He's quite funny without the others.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NQJTy8m_M
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Rhys Darby's stand-up is a bit weird. He's a funny noises comedian, with a slightly frat-boyish persona.
― chap, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
omg the arj barker 'going to sleep' bit, killing me here.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"I'm trying to relive every mistake I made IN A COLD SWEAT!!!"
Arj is so awesome <3
― Spy in the Cab Sav (Trayce), Thursday, 27 August 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― repeating cycles of smoking and cruelty (Michael White), Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
En Español
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcYjSBr3nM
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 September 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Alan Lo (max) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
imo the second series, while enjoyable in parts, was pretty pathetic compared to the first, which i loved
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I preferred s1 to s2 overall, esp how insane Mel gets towards the end (poor Doug).
― i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Sunday, 1 November 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
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."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 December 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Good. I don't think I could stomach another drop in quality like the one from the first to the second.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked some of the writing in the second series, but the songs were almost entirely crap
― matt preston school of industry (electricsound), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I wasnt as fond of the second batch. And the ending was neatly tied up so any more would be superflous.
― millivanillimillenary (Trayce), Friday, 11 December 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Eagle vs Shark is a pretty horrible film. Nothing sweet or charming about barely-functional, self-obsessed morons.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I realise the irony of writing that as a FoTC fan, but somehow the show pulls it off.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― k¸ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
But you're right, I objected to him way more than here. His character was just a straight-up dickhead.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
'way more than her'
xxp ^ lyfe, mayne, lyfe
― k¸ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― ledge, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
hell, ilx board description xps
― k¸ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
From Conchords to Muppets
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 November 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
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.)
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Thursday, 17 November 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
the Gondry episode is still very very good, "Carol Brown" still gives me chills. but so does "Doggy Bounce"
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
anyone seen the Jemaine Clement vampire film?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Yes, it's a pleasing enough collection of sketches.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 26 February 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
strangely is the cover story of current Film Comment
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 February 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
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
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 January 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
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
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 March 2019 23:41 (five years ago) link
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".
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 15 March 2019 08:35 (five years ago) link
Saw them do the new show at the o2 last summer, it's good.
― chap, Friday, 15 March 2019 09:38 (five years ago) link
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
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Friday, 15 March 2019 09:45 (five years ago) link
Aw it’s an hbo show... but it’s not available on hbo !
― AlXTC from Paris, Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
?? It’s a BBC show... but it’s not available on BBC!
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Ahah The videos Of that I saw were hbo though
― AlXTC from Paris, Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
spotify
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
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
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
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.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
rewatching the original hbo series. 13 years old!
― treeship., Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
it's still good.
the BBC series was the original btw
― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
a radio series, right?
― treeship., Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
yep. it's great!
― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
i'll check it out!
― treeship., Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6D23FC130AA6672B
― calstars, Sunday, 8 November 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
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
― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Sunday, 8 November 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
that's so strange, I was just thinking about revisiting this myself today
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
I think about the Fleetwood Mac "love square" scene all the fucking time
― frogbs, Sunday, 8 November 2020 04:10 (three years ago) link