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| Flight of the Conchords - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jemaine Clement, Bret Mckenzie
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  199 reviews
Sales Rank: 232
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 360
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: HBOD94418D
UPC: 026359441820
EAN: 0026359441820
ASIN: B000P2A6C0
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 2007
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 360 minutes
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Unlike most HBO series, Flight of the Conchords does not want to set the world on fire. It is droll and deadpan to beat the band. If you like Tenacious D, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Richman, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and silly Pythonian wordplay, then its off-center charms will definitely strike a resonant chord. The Conchords are comprised of funky, funny folk duo Bret McKenzie and mutton-chopped Jemaine Clement, transplanted New Zealanders trying to make it in New York. Brett, their incompetent manager, Murray (Rhys Darby) notes, has "the right attitude," while Jemaine has "what I like to call, 'the wrong attitude.'" (Murray, who works out of the New Zealand consulate, makes the clueless agent in Extras look like Ari Gold.) Stardom eludes the band. They have one fan, Mel (Kristin Schaal), whose seething husband chaperones her while she stalks them (by season's end, even she will desert them). Financially strapped, they live in squalor and are forced to film a music video with a cell-phone camera. The dense Jemaine is a damper on Brett's love life (he derisively calls Coco, Brett's new girlfriend, "Yoko"). But from their mundane lives springs their inspired music, and it is during each episode's musical numbers that Conchords really takes flight. Sample lyrics: "You're so beautiful / You could be a hostess in the '60s"; and "I'm not crying / It's just been raining / On my face." Another mad highlight is "Bowie to Bowie" in the episode in which Brett is visited by visions of Bowie in his various career incarnations (portrayed by a dead-on Clement). But the dialogue, too, sings with an inspired, surreal lunacy. One exchange between Brett and Murray degenerates into a chicken-egg discussion over a job vs. a gig. HBO has renewed Flight of the Conchords for a second season. Bravo! As a greeting-card executive (The Daily Show's John Hodgman), who wants to license one of their tracks, tells the duo, "I believe in potential. I can see it in you guys." --Donald Liebenson
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 So good!... on so many levels :) November 20, 2008
This show is the kind of show that you'll know whether or not you like after the first episode. It will either instantly resonate with you and your sense of humor... or you may not get it. It has a quirky (dorky) sense of humor and hilarious music video-like segments inserted into the episodes. It's perfect for us folks that grew up in the 80s, or folks that just love music in general. It's almost like "Seinfeld meets Weird Al". The cool thing about their music is that the songs aren't parodies of actual songs ...but more like parodies of entire genres of music/music videos. In my opinion, this show and the songs in it are expertly crafted works of comic genius... and the music really does get inside your head. It's definitely a show worth watching and re-watching (it's still funny every time)
So rather than take my word for it, do yourself a favor and check out the first episode for yourself. It may be the funniest thing you've seen in a very long time.
funny November 18, 2008
These guys are hilarious!!! We watched the whole season in 2 nights. Super funny and super entertaining.
Flight of the Kings! October 30, 2008
These guys are just classic funny. Subtle, but funny.
Great session 1, I really hope they make a second session.
No bonus stuff on the DVD which was kind of disappointing.
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS RULES!!! October 19, 2008
I admit it, I have fallen under the spell of Flight of the Conchords. Their brand of humor, self deprecating and rediculous lifts my spirits. In these crazy days a little silliness goes a LOOOOONG way with me. I love these guys so much that I bought this dvd for my sister for her birthday and she said she laughed her a@@ off. These New Zealand guys rock the party.
Sweet October 19, 2008
I've watched most episodes at least 3 times, and they aren't getting old. Although it's nothing like The Office, I've noticed that the people who liked that show have liked this one as well. Stella, and Freaks and Geeks as well.
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