flight of the conchords

oh yeah. nevertheless.

He's quite funny without the others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NQJTy8m_M

Rhys Darby's stand-up is a bit weird. He's a funny noises comedian, with a slightly frat-boyish persona.

omg the arj barker 'going to sleep' bit, killing me here.

"I'm trying to relive every mistake I made IN A COLD SWEAT!!!"

Arj is so awesome <3

Re-watching this on dvd, I have been reminded of two things:

1. Todd Barry is very small.
2. Eugene Mirman, on the other hand, is quite large.

Rhys Darby's stand-up is a bit weird. He's a funny noises comedian, with a slightly frat-boyish persona.

Yeah, but still a kind of endearing dork.

Arj Barker is a kind of angry stoner stand-up.

Kristen Schaal's stand-up persona of a demented slut was a little disturbing, which is what I gather she was aiming at.

En Español

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcYjSBr3nM

Been watching this on DVD. Kind of underwhelmed, although I did like "Carol Brown," Brian the Prime Minister and Patton Oswalt as Elton John imitator. Need to click on that Elvis Telecom link.

imo the second series, while enjoyable in parts, was pretty pathetic compared to the first, which i loved

Yeah I preferred s1 to s2 overall, esp how insane Mel gets towards the end (poor Doug).

Fin:

Bret, Jemaine and James (co-creator/director) said “we’ve noticed the less we say about the future of the show, the more people want to talk about it, so in an effort to reverse this trend we are today announcing that we won’t be returning for a 3rd season. We’re very proud of the two seasons we made and we like the way the show ended. We’d like to thank everyone who helped make the show and also everyone who watched it. While the characters Bret and Jemaine will no longer be around, the real Bret and Jemaine will continue to exist."

Good. I don't think I could stomach another drop in quality like the one from the first to the second.

i liked some of the writing in the second series, but the songs were almost entirely crap

yeah I wasnt as fond of the second batch. And the ending was neatly tied up so any more would be superflous.

Eagle vs Shark is a pretty horrible film. Nothing sweet or charming about barely-functional, self-obsessed morons.

I realise the irony of writing that as a FoTC fan, but somehow the show pulls it off.

thought it was ok. there's plenty sweet and charming about the lead female role, lead male is a bit of a stretch in terms of 'looking for sympathy'. good performances from both though.

I found it to be a really queasy mix of misanthropic and sentimental, which is not to say there weren't one or two chuckles.

But you're right, I objected to him way more than here. His character was just a straight-up dickhead.

'way more than her'

xxp ^ lyfe, mayne, lyfe

Jarrod has a little girl who is nine that he sees only occasionally from a previous random sexual encounter at a party

<3 u wikipedia never change

hell, ilx board description xps

From Conchords to Muppets

Do hip-hop parodies ever age well? (Watched "Hiphoppopottamus" video last week, and, alas, it did not. Kind of like the Revenge of the Nerds breakdance.)

the Gondry episode is still very very good, "Carol Brown" still gives me chills. but so does "Doggy Bounce"

anyone seen the Jemaine Clement vampire film?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8

Yes, it's a pleasing enough collection of sketches.

strangely is the cover story of current Film Comment

shooting a special this year!

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8093114/flight-of-the-conchords-to-return-for-a-hour-long-special-in-2018

hopefully they play a couple of the new songs i saw them play at summerstage, which were funny but could use some editing for length

new live show now up on Spotify, plenty of laughs and the odd very nice bit amongst some schtick that's slightly worn out at this stage

Oh good ! I hadn't thought about them in a while.
Started listening to that and they still have it !
So far the highlight is "Summer of 1353".

Saw them do the new show at the o2 last summer, it's good.

yeah i was in dublin

they missed quite a few threads and noted so it didnt hang together at the end (i think it was their first night) but still a very fun night

Aw it’s an hbo show... but it’s not available on hbo !

?? It’s a BBC show... but it’s not available on BBC!

Ahah The videos Of that I saw were hbo though

spotify

Their first show was on the BBC, but it didn't stop them taking the premise and some of the songs and scripts to HBO. HBO broadcast this last October and had it available to stream for months, but presumably they either own the entire thing or retained the audio rights, such that they can release it for sale or audio streaming now.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0105/4542/products/flightofconchords-livelondon-1_1200x.jpg

I just looked and it's back on HBO in fifteen days. So, out of seven months, there's, what, one (1) month's holdback where it came off HBO so they can try and sell it in a different format for a fortnight.

rewatching the original hbo series. 13 years old!

it's still good.

the BBC series was the original btw

a radio series, right?

yep. it's great!

i'll check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6D23FC130AA6672B

also available legally here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dn88m/episodes/player

(no geoblocking on BBC radio content)

was previously available on the Widow Howl App / Stitcher Preems in the US, but appears to have expired

that's so strange, I was just thinking about revisiting this myself today