The duo's live performances have gained them a worldwide cult following, and they continue to tour periodically.
#Robot flight of the conchords series#
Beginning as a popular New Zealand live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's comedy and music became the basis of the self-titled BBC radio series (2004) and then the HBO American television series (2007–2009). Jemaine: I didn’t mean to buy those nuts.Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand comedy duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
"Would it be weird for you if I touched your fishy half – ‘cause it would be for me"īret: Are you an optical illusion caused by a woman sitting on a rock, holding half a fish?īret: Murray, I – I didn’t actually mean to put your car into the swimming pool. Like does it relax you to hear the sound of the land?" The answers to questions I want you to hear Jemaine: Well, you should have said, ‘per week-em’ would be the correct term. Jemaine: ‘Per diem’ means ‘for the day’, so, see. There’s only one song in this episode (‘Mermaid’) its loads of fun, but the lyrics are kind of hard to understand at times (due to the slimy scaly lounge singer style). This is a cute, sweet episode, but it certainly isn’t as funny as some of the better episodes from earlier this season. Disappointment sets in for the Conchords, however, when they discover that the big Central Park gig is not the famous Central Park in New York, but a nondescript ‘central park’ in Newark, New Jersey. All is soon forgiven when the boys catch up to him (having grabbed a ride with Mel) and Murray finally looks inside the brown bag at that other item the boys bought with their per diem – a matching leather jacket for Murray. Murray angrily quits and stalks off down the road. Finally, Bret accidentally drives Murray’s car into a hotel pool. Things get worse when a girls water polo team cons them by charging hundreds of dollars of drinks to their hotel room. The Conchords destructive image precedes them, causing gigs to be cancelled. Bret then accidentally trashes various hotel rooms, televisions, and sound equipment. Murray tries to blames Jemaine (the supposed wild one). Later, Murray changes his mind, deciding that buying the jackets is a classic ‘rock excess’ move.
Murray is initially appalled, so much so that he doesn’t even want to see the other item the boys have purchased. Although the cash is supposed to buy food for the entire week, the boys immediately spend it all on matching leather jackets. Despite the lack of audience size, Murray still hands out a small wad of cash ‘per diem’. The first gig is at a semi-deserted LaGuardia Airport Hotel lounge. As a timesaver, Murray uses the same Rugby itinerary with cross outs and red pen for the Conchords, leading to some confusion about why there is no tour bus this time (they are instead going in Murray’s Honda Accord) and how many squat thrusts they have to do every morning. Murray has recently gotten back together with ex-wife Shelley, but after she finds money missing from the bank account and begins to suspect that Murray is once again involved with those two useless novelty musicians, phone calls from Shelley to Murray escalate in anger and decline in length.įor their part, the boys are a little worried that the only other tour Murray has organized was for a rugby team. He’s also booked the boys into a warm-up tour using what he calls the ‘Emergency Fund’, but what others would call his personal checking account. Murray has big news – he’s gotten the Conchords a gig at Central Park.
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