July 2, 2007
Episode Overview: When the Flight of the Conchords run across a pair of muggers, Bret leaves Jemaine behind, causing a rift in their friendship.
This Sunday night's episode of Flight of the Conchords on HBO revolved around Bret and Jemaine discovering the dark underbelly of living in New York City – they get mugged. Sounds scary, doesn't it? Well, it would be on any other television show, but this is Flight of the Conchords…so it was hilarious. The episode, "Mugged," more importantly marked the show's evolution into finding its own rhythm. With its voice, style and humor already well in place, rhythm was the one thing still holding it back somewhat. Not this week. This episode flowed from beginning to end with some of the funniest cut-aways and most brilliant absurdist humor yet, without faltering in pace and timing.
June 26, 2007
On Sunday night it was time for another refreshingly ridiculous, yet sometimes poignantly real, episode of the new HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords. In "Bret Gives Up the Dream," the band suffered a problem for many people who have aspirations that hinge on being "discovered" – making ends meet. The Flight of the Conchords may be "New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo," but in America they are still trying to get their big break.
As of the second episode, they are starving artists, literally as the first scene illustrates when Bret comes home with a small sack of groceries and gives Jemaine a free sandwich – "free" meaning that he found it on the street. Jemaine gets up to spit it out, but then swallows it anyway. This is an indication of how dire the money situation is for the Flight of the Conchords as they're willing to eat food off the streets. As Bret says, "We're poor, man."
June 19, 2007
HBO has added a new series called Flight of the Conchords, intended to perk up the Sunday night niche. The pilot series, which premiered on June 17, 2007 at 10:30 p.m. ET, has been picked up for an initial 12-episode order.
For the unfamiliar, Flight of the Conchords follows the adventures of a two-man digi-folk band from New Zealand as they attempt to make a name for themselves in New York.
Read on to find out more about the cast.
June 17, 2007
A new half-hour comedy entitled Flight of the Conchords premiered on HBO Sunday night (June 17th at 10:30 p.m. ET). Although the show is new to HBO, New Zealanders Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement first formed the two-man folk parody group, Flight of the Conchords, in 1998. Bret and Jemaine star in the HBO show as parodies of themselves, moving to New York from New Zealand to try to make it big.