Flight of the Conchords

I'll make this my first new post test. Many of you may know this New Zealand musical comedy duo from their Aus Tv/Melb Comedy Festival stuff from a few years back or the live stuff posted on YouTube. Funny guys and very good musicians. Anyway found out the other day they got their own show on HBO (not a bad start!).

Show follows their adventures as they try to further their career in their newly adopted home town of New York. Also  stars Arj Barker. Quite Mighty Boosh-esque, but the songs are much better. Really good on the most part. Check it out, tell em al sent you. kisses.

http://www.isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=flight+of+the+conchords

quality show, glad it got picked up for another season. the more i watch it the more i love it, it makes me laugh out loud heaps!

here are a couple of my favourite bits from the show...

Business Time

The Mother Flippin Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Ooh stuff to watch on youtube, thanks guys

I love this one SO SO MUCH! The Bowie Song

they did a version of that on the show as well : here

 

first 3 eps on the dload atm...

oh i LOVE albi the racist dragon  HAHAHAHAHAHA!

nice find! never realised they were soooooooo funny! i love at youtube, lots of people dont get the humour. losers!

Double post but...I tihnk I like their live performances more1 The shows are funny as too, and the dancing in the Hiphophoppotamus is classic. But...I dunno, I like their subdued quirkiness when live

you get a lot of that during the rest of the show, they usually do 1-2 songs a show but the rest is just them in a sitcom/mockumentary about them being in the states trying to get gigs

Started watching this last nite, pissed myself laughing in parts which can be rare  A great level of subtle humour too.

Well you'll be happy then cos it's on over here too, not sure where it's up to tho, think it may be the first season.

This show is hilarious! Just watched the first one, plenty more on the way.

[video: www.youtube.com]



looks like season two might be a maybe... may not surface til next year...

On August 17, 2007, HBO announced a second season for Flight of the Conchords, originally set to premiere in 2008[6], but may be postponed to 2009 due to the writers' strike.[7] Prior to the announcement, Jemaine Clement stated in an interview with the The New Zealand Herald, "they [HBO] are interested in doing another series but we have to think about it. It's not a definite offer but they have talked about us starting writing but we've got other things we want to do as well".[8] Bret McKenzie has stated in several interviews that the band has used up "98 percent" of their old songs in the first series. In an interview with The Star Ledger, he said "We'd need some time to develop new material. It's like the second album syndrome. It might take a lot longer".[9] Shortly after the renewal announcement, Clement stated in an interview that the second season would likely consist of fewer than twelve episodes "so they could concentrate on 'quality not quantity'". McKenzie and Clement plan to write for the second season in Wellington, New Zealand, before they return to New York City in 2008 for filming.[10]


btw - looks like channel ten picked it up in australia, keep an eye out for it if you havent already checked it...

the whole series is awesome. big thanks to josh for putting me onto it.

the best show i've seen for a long time.

the final verse of this song had me in stitches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCub8r1T5Rs&NR=1

"Well who exactly are we dealing with?"

"I'm the mother flippin ah Rhymenocerous"



The look he has on his face when he says that gets me every time, great show!

Oh, I saw these guys perform at last years Melbourne comedy gala. Bloody awesome they were! Did that rhymonocerous rap thingo.

"They call me tha, Hiphopappotamus, my lyrics are bottomless...
....
........
..............
........................"

Gold! I love this show too. Big up Josh for getting me onto it.

As everyone around me knows, I'm obsessed by this show.

In fact, one weekend I watched so much of it that when I was on the brekky I found it impossible not to talk in a New Zealand accent.

The racist episode is still my favourite.
"Hey New Zealanders! What are you guys doing? You bungee jumping up there?"

Funniest show going round at the moment by a mile.

Bawahahah that was with me!

"Oh so your not australian!"

i have all of season 1 but am yet to watch it. seen some clips on youtube but i have never been into the musical comedy side of things. will give it a go soon though.

"we've been getting complaints that our fruit taste's like new zealander's"

Couple of my favourite Conchord songs:

[video: www.youtube.com]

[video: www.youtube.com]

Best comedy going round at the moment. Untouchable!

Tha Mutha Flippin 

If you get a chance, check out 30 Rock or Arrested Development.

Big fan of both but they just don't come close to Flight of the Conchords imo.

I’m the mother flippin’ Rhymenocerous
My beats are fly and the birds are on my back
And I’m horny
I’m horny
If you choose to proceed you will indeed concede
Cos I hit you with my flow
The Wild Rhino Stampede.

I’m not just wild, I’m trained,
Domesticated
I was raised by a rapper and rhino that dated
And subsequently procreated
That’s how it goes
Here’s the Hiphopopotamus
The hip hop hippo

They call me the Hiphopopotamus
My lyrics are bottomless

They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin’ off the top of this esophagus
Rockin’ this metropolis
I’m not a large water-dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve.

My rhymes and records they don’t get played
Because my records and rhymes they don’t get made
And if you rap like me you don’t get paid
And if you roll like me you don’t get laid.

My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment
I made all of the ladies in the area pregnant
Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist
But you lovely bitches and hoes should know I’m trying to correct this.

Other rappers dis me
Say my rhymes are sissy.

Why? Why? Why?
What?
Why exactly?
What? Why?
Be more constructive with your feedback, please. Why?
Why?

Why, because I rap about reality?
Like me and my grandma drinking a cup of tea?
There ain’t no party like my nanna’s tea party.
Hey! Ho!

I’m the motherflippin’
I’m the motherflippin’
I’m the motherflippin’

Who’s the motherflippin?

I’m the motherflippin’
I’m the motherflippin’
I’m the motherflippin’
Motherflippin’

fair call... they are all funny in different ways, just wanted to make sure you werent missing out!

I still reckon when he goes into the bakery and orders a Croissant (sp?) and then busts Foux de Fa Fa is one of the funniest moments in the history of TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU

 

Best comedy on TV atm

gotta agree, remember Josh showing me this clip. Some of the funniest shit round right now

Was watching some more of this last night.

So damn funny.

Double post, but I was reading an article about Flickr and they linked this...

image not archived: 2405311154_f6b82a3851_o.jpg

It's from the new series, apparently!

Flight of the Conchords soar on US chart

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23626920-7484,00.html

A PAIR of New Zealand comedians who play struggling musicians on a cult hit television show officially graduated to stardom today when their debut album opened at No.3 on the US pop chart.

The self-titled album from Flight of the Conchords, who have their own show on cable channel HBO, sold 52,000 copies in the week ended April 27, according to tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan.

In the process, they outsold pop idol Ashlee Simpson, whose new album opened at No.4 with 47,000 copies. Bittersweet World marks her first release that did not go to No.1.

Mariah Carey outpaced everyone with sales of 182,000 copies for her reigning chart-topper E=MC2.

Flight of the Conchords consists of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, whose quirky comedy series has won a devoted following. The show is set in New York, where their bumbling bid for stardom is met with apathy by club owners and the public. Along the way, they recount their experiences in witty folk ditties. HBO has renewed the show for a second season.

Earlier this year, Flight of the Conchords won the comedy Grammy for their EP The Distant Future, which reached No.116 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Both albums were released by Seattle-based Sub Pop Records, which is perhaps best known for its success with grunge-rock trio Nirvana. The label is owned by Warner Music Group Corp.

The new album's chart performance easily sets a new record for a New Zealand act, surpassing the No.12 peak for pop-rock trio Crowded House's self-titled 1986 debut.

Have to agree with this. I have never laughed so hard in all my life as when I first saw this scene. Absolutely fucking hilarious!

edit: i just laughed so hard i cried from watching the clip again, and i seen it a few times already

has anyone tracked down their bbc radio podcasts?? gosh they'd be funny!!!

I have heard them on the radio here once or twice and it is just a spoken version of the show kinda... didn't realise they were podcasts.

yeah i think u can buy them?

anyways, thanks for the youtube links! funny!

That is so awesome. Congrats to the Conchords.

Is this album the soundtrack from the show or something different?

Been having a bit of a chuckle reading some of the news on their website.

funny!!

[video: www.youtube.com]

"We'll never make it. There are 1000's of them but only 9 of us. We made it."

hahaha i didnt notice that teh first time

Bret, You've got it going on.. Classic tune!

If one of us was a lady, and I was your man, if I was your man.
Well, sometimes it gets lonely, and I need a woman.
And then I imagine you with some bosoms.
In fact, one time when we were touring and I was really lonely.
And we were sharing that twin room in the hotel.
I put a wig on you, when you were sleeping, I put a wig on you.
Oh, ohhh, oooooh, oh, and I just laid there and spooned you.

finally watched the first ep. fucking near pissed myself. will be churning through this show rather quick i reckon.

Heard that their album hit the #3 spot in the US Music Charts this week.

That's even higher than Crowded House!

Im interested in watching this after reading this thread

Is it only able to be watched if ya download it?

It's available on DVD at places...

Thanks buddy

I might get myself a copy if its as good as you guys reckon it is

u can watch a fair few songs etc at youtube too

just watched the bowie ep. absolute corker. rewound the song around 5 times 

watched that one last night. So fkn funny

OMG Can someplease send the series to me as a care package?? I will be sooooo happy!!

Josh?

I seriously cannot remember laughing loudly so often at a TV show.

yeah same here. anyone know if or when season 2 is out?

I'm burning a copy for Ritters and I can make another for you if you'd like.

not out, will be a while away i believe.

YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

this is actually starting on channel 10 this sunday at 10:10pm i read today.

get onto it guys if you haven't already.

what a stupid time slot

i watched it. again. still funny.

running through this again

Did you know that Bret was in Lord of the Rings?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figwit

 

you mean brit?

Oh wow just noticed I started this thread. Props to me for being so ahead of the game. I obviously hate the show now that it's so popular coz i need to feel like my interests are underground...s'how i've ended up wasting so much time with dnb :-) . Bigup teh Conchors. Fuckin wicked show.

Some more Conchord genius to think about as you go about your evening.......

"They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers
But what's the real cost, 'cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper
Why are we still paying so much for sneakers when you got little kid slaves making them
What are your overheads?"

Or the fact that until this year, the highest charting New Zealand album ever in the USA was one from Crowded House who reached no5 in the 1980's. Flight of the Concords debut album entered US charts at no 3 earlier this year. 

saw eagle vs shark the toher day

apart from beating up a cripple with nunchucks, this movie offers me nothing

definitely deserved their grammy, that's for sure.