DVD Review: Flight of the Conchords: The Complete Second Season: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie: Movies & TV
DVD Review: Flight of the Conchords: The Complete Second Season: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie: Movies & TV
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Product Description
Flight of the Conchords follows the trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band from New Zealand as they try to make a name for themselves in their adopted home of New York City. The band is made up of Bret McKenzie on guitar and vocals, and Jemaine Clement on guitar and vocals.
Wow–this is what I call performance art!,
By carol irvin “carol irvin” (sagamore hills, OH, United States) -
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)
I can think of other excellent comedy duos. I can think of other musical duos which I really enjoy and put on my ipod. I can think of other performance artists who do leading edge work which is visually experimental. I cannot think of any other duo, either currently or in the past, who can do all three and do them all well. The only act this even sort of reminds of is Martin & Lewis because Dean Martin could sing and their comedy was pretty good for its day. I wouldn’t go so far as to call Martin & Lewis’s work performance art though. Other than Martin & Lewis, I can’t think of anyone else like these guys at all.
Why are viewers here debating season 1 versus season 2? This is not remotely like anything else out there and it is so innovative that I can scarcely believe that it survived for a second season. If it had been on anything but HBO I think it would have been too leading edge and been cancelled after the first season. I’m not comparing the two; I am in grovel mode that there were two seasons!
Ok, here is the premise. There are two musicians from New Zealand who come to New York City (of all places) to break into the entertainment world as musicians. Their manager works for the New Zealand Commission in New York City and that job is such a no brainer that he basically can do whatever he wants with his time. The band has exactly one fan, a woman. The only reason she is a fan is that she has the hots for Bret. The guys are poor as can be. They live together in a subsistence lifestyle. And they are complete nerds on top of everything else. At first I liked Bret best because (being a woman), I found him cuter. But Jemaine has grown on me and I’ve gotten past his awful glasses and sideburns (’70s style sideburns). Their manager I find positively uproarious. Even the fan has her moments. Very often the guys deliver their lines in complete deadpan, which makes it even funnier. Oh, and they are more often than not a disaster with women. They have dates on the show and these dates rival anything we saw on SEINFELD or FRASIER (which heretofore covered dating hell rather definitively).
The best part of all is when the guys break out into song and movement, usually in an outrageous MTV kind of music video style, to comment on the latest bizarre aspect of their lives. Those performances are worth playing again and again.
I do listen to the songs on my ipod and I enjoy their music. I am not alone as their music has been voted on favorably in the NPR yearly music polls. Bob Bollein of NPR’s ALL SONGS CONSIDERED was very taken with their musical numbers without knowing a thing about their tv show. So their music is an important component of the show for me.
Funny as Bret and Jermaine are, Rhys Darby as Murray their manager deserves a special mention. He just slays me and I love every minute he is onscreen. I adore his band meetings, especially when he takes attendance and there is NEVER anyone but the three of them in the room.
loved it,
By Caraculiambro (La Mancha and environs) -
There’s a disturbing number of reviewers here saying the second season — especially the songs — wasn’t as good as the first.
Lemme horn in: I thought the second season was better. At least, I couldn’t get through it without having to pause the DVD repeatedly on account of my laughing so hard I couldn’t continue.
I don’t remember that happening when I watched the first season. Possibly that is because I know the characters better and feel more comfortable with them. For example, I had to watch several episodes of the first season before I caught on to the fact that they were supposed to be in New York, that they weren’t gay, etc.
Not being plagued with such questions when I sat down to the second season, I found myself able to enjoy it much more.
Delights Abound,
By Thom Tee “TV Box Set Lover” (New York, NY) -
Much more fun had in second season. Most memorable? How about Village People cowboy (Randy Jones) appearing as a grouchy bouncer, then leading a line dance in “Too Many Dicks on the Dancefloor”? Love it love it love it!
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