In fact, they made sure that their agents didn't tell them how much money they would have made from a third season, which helped them step away from it. When asked if they were tired of working together, Clement said they "were tired of working together".
Although it doesn't look like there will be another TV series of Flight of the Conchords sequel, Clement and McKenzie are currently on tour throughout June and July the dates were delayed due to a broken hand. Is there anywhere else they could take the Conchords like that long-rumoured movie that's been seemingly on-and-off for years? And yet when Flight of the Conchords debuted on HBO in , it looked like nothing else anyone had ever seen.
They played a pair of New Zealand musicians called Bret and Jemaine whose banal lives contrasted with the ridiculous grandiosity of their music videos, which would suddenly interrupt a scene as the characters broke the fourth wall and sang to the viewers.
It was like an MGM musical for Gen X and millennials, but with more Prince references and songs about failed sexual encounters. At the time, the show was seen as part of the new wave of comedy of embarrassment, along with Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Office.
But Flight of the Conchords always had more optimism and innocence than those shows; it certainly had none of the cynicism that was then so popular in comedy. The combination of their New Zealand cheerfulness with the sharpness of the songs created one of the most original and unlikeliest breakthrough TV hits around. But given how much they sang about sex on the show and how quickly social mores in comedy have changed, I wonder if they have had to change any of the songs for the tour.
The Conchords are so averse to trumpeting their successes that their answer takes some decoding. Translation: they were nominated for the Perrier award at the Edinburgh fringe in and, on the back of that, were signed to write a series for BBC Radio 2, where they started sketching out the show. Do people at HBO listen to the radio? Like in the s? What in fact happened was they performed at a comedy festival in the US and from there were signed to HBO. A dream come true for most comedians, but a nightmare for them.
Suddenly, instead of working at their own pace, as they always had done, they had to work all the time under enormous pressure. When HBO signed them for a second series, they nearly collapsed with anxiety. They told their agents not to tell them what they were being offered for a third series so they could walk away, which they did. I can testify that this is not an act. And though the characters of Jemaine and Bret — fictionalized versions of Clement and McKenzie — haven't reappeared outside the duo's musical tours and a HBO concert special, Clement can imagine what they would've been up to during the coronavirus pandemic.
They'd be working all day trying to figure out who should start first and playing slightly earlier, so when I come in we would be on time. And Murray [ Rhys Darby ] would be a little box in the Zoom. Clement doesn't mention Mel Kristen Schaal , but it's hard to envision that virtual chat happening without her excitedly cheering as the chaos unfolds. And certainly her devoted husband, Doug David Costabile , wouldn't be too far away. In any case, now could be the perfect time for the guys to make a big comeback, on the heels of another famous duo's split in Daft Punk.
Being asked to put the band back together isn't a new occurrence for Clement, but doing so is a complicated matter that extends beyond McKenzie's unhurried email replies. In the years since Conchords , many alums of the show have appeared in Clement's other projects.
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