Flight of the Conchords

The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in it, specifically the way we mixed music and comedy.

Uh... we're being way too loud? Yes, but this is regarding the rent. - Oh, we've paid our rent. - We've paid our rent. - You gave me a check. - We gave you that check. - Yeah. - Yeah, but I've been...

Bret, you've been gone for hours. I've been waiting for the bread. Where have you been? # I was wandering through the streets of the city # # Rambling through the avenues of time # # When from nowhere...

- So it goes g... - g, b... guys, the audience is in, okay? - So you can go on. - How many? Uh, one... - yeah, one. - One? - Yeah. - Is it Mel? No, it's not, Bret. Actually, Mel was busy. She actually...

- Hi, Murray. - Hey. I'll say hello in a minute, guys. It looks busy out there. It's like an office. Guys, I'll have to be quick today I'm afraid. Here we are. Band meeting. Brett, present. - Jemaine,...

Jemaine, who am I? - "Do it now!" - Your mom. Okay, who am I? "Oh, hello, Bret." - That's my mom. - Oh yeah. Okay, who's this? Aaah! Aaah. Victoria. - Victoria? - Victoria, yeah. -...

Just here is good, Murray. - Yeah, just here. We're a block away. I'll take you right to the door. Don't be silly. - Just here! - I don't even want to go nightclubbing. You've got to go nightclubbing,...

Item one: "Slow songs." I thought it would be a good idea if you ended each gig with a slow song. No. We don't really have any slow songs. So that's a clear "no" from you, Bret....

# Eminem is not very good # # 50 Cent is not very good # # Snoop Dogg is not very good # # Mos Def is not very good # # But the Rhymenoceros is very very good... # Bass solo. Bass solo over. # Jay-Z...

- What's that? - It's a cup. What, a new cup? Yeah, I got a new cup. Do you like it? - We've got a cup. - Yeah, we've got one cup. We needed two cups. Why would we need two cups? So I can have a cup...