Garfunkel and Oates on IFC

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Grimmlokk

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Did you like Flight of the Conchords? Would you like to see what it would be like if it was about 2 American women in LA instead of 2 Kiwi dudes in NY? Well there's a new show just for you.

Comedy folk music duo trying to make it. In this case they are also struggling actresses. Their manager/agent is a puppet voiced by Rob Huebel, since he's only seen in Kate's imagination as they talk on the phone.

It's only 1 episode in, but it was funny. Some bits were hilarious. I have somewhat high hopes. Give it a whirl if you miss Conchords, they even have the spontaneous relevant music videos mid-story.

I'd link a nice trailer for the show but apparently IFC didn't think that's a thing that would be worth having.
 

Chanur

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I like their music and own a few of their albums but I am not sure my shit ass cable even gets IFC. Just checked we get it but it looks like its in SD only so not sure its worth paying for.
 

Grimmlokk

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IFC has a few shows worth watching now actually. I like Maron. Comedy Bang Bang can be hilarious. The Birthday Boys has some very funny sketches. And people who don't feel like comedy should actually be funny in any way love Portlandia.
 

BrutulTM

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IFC is in SD on DirecTV as well, as is the Sundance Channel. They are the two most ghetto channels on earth. Every once in a while I will see a good movie on one or the other and get 5 minutes into and realize that it is in SD AND has commercials and I stop watching.

That said, I am a fan of Maron and the previews for Garfunkel and Oates look pretty funny.
 

The Ancient_sl

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These guys have a few episodes on HBO Go too. I guess they were produced but never aired. They were okay, certainly not Flight of the Conchords quality. Too much pep and quirk, not enough of the dry sadness that Conchords had.
 

Grimmlokk

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Dirty D in the porn shop was the real John Oates. And the porn version of Riki was Abby Elliot, Chris Elliot's daughter.
 

Grimmlokk

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Someone allowed Chris Elliot to breed?
Who the fuck is gonna stop him?

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iannis

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I always just assumed that there were rules against this kind of thing.

Oh I hate but how I hate those Fancy Lads.
 

Khane

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The first season is on Netflix. Shame that IFC cancelled this show because the entire season was really fucking funny. A+. Hopefully Netflix picks it up.
 

BrutulTM

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It was funny but I sort of felt like they were running out of ideas by the end of S1 so they might not have had another season in them. I heard an interview with Jermaine Clement a while back about the Flight of the Conchords show and he said that it was brutal trying to come up with subsequent seasons because they burned all of their good songs on the first season and it's not really easy to just sit down and come up with 10-15 funny songs and then work them in to the plot of a sitcom every season.
 

Grimmlokk

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Yeah I can see that, still would have liked to see them get a second season at least to try. The songs weren't the only good thing, they're just funny in general.
 

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Riki is naked for like 10 minutes straight, completely naked, in Hell Baby if that should interest anyone here. I'm more a Micucci fan myself. I think it's the vaguely Mediterranean thing.
 

Xevy

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Yup. Also the movie is pretty GD funny.
It's one of those movies that probably gets better with the more times you see it and with the more people ... and with less sobriety. Keegan Michael-Key ruled and the PoBoy thing did have me laugh really hard. It was very Wet Hot American Summer to me.
 

Grimmlokk

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Definitely, especially the way it ramps up the ridiculousness from start to finish just like Wet Hot American Summer.
 

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Riki is naked for like 10 minutes straight, completely naked, in Hell Baby if that should interest anyone here. I'm more a Micucci fan myself. I think it's the vaguely Mediterranean thing.
Holy fuck.






Also I watched some of this and I enjoyed it, while it was on IFC.






Again holy fuck, we would make beautiful babies together. I'd probably let her turn me all beta bitch and everything.
 

BoldW

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Started watching this because of this thread when I saw it on Netflix. Totally agree on female Flight of the Conchords, and while different (and at times feels a bit forced), definitely has its funny moments in every show.

I also need to go back and watch Hell Baby again.

I did not know that was the real Oates, but Abby Elliot I knew from SNL, and would do such things to the daughter of the man from Get a Life.