September 3, 2008
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie may soon have to end their comedic antics on the small screen after the broadcast of the sophomore season of Flight of the Conchords, the HBO series that follows the adventures of the New Zealand folk duo as they seek fame and success in New York City.
According The New Zealand Herald, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie revealed to British magazine Q that they are seriously contemplating on ending the series after the second season due to the creative struggles they've encountered in making it.
June 26, 2008
Today, thanks to the hard work of Tom O'Neill at Gold Derby, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences released the official top 10 lists for this year's Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series. The final top five nominations in every category will be announced July 18, but for the first time ever, ATAS is allowing its process to be transparent by revealing these top 10 lists so award lovers can get a preview of who's in the running.
For these top races, the lists include a few favorites and some surprises. ABC has a strong showing in the Drama lineup with Lost, Grey's Anatomy and Boston Legal while HBO dominates the Comedy side with Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage and even Flight of the Conchords making the list. Keep reading to see who else made the short list for the Emmys.
December 24, 2007
Check out all our lists for BuddyTV's Top 7 of '07 to relive the best and the worst of the year in television.
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.
September 11, 2007
Last week, Flight of the Conchords finished its 12-part run on HBO, leaving fans hungry for more of the quirky folk duo. Though the show draws only about a million viewers or so, it has earned much praise and has become a strong online interest as reflected on forums, music sites and bulletin boards. Fortunately, HBO has decided to pick up the comedy series for yet another run.
Starring Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords revolves around the pair as they try to achieve success in New York City as a band while weaving their humorous songs into the plot of each episode. The principle cast also includes fellow comedians Rhys Darby, Arj Barker, and Kristen Schaal.
August 11, 2007
Early this week, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, comedy duo and stars of HBO's Flight of the Conchords, released The Distant Future, an EP containing six tracks, three of which are live cuts. The tracks featured in the EP are “Business Time,” “If You're Into It,” “I'm Not Crying,” “The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room,” “Banter,” and “Robots.”
McKenzie and Clement, New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody act, have been active in the industry since 1988. They rose to prominence in the United States thanks to the video-hosting website, YouTube, which featured videos of the pair starring in their first HBO series, One Night Stand.
August 4, 2007
MySpace is one of the largest social networking websites in the world. Adding to its popularity are the numerous celebrities who have signed up for their own accounts, many of which are open to the public. However, singer-comedian Bret McKenzie, star of HBO's Flight of the Conchords, is not impressed with the popularity of the website, even saying in an interview that he "thinks it's evil [and] corrupt."
Despite his negative views of the website, he and co-star Jemaine Clement have an active MySpace profile, wherein at least 18,000 people are registered in their contacts. McKenzie insists, however, that he is not a MySpace fan, and that it is actually Clement who maintains their account.
July 23, 2007
HBO’s latest comedy series, Flight of the Conchords, premiered last month, with comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement headlining the cast. They play parody versions of themselves, but McKenzie pointed out there’s not much that differentiates them from their characters on the show.
"I'm not sure that we're aware of the differences in our characters," McKenzie said during the show’s session at the recent press tour. "We have exaggerated the stupidity, and Jemaine's much more of an [expletive]. But there's a little bit of truth in them which makes them believable on-screen as well."
July 10, 2007
How amazing is it that one name can instantly tell you what this Flight of the Conchords episode is going to be about? Bret (Bret McKenzie) is dating Coco (Sutton Foster), who we met in Episode 2 – she is one of his fellow sign holders. The entire episode revolves around how Bret's dating her affects Jemaine (Jemaine Clement) and the band. This kind of sounds familiar. Oh, that's right -- it is similar to the plot of the pilot episode "Sally." It is only the fourth episode of Flight of the Conchords – that's a bit soon to recycle a plot line.
Without focusing on the duplicative plot (for now), Bret and Jemaine still successfully bring the funny every week. The episode opens with Bret and Coco complimenting each other. She likes his eyes; he compares her lips to eggs. Yes, eggs – because they are both delicious. After a few minutes of the camera focusing on their rather intimate conversation, we pan back to reveal that Jemaine has been sitting there the whole time.