Riding on the coattails of A&O’s BJ Novak news come another announcement about as awesome as New Zealand–you know, not really that important as far as islands go, but really cool and kind of misunderstood and mostly populated with sheep and kiwis.
And that announcement goes a little like this:
THE RHYMENOCEROUS AND HIPHOPOPOTAMUS ARE COMING TO NU MARCH 6TH! HOLY CRAP! THAT’S A THURSDAY SO I GOTTA SKIP THE CLASS I’M WRITING THIS DURING RIGHT NOW!
You may be asking, “The whymerocerous and whowhatopamus?” If so, then you’re in for a real treat. Meet Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand’s third or fourth most popular novelty folk duo or something. They’re kind of like Simon & Garfunkel but less sad and with better sweaters. Or like the Indigo Girls but less sad and with less making out with each other.
Now, this is within the realm of a television blog because they have their own sitcom on HBO, called Flight of the Conchords. It stars Bret (pronounced “Brit”) and Jemaine, playing not just themselves but also guitars, and their fictional manager Murray. Unfortunately, only one season exists so far, and it’s only twelve episodes long. But it’s the best use of music or film ever.
They’ve mentioned writing a second season, but apparently used up 98% of their material already. With any luck, when they come here to perform, we’ll hear the other 2%.
As for the 98% used so far, I cannot describe it with mere words.
Sadly, I don’t yet know what time tickets go on sale on the 25th, but I’ll probably never tell you. That way I can buy all the tickets and have a private makeout session with New Zealand’s hottest stars since Peter Jackson.