Woo hoo!
Today is the day - The Flight of the Conchords Season Two is kicked off on funnyordie.com.
The show will run from 12/17/2008 through 12/21. If you miss it during this period, you will have to wait until January when it finds its way to HBO Sunday evenings.
Anywy, I know what I will be doing this evening.
Mr. Media has an interview with Steven Dildarian, the creator of “The Life and Times of Tim”. Sounds like an interesting guy, take a listen.
In 2007 Flight of the Conchords won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, and it looks like they are back making another run at the award for their self titled album.
With a new season Flight of the Conchords only about a month away, maybe HBO will wake up to the fact that they have a hit here - even thought the following of the group is rather small.
Never underestimate the dedicated fans!
This news is even better than finding out Little Britain USA will be back for a second season – The Kids in the Hall will be back for an 8 episode miniseries, but the show will not be sketch comedy.
“It’ll be an eight-episode arc with a narrative running through it and we will play all the characters but it won’t be sketch, it’ll be a single narrative miniseries. Probably the closest thing to it will probably be something like (the defunct cult British series) ‘League of Gentlemen,’ which I think was brilliant. So I hope it will be close to that.”says Dave Foley, Kids in the Hall member.
No word on when the show will be aired, but stilll…Rock on!
Good news, everybody! The Flight of the Conchords Season 2 premier will be online, available at Funny or Die.com starting 12/17/2008 at noon and will run through 12/21.
As cool as this is, I’m conflicted with the policies of HBO.
They go and cancel highly acclaimed, well followed shows, such as Deadwood, leaving fans in a lurch, yet they do something progressive like have a premiers online or have shows available “On Demand” before they air on the network.
Regardless, I know what I will be doing come 12/17
“The whole idea of an ending as something being its source of meaning is something I find problematic,” says David Milch, creator/writer/director of the critically acclaimed HBO series “Deadwood”
The end of the Deadwood series caught everyone off guard – including Milch – and that is the problem. One day the brain trust at HBO called David into their corporate offices and informed his the series was being canned. Not because of poor ratings, no, but due to the costs surrounding the production series. Each episode cost approximately $10 million, mainly due to the realistic sets and large numbers of extras used.
As of the fan of the show I was devastated when I found out Deadwood was no longer going to be a fixture on Sunday evenings, not because the show was gone, but because loyal viewers were left without any sense of closure, and that is why I believe Milch wrong.
I’m not trying to argue the point with David; he has infinitely more experience in life and writing than I do, but the lack of closure impacts everyone, especially the viewers, the individuals who ended up emotionally invested in the story and characters. These are the people who wanted to see an end because they were suffering from a break-up, one that wasn’t expected, and that took a small emotional toll.
While no closure can be expected any longer, the days of the promised 2 two-hour “Deadwood” movies are long since past, it is still sad to face the fact that one of the best TV dramas ever produced was cut with little to no warning and the fans are the ones left to suffer.
Just goes to show the HBO is a business and is not necessarily concerned with the people who view their products. It makes me ask why even bother get involved with other HBO shows?
By now you are aware, if you read this blog on any regular basis, that I tend to prefer the programming that HBO has to offer. Sure, I don’t love everything they pump out but it seems that HBO is really the only pace you can find good programming for adults.
When Big Love first arrived I wasn’t a fan of the show in the slightest. It’s not as if I had a problem with the content, the show just didn’t grab me. I would attempt to watch it on occasion but, for some reason, I would always get distracted. That all chanced last summer HBO has a mini marathon for Big Love. It seemed that I had a connection to the characters all of a sudden – I cared about what was going to happen to them, and I wanted to know what was coming next.
Suddenly I was a fan but, but the time I was involved in the show, the last season came to an end… But there is good news, everybody! Big Love returns on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009 and it sound as if this season is going to be based around excommunication…
Interesting.
I may have to update my “Shows you are not watching list”.
Flight of the Conchords will be back this coming January. Take a look at the latest promo.
First off, an most importantly, you can now pre-order the 1st season of Little Britain USA (HBO series)
I had called this one of the 4 shows that you are not watching (but should be) and I stand by that claim. In a number of ways the show reminded me of “Kids in the Hall” but more… polished.
I know this version really split critics – some loved it, some passionately hated it - but if you do have an offbeat sense of humor you need to watch!
And just because you may need a good laugh…
and…this one is *GREAT*
Well, it looks like Little Britain USA is airing on the BBC over in the U.K. and it’s causing a bit of a stir. Roughly 400 people lodged decency complains due to one of their skits about two body builders. Apparently some children saw the clips and, well, you know the story… Parents got all up in arms… Not only that, gay rights’ groups describing the program as “offensive” despite one of the cast members being openly gay.
Just to make sure we are all on the same page when talking the ‘obnoxious’ clip, take a look below. i don’t know how long it will be up so take a view as soon as you can. (Warning: this is not safe for work)
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