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FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Second-Season Premiere To Hit FunnyOrDie.Com Several Weeks Before HBO Subscribers Get It!!

Come on sucker, lick my battery! by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:54:16 AM
FIRST!
Is it normal for a guy to wear a scuba apparatus by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:55:17 AM
when he makes love in the sea? Would it be weird for you, if I touched your fishy half? I know it would be for me.
It's all part of your freaky dream... by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:56:07 AM
Am I freaking you out, AICN? Is this a FREAKY dream?!
Hey, ginger balls! by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:56:56 AM
Are you going to a...dick meeting?
Uh leggy blonde you got it goin' on by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:58:34 AM
when I see you wearin' that thong, thong, thong...see you gettin' on til the break of dawn...garble-mumble-mumble... .PANTIES ON!
Counting coins on the counter of the 7-11 by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:59:43 AM
from a quarter past 6 til a quarter to 7. The manager, Bevin, starts to abuse me. "Hey man, I just want some Muesli."
I'm David Bowie.... by Shakeshift	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:00:25 AM
....from 1986's LABYRINTH.
now that's cool news by Balcony Fool	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:12:02 AM
love, love FOTC. "there's no tea party like my nana's tea party, hey, ho!"
doggie do's and doggie don'ts.. by mrgreentheplant	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:35:51 AM
doggie wills and doggie wonts.
No one cares, no one sympathizes... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:04:21 AM
So you just stay home and play synthesizers.
So they sat in the cave (the cave!)... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:07:56 AM
and ate bubblegum pies (yum!)... Albie, the racist... "Albie, zee raceest"... Albie, the racist... Well... NOT ANYMORE!! Albie, the racist... DRA-GON!!!
Wear the eye patch, Bret... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:09:44 AM
Wear the funky, funky eye patch! Bye, Bret! "Bye, bye, Davie Bowie!"
He might be dead.. by JimCurry	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:37:12 AM

This show is supposed to be funny, right? by Cash907	Dec 2nd, 2008 02:52:20 AM
I watched an ep last week, and I couldn't even find implied humor. The songs did make me want to cut my wrists with the carcass of the bubble wrap to my new router though. If that was their intent, well done.
You're so beautiful, you could be a part time model. by Jackie Boy	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:07:21 AM
But you'd probably still have to work your normal job.
do you have one really funky sequined space suit, Bowie? by newc0253	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:43:48 AM
Or do you have several ch-ch-ch-ch- changes?
"I think it's because I'm so racist" by newc0253	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:46:00 AM
Get your hand off my tail, you'll make it dirty.
Cash907 by SmallTuna	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:05:57 AM
Give a try to other episodes. I didn't laugh that much watching the first one and now it's one of my favorite funny tv shows. It's the same as watching the first episode of The Office US, not funny at first, but when you get used to the characters it's win-win.
As a New Zealander by Fineus Fog	Dec 2nd, 2008 04:17:00 AM
ther is a sense of amazing at what these two dudes from my hometown have done BUT they have been donig most of these songs (from season 1) in their standup shows for the last 6 -7 years so I actually found the stuff around the songs funnier. Can't wait for Season 2, hopefully some new songs too
Anchorman is a top ten comedy? WTF? by MattInTheHat	Dec 2nd, 2008 05:07:00 AM
You've got to be joking right?
They killed Elle on Heroes!!! by Drath	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:12:57 AM
Worst possible way too, another notch on Sylar's serial killer belt only for no reason since he had her powers already. Now he's just a killer for killing's sake, and she goes out like all the other female characters who've run into him--it's incredibly sexist and terrible writing. They've written her so badly though, it felt like a mercy killing as well. I don't blame you, Herc, for not giving them a talkback, but I still had to bitch about it. Terrible writers, terrible show. Bryan Fuller has his work cut out for him.
Cash907 by Nice Marmot	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:19:37 AM
Nobody finds implied humor in your troll-bitch post either. And as much as I like this show, or any show for that matter, I'll never get the urge to just post random quotes from it. It's pretty annoying.
Can yo watch it in the UK? by Leopold Scotch	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:58:12 AM
Or will it be Americans only? If so, it's rainin' on my face.
Murray is God! by BobParr	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:18:11 AM
present
BobParr by Balcony Fool	Dec 2nd, 2008 08:45:47 AM
I concur, the guys are great, but Murray is the funniest part of the show. Oddly, I looked up some of Rhys Darby's stand-up on YouTube, and it was pretty awful. Like, fingers-in-ears bad. Still, the genius of Murray Hewitt is more than most comedians will ever achieve. Present.
J.J. Binks... by imascooby1985	Dec 2nd, 2008 11:24:50 AM
Humor is an opinion so if you dont find them funny thats understandable. But to say they are untalented just shows you are either ignorant or havent really listened to them at all.
Awesome... by keyserSOZE	Dec 2nd, 2008 11:27:56 AM
I DVR'd Heroes last night, was planning on watching it today, had not read any spoilers, and I wander into a Conchords talkback and guess what? I get a huge fucking Heroes spoiler. Thanks, assclown.
That Kubrick book.. by eggart	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:39:13 PM
while it has the same content and page count, it is a somewhat smaller reprint of the earlier edition without the fancy-shmancy extras. Just FYI.
keyser by frankenfickle	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:42:22 PM
cry more. here's another spoiler: heroes is terrible.
I consider myself as a man with good taste... by RockLobster800	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:14:03 PM
in comedy...living in the UK Ive managed to dismiss utter bollocks like the IT Crowd (I even shudder at its name)anything to do with russell brand, and most new american sitcoms(hope and faith? samntha who?) and have a deep love for genuinely brilliant inventive comedys-Arrested Development,Curb, Peep Show, Seinfeld,Black Books, Father Ted, Larry Sanders-all the great shows ,some that have fallen by the wayside as others are celebrated...and God knows Ive tried to like Flight Of The Conchords. But I just cant. Im sure I get it-the glibness in the face of surrealness and all that. But its not funny. And I would leave it alone. Agree to disagree you know.BUT I still meet people who go on and on and ON about how brilliant it is who then say they dont "get" Dark Place, or dont understand how Curb is funny .And while its not the shows fault I have to vent rage by saying that its a bit crap. Not all bad...Kristen Schaal is adorable (althugh shes no Isy Suttie) and they do coax the odd chuckle..but how this thing is so celebrated while (in the uk at least)Arrested Development just gets shrugged shoulders Ill never understand. But then the people who do this also watch the dreaded IT crowd and two pints of lager, so maybe I need to hang out with other people.
Im with you Keyser by imascooby1985	Dec 2nd, 2008 01:21:54 PM
Fortunately, I had already watched last nights Heroes, but when I read that I got pissed just thinking about the people who havent seen it yet and are gonna have a huge part of it spoiled in a talkback that SHOULD be safe from that kind of stuff. If you need to talk about an unrelated show then at least have the common courtesy to spend 3 seconds typing out the word SPOILER.
Blasphemy!!! by Thrillho77	Dec 2nd, 2008 03:54:51 PM
The cast of Seinfeld was brilliant - and George Costanza is the greatest character in television history!!!
Flight Of The Conchords are: by Amy Chasing	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:15:00 PM
Very talented, very musical, very funny, very geeky and very entertaining. Why? Because they can make fun of music and artists, but it's obvious they love them and manage to perform send-ups that are more homages than piss-takes. It's very clever and anyone who doesn't acknowledge that doesn't know what they're watching. That and with the success of musical TV episodes and a certain Sing-A-Long Blog, their marketing timing is perfect. Hat's off to FOTC!
RockLoberst, most Two Pints of Lager fans would never go near th by PaulSC	Dec 2nd, 2008 06:18:23 PM
In fact, I suspect Two Pints, IT Crowd and Conchords all appeal to quite different audiences. I sympathise with some of what you say, but just because this particular show doesn't do it for you doesn't mean that those who do like it are a homogenous band of tasteless fuckwits.
Lives are like retractable pencils... by thecomedian	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:29:25 PM
...You push the too hard they're gonna break. And people are like paper dolls. Paper dolls and people. They're a similar shape...
Not to start the usual battle BUT.... by thecomedian	Dec 2nd, 2008 07:36:21 PM
I watched Tenacious D's HBO show when it was on. I know every episode by heart. Bought they're album back in 2000. Even saw the movie. I've got nothing but love for The D. But Flight of the Conchords are waaaay funnier. Mainly because Brett and Jermaine are equally charismatic as opposed to The D being mostly about Jack Black but also because they have a much greater range in their song styles. Plus their storylines are just more fleshed out and funnier. Though it's not really fair to compare the two HBO shows side by side since their like ten years apart. Anyhow, I really hope they bring back Rachel Blanchard as Sally this season. Maybe she ironically helps them get their revenge on The Crazy Dogz.
Saw a man lying on the street... by mraig	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:37:07 PM
...some punk had chopped off his head. And I'm the only one who stops to see if he's dead. Turns out he's dead.
At the end of your life... by mraig	Dec 2nd, 2008 09:37:55 PM
...you're lucky if you die.
Jermain Clement is just plain funny by BobParr	Dec 3rd, 2008 08:57:02 AM
I saw THE SHARK vs. THE EAGLE and it was not very good but Jermain consistently made me laugh. "I was gonna kick your ass".
"Lay-dehz! by Boxcutter	Dec 3rd, 2008 02:12:05 PM
...Namibian...Laydehz! - Amphibian - Presbyterian" etc. Love it all. Sweet, funny, beautifully crafted songs and dialogue.
really necgray? by RockLobster800	Dec 3rd, 2008 08:53:43 PM
I usually find Larry David to be a VERY sympathetic character..particualrly in the first four seasons. I dont see what could be unsympathetic about him at all in those seasons-he's a guy who constantly gets caught out by social foibles, usually has the best of intentions and gets caught up in something that is blown out of proportion by the people around him. Yeah around series 5 he became more abrasive and brought on arguments but in classic Curb Larry was always the character you were meant to side with. I can understand finding the Seinfeld characters a little hardder to swallow but their flaws were what drew me to the show-that was the beauty of George Costanza, in that he was a self absorbed, lieing ,stealing, nuerotic wreck of a human being who would do ANYTHING to get him out of the situations he landed in but you still hoped he would suceed(The Season 5 ep The Opposite when things DO go right for him remains one of my favourite eps of any tv show). I do think its down to the viewers own personality purely-me and my friends empathise completely with those characters cos we too are in part really nuerotic, socially awkward, overly analytical and find it quite difficult to comphrehend the other memebers of society we come across (its even worse the more well adjusted they are I find).And this has lead me not just to a love of the show but of the characters....so it realy is a show that appeals almost directly to peoples individual personalities in that respect. And I also love AD, and all the characters....but I dont sympathise with a brain/heartless ass like GOB even though I love that him. He's just basically good comedy

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