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Rebecca
Post subject: Flight of the Conchords
Posted: Wed 26 Nov , 2008 4:10 pm
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Has anyone seen this show? It's on HBO and the first season was on about a year ago. I think it's quite likely my favorite tv show. I was also lucky enough to see them perform when they came to DC over the summer and they put on a great show.

Here's the description of the show from their website:
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Flight of the Conchords follows the trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band from New Zealand as they try to make a name for themselves in their adopted home of New York City. The band is made up of Bret McKenzie on guitar and vocals, and Jemaine Clement on guitar and vocals.

Bret and Jemaine have moved to New York in the hope of forging a successful music career. So far they've managed to find a manager (whose "other" job is at the New Zealand Consulate), one fan (a married obsessive) and one friend (who owns the local pawn shop) -- but not much else.
They break out into song fairly frequently and their lyrics are usually quite hilarious. This is one of my favorites:



The season 1 dvd is out already and season 2 is supposed to start in January. Check out the promo for the next season:

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Posted: Wed 26 Nov , 2008 10:13 pm
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Yay for FIGWIT!

I love the Man song...

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Posted: Wed 26 Nov , 2008 11:38 pm
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I tried watching their show. My friend played their cd. I am still waiting for a laugh. They remind me of They Might Be Giants, which may be why I don't find them funny.

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Posted: Wed 26 Nov , 2008 11:41 pm
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Some of their episodes weren't hilarious, I'll admit. I really like the one with the song that I posted- it's always the one I show people who haven't seen the show.

(it's episode 3, btw)

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Posted: Thu 27 Nov , 2008 7:12 am
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I've seen quite a bit of the first season and that video you posted is probably my favorite episode. :LMAO: Love it.


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Posted: Wed 10 Dec , 2008 2:00 am
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We're looking forward to it, if we still have HBO then. :confused: :cheers:

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Posted: Mon 22 Dec , 2008 5:35 pm
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You can watch the first episode online! Oh squee!

http://www.hbo.com/conchords/" target="_blank

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Probably my favorite song is:

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I watched the first episode the other day. HBO posted the whole thing on YouTube. :)

My favorite song is: (It happens near the beginning so it isn't really spoilerish. Much. :P

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Posted: Sun 15 Feb , 2009 5:13 pm
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Thanks to you guys I just listened to "You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute."

New. Favourite. Song. :LMAO:

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OMG I just really started to get into this show and this was on last night. :rofl:



BTW I never knew there was such a problem with Aussies and New Zealanders.

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Posted: Fri 11 Dec , 2009 5:14 pm
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Finally some news about the future of this show:
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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.
http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/news/

Not that it's a huge surprise to me. The 2nd season's songs weren't usually as good as the 1st seaon's. I suppose it's better they end before it ended up terrible, but I will miss it as I quite like this show. :)

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Posted: Fri 11 Dec , 2009 6:20 pm
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Oh, that's a bummer. Yes, I really liked it, too. I'm going to have to rent the 2nd season. (Or maybe I already watched the 2nd season, and I need the 1st?) Anyway, we don't have cable, so I've watched it on DVD from the video store. Hilarious show!

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Posted: Tue 12 Jan , 2010 11:18 pm
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It's for the best - I hate watching a good show jump the shark. :)

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Posted: Wed 13 Jan , 2010 4:16 am
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I think I can figure it out from the context, but "jump the shark"? :)

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Posted: Wed 13 Jan , 2010 2:24 pm
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:LMAO: :LMAO:

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Posted: Sun 02 May , 2010 3:47 am
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Thought this deserved a bump. I believe season 3 is starting this month.

I loved season 1 but thought that season 2 was often very weak. I really like characters and whatnot though so I'll keep watching through season 3 and hope they can reproduce some of the magic from season 1.


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Posted: Mon 03 May , 2010 1:00 am
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Where have you heard they're doing a 3rd season? Everywhere I've seen says they decided to stop after 2 seasons, including on their website: http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/2009/ ... mber-10th/ . I posted about it awhile ago.

Admittedly I haven't followed it much after they made that announcement back in December, but if you have any new news I'd like to hear it. :)

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Same here!

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