yeah i watched that a while back - v funny and yaaay
murray sings on this week's episode! and there is racism! and fruit!
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
novelty music scene magazine
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
teardrops turn into jellybeans
― jergïns, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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."
― chaki, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I liked Mel better when she was hot for both of 'em, at some point she lost interest in Jemaine entirely.
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i think you're over analyzing mel a bit there.
― chaki, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you guys seen the doco on their SXSW shows? They have some frightening real-life fans, these guys. Scary american women.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, it's great! (also, chaki linked to it yesterday, just upthread there)
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh right, I didnt realise thats what that URL was, I saw it on YT :)
― Trayce, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i've had "leggy blonde" stuck in my head since sunday night.
i had a budgie, but it died. i like pie!
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
business time and love games from the mighty boosh would work well on a mixtape i would try to give to a girl.
― chaki, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1438/979382267_242c2a74b8.jpg?v=0
― jergïns, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man this show
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Trayce, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i think its safe to say these guys are totally blowin the fuck up. hbo better renew.
― chaki, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder why Tripod never hit this market in the same way?
― Trayce, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
no LotR connection or HBO deal
― chaki, Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:59 (sixteen years ago) link
NEW ZEALAND ... ROCKS!
― David R., Thursday, 2 August 2007 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
bret's devotion to the 1983 casio dg-20 (which my father has!) is quite inspirational.
― chaki, Saturday, 4 August 2007 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
best moment in any of their songs!
― cutty, Saturday, 4 August 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Saturday, 4 August 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG WHEN KENAN INITIATES
― cutty, Saturday, 4 August 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
you have no idea, friend
― kenan, Saturday, 4 August 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a snake
― kenan, Saturday, 4 August 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"With phones, you make the call!"
― schwantz, Saturday, 4 August 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
They are the funniest Frenchmen ever
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU
oh yeah totally the french pop song part is amazing this was a great episode
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Just because we've playing tonsil hockey Doesn't mean you get to score the goal that's in my jockeys
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, totally bizarre. I want more surreal television, plz.
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― n/a, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― nabisco, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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".
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
nabisco, you are wrong, guy.
― chaki, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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."
― nabisco, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― chaki, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Apparently I am receiving a different broadcast :(
― nabisco, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i saw bret at a pho place by my house /hstencil
― jeff, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
!
btw i just watched some of mel's videoblog on youtube - funneee
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
There is one where she puts glasses on her dog Jemaine, and it's mindblowingly cute. I mean, a dog, wearing glasses.
― nabisco, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Cuter than this, even:
http://thomascreek.com/dblog/dog_glasses.jpg
― nabisco, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
xxpost or a "vlog," as they might say in russia
― kenan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
kristen schaal is pretty funny live in stand-up too!
― czn, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link