I was not expecting to like this show as much as I did. Jemaine got on my nerves as the Outback spokesman, but he sang my favorite song last night ("Prettiest Girl"). It's just the weirdest little show. The Conchords "fanbase" reminds me of the craziest TWoP fangirls.
Their myspace has videos from the Pilot, which is nice since that means I can hear "Prettiest Girl" and actually catch the jokes instead of giggling through and missing them.
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After hearing the duo share a few songs on NPR's Fresh Air, I will definitely be checking out their show.
They play the "Prettiest Girl" song -- but also a Marvin Gaye type "what's goin on" song about the world's troubles:
A man's lying on the street
Some punk has chopped off his head
I'm the only one who stops
To see if he's dead
(Is he dead?
Ooo it turns out he's dead)
They play the "Prettiest Girl" song -- but also a Marvin Gaye type "what's goin on" song about the world's troubles:
A man's lying on the street
Some punk has chopped off his head
I'm the only one who stops
To see if he's dead
(Is he dead?
Ooo it turns out he's dead)
TiVOed...not watched yet. I've got people in one ear saying that it's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is...and people in the other saying that it's actually sending up concepts that aren't as clever as they think they are.
I hope it's the latter because no scene needs a good knee to the groin like the twee pop scene.
I hope it's the latter because no scene needs a good knee to the groin like the twee pop scene.
Their NPR interview voices an admiration for Daryl Hall's vocal stylings -- and indeed I think you can pick up some of that in the "what's wrong with the world" song.
Just another thing to toss in the plus column for ya.
Just another thing to toss in the plus column for ya.
I love FoC and am so geeked about this show. (My favorite song is HipHopapotamus, in case you feel the itch to download.)
I love Jemaine, because he is unafraid of being completely obnoxious. (I gotta catch Eagle Vs. Shark, which everyone says is hilarious.)
I love Jemaine, because he is unafraid of being completely obnoxious. (I gotta catch Eagle Vs. Shark, which everyone says is hilarious.)
Well, thanks to Gladly's link to the MySpace page, I just watched the pilot.
I'm not sure what to think. It was sort of like a reeeeeealy long SNL sketch that doesn't quite make you laugh and in fact makes you cringe a bit, but you can't stop watching just in case it gets funny later.
Which it did.
Strange little show. Too bad I don't have HBO, 'cause I'd probably tune in.
I'm not sure what to think. It was sort of like a reeeeeealy long SNL sketch that doesn't quite make you laugh and in fact makes you cringe a bit, but you can't stop watching just in case it gets funny later.
Which it did.
Strange little show. Too bad I don't have HBO, 'cause I'd probably tune in.
I thought the comedy was iffy...though the stuff that worked was killer. The scenes with the guys and their hapless agent/promoter can't help but recall Extras. The guys themselves kinda have a subtle, wild-eyed edginess like the Stella troupe or Kids In The Hall.
But the songs? The songs are solid freaking gold. I'll be watching.
But the songs? The songs are solid freaking gold. I'll be watching.
QUOTE (skittlebrau+Jun 18 2007, 05:15 PM)
My favorite song is HipHopapotamus, in case you feel the itch to download.
I went and started listening to a bunch of their songs on Youtube, and I love "Hiphopapotamus." The title of the TWoP thread also made me go and listen to "It's Business Time." Their fanbase, Mel, is starting to seem like a reasonable person.
OMG, "It's Business Time" is another gem. I think I repeated "That's why they call them BUSINESS SOCKS!" about a thousand times when I first saw them on Conan or whatever. (Why yes, I am fairly obnoxious in real life, how'd you guess?)
Thread bump! I'm starting to think the show would be funnier if the songs were shorter. It's not like the songs are as funny as the stuff they were doing as just a comedy act, because they're trying to make them fit in to the show. It's worth a laugh at first when you see who they're parodying, but that "BOOM! BOOM!" Shaggy-esque song just went on FOREVER.
QUOTE (Gladly+Jun 21 2007, 10:12 PM)
QUOTE (skittlebrau+Jun 18 2007, 05:15 PM)
My favorite song is HipHopapotamus, in case you feel the itch to download.
I went and started listening to a bunch of their songs on Youtube, and I love "Hiphopapotamus."
QUOTE ("Hiphopapotamus"+)
Bret:
They call me the rhymenocerous
Not because I'm fat
Not because I've got birds on my back
Because I'm horny, I'm horny
When I'm on the mic
I'm like global warming
You can't ignore me
In the bedroom I'm the gentleman
All the ladies come before me
Check your yellow pages I'm a registered rhymenaecologist
Now I'm passing over the mic to the hiphop-potamus
Jemaine:
They call me the hiphop-potamus
My lyrics are bottomless
Bret (spoken)Is that it?
Jemaine(spoken)Yeah
Bret:
Sometimes my rhymes are obscene
Described as smutty, pornographic scene that's r18
They're so filthy, I feel guilty
I have to rinse my mouth out with Listerine
Like when I rap about those bitches smothered in margarine
Hahahaha
(gun sound affects)
(spoken)Sorry about that, that was a bit violent
Sorry about that one, you have a go
jemaine:
They call me the hiphop-potamus
cause I got flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin off the top of this esophagus
Not because I'm a water dwelling mammal from Africa
Called a hippopotamus I'm not a hippopotamus, I'm a hiphop-potamus
Where did you get the preposterous hypothesis that I was a hippopotamus?
Did Steve tell you?
What's he got to do with it?
Bloody Steve!!
both guys:
Other rappers diss me
Say my rhymes are sissy
What, what, what, why, why, why?
jemaine:
Be more constructive with your feedback
Bret:
Because I rap about reality
both guys:
Like me and my grandma having a cup of tea?
Ain't no party like my nana's tea party
Hey-ho
bret:
Freestyle, hiphop-potamus you do some freestyling
jemaine:
I'm freestylin just on the microphone
On the bbc, on the bbc
I'm just freestylin on the bbc
Um British broadcasting company
i'm just basically making this shit up as I go along
Basically just free
Just basically from the top of my dome
Sometimes it's not so good
My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment
I made all the lady listeners pregnant
Yeah that's right, sometimes my lyrics are sexist
But you lovely bitches know, should know
I'm trying to correct this
They call me the rhymenocerous
Not because I'm fat
Not because I've got birds on my back
Because I'm horny, I'm horny
When I'm on the mic
I'm like global warming
You can't ignore me
In the bedroom I'm the gentleman
All the ladies come before me
Check your yellow pages I'm a registered rhymenaecologist
Now I'm passing over the mic to the hiphop-potamus
Jemaine:
They call me the hiphop-potamus
My lyrics are bottomless
Bret (spoken)Is that it?
Jemaine(spoken)Yeah
Bret:
Sometimes my rhymes are obscene
Described as smutty, pornographic scene that's r18
They're so filthy, I feel guilty
I have to rinse my mouth out with Listerine
Like when I rap about those bitches smothered in margarine
Hahahaha
(gun sound affects)
(spoken)Sorry about that, that was a bit violent
Sorry about that one, you have a go
jemaine:
They call me the hiphop-potamus
cause I got flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin off the top of this esophagus
Not because I'm a water dwelling mammal from Africa
Called a hippopotamus I'm not a hippopotamus, I'm a hiphop-potamus
Where did you get the preposterous hypothesis that I was a hippopotamus?
Did Steve tell you?
What's he got to do with it?
Bloody Steve!!
both guys:
Other rappers diss me
Say my rhymes are sissy
What, what, what, why, why, why?
jemaine:
Be more constructive with your feedback
Bret:
Because I rap about reality
both guys:
Like me and my grandma having a cup of tea?
Ain't no party like my nana's tea party
Hey-ho
bret:
Freestyle, hiphop-potamus you do some freestyling
jemaine:
I'm freestylin just on the microphone
On the bbc, on the bbc
I'm just freestylin on the bbc
Um British broadcasting company
i'm just basically making this shit up as I go along
Basically just free
Just basically from the top of my dome
Sometimes it's not so good
My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment
I made all the lady listeners pregnant
Yeah that's right, sometimes my lyrics are sexist
But you lovely bitches know, should know
I'm trying to correct this
| QUOTE |
| On the bbc, on the bbc I'm just freestylin on the bbc Um British broadcasting company i'm just basically making this shit up as I go along Basically just free <br>This part was funnier when they were on Conan and it was "NBC" and he didn't quite know what that stood for. QUOTE (skittlebrau+) I'm starting to think the show would be funnier if the songs were shorter. It's not like the songs are as funny as the stuff they were doing as just a comedy act, because they're trying to make them fit in to the show. It's worth a laugh at first when you see who they're parodying, but that "BOOM! BOOM!" Shaggy-esque song just went on FOREVER. |
Yeah the 'Boom' song was kinda flat for me; maybe partly because I'm not especially familiar with the style they were parodying . . . My friend stared at the screen with a vague "what stinks in here" look. (It wasn't me, for once)
But 'Inner City Pressures' was greeet . . . love that Pet Shop Boy synth pop thing, and the visuals around subway terminals and above overpasses was good stuff. As a fan of the show quoted back to me
No one cares, no one sympathizes
You just stay home and play synthesizers
Blah, last night was apparently the "let's re-use all our old songs" episode, and I did NOT enjoy the new "recorded" versions of Rhymenocerous/Hiphopapotamus and the one with the diseased monkeys.
Shit, I'd be a much better fan if I could remember the names to the songs.
Shit, I'd be a much better fan if I could remember the names to the songs.
Inner City Pressure
QUOTE
Inner city life
Inner city pressure
The concrete world is starting to get ya
The city is alive
The city is expanding
Living in the city can be demanding
You pawned everything,
Everything you own:
Your toothbrush, jar
And a cameraphone
You don't know where you're going
You cross the street
You don't know why you did;
You walk back across the street
Standing in the sitting room totally skint*
And your favorite jersey is covered in lint
You want to sit down, but you sold your chair
So you,
You just stand there
You just stand there
(just stand there)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Counting coins on the counter at the 7-Eleven
From quarter past six till a quarter to seven
The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me
Hey man, I just want some muesli
Neon signs, hidden messages
Questions, answers, fetishes
You know you're not in high finance
Considering second-hand underpants
Check your mind, how'd it get so bad
What happened to those other underpants you had?
Look in your pockets, haven't found a cent yet
Landlord's on your balls, "Have you paid your rent yet?"
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
So you think maybe you'll be a prostitute
Just to pay for your lessons, you're learning the flute
Ladies wouldn't pay you very much for this
Looks like you'll never be a concert flautist
You don't measure up to the expectation
When you're unemployed, there's no vacation
No one cares, no one sympathizes
You just stay home and play synthesizers
(inner city pressure)
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
*lacking funds, broke
Inner city pressure
The concrete world is starting to get ya
The city is alive
The city is expanding
Living in the city can be demanding
You pawned everything,
Everything you own:
Your toothbrush, jar
And a cameraphone
You don't know where you're going
You cross the street
You don't know why you did;
You walk back across the street
Standing in the sitting room totally skint*
And your favorite jersey is covered in lint
You want to sit down, but you sold your chair
So you,
You just stand there
You just stand there
(just stand there)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Counting coins on the counter at the 7-Eleven
From quarter past six till a quarter to seven
The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me
Hey man, I just want some muesli
Neon signs, hidden messages
Questions, answers, fetishes
You know you're not in high finance
Considering second-hand underpants
Check your mind, how'd it get so bad
What happened to those other underpants you had?
Look in your pockets, haven't found a cent yet
Landlord's on your balls, "Have you paid your rent yet?"
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
So you think maybe you'll be a prostitute
Just to pay for your lessons, you're learning the flute
Ladies wouldn't pay you very much for this
Looks like you'll never be a concert flautist
You don't measure up to the expectation
When you're unemployed, there's no vacation
No one cares, no one sympathizes
You just stay home and play synthesizers
(inner city pressure)
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
Inner
Inner city
Inner city pressure
(inner city pressure)
*lacking funds, broke
AH-HA! They used "It's Business Time!" Fantastic. This is the first episode of anything that I'll be saving on the new DVR.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but Planet Jemaine -- it blew up. Supernova'd."
"Oh no! When did this happen?"
"About four billion years ago."
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but Planet Jemaine -- it blew up. Supernova'd."
"Oh no! When did this happen?"
"About four billion years ago."
I've never wanted to own DVDs of a show before, but I'm going to own these. "It's Business Time" makes me ridiculously happy, "Team Building Exercises, not tonight!" And I loved seeing Bret dance in the background.
Bret's painting for Sally--wow. It looks like so many of his sweatshirts.
Jemaine's tiny cleaning cupboard apartment, that's kind of how I imagine New York real estate really is.
Bret's painting for Sally--wow. It looks like so many of his sweatshirts.
Jemaine's tiny cleaning cupboard apartment, that's kind of how I imagine New York real estate really is.
Double post because I'm a sad Conchords fangirl. I loved last night's episode that was possibly the worst excuse to use their David Bowie song ever. Don't care. Jemaine's David Bowie impression is scarily entertaining--sort of Jemaine imitating Eddie Izzard doing a David Bowie impression. Circa-1986 David Bowie from the movie Labyrinth was my favorite one. I loved the "Brett You've Got It Going On" song and the Novelty Music Scene magazine. Best of all: John Hodgman!
This is an adorable show; I fell in love when I saw "Humans Are Dead." I'm a sucker for silly songs.
I am so delighted by the David Bowie impression. They could make it a running theme and I wouldn't care.
P.S. -- I forget who, but someone was saying over in the T-Sucks, Jr. section that TWOP is now on to overanalyzing Flight of the Conchords? Just hearing that makes me sad. I don't even want to bother looking at the thread there now.
P.S. -- I forget who, but someone was saying over in the T-Sucks, Jr. section that TWOP is now on to overanalyzing Flight of the Conchords? Just hearing that makes me sad. I don't even want to bother looking at the thread there now.
I've been singing "Too Many Motherfuckers (Fucking Up My Shit)" for a couple of days now.
QUOTE (certified+Jul 23 2007, 11:41 AM)
This is an adorable show; I fell in love when I saw "Humans Are Dead." I'm a sucker for silly songs.
The scariest/funniest part of that song is when Jemaine starts talking in a perfect imitation of a Macintosh computer voice. I love this show. I would probably love it even if Figwit wasn't on it. 
Apparently (according to the Hollywood Reporter) this show is on the bubble for renewal. That makes me kind of sad; I thought they developed quite a lot of new fans.
QUOTE (skittlebrau+Aug 14 2007, 03:52 PM)
Apparently (according to the Hollywood Reporter) this show is on the bubble for renewal. That makes me kind of sad; I thought they developed quite a lot of new fans.
Cheer up, skittles. From the HBO press release:
QUOTE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2007 - HBO has renewed the hit comedy series ENTOURAGE for a fifth season and FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS for a second season, it was announced today by Carolyn Strauss, president, HBO Entertainment.
Currently debuting new episodes back-to-back on Sunday night (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), both series conclude their current season Sept. 2, and will return with new episodes in 2008.
Currently debuting new episodes back-to-back on Sunday night (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), both series conclude their current season Sept. 2, and will return with new episodes in 2008.
Whoop! Hooray!
My brother's been after me to watch this for a few weeks but I wasn't sure about the concept ("It's... two guys and they have a band and they sing and it's funny"). Last night, we watched the first four and I'm totally sold. They're hilarious. The rap names (and song) are inspired.
I haven't seen Extras yet but the band manager reminds me of David Brent. "New Zealand... ROCKS!!!"
Also, I can't believe that's Figwit. Weird.
I haven't seen Extras yet but the band manager reminds me of David Brent. "New Zealand... ROCKS!!!"
Also, I can't believe that's Figwit. Weird.
I think I love Murray more than David Brent's manager, though. (For some reason I've forgotten his name.) Any man that can be won over with a leather suit, even when you've just driven his car into a pool, is okay in my book.
This last episode was pretty funny, but it would have benefited from more Daryl Hall. Wasn't it a tease to have him appear and then not get to hear him? Him singing along with the two conchords is a threesome I could really get behind.
Several laugh out loud moments. Like Murry (please skittlebrau, note the spelling; I despair for the literacy of our boards!!!) going to the bathroom in order to test if the girls at the bar were looking at him. And then shouting back how they weren't looking at him, but he'd take the opportunity to go to the bathroom, now that he was over there.
The image of Mel's head lingering in the crack of the door to take a last one-eyed goggle at Bret was the funniest creepy thing to happen in a bathroom since Jack Nicholson broke in on Shelly Duvall.
Several laugh out loud moments. Like Murry (please skittlebrau, note the spelling; I despair for the literacy of our boards!!!) going to the bathroom in order to test if the girls at the bar were looking at him. And then shouting back how they weren't looking at him, but he'd take the opportunity to go to the bathroom, now that he was over there.
The image of Mel's head lingering in the crack of the door to take a last one-eyed goggle at Bret was the funniest creepy thing to happen in a bathroom since Jack Nicholson broke in on Shelly Duvall.
QUOTE (Joe Don Faker+Aug 21 2007, 09:36 PM)
Several laugh out loud moments. Like Murry (please skittlebrau, note the spelling; I despair for the literacy of our boards!!!)
Is it really Murry? I must have overlooked the nameplate on his desk or something.My husband asked: "Is that OATES?!" and I said "Definitely not. Might be Hall, though."
Mel fluctuates between scaring the crap out of me and making me laugh.
"Thank you for the acids!"
Sorry skittlebrau, according to HBO and imdb you have the correct traditional spelling of Murray.
Don't know where I got "Murry" from; my point about despairing about literacy based on the spelling of proper names still stands as both sarcastic and stupid.
The threesome theme was hinted at in the NPR interview the guys did before the series aired, in which they related an actual incident in which a female fan requested such a scenario by using a term with which the duo was totally unfamiliar, and that they interpreted to mean a barbecue.
Don't know where I got "Murry" from; my point about despairing about literacy based on the spelling of proper names still stands as both sarcastic and stupid.
The threesome theme was hinted at in the NPR interview the guys did before the series aired, in which they related an actual incident in which a female fan requested such a scenario by using a term with which the duo was totally unfamiliar, and that they interpreted to mean a barbecue.
Funniest thing about last night's episode: For some reason suddenly Jemaine is the smart and responsible one.
A few years ago, I caught Footloose! on regular tv and watched it. I was shocked when the long dance sequence with Kevin Bacon doing his strange angry dance around the railyard. I had no memory of that.
Bless Flight of the Conchords for having Bret's angry dance perfectly mimic it. I liked the last episode even though I missed getting a Conchords song somewhere in it. I loved seeing handsome, manager-shark Murray at the end talking about shuttling between Giant stadium and their gig at the library. I'm so happy this is coming back.
More joy, my local radio station has started playing "Business Time" and "Most Beautiful Girl" in their regular rotation.
Bless Flight of the Conchords for having Bret's angry dance perfectly mimic it. I liked the last episode even though I missed getting a Conchords song somewhere in it. I loved seeing handsome, manager-shark Murray at the end talking about shuttling between Giant stadium and their gig at the library. I'm so happy this is coming back.
More joy, my local radio station has started playing "Business Time" and "Most Beautiful Girl" in their regular rotation.
QUOTE (Gladly+Sep 6 2007, 03:32 PM)
I loved seeing handsome, manager-shark Murray at the end talking about shuttling between Giant stadium and their gig at the library.
I loved that, too! Despite what it might say about Murray's loyalties to The Band, I enjoyed seeing him with a little bit of success. It gets kind of old to have the same character be the punching bag episode after episode.
Yay, Flight of the Conchords are nominated for a Grammy:
| QUOTE |
| Best Comedy Album (For comedy recordings, spoken or musical) * America's Mexican George Lopez [Comedy Central Records] * Dirty Girl Lisa Lampanelli [Warner Bros.] * The Distant Future Flight Of The Conchords [Sub Pop] * I Still Have A Pony. Steven Wright [Comedy Central Records] * Songs Pointed & Pointless Harry Shearer [Courgette Records] Even better, I don't really care about any of the nominees except Harry Shearer, and I'm sure he's already won a Grammy.
That's great news. Even better, I didn't even know they had an album out. I've been looking for some offbeat Christmas gifts, and that should do the trick nicely.
BBC7 is repeating some of their old radio programmes, with added my favourite stand-up, Dan Antopolski. Listen again here
The Chuck season premiere has a Flight of the Conchords song in it, which makes very, very happy!
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