FOTC

(photo from BBC2 comedy online)

Last night was the premiere-asaurous rex of Flight of the Conchords on HBO. I left the room typing away at my sylabus to go downstairs and watch the show. After a constant belly busting night watching their Stand-Up hour special the night before, I had no idea their sitcom show would be able to compare to the deadpan delivery of two bumbling fools on stage. But seeing the two gangly Kiwis arguing over which was better to have gotten with girls back home, or to talk about getting with girls in New York (If the girls are hotter you are talking about it means you are moving up!) they proved their skills. The oustanding cameos by people as briliant as Eugine Merman among others was a wonderful treat. His short bit in the elevator about a broken faucet was outstanding.

Part musical, part sitcom, and completely nervious the show is a rough intensified version of the two real characters with simple problems solved in halariously stupid ways. Filming their music video with a camera phone, singing about how the hotest girl at the party could be a part-time model, or wondering if it is more awkard for a girl to be startled by someone flicking on a light in the dark, or if that someone happens to be her ex. Everything was delivered with dead-pan seriousness verging on effortless and "it doesn't actually matter" style. The posters in the New Zealand consulates office are amazing. I hope they sell those on the HBO store. I would buy them all for my office. If you didn't see the show, watch a couple of the videos on the HBO site and then swing by Youtube and see more.