Season 
2 of DLP fave The Flight of The Conchords is underway, with episode 2 airing last night (featuring this amazing ode to Jemaine's "Sugar Lumps").
The episodes in the first season were written to fit their existing arsenal of songs, but this season everything was written at the same time. So far, so good (but not quite as good). The second episode has a plot centering around the band's lack of funds and their attempt at prostituting themselves. Major bonus points for Jemaine's Midnight Cowboy scarf and lots of funny "selling" from the guys. The previously linked Sugar Lumps is one of the best songs/videos so far, but the second song was not great and way too long. Mel's massage is one of the funniest single scenes of the series.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Flight of The Conchords, Season 2
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Season 2 Episode 2 (The New Cup) is the best 30 minute TV show since the demise of Arrested Development. It's the only episode I immediately watched again. A hilarious precredit scene is matched by an inventive coda. This is the only episode where I loved both songs, although I'll admit "If That's What You're Into", "Business Time", and "You're so Beautiful" are better songs on their own. These songs actually fit into the narrative structure. I loved "You Don't Have to be a Prostitute" with Jemaine in the fishnet shirt and cowboy boots. It nicely references The Police's "Roxanne" with Jemaine under a red light and the Caribbean percussion. "Sugar Lumps" is terrific too, especially the dancing by the fat guys.
And - and this is huge - the guys obsession with minutiae is borderline annoying (especially in the second half of last season). Here, it seems perfectly thought out and focused (on the new cup).
Also, I've never really found Murray that funny but he had me laughing out loud twice - once when he spoke Nigerian and once when he called them "Jailbird turkeys".
-A great episode that I may never delete off my DVR.
I still think Episode 7 of the first season is the best ever. This one is close, but "hip hop a potamus" and Aziz Ansari's fruit stand are genius: "New Zealanders have tartar on their teeth!"
The coda for this episode is genius. I love Jemaine's constant references to the $2.79 and Murray's reviews and ridiculous lack of understanding of the internet.
"Sad because we don't have any electricity, but satisfied because I was right about the cup."
"You probably think my pants have the mumps" gave me the giggles. When I googled "Sugar Lumps" lyrics to make sure I got it right, I found this:
John Martyn "Sugar Lumps"
Get down, mama, to my sugar cube.
Get down mama, won't you try to make it move,
My sugar cube, my sugar cube.
Come on, mama, try to lose your mind,
Get down, spent some time on my sugar cube.
Gonna sweeten your night,
Gonna sweeten your day.
So much sweeter, you're just going to be amazed
At my sugar cube, my sugar cube.
Get down, mama, won't you lose your mind,
Won't you please get down
And try to lose your mind, on my sugar cube.
I don't wish civil shit
And I don't care to boast.
You know that love is from coast to coast,
My sugar cube, my little sugar cube.
Come on, mama, won't you lose your mind;
Get down and waste some time on my sugar cube.
WHAT?
"That's a complicated expression."
Jemaine pole-dancing and wearing pants that are too tight - and that guy taking a dump at the jail at the end. This episode has everything. And while we're posting random lyrics, I've been wanting to get these off (!) my PC:
Lock eyes from across the room
Down my drink while the rhythms boom
Take your hand and skip the names
No need here for the silly games
Make our way through the smoke and crowd
The club is the sky and I’m on your cloud
Move in close as the lasers fly
Our bodies touch and the angels cry
Leave this place go back to yours
Our lips first touch outside your doors
A whole night what we’ve got in store
Whisper in my ear that you want some more
and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
This really never happens you can take my word
I won’t apoligize, that’s just absurd
Mainly your fault from the way that you dance
and now I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
Don’t tell your friends or I’ll say you’re a slut
Plus it’s your fault, you were rubbing my butt
I’m very sensitive, some would say thats a plus
Now I’ll go home and change
I need a few things from the grocery
Do things alone now most-i-ly
Left me heart broken not lookin’ for love
Surprised in my eyes when I looked above
The check-out counter and I saw a face
My heart stood still; so did time and space
Never felt that I could feel real again
But the look in her eyes said I need a friend
She turned to me that’s when she said it
Looked me dead in the face, asked “Cash or Credit?”
And I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS
It’s perfectly normal, nothing wrong with me
But we’re going to need a clean up on aisle 3
And now I’m posed in an awkward stance because I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS
To be fair you were flirting a lot
Plus the way you bag cans got me bothered and hot
Please stop acting like you’re not impressed
One more thing, I’m gonna pay by check
Last week, I saw a film
As I recall it was a horror film
Walked outside into the rain
Checked my phone and saw you rang and I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS
Speeding down the street when the red lights flash
Need to get away need to make a dash
A song comes on that reminds me of you and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
The next day my alarm goes off and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
Open my window and a breeze rolls in and I
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
When Bruce Willis was dead at the end of “Sixth Sense” I
JIZZED IN MY PANTS
I just ate a grape and I
JIZZED…IN…MY PANTS
JIZZED…IN…MY PANTS
Okay seriously you guys can we, okay…
I Jizz right in my pants every time you’re next to me
And when we’re holding hands it’s like having sex to me
You say I’m premature, I just call it ecstasy
I wear a rubber at all times, it’s a necessity
Cuz I
JIZZ…IN…MY PANTS
(I Jizz in my pants, I Jizz in my pants, yes I Jizz in my pants, yes I Jizz in my pants)
Yes I JIZZ…IN…MY PANTS
(I Jizz in my pants, I Jizz in my pants)
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