They’re sensitive men trying to navigate the concrete jungle, begrudged Australian counterparts, and the trials of love. The band breaks up in almost every episode. They both get jealous when the other gets a girlfriend. The duo’s relationship is odd and clingy.
They have an incompetent manager named Murray (Rhys Darby) and one creepy stalker-fan named Mel (Kristen Schaal). As you might have guessed, it’s difficult. It stars an animal-shirt-wearing McKenzie and a confused-most-of-the-time Clement as fictionalized versions of themselves: New Zealand shepherds who leave their flock and move to New York City to succeed as a band. The show was created by James Bobin, Bret McKenzie, and Jemaine Clement. And it’s one of the reasons why, 10 years later, Flight Of The Conchords are still a hilarious musical treasure.Īlthough it had a short two-year lifespan, the Flight Of The Conchords television show is instrumental in the catalog of rock comedy. It’s the reason why burned CDs mean that much more when they come from someone else, and why getting drunk alone is much more depressing than with buddies. Friendship enhances the meaning of everything. Even the interaction between rock and comedy is arguably itself a friendship of sorts. Each art form embraces excess, and they both benefit from a good duo. Friendship has also been the core of some great comedy - think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey or Rick & Morty. Regardless, the type of companionship that is forged through laughter, not intercourse, spans from rock at its rowdiest (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) to the genre’s softer side (Simon & Garfunkel). Guess it would be kind of odd if the motto was: sex, drugs, friendship, and rock ‘n’ roll. Rock ‘n’ roll may be the result of combining sex, drugs, and a few good blues guitar runs, but at its best it’s all about friendship.
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