Fall of the Conchords

The first season of Flight of the Conchords became an instant cult classic. A show about a New Zealand duo trying to make it in New York that's intermittently filled with wacky comedy songs. I enjoyed it a lot and spent most of first-year with raps like "Rhymenocerous VS Hiphopapotamus" stuck in my head. The same thing happened to everyone else on campus and suddenly people were screaming down the hallway "ITSA BUSSSINESSS TIMEEEE!" It didn't take long before I could no longer stand the songs and show altogether.

It took almost a year and a half after the first finale for Bret and Jemaine to write up another batch of songs for the new season (which they admitted was very difficult) and the quality showed. I just finished season two and the show has just fallen out of tune. The songs feel a lot more wedged-in than ever, having little to do with the plot of the episode. This is probably a bad example but



It felt like half the season took place in the New Zealand Consulate's office as well, relying waaaay too much on Murray's dialogue to carry the show. In the second finale, show ends with a pretty amusing shepherding bit followed by an announcement that the series was over.