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Flight of the Conchords: The Complete Second Season

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My whole family fell in love with Brett and Jermaine in Season One. We couldn't wait for Season Two to start on HBO and I admit,we were a little disappointed in a few of the episodes. However, after the season ended, I watched all the episodes several times again on HBO "On Demand" in April and was shocked at how fabulous some of the episodes that I thought I didn't like were. I ended up LOVING Season Two. My favorite episode is still Unnatural Love where Jermaine dates the Australian girl...Too Many [...] on the Dance Floor and Carol Brown are great, creative, funny songs! The Cup and the Tough Bretts are other great episodes. Have fun! You'll enjoy good intellectual humor with any of the Conchords Seasons DVD's. I can't wait to get mine!

Not sure what is up with all the bad reviews. Still a funny unique show, better than most shows even on a less successful episode. Glad that Jemaine, Bret, and Rhys got another season. Maybe they used up a lot of ideas the first season but I still enjoyed the Austrailian girlfriend Keitha, Epileptic dog benefit, Jemaine selling himself in the street, guys discovering hair gel, and their final tragic downfall.

Favorite songs amoung the parodies ... should be dance floor classic "Too Many Dicks On the Dance Floor", the dead on synth pop video "Fashion is Danger", the sensitive rap track "Hurt Feelings".

Much more fun had in second season. Most memorable? How about Village People cowboy (Randy Jones) appearing as a grouchy bouncer, then leading a line dance in "Too Many Dicks on the Dancefloor"? Love it love it love it!

"Flight of the Conchords" picks up right where they left off in series 1 - Bret and Jemaine are still penniless musicians playing gigs to single figure audiences. If it ain't broke, right?

The episodes are still completely charming but you can see a rise in production values immediately with the brilliant Murray (played superbly by Rhys Darby) bursting into song within the first 5 mins of the first episode while walking across a massive top floor office and the camera floating off into space as his operatic voice hurtles across the sky. The fantasy sequences are also improved upon with top quality effects making them look like more polished music videos.

The characters of Bret and Jemaine - innocent, somewhat gormless, kind of stupid, always hopeless - are still the same as the first series but the episodes have gotten sharper and funnier. There's an entire episode based around Bret buying a mug for $2.95 (they only have one mug and have a timetable over when they get to use it) and the brilliant visit of the New Zealand Prime Minister ("What's the state of the environment? Aw, that's terrible! Can't you send your cousins round to... y'know clean it up a bit?").

Also Rhys Darby should be singled out as by far the funniest guy in this series. He steals every scene he's in with his bizarre manager who's similar to Bret and Jemaine's characters but has a dash of David Brent added in. He's that strange mix of cunning and stupid, with a lot of delusion and killer lines. This series is worth watching just for his character alone.

It ends (2 series, such a shame, I could've watched another 2 series) so well with the guys making an off-broadway production of their lives in America.

Such a funny series, probably the best sitcom since Gervais/Merchant's The Office and a definite must for fans of comedy. The music's not bad either.

I loved Season 1 of this offbeat, sharp, and charming show. The reviewers here who disparage the second season mystify me. This was mostly fine stuff. Season 2 offers some higher highs and some lower lows than Season 1, thereby creating a package that is about as good, but this set has two episodes far beyond anything done in the first season. Love Is the Weapon of Choice and Prime Minister can stand against any TV comedy anywhere. Other episodes, especially the first, were as good as any from Season 1. But these two especially were biting, frightfully clever, well plotted, and full of surprises. They are the most entertaining video I've seen in a long time. The Japanese karaoke was brilliant. I watched it twice in two days and, if anything, it was funnier the second day.

Unfortunately, these two sparkling gems are followed by two undistinguished rocks that probably looked funny during the creation, but failed badly to amuse and sink like, well, stones. Predictable, tedious, and ugly, they overstayed their welcome long before their completely expected conclusions. (And having a guest star adds nothing if the tale stinks.) When making a story about lovable losers, the characters cannot be too lovable, nor can they be too pitiful. There is a delicate balance when the foolishness is just enough to be plausible but not too much to make us groan. These episodes crossed that line repeatedly.

Four hours of glorious quality in five hours of material is a good deal. The deleted scenes were hilarious...good enough to stand on their own! Snap it up and enjoy!

I can think of other excellent comedy duos. I can think of other musical duos which I really enjoy and put on my ipod. I can think of other performance artists who do leading edge work which is visually experimental. I cannot think of any other duo, either currently or in the past, who can do all three and do them all well. The only act this even sort of reminds of is Martin & Lewis because Dean Martin could sing and their comedy was pretty good for its day. I wouldn't go so far as to call Martin & Lewis's work performance art though. Other than Martin & Lewis, I can't think of anyone else like these guys at all.

Why are viewers here debating season 1 versus season 2? This is not remotely like anything else out there and it is so innovative that I can scarcely believe that it survived for a second season. If it had been on anything but HBO I think it would have been too leading edge and been cancelled after the first season. I'm not comparing the two; I am in grovel mode that there were two seasons!

Ok, here is the premise. There are two musicians from New Zealand who come to New York City (of all places) to break into the entertainment world as musicians. Their manager works for the New Zealand Commission in New York City and that job is such a no brainer that he basically can do whatever he wants with his time. The band has exactly one fan, a woman. The only reason she is a fan is that she has the hots for Bret. The guys are poor as can be. They live together in a subsistence lifestyle. And they are complete nerds on top of everything else. At first I liked Bret best because (being a woman), I found him cuter. But Jemaine has grown on me and I've gotten past his awful glasses and sideburns ('70s style sideburns). Their manager I find positively uproarious. Even the fan has her moments. Very often the guys deliver their lines in complete deadpan, which makes it even funnier. Oh, and they are more often than not a disaster with women. They have dates on the show and these dates rival anything we saw on SEINFELD or FRASIER (which heretofore covered dating hell rather definitively).

The best part of all is when the guys break out into song and movement, usually in an outrageous MTV kind of music video style, to comment on the latest bizarre aspect of their lives. Those performances are worth playing again and again.

I do listen to the songs on my ipod and I enjoy their music. I am not alone as their music has been voted on favorably in the NPR yearly music polls. Bob Bollein of NPR's ALL SONGS CONSIDERED was very taken with their musical numbers without knowing a thing about their tv show. So their music is an important component of the show for me.

Funny as Bret and Jemaine are, Rhys Darby as Murray their manager deserves a special mention. He just slays me and I love every minute he is onscreen. I adore his band meetings, especially when he takes attendance and there is NEVER anyone but the three of them in the room.

This show takes the best aspects of life and crams it into 30 minutes each week (episode). Always entertaining, hilarious, and witty, it's no wonder Flight of the Conchords garnered 4 Emmy's and a Grammy for their debut US album, "The Distant Future." Deadpan comedy at its absolute best, Flight of the Conchords is a smash hit and has developed an impressive following. Season 2 is a direct continuation from Season 1 beginning with the gang still living in mediocrity while Murray enjoys his stint of success with the "Crazzzy Dogs." From there, it's all over the place in the usual, awesome Flight of the Conchords fashion. If you liked Season 1, you'll enjoy Season 2. And here's hoping for a Season 3, though there's talks of a feature film already.

I watched season one and love this show. I was excited when they released the DVD of season two, and ordered it immediately. However, I was disappointed by it. They lack funny songs that were the core of their 1st season show. The songs that they have are painfully weak, and are not even close to the quality of the ones on the first season. It is as if they were working for years on the few songs they had, and used them all up on the first season. That said, it is still a good show. Just don't think you'll be getting the Flight of the Conchords that you saw on season one.

This purchase was a Christmas gift for my son, who absolutely LOVES the crazy, zany, off-beat nature of this DVD. We have watched a few episodes together, and I have to admit, they are really crazy, zany and kookie--a whole lot of fun!

I discovered this show on "On Demand" and enjoyed it so much that I ordered both seasons. I've never seen anything quite like it. It's a sort of musical sit-com, full of funny songs and quirky characters. The humor is a bit on the dry style, reflecting the Commonwealth origins of the creators. The main characters make a humorous pair and the supporting cast in quirky and funny, especially Rhys Darby. While the show may be a bit slow-paced for people who prefer quicker comedy, I found this show to be really delightful to watch. I bought a few copies to give as gifts and one for myself. I have gone back and watched both seasons a couple of times so it has been worth owning on DVD.