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Oscar Nominee Bret McKenzie on Conan

2012-02-07T13:26:00.004-05:00

Last night, Bret was a guest star on Conan Show. He was the best.

You gotta win, Bret!

And the Oscar nomination goes to... Bret McKenzie!

2012-01-24T12:58:00.006-05:00

Bret McKenzie has been nominated for Best Original Song Academy Award for The Muppets track "Man or Muppet". Can you believe it?

CONGRATULATIONS BRET!

He's got only one contestant to defeat, "Real in Rio" from Rio (Jemaine voiced Nigel, the bad cocatoo in it). Luckily, Jem didn't write this song, so the boys don't stand against each other.

I so hope Bret wins!

Bret McKenzie - Guest DJ Project

2011-12-03T20:53:00.001-05:00

Image copyright: KCRW.com

Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've posted here. Been fairly busy and I haven't had the chance to update anything for a while.

Anyways Bret dropped by the Los Angeles radio station KCRW. He was there to pick out his five favorite songs that inspired him throughout his entire life. Parts of each song were played over the air for everyone to enjoy. Bret discusses why he loves these songs.

To hear the interview go here: KCRW

#SaveCommunity

2011-11-17T12:53:00.001-05:00

Image obtained from: Critical Failure.com

I understand this doesn't have anything to do with Flight of the Conchords, but it has to do with one of my other favorite shows on TV right now. NBC has recently put Community on hiatus for a while after the Holiday season, when it will come back is unknown. The show was benched to make way for 30 Rock which is supposed to air sometime next year. This is not good as a hiatus usually brings a future cancellation.

Anyways a bunch of fans, like myself are trying to make sure the show does not get cancelled. Now this doesn't officially mean Community will be cancelled, but it's not a good sign either as a cancellation is more likely to happen. Right now we can fight this and hopefully get Community to stick around for a few more seasons, or for #SixSeasonsAndAMovie.

Here's how you can help, sign the petition here to save Community from being kicked from the mid-season schedule: http://www.save-community.com/ It's almost at 50,000 and would be even better if we could get up to 100,000 or more. You can also tweet these hash tags for support: #SaveCommunity #Sixseasonsandamovie #SaveGreendale #OccupyNBC #OccupyGreendale and more.

You can also contact NBC by letter by writing to: Robert Greenblatt to NBC Universal, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608. Or you can e-mail them about it and tell them how you feel.

You can also send them felt beards in support of the show, I plan to do that very soon here.

There's also a great tumblr site where you can post your picture in support of the show, check it out here: http://welovecommunity.tumblr.com/

You can also go to the NBC store and purchase Community merchandise, it's one way you can show NBC you care.

One last thing folks, make sure you tweet, or write on your Facebook wall that Community is new tonight on NBC at 8PM EST. Don't forget to miss it, we want to keep Community on the air. You can use any social networking site you want, just get the news out there that we need to save Community. Lets get this show to six seasons and a movie.

Tweet it, sign it, write them, Facebook it, send in a felt beard and or do whatever you can to help.

Bret and The Muppets

2011-11-14T11:28:00.001-05:00

It's been quite some time since this blog has been updated, not a whole lot has been going on in the world of Flight of the Conchords. Wish I could keep you all updated about FotC this and that, but I may have to start bringing this blog up as a "My favorite shows" blog. Changes may be made in the coming weeks if I feel up to it.

Anyways Bret McKenzie did a short interview about being the music supervisor for the new Muppets movie. It's only 56 seconds long, so by short I meant really short. Check it out below:

The Flight of the Conchords Collection by Malc Foy

2011-09-28T22:58:00.000-04:00

The Flight of the Conchords Collection by Malc Foy is a nice selection of some of the coolest FotC shirts I've seen in quite a while. Check out his storefront here: Malc Foy.

I might even be purchasing one of these shirts soon. Pretty cool stuff. :)

There are nine different shirts, all can be customized to your desired color and the size goes up to 2XL.

Music Video: Day Dreams by Raphael Saadiq, Directed by Bret McKenzie

2011-08-11T13:20:00.000-04:00

Looks like Bret is at it again, now he directed a music video for musician Raphael Saadiq. The music video also stars Danny Pudi who stars on NBC's hit show, Community.

Enjoy:

Source: Hulu

Bret's in Austenland

2011-07-12T19:30:00.001-04:00

It's been a while since I've updated the blog. Bret's birthday was last month and I completely forgot to mention it.

Some news for you all. Bret will be starring in the upcoming movie Austenland which is being produced by Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer and directed by Jershua Hess: co-writer of Napoleon Dynamite and wife to Jared Hess. Shannon Hale, the writer of the book will do the script.

I've never read this book, but they say it's going to be a romantic comedy. Hope it's good! We'll see.

Anyways, you can read more here: Shannon Hale's Site

BLACK SANDS - a short film starring Bret McKenzie

2011-05-28T09:25:00.004-04:00

BLACK SANDS from Dugan O'Neal on Vimeo.

An Experimental Short film shot in the Mojave desert on September 8th, 2010.
Original Score by the Glitch Mob

Starring
Bret McKenzie
Melinda Lee
&
Terrill Hardaway

Written and Directed By Dugan O’Neal

Jemaine to guest star on new Napoleon Dynamite show

2011-05-16T18:18:00.000-04:00

According to many sites, Jemaine will be guest starring on the new Napoleon Dynamite Animated series that will be airing on Fox sometime in 2012. It's not know if he'll be a regular guest star, or just a one episode appearance. Here's hoping he appears in a ton of episodes. Read more about this great news here: EW

Synopsis for the show:

Based on the hit film, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is an animated series that follows the continuing adventures of America’s most awesome awkward teenager and his quirky family and friends as they struggle to navigate small-town life in rural Idaho. The original cast from the film – Jon Heder, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Sandy Martin, Jon Gries and Diedrich Bader – will voice their characters in the series, and many new characters will be added along the way. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Heder) is a 16-year-old boy convinced – for no apparent reason – that he is destined for greatness and blessed with unlimited “sweet abilities.” He spends his days practicing ninja moves, drawing ligers, soul dancing and bragging about his “girlfriend in Oklahoma” whom nobody has ever seen. Napoleon’s brother, KIP (Ruell), is an unemployed 32-year-old who lives at home and believes he would be an amazing catch for any girl who would respond to his online come-ons. The Dynamite brothers live with GRANDMA (Martin), a crusty woman who can often be found four-wheeling with her lady friends at the local sand dunes. Napoleon’s allies include PEDRO (Ramirez), his unflappable best friend who has recently been elected class president; and DEB (Majorino), an incredibly sweet girl who sees the good in Napoleon and dreams of someday being his wife. Napoleon’s UNCLE RICO (Gries) lives out of an orange custom van, where he obsesses over his botched high school football career and dreams up ways to become rich and famous. Then there’s REX KWON DO (Bader), a self-proclaimed martial-arts master who runs the local dojo. Guest voices in the debut season include Jennifer Coolidge (“American Pie,” “Legally Blonde”), Sam Rockwell (“Choke”) and Jemaine Clement (“Flight of the Conchords”).

Jemaine on the set of Men In Black III

2011-05-03T14:36:00.002-04:00

This is what Jemaine will almost look like in his new movie.

Jemaine Clement films on location for "Men in Black 3" on the streets of Brooklyn on May 2, 2011 in New York City.
source: WireImage

He's talking a little bit about his character in this interview he gave recently,

Rio Star Jemaine Clement: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com

BTW, Have you see Rio yet?

A real person behind @JemaineC and it's NOT Jemaine Clement

2011-04-22T08:53:00.007-04:00

Sorry if I get too emotional in this post, but one of the things that get on my nerves are people who try to get attention pretending to be someone they really aren't and getting away with it when they manage to cheat thousands of people. One of the meanest kinds of this is impersonating a famous person.
If you follow @JemaineC on Twitter, be aware that the person who tweets from this account has no connection with real Jemaine Clement (maybe she saw him on the streets of NYC, that's all) and she doesn't even talk with New Zealand accent.
Yes, SHE. Her name is Patricia and this is what she wrote on her website,

Shhh...since October 2009, I've been tweeting as Jemaine Clement. I decided to take the wheel after discovering a Twitter absence from my number one all-time favorite show, The Flight of the Conchords.

My following has grown to over 3,000 people, gaining more and more each day.

Today, she has over 10 thousand followers which suprises me, since the account is not verified and @fotc IS!
I hope, when real Jemaine finds out about it, he will do something with the impersonator. It has happened before with some fake Jemaines on MySpace and after he made a complaint, the fake accounts were removed.

Try to invent someone else, girl, and stop making fools out of Jemaine's fans!
GRRrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

Inspired by Flight of the Conchords posters

2011-04-07T17:24:00.000-04:00

I got an e-mail from Tarmo Annus about his Flight of the Conchords inspired pictures. They're all inspired by the New Zealand posters in Murray's office during the show.

You can check them out here: Inspired by FotC posters If you want to see his other work, you can check out his work here: flickr. Enjoy!

Bret to star as an elf in 'The Hobbit'

2011-04-04T22:04:00.001-04:00

Source - Variety

According to Variety, Bret will be starring in The Hobbit as an Elf named Lindir. I've never read the Hobbit, so I'm unsure if he's a main character or not. Lets hope so. Here's the article by the way:

"Flight of the Conchords" star Bret McKenzie has joined the cast of "The Hobbit," which began shooting March 21. McKenzie, who made brief appearances as an extra in the first and third "Lord of the Rings" pics, is playing Lindir, an Elf of Rivendell.

More to come ...
Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Feel free to discuss the Hobbit and the inclusion of Bret in comment form below.

Nigels

2011-03-13T08:21:00.000-04:00

You should probably already know that FOTC work with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra also known as Nigel Collins, but this post isn't going to be about him or his clones.

The first Nigel is a character played by Bret in his new film called Two Little Boys directed by Duncan Sarkies. I wrote about this little earlier. The shooting was finished at the end of February and the premiere is planned in early 2012. If you want to find out more, read interviews and keep an eye out on this film, visit its facebook page.

I can recommend you to listen to an episode of a radio show Hamish & Andy where Bret was a guest on February 11th. Hamish Blake co-stars in the movie and he and Bret seemed to get along with each other pretty well during the shooting.

Listen to the show here or download the episode.

The other Nigel is an animated character, a cockatoo voiced by Jemaine in Rio. You're going to see this film much sooner - next month on April 15th! Another great news is that Jemaine will feature in the soundtrack from Rio. He sings "Nigel's Song" and you can already listen to it here!

New Episodes of The Pen

2011-03-11T17:30:00.002-05:00

Sorry for not updating the blog lately. Been preoccupied with a lot of stuff lately. Anyways there's three new episodes that I missed and forgot to post. Most of you guys probably already caught them, but I'm posting them here anyways. Here they are. Enjoy!

To see the rest of the episodes, go to ThePen's youtube page here.

The Pen

2011-02-10T12:08:00.002-05:00

If you haven't watched The Pen yet, well shame on you. I'll be honest, I've been putting it off for a while now, not sure why, but I finally got into it.

Anyways, I got an e-mail from Tim Capper, brother of Guy Capper who is a co-creator of the show with Jemaine Clement. Oh, and he likes the site. :D

Anyways, if you want to view the videos, you can check their youtube channel here: The Pen

And here's the newest video:

Birthday Card for Jemaine Clement

2011-01-02T10:23:00.006-05:00

Christmas is already behind us and a New Year has come. And now what? While waiting for big things we can expect from the guys in 2011, the next big thing is Jemaine's birthday on January 10th. His fans don't forget about him on this special day and all around the Internet is being passed over a link to a group card which will be sent to Jemaine when the time comes. So, if you want to join in and write him all your best wishes, you can sign the card as well:

B'day card for Jemaine!

Let's make this card as long as his new beard! He'll have hurt feelings and make an angry face if you don't sign it...

UPDATE:

Jemaine saw the card and he liked it!

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-25T13:43:00.000-05:00

Image obtained here.

Hey guys, just wanted to stop by and wish you guys a Happy Holidays! Get a ton of presents, and have fun with family and friends. Also, make sure to get your family and friends some FotC cheer.

Let 2011 be a good year for us all.

Flight of the Conchords Christmas Card by Elliot Quince

2010-12-12T22:38:00.001-05:00

Elliot Quince posted this awesome Christmas card of Bret, Jemaine and Murray at a festive meeting on his art blog: Quinky Art

Click the picture to see it in a higher resolution. Also, make sure to check out his other work. There's a ton of awesome art on there.

FotC win the 2010 NZ Comedy Guild Achievement Decade Award!

2010-12-12T20:27:00.001-05:00

Image obtained here.

Congrats go out to the Flight of the Conchords for winning the 2010 New Zealand Comedy Guild Achievement Decade Award. They really deserved it. It seems the guys are actually getting a ton of awards lately. I really hope they win them all.

To see other winners, go here.

Jemaine's in Rio and Bret's One Little Boy

2010-12-08T18:46:00.006-05:00

Just a quick post about some great news, because today has been pretty busy day news-wise and I want to keep this blog and my other one, World of Taika, with fresh news and on time.

To start with, here's a new trailer for Rio, a new animated movie where Jemaine voices one of the birdy characters. You won't miss him ;)

And Bret has been officially confirmed to star in a New Zealand film Two Little Boys directed by Robert Sarkies, who directed Out of the Blue and Scarfies (both movies have my personal recommendation). Two Little Boys is based on a book on the same name by his brother, Duncan Sarkies, who also wrote a couple episodes of Flight of the Conchords. Read more about it here.

Anyway, I've read the book. It's great and I couldn't imagine anyone else as Nige but Bret. Total WIN!

FotC & co. nominated for the Annie Award

2010-12-06T16:48:00.005-05:00

The highest honor given for excellence in animation.

Bret and Jemaine along with their friends, Tim Long and Alf Clausen, have been nominated for an Annie award in the Individual Achievement Category: Music in a Television Production. The International Animated Film Society was kind enough to give a recognition of how awesome their music was in The Simpsons: Elementary School Musical.

The awards ceremony is on February 5, 2011 in L.A. Full list of the nominations is here.

Congratulations, Guys! I really hope you'll win, because you totally deserve it!

FotC nominated for a Grammy

2010-12-02T00:39:00.000-05:00

Image obtained here.

Flight of the Conchords are yet again nominated for a Grammy in Comedy. I believe this is their 3rd year being nominated. I'd like to congratulate them for getting the nomination and I wish them the best of luck on winning. Here's who they're up against:

Margaret Cho - Cho Dependent

Kathy Griffin - Kathy Griffin Does The Bible Belt

Lewis Black - Stark Raving Mad

Robin Williams - Weapons of Self Destruction

If you want to view all of the nominations go to Grammy.com

Friends go shopping together, lalalala

2010-11-30T15:40:00.008-05:00

Glory to Twitter!

The filming of MiB3 has started this month and for his role, Jemaine had to grow an epic beard.

Here, he's with his old friend, the director of Eagle vs Shark and BOY, Taika Waititi. They're both in New York City and this photo is just raising my hopes that they're working together on something awesome.

From other news

You can now pre-order Dinner for Schmucks from Amazon (US) or HMV (UK). The release dates: 4 and 17 January 2011.

And...

Don't forget to download a free album "Christmas Gig" with Bret's new song at Target.com.

I hope you had a great holiday, America. Winter came too soon and too strong for me. Time for some hot chocolate :).

P.S. re: the source tweet.

Jemaine doesn't have his own personal twitter account, as far as I know, so @JemaineC is NOT the real Jemaine Clement. The only verified twitter account is @fotc. But @TaikaWaititi is absolutely the real Taika Waititi.