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pos: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) Flight of the Conchords (TV series) Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that was first shown on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, who play fictionalized versions of themselves. A second season was announced on August 17, 2007, and shown from January 18, 2009. On December 11, 2009, the duo confirmed that the series would not return for

pos: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) Sally (Flight of the Conchords) "Sally" is the pilot episode of the American television sitcom "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired on HBO on June 17, 2007. In this episode, New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of the band Flight of the Conchords have moved to New York City to try to make it in the United States. At a party, Jemaine falls for, and subsequently begins dating, Sally—Bret's former girlfriend. As Jemaine's attentions focus on Sally, a lonely Bret is forced to deal with the advances of Mel (Kristen Schaal), the band's obsessed—and only—fan. Meanwhile, Murray (Rhys

pos: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) a Comedy or Drama Series (Half Hour) and Animation, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (for the episode "Prime Minister"). Filming for the series took place at a variety of locations and landmarks around New York City. "Flight of the Conchords" has, however, been consistent with its geography with respect to their neighbourhood. Some of the primary locations are listed below. Information on locations specific to particular episodes may be found on the page for that episode. Transition shots and out-of-studio location shoots have been in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Most street scenes were filmed in Lower Manhattan or

pos: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) a third season. Throughout its run, "Flight of the Conchords" received positive critical reception, with its second season scoring 80/100 on Metacritic. The show has received 10 Emmy Award nominations, including "Outstanding Comedy Series" and "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" for Jemaine Clement, both in 2009. The series centers on the day-to-day lives and loves of two shepherds-turned-musicians, Jemaine and Bret (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, playing fictionalized versions of themselves), who have uprooted themselves from their native New Zealand to try to make it big as a folk duo in New York City. The two have frequent

pos: Flight of the Conchords the songs were later used in the television series. The BBC Radio 2 series won the duo the Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for comedy. The duo starred in a television series for HBO, titled "Flight of the Conchords", which premiered in the United States in June 2007. The series simultaneously premiered in Canada on The Movie Network and Movie Central, and was also shown on The Comedy Network. The series revolves around a fictional version of the pair as they try to achieve success as a band in New York City and try to develop an American fan base.

pos: Kevin Allison Allison's most recent film and TV appearances include "", "The Ten", "Wedding Daze", VH1's "Best Week Ever", IFC's Comedy Bang Bang and HBO's "Flight of the Conchords". He has written for TV and for production companies like JibJab and Blue Man Group. Allison has taught sketch comedy and storytelling classes at New York University, the People's Improv Theater in New York City (where he also served as artistic director), and the Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia. On February 26, 2015, Allison appeared on Marc Maron's WTF podcast. On July 30, 2015, Allison appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast.

neg: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. For a more detailed map of filming locations for both seasons see External links On November 28, 2011, Bret McKenzie has stated that efforts are being made to bring the comedy folk duo to the big screen. He said: "We're going to try and do a movie. We just need a story". However, HBO has stated that it does not have plans for such a film. Flight of the Conchords (TV series) Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that was first shown on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows

neg: Drive By (Flight of the Conchords) Drive By (Flight of the Conchords) "Drive By" is the seventh episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 29, 2007. A sidewalk fruit vendor, Sinjay (Aziz Ansari), refuses Bret and Jemaine service due to the fact that they are New Zealanders. He disinfects the fruit they touch, and they leave empty handed. They visit the consulate for a band meeting, where Bret is clearly upset about the incident. There they meet Jessica (Joan Hess), the pretty blonde tech support lady who is upgrading the consulate's computers

neg: Flight of the Conchords discography number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Flight of the Conchords returned in 2012 with the release of "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)", a charity single recorded to benefit the New Zealand children's charity Cure Kids. The single topped the New Zealand Singles Chart. The compilation album "The Complete Collection", featuring "The Distant Future", "Flight of the Conchords", "I Told You I Was Freaky" and "Pencils in the Wind", was released in 2013. Flight of the Conchords discography The discography of Flight of the Conchords, a New Zealand-based comedy band, consists of two studio albums, one live album,

neg: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) Rhys Darby as Murray Hewitt was excellent, calling his character "scene-stealing". Finally, Schonberger positively compared the episode to the 2004 comedy film "Napoleon Dynamite", writing, "Indeed, the whole pilot vaguely reminded me of "Napoleon" in the way that the characters just sort of lurk around and pour their limited energy into absurd activities". Sally (Flight of the Conchords) "Sally" is the pilot episode of the American television sitcom "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired on HBO on June 17, 2007. In this episode, New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of the band Flight of the Conchords have moved

neg: Flight of the Conchords (radio series) Chalmers, Jimmy Carr, Emma Kennedy Flight of the Conchords (radio series) Flight of the Conchords was a radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2005, starring the New Zealand musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. A 3-CD set containing all the episodes was released in 2006 by the BBC. Each disc consisted of 2 episodes. At the 2006 Sony Radio Academy Awards, the series won bronze in the Comedy Award. The later HBO television series of the same name was a spin-off from this radio series. The series is regularly repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. A Director's

neg: Flight of the Conchords (radio series) Flight of the Conchords (radio series) Flight of the Conchords was a radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2005, starring the New Zealand musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. A 3-CD set containing all the episodes was released in 2006 by the BBC. Each disc consisted of 2 episodes. At the 2006 Sony Radio Academy Awards, the series won bronze in the Comedy Award. The later HBO television series of the same name was a spin-off from this radio series. The series is regularly repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. A Director's Cut release was planned by

neg: Flight of the Conchords discography Flight of the Conchords discography The discography of Flight of the Conchords, a New Zealand-based comedy band, consists of two studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and seven singles. Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie formed Flight of the Conchords in Wellington in 1998. Their first release was the live album "Folk the World Tour", which the duo self-released in 2002. In 2006, the band signed with American independent label Sub Pop; they released the EP "The Distant Future" the following year, which reached number eight in New Zealand. Clement and McKenzie began starring in

neg: Flight of the Conchords (album) Flight of the Conchords (album) Flight of the Conchords is the debut full-length studio recorded album by New Zealand folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords, released 21 April 2008 by Sub Pop. Two songs, "Business Time" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)", have been released as downloadable content for the video game "Rock Band". The album debuted at number three on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, selling about 52,000 copies in its first week. In their home country of New Zealand, the album debuted at number two, beaten to the top spot by Shihad's "Beautiful Machine". The

neg: Flight of the Conchords selling over 15,000 copies in its first week. In an interview published in Indiewire in August 2015, Clement said that a Flight of the Conchords movie was being written, although he indicated that it is still in the early phases. In 2016, the duo performed new songs alongside old favourites on a North American tour. In October 2018 the band was featured in an HBO concert special recorded live in London. Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. The duo's comedy and music became the

neg: Jemaine Clement a rework of the traditional Maori legends of Māui. The duo received New Zealand's highest comedy honour, the Billy T Award. Clement and Bret McKenzie formed Flight of the Conchords while at Victoria University. They have toured internationally and released four CDs: "Folk the World Tour" in 2002, "The Distant Future" EP in 2007 (winner of 2008 Grammy for Best Comedy Album), "Flight of the Conchords" in 2008 and "I Told You I Was Freaky" in 2009. In 2005 the Conchords produced "Flight of the Conchords", a six-part comedy radio programme on BBC Radio 2. They appeared on "Late Night

neg: Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) and asks her to take him back, which she does. Whilst walking along the street Jemaine notices Mel and Doug, who is dressed in a Bret costume, making out in a parked car. He returns home to find Bret performing Paul Simon's 1980s solo work accompanied by several men wearing traditional African garb (à la Ladysmith Black Mambazo). Bret and Jemaine perform a song about Karen's psychotic behavior while wearing flashy shirts and skeleton costumes. This musical number is a spoof of the song "Devil Woman" by Cliff Richard. Bret sings a Korean song about love in the form of

neg: Bret McKenzie of The Black Seeds. He released an album called "Prototype" as Video Kid and is a member of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. McKenzie attended Clifton Terrace Model School ("model" refers to a standard school for training teachers as opposed to modelling), Wellington College and then Victoria University of Wellington where he met Jemaine Clement who was also studying film and theatre. Together, they were members of So You're a Man and they later formed Flight of the Conchords. As Flight of the Conchords they have toured internationally and released four CDs: "Folk the World Tour" in 2002,"The Distant Future"

neg: The Third Conchord "Flight of the Conchords" is the opening act for "The Original Flight of the Conchords", a pleased Murray suggests that the two bands merge to form a supergroup. Instead Todd and Demetri announce that they want to split from Bret and Jemaine and team up together to form the "Crazy Dogggz". One month later, the song Todd had tried to get the Conchords to play, "Doggy Bounce", is number one in 24 countries. The Crazy Dogggz are touring the world and a busy and now-rich Murray is neglecting the Conchords. Even worse, their once-devoted fan Mel has also switched allegiance

neg: Bret McKenzie (which won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album) in 2007, the Grammy nominated "Flight of the Conchords" in 2008, and "I Told You I Was Freaky" in 2009. The Conchords produced a six-part improvisational comedy radio program for the BBC and have appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". After a successful appearance in 2005 on HBOs "One Night Stand", the Conchords were offered their own 12-part HBO series "Flight of the Conchords". Its first season ran from June to September 2007, and its second

neg: The Third Conchord does his angry dance. After unsuccessfully attempting to weasel his way back into the band, Bret gives up and forms a new band of his own "The Original Flight of the Conchords" with a keytar player he has met named Demitri (Demetri Martin). Despite Murray's reluctance to manage both bands, they are surprised to discover that the two new incarnations of The Conchords are more successful than Bret and Jemaine ever were. Bret and Jemaine are still not pleased, however, since neither of them are getting along that well with their respective band-mates. After a very successful gig in which

neg: The Actor (Flight of the Conchords) sung in a mix of styles including folk, heavy metal and rap. This episode features a prominent reference to "The Lord of the Rings" movies, which were all filmed in New Zealand and featured Bret in a small role. Several other episodes have contained references to "The Lord of the Rings" as well, usually in the context that it is one of the few things for which New Zealand is famous. The Actor (Flight of the Conchords) "The Actor" is the eleventh episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States

neg: Flight of the Conchords also appeared on the season four finale of the "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!", briefly replacing Tim and Eric during a high-stakes game of tennis. The duo guest-starred as a pair of camp counselors in "Elementary School Musical", the season premiere of the 22nd season of "The Simpsons", which aired 26 September 2010. On 23 August 2013, Flight of the Conchords co-headlined the Oddball & Curiosity Festival with Dave Chappelle, kicking off the tour in Austin, Texas. The duo appeared at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. In 2018, Flight of the Conchords reunited for

neg: Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) "Prime Minister" is the seventh episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 1, 2009. Brett and Jemaine find a flurry of activity at the New York New Zealand Consulate over the impending arrival of the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Murray also announces that he has arranged a gig for Bret and Jemaine as Simon and Garfunkel impersonators. The pair object to playing other people's music, which Murray comments is better than theirs; they sell out for

neg: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) episode of the final season of "The Sopranos". The episode received over 1.2 million viewers. The episode received largely positive reviews from critics. IGN, in an advanced review of the episode, awarded "Sally" an "amazing" 9.2 out of 10 rating and called the series "The funniest show you haven't seen yet." The review noted that, ""Flight of the Conchords" deserves the buzz it is slowly building. This is a very funny show." Blogcritics reviewer Daniel J. Stasiewski noted that the series was different for HBO, writing, ""Flight of the Conchords" isn’t "Entourage" or "Sex in the City" or even "Extras".

neg: Flight of the Conchords Melbourne Comedy Festival, and received a nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their show at Edinburgh venue The Caves. The duo's live performances have gained them a worldwide cult following. McKenzie and Clement were flatmates at Victoria University of Wellington, where they were studying film and theatre before forming Flight of the Conchords in 1998. They first performed as part of a five-man group called So You're a Man, which included Taika Waititi and debuted at Wellington's iconic BATS Theatre, garnering a small but loyal following in New Zealand and Australia. The band

neg: Drive By (Flight of the Conchords) competitions. After this, we hear an ad for "What Have You Done to My House?", another TV show. This show is fictional, but satirizes a number of shows with the same premise. In the advertisement for the New Zealand's Library telephone service, the man (Taika Waititi — the writer and director of this episode) asks to reserve the new Gipsy Kings album. The Gipsy Kings are a French band. Dave makes reference to the film "Escape from Alcatraz". Drive By (Flight of the Conchords) "Drive By" is the seventh episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This

neg: Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords) Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords) "Wingmen" is the ninth episode of the second season and twenty first overall of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 15, 2009. It is the penultimate episode of the second season. Bret enlists Jemaine and Dave to help him try to land a girlfriend. Murray regrets making Greg his scapegoat. Bret becomes attracted to Savannah, a woman who works in a pet shop. His shyness causes him to constantly buy goldfish from her while he builds up courage to ask her out. Bret

neg: Mugged (Flight of the Conchords) flee. Mugged (Flight of the Conchords) "Mugged" is the third episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 1, 2007. Bret and Jemaine are mugged and chased by two thugs. During the pursuit, Jemaine's clothes get caught on a fence. Rather than helping Jemaine, Bret leaves him to fend for himself. Consequently, Jemaine injures his arm and spends two days in jail with John, one of the muggers. While in jail, Jemaine bonds with John, who is also dealing with the pain of having been abandoned, as his

neg: Mugged (Flight of the Conchords) Mugged (Flight of the Conchords) "Mugged" is the third episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 1, 2007. Bret and Jemaine are mugged and chased by two thugs. During the pursuit, Jemaine's clothes get caught on a fence. Rather than helping Jemaine, Bret leaves him to fend for himself. Consequently, Jemaine injures his arm and spends two days in jail with John, one of the muggers. While in jail, Jemaine bonds with John, who is also dealing with the pain of having been abandoned, as his partner

neg: Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) "Bowie" is the sixth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". The episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, 22 July 2007. After a photo session, Bret develops body image issues and gets some dream advice from his idol, David Bowie. Jemaine plots to cheer him up and Murray tries to get one of the band's tunes used for a musical greeting card. Bret starts suffering body image issues after Murray accuses him of being small during a photo session. He then gets visited in a dream by a Ziggy

neg: Yoko (Flight of the Conchords) highest mountain", and suggests that he rewrite the song with more realistic promises. The song "She-Wolf" is only seen briefly as a song Jemaine is writing. It expresses his obvious dislike for, and mistrust of, Coco. Yoko (Flight of the Conchords) "Yoko" is the fourth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 8, 2007. This episode received an Emmy Award nomination in 2008 for "Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series". Murray tries to interest Bret and Jemaine in his tour of New York band rotundas. However, Bret

neg: Yoko (Flight of the Conchords) Yoko (Flight of the Conchords) "Yoko" is the fourth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". It first aired in the United States on Sunday, July 8, 2007. This episode received an Emmy Award nomination in 2008 for "Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series". Murray tries to interest Bret and Jemaine in his tour of New York band rotundas. However, Bret has a date with Coco, the girl he met at his sign-holding job. Jemaine tags along on the date, and quickly makes a habit of inviting himself along on all their dates. When Bret finally tells

neg: Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) Bowie's stage personas Halloween Jack, who wore an eye patch, from the album Diamond Dogs. Bret also later dresses like Halloween Jack in the video for Bowie's In Space. The robot on the birthday card is a robot from the "Doctor Who" serial "Robot". The space-helmet-wearing band that appears during the bridge of "Bowie" is a reference to the 1977 video for "Magic Fly" by the French electronic music band Space. There is a Sub Pop sticker on Bret's guitar case. Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) "Bowie" is the sixth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords".

neg: The Actor (Flight of the Conchords) The Actor (Flight of the Conchords) "The Actor" is the eleventh episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 26, 2007. The boys play a gig in a club to just a handful of people. After the gig when Bret and Jemaine are at the bar, a "semi-professional" actor named Ben introduces himself. He thinks they are a comedy act and that Bret and Jemaine are just playing characters. He offers them his card expressing a wish to work with them in the future. At a post-show

neg: Flight of the Conchords (album) has been released by Sub Pop records. It is available on the Sub Pop YouTube channel. In the video, Bret and Jemaine skate around a beach (mostly in slow motion) in a parody of "cheesy" 70's music videos. When they reach the hermaphrodite lyrics, the camera zooms in on a bulge in a woman's swimsuit. When the music fades back in at the end of the song, Bret and Jemaine "fly" into space; Bret flaps his arms and Jemaine uses his vest as wings. Flight of the Conchords (album) Flight of the Conchords is the debut full-length studio recorded album

neg: Evicted (Flight of the Conchords) a montage, going through random scenes (the duo coming to America, Jemaine selling himself for sex, etc.). The art imitating life imitating art imitating life theme references the video for Björk's "Bachelorette". Evicted (Flight of the Conchords) "Evicted" is the final episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 22, 2009. After playing an impromptu instrumental number using household appliances and outdoor noise, Bret and Jemaine are paid a visit by their landlord, who demands he be paid for the last two years of rent in American dollars

neg: Evicted (Flight of the Conchords) Evicted (Flight of the Conchords) "Evicted" is the final episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 22, 2009. After playing an impromptu instrumental number using household appliances and outdoor noise, Bret and Jemaine are paid a visit by their landlord, who demands he be paid for the last two years of rent in American dollars (the duo have been paying in New Zealand dollars). Lacking the funds, Bret and Jemaine visit Murray for solutions, who is unable to offer them anything promising, except a musical he's been

neg: Girlfriends (Flight of the Conchords) Girlfriends (Flight of the Conchords) "Girlfriends" is the eighth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 5, 2007. Jemaine has his eye on a woman that works at the bakery. He wants Bret to go in the shop with him but Bret is reluctant because he doesn't like croissants. Eventually Jemaine convinces him to be his 'wingman'. While speaking to the woman and her colleague, Jemaine tries speaking a bit of French and they launch into a 1960s French style music video singing ""Foux Du Fafa"".

neg: Flight of the Conchords the horror comedy mockumentary titled "What We Do in the Shadows", directed by Clement and Taika Waititi. Extra video content can be seen on the HBO Flight of the Conchords site, for example Dave's Pawn Shop Video. In May 2010, Bret and Jemaine also appeared in a web video on bbc.co.uk in which they officially opened the BBC's Comedy website. In an interview with Vulture, Bret said that plans were in the works for a reunion tour in 2012 and that he and Jemaine were discussing a Flight of the Conchords movie. On 28 November 2011, he stated that efforts

neg: Flight of the Conchords ABC TV HBO gave the group a special on their Friday night half-hour stand-up comedy series "One Night Stand". They then headlined at the opening weekend at Comix comedy club, where they recorded two tracks included on 2007's "The Distant Future". They also performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. While in Texas, they recorded a documentary titled "Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey", which aired on New Zealand's TV3 in late 2006. In June 2007, the band performed on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and were interviewed by Terry Gross on the NPR

neg: Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) karaoke. The video is a parody of the music videos produced specifically for karaokes; in this case, Bret sings in front of a karaoke screen with Engrish lyric subtitles and images of scenery (and Jemaine on a carousel) run in the background. The song was originally a Mandarin song called "往事只能回味 (Wang Shi Zhi Neng Hui Wei)", composed by Taiwanese musician 刘家昌 (Liu Jia-Chang). Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) "Prime Minister" is the seventh episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 1,

neg: Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. The duo's comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series that aired for two seasons on HBO. They previously referred to themselves as "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", but as of 2014 refer to themselves as "the almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand". They were named Best Alternative Comedy Act at the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival and Best Newcomer at the

neg: Major Tom Major Tom's wife left at home. "Mrs. Major Tom" was covered by Sheryl Crow on William Shatner's album "Seeking Major Tom" (2011). The Tea Party created a song entitled "Empty Glass" on its album "Seven Circles" (2004). The song is written from the perspective of an unnamed person who is questioning Major Tom intensely about the purpose of life. The song also references Ground Control and the Bowie phrases "star man" and "diamond dogs". The New Zealand comedic folk duo Flight of the Conchords allude to the character in their tribute song "Bowie" (2008) where they place Bowie himself in

neg: Jemaine Clement with Conan O'Brien", the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show". After appearing in 2005 on HBO's "One Night Stand", the Conchords were offered their own 12-part HBO series "Flight of the Conchords", which was based on their earlier BBC radio series of the same name. Its first season ran from June to September 2007, and was renewed for a second season, which aired on HBO in the US from January to March 2009. In December 2009, the Conchords announced the show would not have a third season. Clement has appeared in several feature films. His debut

neg: Figwit Figwit Figwit is a fan-created name for a then-unnamed Elven escort in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, played by actor and musician Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords fame. The name Figwit derives from an acronym for "Frodo is grea...who is THAT?!?" . The character would later be identified in the film version of "The Hobbit", as Lindir, an elf of Rivendell who appeared briefly in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, "The Fellowship of the Ring". Bret McKenzie, half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and a Wellington native, first landed a small role

neg: Unnatural Love Unnatural Love "Unnatural Love" is the fifth episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords", and the seventeenth episode overall. It first aired on February 15, 2009. The episode was directed by Michel Gondry and written by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley. Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of the band Flight of the Conchords star as fictional versions of themselves. The plot focuses on Jemaine's forbidden romance with the Australian Keitha (Sarah Wynter), which chagrins his fellow New Zealanders Bret and Murray (Rhys Darby), the band's manager. "Unnatural Love" was well received by critics.

neg: Eugene Mirman Oswalt, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford on the Comedians of Comedy tour. He has toured as an opener for Flight of the Conchords and with Andy Kindler and Marc Maron in "Stand Uppity". He plays the character Eugene in the "Flight of the Conchords" HBO television series. In January 2010, Mirman performed standup on the "John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show" on Comedy Central. Mirman's Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival has been running since 2008. On April 10, 2015, Mirman filmed a live stand-up special in Tucson, AZ, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. The special was released on Netflix in 2015

neg: Rhys Darby mic contest at Southern Blues Bar in Christchurch, they began performing at local venues. Rhysently Granted performed at two international comedy festivals which led to Darby moving back to Auckland to seek more solo stand-up experience. After performing his first solo show at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Darby moved to the UK to pursue his career further. In 2004 he appeared in the Flight of the Conchords BBC radio series as the band's manager Brian Nesbit alongside comedy stars such as Rob Brydon, Andy Parsons and Jimmy Carr. Darby plays Murray, the band's manager, on Flight of the Conchords

neg: Flight of the Conchords that the show would not return for a third season. Both McKenzie and Clement appeared alongside Rhys Darby in a horror comedy titled "", though not as Flight of the Conchords. The film was released on 3 August 2009. They have also each appeared in several films separately: Clement in "Men in Black 3", "Eagle vs Shark", "Dinner for Schmucks", "Gentlemen Broncos", "Muppets Most Wanted," and "Moana", and McKenzie in "", "", "" and "Austenland." The song "I'm Not Crying" appears in the film "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!". In 2014, both Clement and Rhys Darby starred in

neg: Evicted (Flight of the Conchords) decides to ingest arsenic to poison his meat, despite being sick from doing so. In the end, Petrov and Yelyena die and Bret is left alive with just his head. This version is noticeably faster and has fewer verses than the original recording on their live album "Folk the World Tour", and Jemaine only played Petrov. When the Conchords are evicted from their apartment, Murray decides it is time to unleash his musical idea that follows the life of the Conchords. They eventually get a stage and perform a musical, singing songs about their life. The musical itself is like

neg: Flight of the Conchords (album) following week it jumped to the number one spot. The album was certified 2x Platinum in New Zealand on 23 August 2009, shipping over 30,000 copies. All of the tracks on the album, with the exception of track 15, were featured in an episode of the TV series "Flight of the Conchords". Many tracks are rerecorded or slightly remixed versions of those featured in the television program. "Business Time" previously appeared on "The Distant Future" EP, along with live versions of "Robots" and "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)". A music video for the song "Ladies of the World"

neg: Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) sleeping in the same bed with him and pretended Bret was a woman. The song is one of the few in the television series to have no accompanying montage or fantasy sequence and is performed primarily by Jemaine on guitar and vocals. It had previously been used in the second episode of the Flight of the Conchords radio series and was later released as an iTunes-only bonus track for pre-orders of their soundtrack album. "Bowie" (a.k.a. "Bowie's in Space") begins after Bret's last dream encounter with David Bowie. It is a parody of the many musical styles and visual aesthetics

neg: Flight of the Conchords discography the "Flight of the Conchords" TV series on HBO in June 2007. After the conclusion of the first season of the show, the band's self-titled debut full-length album was released in April 2008, which topped the New Zealand Albums Chart and reached number three on the US "Billboard" 200. Similarly, following the conclusion of the show's second season, "I Told You I Was Freaky" was released in October 2009, reaching the top ten in New Zealand and the top 20 in the US. The lead single from the album, "Hurt Feelings", became the band's first to chart when it reached

neg: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) latter two starring as the titular Flight of the Conchords. Bobin directed the episode. The episode is the first of the series to feature Rachel Blanchard as Sally. The character returns to disrupt Bret and Jemaine's lives in the fifth episode, "Sally Returns". In "Sally", the character Mel shows Bret that she carries around a picture of Jemaine's lips in her wallet. This was inspired by an incident that happened to the band during the filming of their documentary "A Texan Odyssey" which covered their trip to the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. The incident was

neg: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) The two were subsequently re-recorded in studio form for the band's debut album, "Flight of the Conchords" in 2008. "Sally" debuted on the internet, a month before the show premiered on HBO. The network, in conjunction with MySpace, iTunes, Yahoo! TV, Movielink, Comcast.net and Roadrunner.com, allowed a promotional version of the episode to be streamed as part of an online marketing campaign to build up word-of-mouth for the series. On television, "Sally" debuted on the HBO in the United States at 10:30 PM on Sunday, June 17, 2007 in the time slot preceded by "Entourage", and vacated by the last

neg: Tongan Ninja Andrew Adamson. Tongan Ninja Tongan Ninja is a 2002 kung-fu action-comedy film directed by Jason Stutter and filmed in New Zealand. The film has received recent notoriety for co-starring and being co-written by Jemaine Clement, star of the HBO comedy "Flight of the Conchords". The movie is a parody of English-dubbed martial arts films, with a few other popular films and the plot is taken from "Way of the Dragon". It also features songs written by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie - also from the Flight of the Conchords. A young child is stranded in Tonga when his plane crashes

neg: Tongan Ninja Tongan Ninja Tongan Ninja is a 2002 kung-fu action-comedy film directed by Jason Stutter and filmed in New Zealand. The film has received recent notoriety for co-starring and being co-written by Jemaine Clement, star of the HBO comedy "Flight of the Conchords". The movie is a parody of English-dubbed martial arts films, with a few other popular films and the plot is taken from "Way of the Dragon". It also features songs written by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie - also from the Flight of the Conchords. A young child is stranded in Tonga when his plane crashes and his

neg: Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords) ideas Bret says he got from sitcoms are plot devices that have featured in many TV shows including "Friends", "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Seinfeld". At the start of the episode, Bret asks Jemaine if he would be his wingman, "like in Top Gun". Jemaine asked Bret to be his wingman in the season one episode "Girlfriends" and Bret also referenced "Top Gun" at that time. Later, Murray asks Jemaine to be his wingman when he attempts to apologise to Greg. Dave references NeverNeverLand during another episode of confusion about the nationality of Bret and Jemaine. Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords)

neg: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) feelings, the songs serve as inner monologues. The show was created by Clement, McKenzie and James Bobin, and was based on the successful improvised 2005 BBC Radio 2 radio series of the same name. Bobin serves as the show's main writer and director. The first episode of the series aired on HBO on June 17, 2007. The series received 100,000 views for the first-season premiere scored on Myspace. On August 17, 2007, HBO announced a second season for "Flight of the Conchords", originally set to premiere in 2008, but which was postponed to January 2009. Prior to the announcement, Jemaine

neg: Daft Punk Award for Best Dance Recording. The Soulwax remix of the song also contains samples of many Daft Punk tracks as well as tracks by Thomas Bangalter. The song "Number 1 Girl" by the Dutch music project Le Le mentions the names Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo among other producers and artists. In the "Flight of the Conchords" episode "Sally", a music video for the Flight of the Conchords song "Robots" is shot with homemade robot costumes fashioned by the band's manager, Murray. Jemaine comments, "It doesn't look like Daft Punk. We wanted ones like Daft Punk." Daft Punk tracks

neg: Unnatural Love for emphasizing songwriting more than other "Weird Al-style" musical parodies on the album. "Unnatural Love" first aired on HBO February 15, 2009. It received over 826,000 viewers. The episode was well received by critics. "Time" television critic James Poniewozik gave it an "honorable mention" in his list of the best television episodes of 2009, the only "Flight of the Conchords" episode he included. Critic Alan Sepinwall wrote in "The Star-Ledger" that both the comedy and music in "Unnatural Love" represented "Flight of the Conchords" "functioning at peak level", finding that the strong songs and their associated video sequences set the

neg: Flight of the Conchords "Flight of the Conchords: Live in London", a one-hour TV special on HBO. In 2004, the band created a radio series for BBC Radio 2. Largely improvised, the series was based on the band's search for commercial success in London. It featured Rob Brydon as their narrator, Rhys Darby as their manager and Jimmy Carr as a devoted fan called Kipper. The radio series is clearly a progenitor of the television series: the plot is similar — the band arriving in a foreign country to make their fortune, Rhys Darby playing their manager and calling band meetings— and many of

neg: Sally (Flight of the Conchords) Darby), the band's manager, helps the band film their first music video, although they cannot afford decent costumes or proper video equipment. "Sally" received largely positive reviews from critics. According to Nielsen Media Research, "Sally" drew over 1.2 million viewers. Several of the songs from the episode, most notably "Robots", "Not Crying", and "Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" received positive critical acclaim. All three songs were released on the band's EP "The Distant Future", although "Robots" appeared in a live form. "Robots" later was re-recorded and released on the band's debut album "Flight of the Conchords", along with "Most

neg: Patricio Castillo Patricio Castillo Patricio Castillo (born February 4, 1974) is a Spanish-Chilean vocal actor, performer, singer and songwriter. He became well known for his roles in the Spanish language performing songs for HBO's "Flight of the Conchords", "Happy Feet", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Corpse Bride". Patricio Castillo was born Patricio Fernando Castillo Espinoza on February 4, 1974 in Rancagua, Chile. In 2007, Castillo was signed as the Spanish voice of Bret McKenzie in HBO television series "Flight of the Conchords", as well to co-writing the Spanish lyrics working with songwriter Claudia Castillo and sound Engineer "Waldo Valenzuela". After successfully

neg: Flight of the Conchords for best comedy album, for "The Distant Future". On 13 February 2008, Flight of the Conchords had their first post-Grammy concert, a freebie show, at a small Wellington video store called Aro Video. On 5 March 2008, they performed at a private show at 'The Depot' in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2008 Omniture web analytics conference, and the following day in Cahn Auditorium at Northwestern University. On 24 April 2008, they gave a free show at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California. On 28 May 2008, they performed at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. They performed on

neg: Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords) She ends up asking him out for dinner. Then, before Bret can stop them, Jemaine and John execute the pretend mugging plan. Due to force of habit, John actually does steal Savannah's purse, which leads to both him and Jemaine getting arrested. Jemaine is later released, and Savannah soon finds out that Bret faked the mugging and breaks up with him. Meanwhile, Murray has unfairly made Greg the scapegoat for a mistake at work. He quickly regrets it and becomes convinced Greg is furious at him, despite Greg seeming perfectly calm about the situation. He spends the rest of the

neg: Jazzercise live-action movie adaptation of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the Grinch's schedule has an hour booked for Jazzercise. In the episode of "Taxi" entitled "Louie Goes Too Far", Andy Kaufman (playing Vic Ferrari) suggests to Christopher Lloyd (playing Jim) that he take up Jazzercise as a way of meeting beautiful women. On "The Golden Girls", Bea Arthur (Dorothy) admits taking up Jazzercise in the episodes "The Stan Who Came to Dinner" and "The Audit". In the "Futurama" episode "Parasite Lost", the parasitic worms are seen Jazzercising Fry's muscles. The "Flight of the Conchords" episode "New Zealand Town" of their second

neg: Mee-Ow Show "Saturday Night Live," "Animation Domination High-Def," Actor "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Ana Gasteyer - Actor, "Saturday Night Live" Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Actor, "Saturday Night Live", "Seinfeld", "The New Adventures of Old Christine" J. P. Manoux - Actor, "The Emperor's New School" Josh Meyers - Actor, "MADtv", "That '70s Show" Seth Meyers - Actor/Head Writer, "Saturday Night Live," "Late Night" Dermot Mulroney - Actor, "My Best Friend's Wedding", "The Family Stone" Kristen Schaal - Actor, "Flight of the Conchords" 2018: "Take Mee-Ow to the Ballgame" & "The Mee-Owstery Machine" Directors: Devyn Johnson and Nabeel Muscatwalla. Producer: Alex Schwartz. Cast: Makaa

neg: Girlfriends (Flight of the Conchords) Bret and Lisa's second date. The episode contains several references to the film "Top Gun" and the concept of a 'wingman' where one friend helps another get dates, although Jemaine claims not to know the film. At one point, Murray asks for examples of records Quincy Jones made. Bret then mentions Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall", which Murray mistakes as a comment about Michael Jackson's legendary antics. The cafe scenes were filmed at Fabiane's Cafe and Pastry in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The outdoor scenes during the song "Foux Du Fafa" were filmed in McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Girlfriends (Flight of

neg: Elementary School Musical (The Simpsons) guys in Flight of the Conchords to sing [...] but the songs they sang were pretty weak." Similarly, VanDerWerff was critical of the guest appearances of Michele, Riley, and Monteith, and stated: "Bringing in the "Glee" kids to sing a take on "Good Vibrations" that was, frankly, awful mostly just felt like an attempt to have guest stars in nothing parts so they could be promoted. In contrast, Brad Trechak of "TV Squad" felt that the "Elementary School Musical" was an enjoyable start to the twenty-second season of the series, and retorted that the appearances of Clement and McKenzie was

neg: Diagnosis: Death a stool. Andre and Juliet are later cured of their ailments, despite the fact that they were given placebos in the trial. They then go off to take advantage of the second chance they have been given in life. Lightning Entertainment released the film on 3 August in the United States. The DVD was released on 29 December 2009. Diagnosis: Death Diagnosis: Death is a 2009 horror comedy film made in New Zealand, directed by Jason Stutter, co-written by Stutter and Raybon Kan, and features three members of the TV-series "Flight of the Conchords", Bret McKenzie in a substantial role

neg: Prime Minister (Flight of the Conchords) Matrix exists and that déjà vu is evidence of a glitch in it. Jemaine goes on his dinner date with the Art Garfunkel fan, despite Mel's warnings that the other woman is deranged. The fan demands that he dress up at Art Garfunkel again for sex. The scene cuts out to the song "Demon Woman" in the music video style of Judas Priest. Murray, Bret and Brian take the White House Tour in Washington, D.C., but are denied entry to see the president. The second song entitled "Oh, Dance, Baby" is performed by Bret in a Korean karaoke style. Brian

neg: Murray Takes It to the Next Level Murray Takes It to the Next Level "Murray Takes It To The Next Level" is the fourth episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on February 8, 2009. Murray tries to elevate Bret and Jemaine on his friendship graph, bringing his questioning pal Jim in on the plan. Mel demands an apology from Bret for inappropriate behavior that she dreamed about. At a band meeting, Murray (Rhys Darby) invites Jemaine (Jemaine Clement) and Bret (Bret McKenzie) to take it to the "next level" on his

neg: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) Clement stated in an interview with "The New Zealand Herald", "[HBO] is interested in doing another series but we have to think about it. It's not a definite offer but they have talked about us starting writing but we've got other things we want to do as well". McKenzie stated that the second season took longer to produce because the band had used most of their material in the first season. In an interview with "The Star Ledger", he said "We'd need some time to develop new material. It's like the second album syndrome. It might take a lot longer".

neg: Todd Barry played a character in the television pilot "Saddle Rash" along with Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Mitch Hedberg. In "The Third Conchord", the twelfth and final episode of the first season of "Flight of the Conchords", Barry played Todd, a bongo playing megalomaniac, who tries to introduce the song "Doggy Bounce" to the Conchords' repertoire, and a new band name: The Crazy Dogggz. In 2010, Barry had a recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself in the second season of the live-action Adult Swim series "Delocated" - in which he is a frequent associate of the Russian mafia

neg: Unnatural Love Inara George, Nadia Ackerman, Jo Bobin, and Victoria Bobin provide vocals for the chorus of ex-girlfriends. "Carol Brown" earned "Flight of the Conchords" a Creative Arts Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2009. Television critic Alan Sepinwall enjoyed both songs, but considered the "Carol Brown" sequence "perfection", finding that director Michel Gondry's handling of the visuals complemented the music particularly well. The Conchords included "Carol Brown" on "I Told You I Was Freaky", and several reviewers identified it as a highlight of the album. Sarah Rodman of "The Boston Globe" called it "the album's masterpiece", writing that

neg: The Tough Brets and end of Jemaine's "bass solo" and the preceding line: "but the Rhymenoceros is very, very good", Rhymenoceros being Bret's rapping name. The Tough Brets "The Tough Brets" is the third episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords", first broadcast in the United States on February 1, 2009. The Conchords are playing a gig at a local public library. During the performance Bret disses every rapper that comes to mind. At the band meeting the next day, Bret and Jemaine are criticized by Murray for making too much noise at the library, and

neg: The Tough Brets The Tough Brets "The Tough Brets" is the third episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords", first broadcast in the United States on February 1, 2009. The Conchords are playing a gig at a local public library. During the performance Bret disses every rapper that comes to mind. At the band meeting the next day, Bret and Jemaine are criticized by Murray for making too much noise at the library, and for dissing the rappers. They proceed to launch into a rap about "Hurt Feelings". The meeting concludes with Murray warning the duo

neg: New Fans New Fans "New Fans" is the tenth episode of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 19, 2007. A performance at a local "World Music Jam" results in the Conchords gaining two new fans, but Mel is suspicious of the newcomers and their motives. Murray encourages the band to adopt a more "rock star" attitude. At a band meeting at a local restaurant, Murray and the band discuss ways to improve their 'rock' image. Murray announces that Mel has won the fan competition — the prize is to

neg: Unnatural Love its "fun mash-up of lo-fi alterna-folk Casio tones and swell Burt Bacharach backing vocals" humorously undercut the downbeat subject matter. Huw Jones of Slant Magazine called the song "conceivably the Conchords' most formidable piece of songwriting to date". Genevieve Koski of "The A.V. Club" called it one of Flight of the Conchords' "best individual tracks". Mike Diver of BBC Music found it one of the album's better songs, calling it "subdued of arrangement and all the more delightful for it". Jamie Crossan of NME praised it as "lush LOLsome twee pop". Zeth Lundy of the "Boston Phoenix" commended "Carol Brown"

neg: Paul Simms "Flight of the Conchords" and the FX series "Atlanta". He has contributed pieces to "The New Yorker" and also wrote a sitcom pilot, "Beach Lane", starring Matthew Broderick, for executive producer Lorne Michaels. Paul Simms Paul Simms (born 1966) is an American television writer and producer. Simms spent some years of his life in Saudi Arabia, where his parents were school teachers. He graduated from Harvard University, where he wrote for the "Harvard Lampoon" and was a part-time student security guard, often during the night shift. He began his career in television writing for "Late Night with David Letterman". Simms

neg: New Zealand Town and Henry St. "New Zealand Town" was constructed at 200 Clinton St. New Zealand Town "New Zealand Town" is the eighth episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 8, 2009. Trying to look cool for a gig at the Grand Opening of New York's one-block New Zealand enclave, the Conchords end up getting hooked on hair gel. Jemaine and Bret perform yet another gig to no audience. Specifically, the one person in attendance sneaks out only minutes into the show, and even Mel

neg: New Zealand Town New Zealand Town "New Zealand Town" is the eighth episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series "Flight of the Conchords". This episode first aired in the United States on March 8, 2009. Trying to look cool for a gig at the Grand Opening of New York's one-block New Zealand enclave, the Conchords end up getting hooked on hair gel. Jemaine and Bret perform yet another gig to no audience. Specifically, the one person in attendance sneaks out only minutes into the show, and even Mel is not in attendance. This leads to Murray to call a band

neg: Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That) Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That) "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" is a 2012 charity single and comedy song by New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. The Conchords are joined by a charity supergroup made up of New Zealand singers. Proceeds of the song benefited the New Zealand children's health research charity Cure Kids. The song debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40. The project was created and produced by Brooke Howard-Smith and Jesse Griffin and was written by Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, and American producers Printz Board and Sleep as part of TV3's

neg: Ruby Frost Vodafone and Glassons). Ruby was also featured on the Flight of the Conchords single "Feel Inside", which was released to raise money for the children's charity Cure Kids. In 2013, Ruby co-wrote 'The Wire', the second single on David Dallas's album "Falling Into Place". She also sang guest vocals on his song 'The Gate'. In 2014, she released her first single from her time in Stockholm - "Comeback Queen". Ruby Frost Ruby Frost (born 1987) (born Jane de Jong) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from Auckland. In 2009, she won the nationwide music competition MTV "42Unheard", giving her

neg: The Actor (Flight of the Conchords) The scene takes place in the store room of the night club. During the song we see a number of short sequences featuring aspects of Murray's life depicted through animated pictures in a photo album. In a park, the guys film a music video parodying "The Lord of the Rings". The lyrics summarise the story from the and the end of the . Greg acts as cameraman whilst Bret plays both Frodo and Legolas, Jemaine plays Sam and Gimli, Murray plays Gandalf, Mel plays Arwen, Eugene plays Saruman and Dave plays Aragorn. "Frodo" (a.k.a. "Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring") is

neg: Bowie (Flight of the Conchords) that Bowie has used in his career and features a long fantasy sequence that takes place in outer space. The song mimics the style of "Space Oddity", "John, I'm Only Dancing", "Let's Dance" and "Sound and Vision" and also briefly references "Changes" and "Life on Mars?" in the lyrics. The accompanying music video includes imagery from many aspects of David Bowie's career, including elements of the original video for "Space Oddity" from his 1969 promotional film "Love You till Tuesday" and Bowie's costume from his 1974 appearance on AVRO's "TopPop" performing "Rebel Rebel", as well as references to his interests

neg: Flight of the Conchords (TV series) "Sally", the song "Most Beautiful Girl in the Room" is a mix of Jemaine's thoughts and his spoken invitations to Sally to get a kebab and to go back to his place. The music video for "Business Time" (from "Sally Returns") depicts a daydream that Jemaine is having. As the series evolved, other main characters also had their own musical interludes, depicted in a similar manner to Jemaine and Bret's own songs. The enthusiastic manner in which the characters express themselves through song contrasts with the otherwise low-key tone of the show. Thus, when the characters cannot speak about their

neg: Bonnaroo Music Festival such comedians as Mike Birbiglia and Flight of the Conchords. The Cinema tent, showing a variety of mainstream and independent movies, is popular, in part because it is air conditioned. The Broo’ers Festival tent features independent breweries from all over the United States. Outside the big tents, Planet Roo hosts a variety of non-profit organizations sharing information on healthy lifestyles and resource conservation. Splash-a-Roo (a giant slip-n-slide area) and a giant mushroom fountain provide practical ways to beat the heat. Bonnaroo creators designated the wall surrounding Centeroo, colloquially called "the Graffiti Wall", as a place for street artists to paint

neg: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Original Music and Lyrics, competing against two songs from the "Flight of the Conchords" show, one from "MADtv", and another from "Phineas and Ferb". It won in that category, as well as for editing. Silverman, who accepted the award, thanked Damon who, she stated, had little to do with the video's popularity, and Kimmel "who broke my heart—who will have a special place in my heart." For the 10th anniversary episode on January 24, 2013, Damon took over hosting duties; for the occasion, the show was renamed "Jimmy Kimmel Sucks!" The episode began with a sequence of clips showing Kimmel

neg: Flight of the Conchords were being made to bring the comedy folk duo to the big screen: "We're going to try and do a movie. We just need a story". However, HBO has stated they themselves do not have plans for such a film. It was confirmed in March 2012, that a full 10-show tour of larger New Zealand venues was in place for June 2012. Tickets went on sale on 23 March, with the premium seats at each venue available only in person at the box office, to prevent scalping. All original shows sold out within 10 minutes once they were released on

neg: Drive By (Flight of the Conchords) of a bus. They try once more to buy fruit from Sinjay but are chased off again. The frustrated pair ride off on their bicycles singing """Mutha Uckas""". At another band meeting, Murray fakes a computer problem in order to see Jessica again. He asks the band to help him with a love song he is writing for her (so far he has written one word — "Hi" — which Jemaine admits is better than he expected). Back at their place, Bret, Jemaine and Dave try to come up with ideas for dealing with Sinjay. Dave suggests that they frame

neg: Mugged (Flight of the Conchords) in crime ran from the scene when the authorities arrived. In his efforts to reconcile with an angry Jemaine, Bret decides to get Jemaine's camera-phone (which is a phone glued to a camera, rather than a mobile phone with camera abilities) back from the muggers. The following songs are featured in this episode. "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros" takes place during the mugging. Jemaine and Bret attempt to fend off the muggers with bluster then launch into a gangsta rap song. It parodies various rap clichés such as references to "bitches" and "hoes", though in a deliberately tame manner ("there ain't no

neg: The Muppets (film) mechanics for '80s Robot. A majority of the Muppet characters were also completely rebuilt for the film. The majority of the songs for "The Muppets" were written by Bret McKenzie, who previously worked with Bobin on "Flight of the Conchords". One of the film's five songs, "Pictures in My Head", was produced by McKenzie and written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, and Chen Neeman. At the Muppet performers' behest, McKenzie rewrote lyrics where the characters directly referred to themselves as puppets. McKenzie was also informed during recording sessions with the performers that certain Muppets (such as chickens and penguins) do

neg: Leigh Ann Larkin in "Beauty and the Beast" at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater. She was seen on television in 2008 as Pepper Gleason on "Lipstick Jungle", as well as in "The Flight of the Conchords" in 2009 and in "Elementary" in December 2012. In 2007, Larkin performed the role of June Havoc in the "Encores!" revival of "", from July 9 to 29, 2007. The "Encores!" production transferred to Broadway, where it opened at the St. James Theatre on March 27, 2008, despite Ben Brantley's slightly negative review in "The New York Times". The show was originally scheduled to close in March 2009

neg: Musical theatre "That's So Raven", "Daria", "Dexter's Laboratory", "The Powerpuff Girls", "The Flash", "Once Upon a Time", "Oz", "Scrubs" (one episode was written by the creators of "Avenue Q"), "" () and "That '70s Show" (the 100th episode, "That '70s Musical"). Others have included scenes where characters suddenly begin singing and dancing in a musical-theatre style during an episode, such as in several episodes of "The Simpsons", "30 Rock", "Hannah Montana", "South Park", "Bob's Burgers" and "Family Guy". The television series "Cop Rock" extensively used the musical format, as do the series "Flight of the Conchords", "Glee", "Smash" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend". There

neg: Kenny Woods Lee Jones, M Ward..." In early 2002, he worked as an assistant for friend and composer Jon Brion, which had huge impact on him musically and would ultimately lead to his career in music for TV and film, beginning with HBO's "Flight of The Conchords" where he served as a producer. Later that year he worked on various film and TV projects including "Twilight", "Parks and Recreation" and "Crossing Jordan". More recently, he has scored, arranged, and produced music for two films, "Horror", starring Chloe Sevigny and "Unreachable By Conventional Means", starring Josh Brener and Alexandra Daddario. Kenny currently lives

neg: Jamie Jackson (actor) Jamie Jackson (actor) Jamie Jackson (born August 20, 1970) is an Australian actor and stand-up comedian who has appeared in film, stage and television. His television appearances include "Water Rats", "The Blacklist", and "Flight of the Conchords". Jackson studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, and attended the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied musical theatre writing under the tutelage of Sarah Schlesinger. He also studied standup comedy at the American Comedy Institute with Stephen Rosenfield. In 2015, he was part of the ensemble cast of the Broadway musical production of "Doctor Zhivago".

neg: Wingmen (Flight of the Conchords) episode trying to patch up their friendship. As Bret walks into the apartment, he picks up a guitar and launches into song about his day and the girl that he met and romanced. Jemaine adds humorous skeptical comments between Bret's lines. At the end of the song Bret admits that "95% of the song is made up", and that he invented most of it after simply noticing a girl at the local pet store. The song is a parody of Peter Sarstedt's "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" and also of Billy Joel's "Piano Man". In the lyrics of