rightnawer.blogg.se - Mel flight of the conchords

Of course the native New Zealanders possess more smarts than their on-screen personas, two scrappy, clueless musicians trying - and failing miserably - to break into the music business in New York City. Watch the group talk about the price of fame » Five minutes in an elevator, a hallway, or an interview room with Clement and McKenzie, and a scene worthy of inclusion on the show effortlessly unfolds. Absurd comedy comes as easily to the duo as useless advice flows from Murray, their always-dressed-in-brown band manager (played by Rhys Darby) on their hit HBO program.

Rescue Me: So maybe that isn't it for me."What's your favorite color?" went an innocuous query.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: The Garage Door.

Jekyll: Please allow me to introduce myself.

John From Cincy: Mitch Yost gets back in the game.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: Chokin' and Tokin'.

Mad Men: Mo' old money, mo' old problems.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: Noshing and Moshing.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: Smooching and Mooching.

Flight of the Conchords: Everyone eats at Mel's.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: The Little Things.

Glad to see me? I guess we're in the next life!.

Doctor Who: I'm only human on the inside.

Freaks and Geeks Rewind: Discos and Dragons.

Friday Night Lights: Is she really going out with.

I was okay with it here, but don't do it too often, you know? I don't want to be Comic Book Guy or the kid who complains that the same bone in Scratchy's rib cage played two different tones, but part of what makes this show work is its weird internal logic if the characters' behavior starts bending and twisting to fit the needs of each script, the scripts will eventually suffer for it. At the same time, though, Bret's eagerness to get to business time with a lady he just met flies in the face of his sexual skittishness back in the wingman episode.

On the one hand, Bret and Jemaine arguing about who should do it and why was funny, and as I said in my "Superbad" review yesterday, funny covers for a lot of sins. I do have one small concern about the threesome plot. Loved her going on and on to Bret about how she respects their boundaries and then immediately unlocks the bathroom door so she can watch him pee. Oftentimes, characters that broad only work in small doses, but I was laughing throughout, even as we revisited a lot of familiar Mel topics (how she destroyed Doug's career, for instance). There was the usual silliness on the margins - Daryl Hall randomly hosting the world music-fest (and shutting down the guys in mid-song when it became obvious they don't play world music), Dave living with his parents and loaning Jemaine one of his mother's blouses (plus the awful mouse shirt), Murray having a piece of straw in his mouth during the final band meeting, Murray being completely oblivious about his e-mail and webcam shenanigans, etc. And our first Mel-centric episode was a winner, with her presence overriding the show's usual problems with episodes about Bret and Jemaine dating. That sketch was disturbing, it was riveting, it was hilarious, it was Mel. Spoilers coming up just as soon as I finish up my cool ideas list.įirst of all, apologies to anyone offended by my, um, alteration of the above photo (the blue dot's a tribute to "I'm With the Band"), but I wanted to find a way to include it without further ruining my attempts to soften my NC-17 rating.

I'll get to the other weekend stuff later, but I wrote so much about "Flight of the Conchords" that I felt it deserved its own post.