Despite what you may think, I don’t really watch an awful
lot of TV. I have a selection of shows
that I watch on a weekly basis but on the whole that’s it. However what I do watch, I tend to love and
stick with. True Blood, Weeds and a show
that is rapidly becoming a mild obsession of mine, Flight of the
Conchords.
Now if you have never witnessed or heard of Flight of the
Conchords (which is quite possible), let me explain…
Flight of the Conchords are a two man New Zealand ‘novelty’ band that
have also created a TV show parodying themselves. You with me so far?
The TV show is a very low budget musical comedy about the
two guys (Brett & Jermaine) living in New York trying to make something of
the band . They have hired a manager in
the form of Murray, who works for the New Zealand consulate in New York. A job that gives him plenty of free time to
mismanage them.
As well as Murray the band have a fan. Yep, that’s right, one fan, Mel and a friend
(of sorts) who part owns the local pawn shop.
Any and every member of the cast can (and will) burst into
song at any given moment which in my world, is just magic! The songs tend to parody
a particular artist or genre. We’ve had Prince, Bowie, Pet Shop
Boys, Opera and an entire episode based on West Side Story.
Rather obscure and entirely weird, most people look at me
sympathetically when I mention this love of mine. So you can imagine how happy I was to hear
that Brett has just won an Oscar for best song!
OK it’s not a Conchords song BUT it is a Muppet's song which is almost as
good and it's a vindication of sorts!
The song, "Man or Muppet" is a gem and rather addictive so I won't post a link to the video or you'll be singing "am I man or am I Muppet" for the next few weeks.
Anyway there really isn't much point to this post apart from the share my love of the Conchords and try to force you to check them out. I leave now with one of personal favourites from the show, "If You're Into It":
