Flight of the Conchords - The Complete First Season
starring: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie
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Studio: Hbo Home VideoRelease Date: 11/06/2007Run time: 360 minutes
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Unlike most HBO series, Flight of the Conchords does not want to set the world on fire. It is droll and deadpan to beat the band. If you like Tenacious D, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Richman, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and silly Pythonian wordplay, then its off-center charms will definitely strike a resonant chord. The Conchords are comprised of funky, funny folk duo Bret McKenzie and mutton-chopped Jemaine Clement, transplanted New Zealanders trying to make it in New York. Brett, their incompetent manager, Murray (Rhys Darby) notes, has "the right attitude," while Jemaine has "what I like to call, 'the wrong attitude.'" (Murray, who works out of the New Zealand consulate, makes the clueless agent in Extras look like Ari Gold.) Stardom eludes the band. They have one fan, Mel (Kristin Schaal), whose seething husband chaperones her while she stalks them (by season's end, even she will desert them). Financially strapped, they live in squalor and are forced to film a music video with a cell-phone camera. The dense Jemaine is a damper on Brett's love life (he derisively calls Coco, Brett's new girlfriend, "Yoko"). But from their mundane lives springs their inspired music, and it is during each episode's musical numbers that Conchords really takes flight. Sample lyrics: "You're so beautiful / You could be a hostess in the '60s"; and "I'm not crying / It's just been raining / On my face." Another mad highlight is "Bowie to Bowie" in the episode in which Brett is visited by visions of Bowie in his various career incarnations (portrayed by a dead-on Clement). But the dialogue, too, sings with an inspired, surreal lunacy. One exchange between Brett and Murray degenerates into a chicken-egg discussion over a job vs. a gig.HBO has renewed Flight of the Conchords for a second season. Bravo! As a greeting-card executive (The Daily Show's John Hodgman), who wants to license one of their tracks, tells the duo, "I believe in potential. I can see it in you guys." --Donald Liebenson
Studio: Hbo Home VideoRelease Date: 11/06/2007Run time: 360 minutes
Amazon.com:
Unlike most HBO series, Flight of the Conchords does not want to set the world on fire. It is droll and deadpan to beat the band. If you like Tenacious D, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Richman, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and silly Pythonian wordplay, then its off-center charms will definitely strike a resonant chord. The Conchords are comprised of funky, funny folk duo Bret McKenzie and mutton-chopped Jemaine Clement, transplanted New Zealanders trying to make it in New York. Brett, their incompetent manager, Murray (Rhys Darby) notes, has "the right attitude," while Jemaine has "what I like to call, 'the wrong attitude.'" (Murray, who works out of the New Zealand consulate, makes the clueless agent in Extras look like Ari Gold.) Stardom eludes the band. They have one fan, Mel (Kristin Schaal), whose seething husband chaperones her while she stalks them (by season's end, even she will desert them). Financially strapped, they live in squalor and are forced to film a music video with a cell-phone camera. The dense Jemaine is a damper on Brett's love life (he derisively calls Coco, Brett's new girlfriend, "Yoko"). But from their mundane lives springs their inspired music, and it is during each episode's musical numbers that Conchords really takes flight. Sample lyrics: "You're so beautiful / You could be a hostess in the '60s"; and "I'm not crying / It's just been raining / On my face." Another mad highlight is "Bowie to Bowie" in the episode in which Brett is visited by visions of Bowie in his various career incarnations (portrayed by a dead-on Clement). But the dialogue, too, sings with an inspired, surreal lunacy. One exchange between Brett and Murray degenerates into a chicken-egg discussion over a job vs. a gig.HBO has renewed Flight of the Conchords for a second season. Bravo! As a greeting-card executive (The Daily Show's John Hodgman), who wants to license one of their tracks, tells the duo, "I believe in potential. I can see it in you guys." --Donald Liebenson
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- Good show!
I didn't get to see this season while it was on the air, my boyfriend turned me on to it just before the second season aired.It is a great show, funny, different, and well worth the buy if you are thinking about it!As far as seller feed back, I have no complaints!Even more of a reason to buy!
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- Great show, DVD's might as well be on Hulu
On the other hand, I've watched Lord of the Rings extended edition 10 times and haven't watched the extras.Maybe they'll release an extended edition of their own..
Rating: - Hilarious!!!
This first season of Flight of the Conchords is creative, ingenious, and awesomely funny. The characters, the jokes, the songs, all make for a great watch. I can't wait for the second season to come out!
Rating: - Hilarious
Super creative and funny.Bret and Jemaine are orignial and entertaining.It is the little things and the randomness that make this show what it is. And how can you not love Mel??
Rating: - flight of the conchords
Flight of the Conchords are amazingly hilarious and the DVD was sent to me in about 3 days which is pretty good. It was brand new and so the disk was not scratched and the packaging was in perfect condition.
- Good show!I didn't get to see this season while it was on the air, my boyfriend turned me on to it just before the second season aired.It is a great show, funny, different, and well worth the buy if you are thinking about it!As far as seller feed back, I have no complaints!Even more of a reason to buy!
- Great show, DVD's might as well be on HuluOn the other hand, I've watched Lord of the Rings extended edition 10 times and haven't watched the extras.Maybe they'll release an extended edition of their own..
- Hilarious!!!This first season of Flight of the Conchords is creative, ingenious, and awesomely funny. The characters, the jokes, the songs, all make for a great watch. I can't wait for the second season to come out!
- HilariousSuper creative and funny.Bret and Jemaine are orignial and entertaining.It is the little things and the randomness that make this show what it is. And how can you not love Mel??
- flight of the conchordsFlight of the Conchords are amazingly hilarious and the DVD was sent to me in about 3 days which is pretty good. It was brand new and so the disk was not scratched and the packaging was in perfect condition.
