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Flight Of The Conchords: The Complete HBO First Season [DVD]
enlarge	Actors: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£24.99~~ Buy Used: £4.99 as of 30/7/2010 13:18 CDT details You Save: £20.00 (80%) New (25) Used (19) Collectible (1) from £4.99 Rating: 71 reviews Format: PAL Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 346 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 EAN: 7321902187945 Release Date: October 29, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Tell A Friend


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » You cannot overthink on this job May 17, 2010 E. A Solinas (MD USA) Jermaine and Bret are a pair of New Zealand musicians, living in New York City and hoping to hit it big. Yeah, "Flight of the Conchords: The Complete First Season" sounds like a terrible generic sitcom, but instead this series is one of the most hilarious comedies of the last decade -- a quirky, weird, tongue-in-cheek little show with hilarious dialogue. Think a musical version of "The Office." Folk-pop group Flight of the Conchords is Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie (played by themselves), who came all the way from New Zealand to New York. They are being managed by the ineffectual New Zealand Consulate official Murray (Rhys Darby), and they have exactly one fan/stalker, Mel (Kristen Schaal). They don't have many gigs, and even fewer successful ones. As they chase elusive fame'n'fortune, the guys have to deal with girlfriend woes (dating the same girl, a "Yoko", a girl who just wants to use Bret for sex), Bret getting a job, muggings, body image problems, anti-Kiwi racism, a problematic band rock'n'roll tour, two new fans with impure intentions, a semi-professional actor/compulsive liar who makes Murray think they've got a multimillion-dollar deal, and a bongo player who threatens to divide the band. If I had to come up with a description for "Flight of the Conchords," it would be that they're the folky New Zealand love child of Spinal Tap and "The Office." No laugh track, rambling dialogue, and the main characters tend to spontaneously break into song-and-dance at pivotal parts of the plot. And it's brilliant. The writing is brimming over with effortless weirdness, as the guys encounter everyday problems (threesomes, girlfriend woes, racism) which soon turn into hilariously surreal situations (the disturbing children's show, "Albi the Racist Dragon"). The dialogue is amazing ("She's a pastry chef and a sniper"), and full of rambling conversations that just get stranger with every line ("Have you ever had a threesome?" "Nearly." "What do you mean, nearly?" "I've had a twosome"). The songs are gutsplitting as well, since they're all about homicidal robots, mermaids, hermaphrodites ("Oh you sexy hermaphrodite lady-man-ladies"), and the hiphop-potamus. Not to mention "Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring" and its accompanying music video, which are a nod to McKenzie's role as the elf Figwit. But none of this would be even half as funny if it weren't for the actors -- Clement's self-named chatacter is stoic and kind of weird (he writes a song about putting a wig on Bret), while McKenzie's is more childlike, naive and likes to sit in a cardboard box. Darby rounds out the cast as their harried, rather pathetic manager (who isn't even supposed to be managing a band), and Schaal is also quite funny as a woman who has a creepy sexual fixation on the guys. "Flight of the Conchords: The Complete First Season" is one of the rarest kind of comedy out there -- steady, hysterical, and only gets better with repeated viewings. Too bad there's only one more season. As good as it gets! February 14, 2010 Mrs. S. Allmett (London) As usual,no problems whatsoever with the service or the product. If only all companies could operate this way! Simply Simple February 7, 2010 Natasha OBrien (Reading, Berkshire, UK) Present? Point 1) Clever, whitty, hugely amusing and very very simple. I love it. Point 2) Two anti-heros try to conquor New York with the help of their focused and adoring manager, Murray. Conclusion: Buy the video and play it in your machine for hours of highly brilliant comedy! (Note, there is zero violence and swearing) Funny, original and clever January 24, 2010 H. Wimmer (London) One of the funniest series I have seen in recent years. A combination of quality music combined with dry witty humour in a series of 1/2 hour episodes. Great for the whole family. Unique January 22, 2010 A. Binns (London) Really funny comedy with some parts very similar to the office, but original with comedy music scenes. Very funny and slow paced. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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