SEASON ONE - 2007
Starring Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby, and Kristen Schaal
I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet. I laughed out loud quite a bit during Season One of this series about Bret and Jemaine, two Kiwi bandmates, dealing with life in New York City away from their New Zealand home. Desperately trying to succeed in the music biz with the help of their manager Murray, the band, The Flight of the Conchords, can't seem to branch out from Mel, their one-person strong fanbase (a frickin' hilarious turn by Kristen Schall...who the hell is this gal? She's really funny).
Overall, a very decent 12-episode arc here. The problem with the series is that you're constantly waiting for the musical interludes (which are extremely well-done spoofs of various genres...the corny 80s music video, the 60s variety show, Billy Elliot, and many more)
Overall, a very decent 12-episode arc here. The problem with the series is that you're constantly waiting for the musical interludes (which are extremely well-done spoofs of various genres...the corny 80s music video, the 60s variety show, Billy Elliot, and many more)
Favorite Episodes
Bowie -- "David Bowie" comes to Bret in a dream, telling him how to help his band succeed in the music biz.
Girlfriends -- Bret gets used by a woman posing as a fan.
New Fans -- Kristen Schall's turn to shine...I laughed out loud for four to five minutes straight in this one as Mel becomes extremely jealous that others appear to like the band.
Girlfriends -- Bret gets used by a woman posing as a fan.
New Fans -- Kristen Schall's turn to shine...I laughed out loud for four to five minutes straight in this one as Mel becomes extremely jealous that others appear to like the band.
The RyMickey Rating: B
This probably isn't the right place to leave a comment for this, but your top two books happen to be two of my favorite novels. Steinbeck wrote a short story called The Pearl that I used to read all the time; a lot of his stuff is pretty fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find this show? I've never heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteRose - I'll totally add The Pearl to the list. In order to complete this "Book-A-Week Quest," I definitely am in the market for short reads. Also, thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteAmanda - It's on HBO. I don't have HBO so I always get to things late. It's already cancelled...it lasted two seasons and it wasn't highly rated or well known (really). I have no clue how I found out about it. Probably reading about it on some blog (like you).
Jeff, I'm pretty sure they wanted to end it anyway. I think I remember the two of them discussing even a shortened second season.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I actually told you about the show a while back, but i'll take credit for it.