A couple of things

US media mixed on Kiwi comedy duo’s maiden ‘Flight’ in the US : New Zealand Herald
A bumpy take-off…but most critics warm to Flight Of The Concords: Chortle UK
RT Speaks With Eagle Vs. Shark Director Taika Waititi: Rotten Tomatoes

Philly article on HBO show

Read it at Philly.com

Soaring with silliness
HBO’s new “Flight of the Conchords” tracks the exploits of “New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk-parody duo.”
By Dan DeLuca
Posted on Sun, Jun. 17, 2007
Inquirer Music Critic
Is there anything more desperate than a couple of guys strumming acoustic guitars and singing songs that try to be funny?
Brett McKenzie doesn’t think so. [...]

Whew

Wow, there is so much buzz on the guys that even I have begun hating them..I’m just kidding! Great, now I have to tear up my Completely UNofficial fan club card. Not that I actually made one or anything…(cough cough)
Anywoo, in the interest of sanity I decided just to comb through recent stories and [...]

They’re sly, shy and wry

Tom Shales likes it! wow. You can read this Washington post review here.
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Flopping around in the shameless sweet spot

Troy Patterson of Slate gives Jemaine this odd compliment of “Clement, with his glasses and his cleft chin and his inch-wide sideburns, resembles a hybrid of David Cross and someone very handsome.” Of Bret he says “has a face like a knife and eyes to make all the girls swoon.” Odd words.. my [...]

A great review from San Francisco

A great review of HBO series from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Musical misfits hoping for their big break

Tim Goodman, Chronicle TV Critic
Friday, June 15, 2007
Flight of the Conchords: Comedy. 10:30 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
There’s really no better way to put this: Whatever you do, make sure you carve out some time to watch “Flight of [...]

There is no “Sex in the city”

Salon has an interview and a podcast with the boys.
Conversations: Flight of the Conchords

The New Zealand duo behind a hilarious new HBO show get serious about comedy in this interview and podcast.
By Thomas Rogers
Jun. 15, 2007 |
In a studio lot in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, N.Y., Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are on the verge [...]