I Heart Flight of the Conchords

This show debuted on HBO a few weeks ago. I really didn't like the first half of the first episode (almost turned it off), but have totally fallen in love with them since. They claim to be New Zealand's fourth most popular comedy folk band. The show is about their adventures in NYC. Their manager (who works at the New Zealand embassy) insists on having roll call each time they meet ("Bret" "Here!", "Jermaine" "Here!", etc.) and won't book them for nighttime gigs cause it's dangerous at night. They have one fan -- who is a stalker. And married. And her husband drives her around to stalk the Concords. They have storylines and then suddenly break out into song. The stories are silly and the songs are super-silly. But it's all done with a straight face. Totally cracks me up.

From their website: Flight of the Conchords have put up a website on the internet. A spokesman from the band (Bret) said it there was a five year delay launching the website online due to a 'disagreement'. Apparently there was debate over how many times letter 'W' should appear in the 'WWW' part of the web address. While Bret wanted four making the domain name wwww.conchords.co.nz Jemaine was vying for seven with wwwwwww.conchords.co.nz. It turns out that you're only allowed three anyway.

Check them out...



and another one from the show (it's actually from the first episode):