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HBO’s Emmy-nominated musical comedy “Flight of the Conchords” will not see a third season, according to musician-writer-stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
“We’re very proud of the two seasons we made, and we like the way the show ended,” the duo posted on their website. “While the characters Bret and Jemaine will no longer be around, the real Bret and Jemaine will continue to exist.”
Season two ended with Bret and Jemaine being deported from New York to their native New Zealand.
HBO reportedly wanted more “Conchords,” but Clement told Reuters last month a third season was in doubt because “it’s so hard” to produce.
"It very likely might not," he told the wire service. "We've got to write the series, but we've also got to write the songs, and just dividing your time into those two writing tasks is really tricky."
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was a big fan of this show.
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Lose the battle today. But the war rages on!
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I hope they realize this will be that last time a cable network wants anything from them. They'll be knocking on some doors pretty soon, and they'll be wishing that they're wanted. I hate the show, and I hate these douchebags. But I fucking love this. Oh, they're so in demand, so creative. Does anyone really believe that they'll ever be in the position they're in again?
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Your are a dick. That is all.
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Didn't mean to do that. But I am right. I don't like to see anyone make a horrible decision, even if I'm not a fan. But this is a horrible choice. They ain't exactly Dave Chappelle, their "talent" is questionable, and I think they overestimate their popularity.
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I saw their HBO One Night Stand about 6-7 years ago and it was awesome, they were doing alright for themselves then and are most likely doing fine now. Popularity and money do not happiness make. I wish them the best, and am glad they made a great show.
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Dec. 11, 2009, 4:37 a.m. CST
We have to write the series...And we have to write the songs...
by gingerella
Boo fucking hoo. Couple of lazy cunts.
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drown their sorrows. The rest of America says "there was a show called Flight of the Conchords?"
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Glad the two existing series will remain untarnished by a dwindling-in-quality third. If their hearts aren't in it, why force it? Good on the guys for not stringing it out past it's welcome.
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to unfunny crap.
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they haven't finished doing stand - up yet, and they acn always be in movies for money. <p> you could see them running out of material by the end of the first series. still it had some triple-A moments.
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Ha, wow, I am heartened to see I'm not the only one who dislikes this show. It seems everyone in my peer group thinks this program was the bee's knees. YackBacker, couldn't have said it better myself. <p> And before this thread gets too big, I must, *must* point you people in the direction of the British comedy Peep Show. It's the show Conchords was trying to be. Hell, I'd recommend it over... Galactica, or any other well-regarded genre show.
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Constructive! (That's sarcasm, but you probably won't get that...) Conchords was a lot of surreal fun, imho. I'm not surprised that most Yanks didn't 'get' it though - after all, this is the nation that made Seinfeld an overpaid megastar. Funny? Yeah? THAT funny? Hell, no.
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I love Peep Show - but the show Conchords was trying to be? I think you need to lay off the 'meth, my brother... One's a hilarious commentary on modern male interaction (Peepshow), the other, two funny New Zealanders not making it in NY! Love them both, all in all.
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what i saw of the series was painfully unfunny slacker shit
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season 2 was funny but not as funny overall as season 1. and the most of the songs weren't nearly as good.<p> it's a real shame there won't be more shows, but i'd rather they quit while they're happy with the quality, rather than struggle to produce diminishing returns.
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Season finale had them deported to New Zealand, seemed pretty obvious that they were dunzo. Anyway, it definitely had its moments. THAT SOUND LIKE HER-RRR
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Call me unenlightened.
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I watched the first episode, didn't like it but then watched it again because my girlfriend hadn't seen it. I laughed a little more the second time and ended up watching the whole first season. It was pretty good and I enjoyed it but I didn't love it enough to put forth the effort to catch the second season and I still haven't seen it. As far as it being canceled, I'm completely ambivalent.
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Hopefully the Gentleman Broncos film works out, although I think only Clement is in it.
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I completely agree that Season 2 was not nearly as funny as Season 1.. and I'm guessing that's for the same reason they're deciding not to make a third. It seems like a lot of work to put together everything that goes into this show. The reason the first season was better was because they had already created a lot of the songs going in.. And by the way, if the show wasn't your thing I'm cool with that.. I get that everyone isn't going to like it. But to all the haters that love to run their mouths around here for absolutely no reason but to "look cool" I say, I hope Seth McFarlane cancels Family Guy, Fuckers.
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You ARE wrong. AND you're a dick. AND who is this Dave Chappelle guy you mentioned?
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Dec. 11, 2009, 8:47 a.m. CST
Breaking News: AICN Talkbakers discover humour is subjective!
by MattInTheHat
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you don't have to sell yourself out to American corporations!
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This news makes me want to murder a brown snake in HBO's office.
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Mark my words.
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And i could never understand why.
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...the want to enjoy the fruits of their labor (the cash) and not have to do any work for a while. If writing is what you do, it's what you do. It's a lame excuse to not do a third season when a) there are so many people in "the business" who love the opportunity, and b) there are some many crap shows on television already. I'm calling lazy.
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if the D weren't funny and didn't have so much musical talent.
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Tenacious D fans V. Flight of the Conchords fans.
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What if you like both?
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And I'm a HUGE fan of theirs (nope, I'm not a hipster), but the series ended on a good note and we don't need to go through it again, as good as the 2nd Season was, it was starting to rehash things. Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, no when to walk away, know when to run! Oh, and... they best get cracking on a studio version of "Who likes to rock the party!".
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that's all f-f-folks!
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Just the way stuff like that should be, nice one in my opinion.
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As my name indicates, I loved this show tremendously. It is offbeat, well-written, has excellent songs and memorable characters. It's got so many funny & quotable lines & moments, and I liked every single ep. If you don't get this show, then there's no helping you.
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. . . is not an example of "hipster." And as a fan, I wish this announcement had come before season 2 could be made. Not good. First season: GOLD.
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...remind me why I'm glad that none of you have any power or influence whatsoever.
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Dec. 11, 2009, 12:40 p.m. CST
Kinda lame they quit cuz it's "too hard", having said that--
by Tall_Boy66
What's with everyone's obsession with shows running 100 episodes, at least? and if it gets shitcanned before episode 100 it's some sort of crime against nature and totally unjust? Christ, if a show only runs, like, 12 episodes and they're 12 really fucking good episode (British Office or Spaced) then let it go! Course, this seems to be more of a British thing, but I'm Canadian and we were colonized by Brits. The Yanks should be more amendable to this idea, though.
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13 really good episodes and a sweet finale in a movie. you don't need any more than that, people! Sometimes shorter runs are good things.
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Of mostly awesome stuff, even the half-filmed stuff is okay. But you can tell why he bailed, it wasn't as good as the start. but we have 2-ish seasons of great. I'm looking forward to Dollhouse wrapping up, not that I think it's fantastical-awesome or anything, but it'll be, as Joss Whedon said, "a really long mini-series." Nothing wrong with that, peeps!
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Dec. 11, 2009, 12:46 p.m. CST
futurama - 4 or 5 seasons of great and then the movies..
by Tall_Boy66
...which, uh, are not as good as the TV series at all. Family Guy post return, aside from an upswing in the first 2 seasons of it's return and the Star Wars episodes, not as good as when it started. Fuck 100 episodes of syndication for a show you're never going to watch again on a nightly basis anyway, audiences should demand brevity and closure!
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To the assholes who claim that FOTC were never talented in the first place, or that no one ever liked them: Obviously, some of us disagree with you. Obviously, these guys were talented and well-liked enough to garner their own special on HBO, a BBC Radio series, a Grammy, three Emmy nominations, sold-out concert tours, AND their HBO series. So maybe you assholes never 'got it'. At some point, you have to accept that it's YOU. And now, to the assholes who are crying about how 'lazy' FOTC are for 'whining' that it's too hard to write the show, write the songs, AND star in the fucking thing: You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. ANY of those jobs is a full-time gig, so doing all three is fucking Herculean -- and they did it for two seasons. And the fact is, they're NOT whining about how hard their jobs were -- they were stepping up and saying "you know what? We can't do as good a job on this show as we would like, so it's best if we stop, rather than turn out sub-par work". So they walked away from a hit (yes, hit) TV show. Sounds pretty fucking bad-ass to me. In summation: If you never 'got' the show, too bad. That doesn't mean you're the arbiter of what's good or bad, or that you get to bag on others who DID get it. Don't enjoy it? Change the fucking channel, pindick. If you're bitter because FOTC have chosen to quit, and so you're pretending that you're somehow savvy enough to KNOW how 'easy' they had it with their three full-time jobs, and that now they just want to roll around in the hot tubs full of money, you just show yourself for the ignorant fucks you are. Stop your crying, assholes.
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Talkbackers are a waste of life. They live to hate and want everyone to know how much they hate. They only know joy when whacking it to mint-in-box micronaut dolls. If you spend your time posting dumb shit on message boards for things you hate then I have some bad news: no one will ever buy your script, you will live a miserable and lonely life, you will never amount to anything, and yet you will continue to criticize those who are actually creative. Have a good time being miserable your whole life Talkbackers.
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not funny. hard to produce? cry more
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I direct you two posts back.
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Now there's some real talent over there. Fucking brilliant writers. Anybody ever listen to their podcasts with Karl Pilkington? They're even fucking hilarious unscripted.
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That was spot on. A+
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Why the hate for pindicks? We as a group are generally not bad people, maybe a tad sensitive to pindick jokes but most of my fellow pindickers are fairly cool people. I am a fan of the Conchords and a pindick. Please refrain from stereotyping the penistically challenged. We come in all shapes and sizes.
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I spoke without thinking, and I apologize. I have no quarrel with pindicks, just assholes.
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I haven't seen the second season yet, but I loved the first season. I think these guys are very talented. Must be the New Zealand humor, a little too low key for Americans. And it was just the two guys, don't forget their "manager", also from New Zealand. He was funny in FOTC and he was funny in Yes, Man.
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And sad to see it go. But two good seasons is much better than 4 mediocre ones. Aziz Ansari as the racist fruit vendor thinking they were Australian was freaking hilarious. Knife stabbing a kiwi in the door. Awesome.
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It was brilliantly funny and anyone who says writing songs is not hard is a dick.
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Too many dicks on the dance floor.
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ROME had the two strongest seasons of any show I have ever seen hands down final answer.
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They had songs already ready to go when the first season got picked up, as they'd been doing their thing for awhile. But season two must have been most if not all new stuff, which was probably much more difficult than they imagined.
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So there just lazy? Peter Jackson is going to send them to there room without any supper the minute they get home.
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Dec. 11, 2009, 6:06 p.m. CST
Loved the show, but it's actually perfect that it's over.
by CreasyBear
Life imitating art, the two guys just as uninspired and lazy as the characters on the show. Sublime.
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If this show had received another season, I might have had to cancel my HBO subscription for good! Talentless hacks!
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Calling me an asshole for politely expressing my opinion that I think it's lazy makes you the asshole. HBO would let them take as long as they want, the same as they've done with several other series. So, lazy.
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but it's good to go out on a high note. I agree in part with bowiebot, and helvetica in that people who hate what I like, (and I like FOTCs) are assholes, but if you hate what I hate: Morgan Freeman, Titanic, Straszinski's Spider-Man, and Tom Cruise, then you are a valuable and discerning voice in the great debates that take place here. Don't you dare hate on FOTC though. Do any of you freaks know how hard it is to play bass and sing at the same time? Also if bowiebot was being sarcastic then read my post about him sarcastically, and then ironically on top of that and it will still make sense,
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Writing songs and also writing stories/some dialogue...and also ways to incorporate the songs appropriately. That's a huge creative strain and I'll gladly listen to whatever it is they put out in the future. Season 2 was NOT NEARLY as good as the first and I think the last episode was probably the best of that season. It ended right...the same way it started out. In the show, they're no one, have no careers. The only difference is that now they're in another country. It was a very Seinfeld Finale finale. It was disappointing to some people who like to drag shit out until they're absolutely sick of it. Fuck it. End on a high note. They'll have another HBO special soon enough.
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100010011010011<p> *sob*
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Two season Comedy shows... Fawlty Towers, UK Office, Extras, why keep churning out staff that will become stale when what is there already is just fine.
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...I enjoyed their clever song writing and quirky humor. I guess their exclusion of farty-poopy shtick makes them unfit for the self proclaimed hip crowd. So long lads, we hardly knew ya. Why can't the world be just like in my dreams?
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Second Season, not so much.<p> Also, let it be said that I too am particularly fond of the mixed nuts caper.
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Unfunny songs are for morning zoo radio shows. Take your lazy hoody and ironic tee wearing asses back to your chubby girlfriends in Williamsburg.
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Hmmm, a poster on AICN claiming others have chubby girlfriends. Irony, much? Go whack off to your Battlestar DVDs, you zit-faced Code Red drinking WoW addict. See! Stereotypes are easy!
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I am sorry that hipster girl didn't like you. But don't take it out on this.
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That made me laugh
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"If you didn't like the show, you're a retard who can't fuck a cool broad." What are you, in fucking grade 6?
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This is how Concord fans defend their show. This is an actual thing that they do that they think proves their point.
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"Stupid show for stupid hipsters. Go back to Williamsburg. This show is not funny to me." Isn't all criticism inherently personal and thus irrelevant? I mean, who am I to explain what's funny to you, or vice-versa? Admittedly, without getting personal, this talkback would essentially be "I find this funny and thus a shame" or "Meh, I don't care."
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Dec. 13, 2009, 1:26 p.m. CST
Hipsters are funnier targets than lack of sexual activity
by Tall_Boy66
You make a crack about how someone can't or didn't fuck some broad, it's been done forever and ever ago. You make a crack about a hipster, you get more chuckles and mileage out of it because hipsters are just inherently douchey AND they haven't been around as long. So, basically, you knocking on someone for being what they perceive to be "cool", because the hipster is supposedly someone who has a finger on the pulse of the next big thing, but in the end they're inherently lame because they like something they think is cool and it thereby elevates their intelligence to what they perceive to be higher than what the non-hipster crowd is watching. It's the ultimate slap back because you're taking what the hipster perceives to be their greatest asset, their stunning individuality that is reflected in their media choices, and turning it back on them by telling the hipster that, no, you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake by watching Choncords, you fall under the same, easily categorized audience box that you despise. Thus, ironically, calling someone a stupid hipster is much more hip and edgier than saying someone doesn't get pussy.
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good on them for not taking the cash and producing a lesser product. Good on them. People who love them fucking looooovvvveee them and I have no doubt HBO would have been willing to hand over quite a bit of cash so I think its good that they did it.
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They are not only making money off of the show and the band. Jemaine has a new movie coming out called Gentlemen Broncos and Bret has been in a few movies so I think they will definitely have many more opportunities, if not for the band, then on their own.
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most likely to some degree, a large amount of posters here. Chances are some people here have ironic tees, esoteric musical tastes, Japanese toys, etc. In fact, I'm pretty confident in that a large amount of posters here have the "unwashed virgin geek" in them just as much as the "unwashed skinny jeans Strokes look" in them. So really, I don't know who is fighting who anymore. Just a giant sea of self-loathing.
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Uh, no. HBO most certainly would NOT let them take all the time they want to make more episodes. That isn't how it works. FOTC are't Tom Cruise or something, for chrissakes. Popular, yes -- but not "fuck you money" popular. So, no: pretending you know anything about how TV production works when you SO obviously do not, then whining about how your "opinion" should be safe from the critique of someone who -- AT LEAST -- knows more about it than you... well, that all makes YOU the asshole, doesn't it? Now go find a circle-jerk of like-minded haters, where your fragile little ego will be safe from the danger of ever being challenged, okay? You'll obviously feel a whole lot better. What an asshole.
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