your devotion to Daryl Hall.

oh yeah, got them flipped, I have a hangover

kinda sucks. they're really good guitar players though!!

lol

about two clips from the whole show aren't terrible. the jokes are awful, and the 'lol random!!' thing gets boring really quickly.

pappawheelie OTM ie H&O. Doesn't seem that much of a coincidence anymore that Daryl Hall made a cameo last season.

― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 3 October 2008 15:47 (Yesterday) Bookmark

But I thought the whole point was that the songs sounded like actual good songs?

You mean like song parodies?

The songs are not very good.

The manager is funny.

youre so good at straightening my personal opinions out

What is the "lol random" thing in this show?

I don't know if there is a lol random thing to this show but the humor is you either get it or you don't.

and obviously if you don't think it's funny, your sense of humor is inferior to that of us elitists.
let me rephrase that. uhh. anyone not like futurama? you suck.

well maybe not suck.. I meant to say, you should hang out with people that have similar humor to you, and I will hang out with people who have similar humor to me. but don't cross the line. you wouldn't understand funny if it bit you in jewels.

I was wrong about this show, it rules!!

I got into it late as well, I dig it.

don't really dig Bret tho

I thank god every day that another antipodean singysongy comedy group - Tripod - didn't wind up with a succesful american tv show. those guys are srs cunts.

^^this

loooool

Murray>Jemaine>Bret

I like the fake NZ PSA for phones:

"With phones, YOU make the call!"

I was watching the last episode and thinking that Jemaine was way way funnier (and hotttter~) than Bret, but then Bret broke out into the angry dance and there were lols.

Yeah Tripod are no FotC, thats some straight up truth.

http://defamer.com/5112382/flight-of-the-conchords-season-2-right-here-right-now

I still think one of the most surprising things about this show is how easily it manages to make New York look nice. There are parts of the first few episodes where it's all golden-glowy downtown summer streets better than any picturesque NYC film I've ever seen.

man they should just get rid of the band and have the show be all murray imo

Ha, okay, here's another surprising thing: do y'all realize that Rhys Darby looks WAY WAY BETTER as Murray, with goatee, than he does just being Rhys Darby?

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/rhysdarby/rhys-darby-2006-september.jpg

loooove murray. like the rest.

wahey, nabisco not otm. it's a marquee moment.

You think everyday Rhys Darby looks better than Murray, or you think this show doesn't make downtown NYC look kinda summery-glowy and picturesque?

he looks like the douche he is supposed to with the goatee. he looks like an alrite dude there. you are solid with the NYC observation.

To each his own but just for reference:

http://www.comedybunker.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/backstage/robrhys.jpg http://www.conchords.net/wp-content/uploads/rhys_111807.jpg

I mean, one looks like a Harry Potter movie and the other looks like some guy who's going to keep asking to borrow your car even though no way is that happening

well yeah, i guess he looks like 2 different kinds of douche there.

man they should just get rid of the band and have the show be all murray imo

― cankles, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:57 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbombin

anybody seen that joint "testees" on fx thats basically conchords w/o the songs?? its dumb as fuck but i loled pretty hard when i caught 2 eps while drunk

I saw the ep about the love potion that turned all the old ladies horny. It was kinda awful, but not as much as I had expected. Very clear FotC influence though, with a little Spaced thrown in. Felt very Canadian to me, is it?

anybody seen that joint "testees" on fx thats basically conchords w/o the songs?? its dumb as fuck but i loled pretty hard when i caught 2 eps while drunk

I've seen it on the menu, but can't bring myself to sit down and enjoy a nice telecast of the testes show.

Full new episode:

Proops!

"When I saw you tonight I thought, here's two men who know exactly what women feel like."

Eazy, I don't know if you know this, but if you grew a beard, you'd look exactly like Mel's husband. You probably know that.

I'm working on a beard this week, so we may soon see if this is true. I have no memory of what Mel's husband looks like, even though I've seen this show.

He's in the screen cap for the youtube video you posted

Oh, yes, yes. I see. Yes.

Ok, so I'm Proops, Easy is Mel's husband... anyone else?

Aw shoot, cant watch that ep, "not available in your country" ^%^#$#%$# Australia.

You should be able to find it here.

Ta! And Kenan thanks for the email you sent too (once I worked out it was from you, lol)

still loling at this show

sometimes i wonder if it would be less funny if they didnt have accents but im not gonna waste too much time worrying about that

flows that glow like phosphorus
poppin off the top of this esophagus
rockin this metropolis
i'm not a large water-dwelling mammal
where did you get that preposterous hypothesis

idk if the accents are key but the naif act is pretty central it would be weird if they were from westchester or so clueless about america

watched the last episode with an australian girl mad lulz were had becuz we always give her a hard time about being from down under

"looks like you dropped new zealands mineral exports"

Really enjoyed this episode.

^^^ she was seriously loooooling at that line also the zing about sheilas becuz a) v tru 2 life and also b) we totally zing her about using stupid australia words like sheila

xpost

those dudes all looked how i imagine australian people to look too, like tom of finland drawings gone to seed

this week's episode was the best yet! australian girlfriend! and the songs were both great.

And guest director Michel Gondry! Yeah, this was the lolsiest of the second season so far.

"Well, 'met.' He raped her."

Defo best of this season. "What about your kids? They'll be an abberation!"
"That's pronounced 'aboriginal.'"

lol at brother mouzone in episode 2 as the nigerian businessman

"Gotta murder a brown snake"...HAHAHAHAHAAH

Also: Keitha. Best Australian girl's name ever.

I haven't seen the most recent episode but so far I think the first season was much funnier. :-(

Keitha episode ranks with the best of Season 1 imo.

Best episode (and songs) of the season so far.

too many dicks on the dance floor

gotta spread the dicks around

This episode was directed by Michel Gondry!

Both songs in this episode are among the best they've ever done.

ha I should really read what other people post sometimes before I do

Yeah, the songs were good. Do Australians and New Zealanders really hate each other that much?

It's right up there with the Omaha/Council Bluffs rivalry.

Hahah that was awesome! Is that in an ep or is that a promo?

I need to see this aus rivalry ep sharpish, it sounds excellent. (I was very disappointed with the first ep of s2)

new zealanders have an inferiority complex when it comes to australia; aussies, otoh, generally think it's pretty silly.

"did she sound australian?... what did it sound like?"

"kind of like an evil version of our accent"

I'm wondering if they will use 'Jenny' in a future episode since they have already used a couple of old songs in 'Angels' and 'Carol Brown'. I hope Steve turns up for a rap battle before the end of the series.

Jemaine's reaction to finding out he'd woken up in bed with an Australian was priceless.

New Zealand - Take your mum!

Also:

Britt (whispering): "Did you use protection?"

Jemaine: "Only on my penis."

Question pls, is Aus ep #5? Am getting them at the moment.

OK, I'm watching the Keitha episode now and I take it back - this is awesome.

get in here ya big mong

Top episode. I briefly dated an Aussie girl and this was quite reminiscient... (except she was actually really sweet and never robbed me. And I'm not from NZ. But she had the same combo of cuteness and uncouthness, and my friends hated her)

that sounds about right

The one Aussie girl I dated robbed me.

of my <3

oh barf

<3 is the emoticon for "balls", right?

how is babby formed

dave's killing it this season

feel free 2 clown me i think this is pretty good

as long as i'm not looking at something else, it plays like a decent version of contemporary leckman/B&S indie lounge pop (whatever you call that sound), but nothing spectacular.

and then every once in a while i DO look at the vid, and FUCKFUCKFUCK that shit.

I've been pretty unexcited about a lot of these this season, but the NAME twist at the end of the last one was a thing of beauty -- it might even beat the twist with the dead monkey in the first season.

Chloe O'Brien!

Finally caught up with all the eps this season - first couple were a bit limp but the last two kicked ass, I hope they keep it up.

missed opportunity for twist joke at end of last episode = Jemaine has UTI

Brian the president of New Zealand is pretty much the greatest character ever.

The two songs from the Gondry episode were straight up good songs.

'Pray to the temple of womb'

Contoversy alert!
http://www.nialler9.com/2009/02/26/flight-of-the-rubberbandits/
I don't buy this for a second btw

Controversy obv

never before have two songs had the same theme. like OMG

loved that song about epileptic dogs a couple episodes back

Such a stunningly original theme too

B R A H B R A H

"Jenny" could almost be an entire episode.

I'm chuffed that the PM is a recurring character.

not a great episode, but loved the peter sarstedt number

Both the songs were really good.

And that's how it ends.

Can we do a poll to find out who's pro or anti AIDS?

which one was the gondry ep?

The Aussie girlfriend one.