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Demetri Martin gets his own show

Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions will be offering up Important Things with Demetri Martin late next year, a variety/sketch-comedy show featuring the 34-year-old New Yorker’s stream-of-consciousness musings on life.

Sherry from WTF shares her views on series

The National Post’s Ampersand Blog has a commentary written by Sherry de Andres (of WTF!) about the HBO series. As a “new fan” (I first saw them on HBO’s One Night Stand in 2005) I’m interested in everyone’s view on this.

The Flight in the Fix

The Fix Magazine has the backstory on the flight of the conchords series. You can read the story and see the interesting illustrations on thefixonline.com.
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Eating sandwiches with the Conchord boys

BlackBook Magazine has a funny interview with the boys. Some nice little tidbits in this read. Such as Bret likes apple pie and Jemaine gets a little more ‘what what’ with the bitches. ;)

Conchords as American Idols

My first thought when I read this headline was “Please don’t let the boys turn up as celebrity judges on any American TV game show!” Luckily, that is not the case. The Sunday Star Times instead writes about the C’s conquest of America and Britain and hopefully soon the takeover of New Zealand.
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Reviews from down under (no not there, the other one)

The New Zealand Herald has a “review” and synopsis of the Conchords’ first show on Prime. She loved it! She writes
It is superb musi-comedy (I never thought I’d ever write that phrase), very smart, likeable and original. One of the best things on TV.
Woo-Hoo! If you would like to read what [...]

But is it funny in New Zealand

I never knew much about New Zealand until the Conchords came about and when I did become somewhat educated, I was extremely surprised that the guys didn’t first make it “big” in their own country. It still baffles me. Grant Smithies of the Sunday Star Times wonders if New Zealand will “get” the New Zealand [...]