flight of the conchords

"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