The hilarious New Zealand folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords returns to HBO this Sunday January 18th at 10 pm. If you are among the many who missed out on Season one I suggest you rent the DVD, but not because you would be unable to understand season two without seeing the first as it is not really that complicated. Jemaine and Bret (yes that is how they spell their names) are a real band from New Zealand and they play a fictionalized version of themselves on the show. On the show they have an agent, also from New Zealand, who works at the New Zealand tourism board in New York City. They are the only band he manages. Some of the funnier non-musical portions of the show are the band meetings they have with their manager Murray which take place in his work office. They have only one fan who is completely obsessed with them and basically a stalker. She openly throws herself at them right in front of her husband.
The strength of the show is the music. The topics they sing about are usually completely silly, but they manage to do a good job of making them funny and well constructed. They often break into falsetto or sometimes they rap. I do not want to waste too much time describing the show instead I will show a few clips. Also apparently the first episode is already available on demand on some cable systems. Time Warner has it on the free on demand channel as well as HBO on demand. They also put the first episode online already at Funnyordie.com. Just click the following link Conchords Season 2 Premiere
I have not watched it yet, but I notice from the comments that people are already saying it is not as funny as season one. I will reserve judgment until after I see it, but it was inevitable that a cult hit like this would be praised by everyone who watched it the first season and then panned by the same people the next season. It happens with just about every show. I hear people tell me all the time that South Park used to be good, but they have not watched it in years. This is mostly due to it not being hip to watch the show anymore as I thought this past season was one of the best ever. It is all about expectations. When a good show comes along and catches you by surprise and exceeds your expectations you fall completely for it. The next season your expectations are raised to extreme heights that the previous season probably never actually reached and thus when it does not meet these lofty standards you have set for it, you are disappointed. Sort of like if you have someone new you are seeing and you wildly overrate them as though they are perfect. No one is perfect just as no show is perfect. Here are a few clips from season one. Hope you enjoy them.
Those are just two examples. It is pretty impressive that they are able to come up with thirteen episodes a year with each including a few new songs. So cut them some slack if every song does not live up to some of their previous gems. So how about you watching season two? Is that something you want to do? Just click on the link to view. If that is what you’re into.
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