How they hail from New Zealand, the island nation with multiple postal services. (202) 628-1776.There is so much that could be said regarding Flight of the Conchords. no sketches, but still hilarious), along with cast-mate Kirsten Schaal, at DAR Constitution Hall, 311 18th St. Honeys try all kinds of tomfoolery to steal a feel of my family jewelry.įlight of the Conchords perform an acoustic concert (i.e. My dungarees make them hung-a-ry, send them over the moon when I don pantaloons.īret: My sugar lumps are two of a kind, sweet and white and highly refined. Jemaine: Put the ladies in a trance when I wear track pants. They look so good that’s why I keep them in the front. While I shake yeah I shake it all up, you probably think that my pants have the mumps. I see you girls looking at my junk then checkin’ out my rump then back to my sugar lumps. Highlights: Jemaine: I see you girls checking out my trunks, I see you girls checkin’ out the front of my trunks. And so begins their parody of the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps”-the best song ever about the family jewels and arguably one of the funniest songs in the Conchords’ two-year run. Jemaine (thinking he can be the gigolo version of a Julia Roberts’ “Pretty Woman”) comes up with the solution.
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[youtube:http:\\In the ‘prostitution’ episode, Jemaine and Bret consider all the options of how to pay their bills. Not one of them thinks about the way I feel. Highlights: Jemaine: I make a meal for my friends. This video has Bret and Jemaine dressed as Bethoven and play tiny spinet pianos (like in Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend”) and the song describes occasions on which they experienced hurt feelings. His friend Dave suggests they form a gang to prevent Missy Elliot chopping “his whole body off.” The gang comprises Dave (supposedly an AWOL Navy Seal), senile ex-gangster Johnny Boy, and Mr. [youtube:http:\\Bret disses all the rappers he can think of and starts the first ever New Zealand vs. Highlights: Bret: Its a cold night, beneath the street light, there’s a man whose pants are too tight. Bret thinks prostitution is beneath him this song, like to the Police’s “Roxanne,” pleads Bret’s case. A $30 penalty occurs after the check for the gas bill bounces, which in turn makes the phone, electricity and rent checks all bounce, forcing Jemaine into male prostitution. The plan works until Bret goes on a $2.79 spending spree on a new cup. to 9 p.m.), and when Bret can use it (9 p.m. Jemaine comes up with a cup chart, a schedule of when he can use the cup (7 p.m. Things are equally as bad in season two when the Conchords are forced to share one tea cup. Check your mind, how’d it get so bad? What happened to those other underpants you had?”). [youtube:http:\\In season one, Jemaine and Bret can’t pay their heating bills, and the song “Inner City Pressure” sums up their financial woes (“You know you’re not in high finance, considering second hand underpants. The song, spoof of the “Devil Woman” by Cliff Richard is dedicated to Karen’s psychotic behavior. But before they do, Jemaine has to get rid of his blocky glasses, New Zealand accent, and do his best Garfunkel impression. [youtube:http:\\In a role totally opposite of the snarky yet demure one she plays on ’24,’ the dolled-up Mary Lynn ‘Chloe’ Rajskub plays Karen, a woman who forces Jemaine to dress up like Garfunkel and have sex with her (Jemaine calls this “Garfunkeling”). The video, a parody of “Fade to Grey” by Visage, features classic 80s bad fashion (including Babylon 5 space uniforms) and gives shout-outs to “Pr-Pr-President Reagan. [youtube:http:\\In season one the band made no secret of their fascination with ‘80s music-particularly David Bowie, dedicating an entire episode to him culminating with the track “Bowie in Space” (“Isn’t it cold out in space, Bowie? Do you want to borrow my jumper, Bowie?”) Bret and Jemaine go from being ignored by their own Prime Minister (Brian of New Zealand, Bret reverently calling him “my lord”) to paparazzi-worthy famous once they begin using hair gel-becoming infinitely cool.
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