ABC Radio Interview - October 06, 2006

On their own, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are just two unassuming guys - but working together they make for a kind of folk-comedy explosion called The Flight of the Conchords. They describe themselves as 'New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody act' and have enjoyed total sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. They currently have an arrangement with HBO in the US for a 12-episode TV series due to screen in 2007.

One of their songs is about girls wanting to kiss them (they hoped that if they wrote a song about it, it may happen - and it did!). "The first time it happened we didn't know what to do. There was quite a big line... about ten girls (maybe seven - I was rounding up - using the Swedish rounding)... They were sort of like, 'Come on, you said you were going to kiss us!' and then we were like, 'That's just our characters' - you've got to be careful what you wish for..."


Bret has quietly tasted success previously - as an elf in The Lord of the Rings. "I got to tell Arwen to hurry up," he remembers. "It was crucial for the third film to succeed... Quietly, I think I influenced the success of the film. A lot of people don't even know it's me - even my family was surprised when I told them."

download the interview here: MP3 (the part with FotC starts after about 32:30 min. and runs till the end)

Admin note: will fix download link if ever I can get ahold of this mp3 again.


     

Why do the BBC keep so much goodness just for themselves?     I'm starting to suspect them that they caused this situation:

But then one night, some heated words were said and Flight Of The Conchords left in a huff. We haven't been back since. That was five years ago.

Do the Guys have any rights to this material?    Maybe I'm reading too much between the lines...