Saturday, September 16, 2006

Flight of the Conchords news!!

I found this little tidbit of info on their site... conchords.net

More on HBO series
Conchords take off

American TV deal for folk parody duo
Folk parody duo Flight Of The Conchords have landed their own American TV series. The Perrier-nominated New Zealanders have been commissioned for an 11-episode comedy from the prestigious HBO network. Their show is being described as similar to fellow HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm, as it will be partially improvised around a script and offers a fictional version of the lives of its stars, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. It will also feature original songs, in a format similar to the pair's Radio Two series last year. The series was commissioned following a successful pilot, which Clement and McKenzie created with Ali G director James Bobin and Stu Smiley, executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond. The Conchords had previously developed a pilot with the rival NBC network after executives spotted them at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival, but this didn't make it to a series. McKenzie had previously played an elf in the Lord Of The Rings movie.



Okay the last part is the funniest part, because now tha I think about it, I totally remember him as the elf in ROTK who talks to Arwen as she's leaving Rivendell (pictures below)... now I really am in love with Bret.

2 comments:

Amy T Schubert said...

that is the creepiest of all the elves ... no wonder I like Jermaine better ...

Jody said...

Just stopping by to say thatnks for the link to "Saved by the Bell". Now it's gonna be in my head all day. =)Have a Nitty.Gritty. enjoyable rest of the weekend. Ciao!