Flight of the Conchords

We recently got HBO.

So we recently saw Flight of the Conchords for the first time. As I'm sure most people with HBO are already aware, they are amazing.

I tend to do total immersion when interested in something new, so after watching the first season of the Conchords on On Demand, I naturally purchased the DVD. Then started watching youtube videos and reading articles and interviews.

My husband is a musician/composer/voice over actor. You may remember him from the '80s, a little band called Canyon; they had a few videos on CMT.

He's also the voice of the George Bush doll, featured in the DMN several years ago. A few months ago a piece of music he composed was picked up for use in a documentary.

And everyone knows him as the "voice" of Humphrey the dog, who made a guest appearance on Jay Leno a few years ago.

(I'm so proud.)

Anyway, last night during dinner I brought up an interview I'd read about the Conchords.



Me: So the interviewer said they'd used most of their songs during the first season, but they didn't seem too concerned about having to write new ones.

Husband: They didn't use all of them.

Me: Yeah, I know, but the point is that they didn't seem too concerned about having to come up with new...

Teen daughter, interrupting: What is it with both of y'all and your obsession with them?

Me: They're the most creative guys I've ever seen.

H: I wouldn't go that far.

TD: Their songs are stupid.

Me: They won a Grammy. They sing, dance, write music, play the instruments, write the series, act, and they're comedians. For quality and quantity, they're unmatched.

TD: They write the show?

Me: Yes. I'm telling you, they're amazing.

H: There are more creative song writers. And Bret can't act very well.

Me: The fact that they're very creative in many areas makes them more creative than someone who is only very creative in one area.

H: The Beatles did most of those things.

Me: You're actually comparing them to the Beatles? And besides, they weren't comedians.

H: They were.

Me: John Lennon?

H: Yes.

Me: Ok, maybe.

So there you have it. A professional opinion: The Flight of the Conchords are right up there with the Beatles. Only funnier.

And taller.

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