BretMckenzie-related stories
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 8:05PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Some more sad TV news that thankfully doesn't involve
Kirstie Alley:
Flight of the Conchords might not be returning to television.
Jermaine Clement, one of the show's stars, told the Reuters News Service that their hilarious show might not return to television for a third season because the amount of work that it requires.
This isn't his or anyone else's final decision on the matter. Clement and his costar Bret McKenzie will discuss the possibility of a third season with directors and producers and should come to a decision by the end of the month. So all of you fans with
Flight of the Conchords prayer alert hidden in your closet might want to a light an extra candle before you go to bed tonight.
Posted Oct 7th 2009 1:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Back in the day, before
Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie became America's favorite Kiwi musician-comedians, they did a six-episode radio series for BBC Radio 2. The audio has been floating around YouTube for a while, pleasing the fans desperate to get as much folkin' action as possible. To make things a little more legit and extra-fun (thanks to bonus materials), BBC Audio is about to re-release a bigger CD set of the
Flight of the Conchords radio show.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords revisit original radio show
Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:03PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Oh, my. This is just like Christmas! Christmas in July. It's been revealed that
Flight of the Conchords will have a new album coming out from Sub Pop Records, featuring music from the second season of their HBO series. It's called "I Told You I Was Freaky."
Despite the fact that season two didn't pack quite the bite that the first did, we're getting "Carol Brown" and "Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor)," and that's all that really matters.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords to release new album
Posted Jan 26th 2009 11:29AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S02E02) "We're back at square one ... Typical isn't it? We were at square two, but now we're back." – Murray, after bailing the boys out of jailFor me, the best thing about
Flight of the Conchords is the deadpan minimalist humor that stands in sharp contrast to the elaborate song sequences. (It should be noted that my favorite FotC song is "I Like to Rock the Party.") It's the comedy that's barely there that makes this show funny. Murray checking his notes to confirm that Bret should have a guitar. Bret offering nut loaf to potential "Janes." The "dad guitar." That's the good stuff.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords: New Cup
Posted Jan 9th 2009 2:33PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
My apologies to Flight of the Conchords. Being a heterosexual dude, I'm not too turned on by the Hasselhoff-eclipsing manliness Bret and Jemaine have apparently been hiding under all that hipster garb. I do applaud the duo for doing this photo shoot, though. They've shattered the idea that all city-dwelling indie dudes have to look like Conor Oberst. Now I can show off my TV on the Radio T-shirt
and my awesome biceps with pride.
Yes, these are the actual covers of the latest issue of
Time Out New York and not some obsessive fan girl's Photoshop fantasy (unless the
Time Out page designer is an obsessive FotC fan girl). I was already excited about the Conchords return to HBO, and now this has me counting the days until their show premieres on January 18. I do have one question, though: Why no topless Murray?
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords man up for Time Out
Posted Dec 29th 2008 10:01AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, Web, Ratings, Reality-Free
It looks like the
Flight of the Conchords premiere shown exclusively online at
FunnyOrDie.com and
HBO.com drew
250,000 views in the first 10 days. The article doesn't say whether or not that represents unique views or the same person viewing it 250,000 times (where was Kristen Schaal during the past 10 days?), but it likely was the former.
It says a lot about the power of online buzz, given that the last season premiere had only 100,000 views (before
Flight of the Conchords had mainstream popularity in the States). Fans like me have waited two years for the next season (which, I understand, was held up because the duo was busy writing new songs for the second season), and it was nice to be able to
watch the premiere online in advance of its initial television broadcast. Other networks should follow HBO's pattern to generate buzz for their programming.
I received a couple of their albums for the holidays (better late than never). My favorite song of theirs is "Bowie".
Posted Dec 17th 2008 5:01PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Early Looks, Reality-Free
You guys, you guys!
Flight of the Conchords is back. The show saw huge success when it premiered on HBO way back in 2007, and the soundtrack has been a must for all comedy fans that have their iPods surgically attached to their ears. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement have captured hearts with their awkward deliveries and showed the world that funny music can be original and catchy without sacrificing the jokes.
The second season will kick off in January, but the first episode is already available on FunnyOrDie.com. You can also click after the jump to watch the full episode (US only) and read some words that I thought up about it. Catch the episode before it goes offline in a few days! Naturally, spoilers ahead, as well.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords season two - An early look - VIDEO
Posted Dec 1st 2008 7:50PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free
If you are anything like me, then you have been dying to see the second season of
Flight of the Conchords since the last credits rolled. I was starting to doubt my ability to make it until January, when Bret and Jemaine officially return to HBO, so thank goodness for the lovely folks at
FunnyOrDie.com.
The website will be premiering
FotC's first episode on Wednesday, December 17th at 12:00 p.m. EST, just in time to keep me from doing something terribly illegal and breaking and entering some place to hunt down the new episodes myself. Make sure you start watching the episode as soon as you can, because it will be up for only four days. That means if you budget your time like a hardcore fan should, forty-eight viewings can be squeezed out of that time frame. I know, I know: "Forty-eight viewings
only?"
To ease the pain and hold you over those two and a half weeks, click after the jump and check out some of the promos that have been airing on HBO.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords online premiere: An early Christmas miracle - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 31st 2008 9:03AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Bad news,
Flight of the Conchords fans. It looks like the upcoming season of their HBO show
will be the end. The boys, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, have confirmed that they've been having trouble making the second season, struggling with making new music and sitting around with a lot of half-songs, "an album's worth of beginnings of songs." Sure, sure, they deserve to take it easy, especially after bringing us twelve episodes of goodness, but can fans really help but feel brokenhearted? Commence full body-shaking sobbing.
Continue reading Flight of the Conchords to end after second season
Posted Jul 4th 2008 12:45PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
If there were a way to completely stop people on the Internet from saying, "Why do you keep watching this?
Saturday Night Live hasn't been good since the days of Gildaphil Belushikroyd Normfeyrrell!", I would punch that button (or that person). Thinking a little more optimistically, there can always be better days ahead, for
SNL is forever renewable, with an ever changing cast and crew. The thing that gets the fastest turn-over is the host, who has the opportunity to bring something new and exciting from week to week.
Now that the so-so 33rd season is over, I like to pretend everyone at
SNL has kicked aside all the beach time and BBQ invites to plan something exciting for their return. Picking good hosts is an important part of having a successful season, so I've compiled my own list of nine people that must host, just in case
SNL decides to re-work the entire show based on blog responses. I'm just covering all my bases, all right?
Continue reading Nine people who must host SNL next season
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