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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 [...]

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 [...]