Conchords on TV3 NZ Tonight (9.29.06)

Looks like NZ will be highly entertained tonight as the Conchords will be on ‘Campbell Live!’ (9.29.06 NZ)
And you know it’ll be good because the show has an exclamation point at the end of it’s name.
From the boys myspace page:

Campbell Live!
Before we get too many comments about Campbell Live we’d just like to point out [...]

Campbell Live!

Thank you Deirdre for sending this link in.. I saw you D! Woo-Hoo! Anyway you can check out the segment in the video section or on the tv3.co.nz web site.
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Excellent little interview & Stuff Article

Comic duo put Kiwi accent on US TV
By TOM CARDY | Monday, 25 September 2006
Americans will have to get used to a rarely heard sound when they watch a forthcoming sitcom – Kiwi accents.
Wellington comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, hired this month by American cable channel HBO to make a 12-part series, have [...]

“Video Kid” Video up for award

Ok, so CTV4 has the video finalists’ videos for Radio Active 89fm’s “Handle the Jandal DIY NZ Music Video Awards.” That Conchord boy Bret Mckenzie is up for a Golden Jandal for “DJZ Girlfriend.” Yay! At least I think Yay..I happen to really like some of the other videos (Hi Thrashing Marlin!) sigh..But no..my loyalties [...]

Conchords from 3 years ago

Courtesy of You Tube.

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Comix Grand Opening

The Apiary has coverage of the Grand Opening of Comix. With a pretty nifty photo of the guys.
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Sideswipe

Thursday September 14, 2006 By Ana Samways

Now that HBO has announced a series deal with New Zealand’s musical parody duo Flight of the Conchords, I wonder if TVNZ will buy it? When the Conchords approached TVNZ to do a series for them, GM of Commissioning Tony Holden blew them off for not being funny enough.
Sheesh, [...]

Some Love from NZ

Kiwi comics net big US TV series
13 September 2006
By TOM CARDY

The achievement is being likened to Kiwi film-makers landing their first Hollywood blockbuster.
In what is a first for any New Zealand act, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of folk music parody duo Flight of the Conchords have been commissioned by American cable channel HBO to [...]

Eagle vs Shark Review

Thanks to Jenni and Deirdre. Go read about the movie and test screening..
Awhile back whilst trolling the internet I found a really well written review of “Eagle Vs. Shark”, I sent the link around to a couple of people but that was it. My good friend Deirdre asked about it recently and of course the [...]

Gothamist Interview 9.12.06

Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, Musicians and Comedians
September 12, 2006
Posted by Ben Kharakh
Flight of the Conchords (FOTC) are Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. You may have seen them on their acclaimed HBO One Night Stand and you’ll be seeing a lot more of them soon because HBO just [...]

More on HBO series

More on HBO series
Ok, so a few more news outlets have published this..does this mean I can start my boogie dance?

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 [...]

HBO orders 12 episodes of Conchords show

Oh Thank God for the geniuses at HBO! I kiss their feet..
Yes, I know I shouldn’t get excited yet but I am thisclose to my celebratory boogie dance. Here is the story from TV Week:
‘Conchords’ Fly at HBO

By James Hibberd
HBO is giving quirky New Zealand folk-parody duo Flight of the Conchords their own [...]

“Eagle vs. Shark” is impressive..

This is barely a blurb but it is encouraging..
Looking ahead to 2007, Miramax has an impressive slate of films already on deck, including the crime drama “The Lookout,” marking the directorial debut of Oscar nominated screenwriter Scott Frank (”Out of Sight”) and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher and Matthew Goode; “Eagle vs. Shark,” [...]