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.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Can I create a board called "Do You Like Anything????"
― dean ge, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
An elf, actually! He has the nostrils for it.
― nabisco, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
More than you needed to know.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― calstars, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ever since I heard their song for the ladies, I have wanted a t-shirt that says "redheads not warheads".
― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 6 July 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Important question: is it non-weird in NZ that his name is Jemaine, with the R omitted?
― nabisco, Friday, 6 July 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i've gotta try to torrent this, it sounds like. will report back.
― jergïns, Friday, 6 July 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
saw the pilot and was all eh, but I've warmed to it considerably. John from Cinci, too
― will, Friday, 6 July 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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!
― Rubyred, Saturday, 7 July 2007 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Is he nice?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 July 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Rubyred, Saturday, 7 July 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I love them. The pet shop boys thing was amazing. Also, I'm a little bit in love with Bret.
― ENBB, Saturday, 7 July 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
HOW TERRIBLE OF YOU
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
ned do you like this show?
brett: "yeah that's just how new zelanders talk"
that would be correct.
― Rubyred, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Only seen some of the clips. I agree with others that "Inner City Pressure" is the high point.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:40 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry i spelled new zealand wrong twice there... um uh
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 04:10 (sixteen years ago) link
on behalf of all new zealanders: we forgive you ;)
― Rubyred, Saturday, 7 July 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
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?"
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 04:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― rrrobyn, Saturday, 7 July 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
"Inner City Pressure" is my new theme song.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 July 2007 07:38 (sixteen years ago) link
You want to sit down But you sold your chair So you just... You just stand there.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 July 2007 07:41 (sixteen years ago) link
No one cares No one sympathizes You just stay home And Play synthesizers
― kenan, Saturday, 7 July 2007 07:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Also:
She's so hot she's making me sexist. Bitch.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 July 2007 08:10 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 July 2007 09:45 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 7 July 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― jergïns, Sunday, 8 July 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
also i love the week-in-the-life format. "What, all that happened on Tuesday??"
and thankx guys for the Daft Punk reference
― jergïns, Sunday, 8 July 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
it's pretty good except for the songs
― am0n, Sunday, 8 July 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Abbott, Sunday, 8 July 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
HBO's streaming the entire episode this week.
― Eazy, Monday, 9 July 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
wow is this ever hit and miss. but it hits enough
― jergïns, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
TENACIOUS TWEE
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
3rd time's the charm!
― David R., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
DAVID BOWIE
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link
TENACIOUS DUNDEE
SHOW REFERENCE
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 04:23 (sixteen years ago) link
murray will make me cry at some point
― jergïns, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0
the apple toss kills me every time
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i missed Coco this episode
― jergïns, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
murray will totally make me cry he is the most sad of them all
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
"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.
― Trayce, Friday, 27 July 2007 11:38 (sixteen years ago) link
the best part is their one fan - she slays me
― jhøshea, Friday, 27 July 2007 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link