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Oscar Dahl ranked Flight of the Conchords 4th.  He says...

It's business time!

I still can't believe HBO green lit Flight of the Conchords. It wasn't that long ago that HBO green lit another show about a two-person folk duo who played funny songs during their search for fame. It was called Tenacious D and, not long after their HBO comedy series was unceremoniously canceled, the D became famous. What made HBO think that another folk duo, this one from New Zealand, would do better than Tenacious D? Perhaps it was the pilot. Flight of the Conchords, which stars Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie as the sole members of a two-man band who move from New Zealand to New York in search or fame and fortune. Over the season's twelve episode's, they receive neither, but they do a hell of a lot of singing along the way.

Comedy has never been more deadpan at one moment, then so ridiculous the next. Emotionless, yet hilarious dialogue between the two leads often segues directly into expertly staged, exceedingly clever songs covering all ranges of musical genres. The duo are both solid musicians and good singers, but mostly they are funny as all hell. Hip-hop, Bowie tributes, ballads, robot techno – none of it is off-limits.

Flight of the Conchords is one of those shows where, if you aren't in the right frame of mind, you could watch an episode and think, “What the hell is this? This is the dumbest show I've ever seen.” The silliness factor occasionally becomes a little much (see the full episode Bowie tribute), but if you're game, Flight of the Conchords is a rewarding gem of a show, unique and full of surprises. Bret, Jemaine, and Murray will be returning to HBO in 2008 (hopefully, if the writers' strike can end soon), seeing as HBO as renewed the series for a second season.

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