67-556: Kevin Bloody Wilson (born Dennis Bryant ; 13 February 1947) is an Australian musical comedian who performs comical songs with his heavy Australian English accent and often including sexual themes. He has won one ARIA Music Award . Bryant was born in Bathurst, although he identifies with Kalgoorlie , Western Australia, where he was an electrician in the gold mines . In the 1970s, Bryant fronted his own band called 'Bryan Dennis and
134-488: A classical or acoustic bass guitar . They commonly employ 1980s-era novelty instruments like the Casio DG-20 guitar synthesizer and Omnichord , in addition to glockenspiel, bongos, and autoharp , among others. In the past decade, they have expanded their instrumentation; more recent performances, like those during their 2018 tour of United Kingdom and Ireland, saw both playing electric bass guitar (with Clement playing
201-504: A cassette of his songs called Your Average Australian Yobbo , which he sold at gigs and by mail order. He managed to sell 22,000 copies of the cassette before it was eventually transferred to LP, where it went on to sell many thousands more. He is one of Perth's most famous comedians. His humour is regarded by media commentators as politically incorrect . As one of Australia's most successful comedians, he continues to tour and performs an average of 120 concerts worldwide each year. Wilson
268-414: A concerto for motor horn and orchestra by Antony Hopkins , Overture: The Masterdrinkers by Spike Hughes and a concertino for piano tuner and orchestra by Lambert Williamson . The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of numerous comedy music artists whose careers went on for decades. These artists include: Allan Sherman , Shel Silverstein , Frank Zappa , Tiny Tim , and Randy Newman . Particularly in 1970,
335-512: A fictional version of the pair as they try to achieve success as a band in New York City and try to develop an American fan base. The regular cast includes fellow comedians Rhys Darby as Murray, Arj Barker as Dave, and Kristen Schaal as their obsessed fan Mel. This show also features many other comedians in guest-starring roles. Their songs are woven into the plot of each episode. The show received an Emmy nomination for Best Comedy. The show
402-668: A free show at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California. On 28 May 2008, they performed at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. They performed on the Main Stage of the Sasquatch! Music Festival on Monday, 26 May 2008 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington State. On 12 July 2008, they performed at Sub Pop 's 20th Anniversary Music Festival. The duo made a special guest appearance as
469-911: A full 10-show tour of larger New Zealand venues was in place for June 2012. Tickets went on sale on 23 March, with the premium seats at each venue available only in person at the box office, to prevent scalping . All original shows sold out within 10 minutes once they were released on general sale. For Red Nose Day 2012, the duo recorded a charity single composed of lyrics volunteered by Auckland and Wellington school children, titled "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)". The song features performances from other New Zealand celebrities, including Dave Dobbyn , Brooke Fraser , Boh Runga , Samuel Flynn Scott , Luke Buda , Savage , Young Sid , Tyree, Deach , PNC , Zowie , Ruby Frost , Kids of 88 , Rikki Morris , Moana Maniapoto , Nathan King , Maitereya, Victoria Girling-Butcher, Elizabeth Marvelly , Peter Urlich and Cherie Mathieson. The song entered at number one on
536-503: A high-stakes game of tennis. The duo guest-starred as a pair of camp counselors in " Elementary School Musical ", the season premiere of the 22nd season of The Simpsons , which aired 26 September 2010. In an interview with Vulture , Bret said that plans were in the works for a reunion tour in 2012 and that he and Jemaine were discussing a Flight of the Conchords movie. On 28 November 2011, he stated that efforts were being made to bring
603-412: A major source of album and product sales. He also runs an internet radio station kevfm.com, which was the first 24-hour adult comedy radio station. Tammy Jo " Jenny Talia " Bryant has followed in her father's footsteps singing similarly bawdy songs, some of them being reworded Kev songs, but done from a female perspective. Comedy music Comedy music or musical comedy is a genre of music that
670-487: A new context, and this is played with the assumption that the audience is familiar with the referenced style and technique. An example of this is the referencing of 18th century forms and instrumentation by Neoclassic composers Stravinsky and Hindemith in the 20th century. Musical quotations are blended together in vertical and horizontal orders to form a medley . In the Renaissance era, this type of musical composition
737-719: A series of SNL Digital Shorts featuring songs like Motherlover , Dick in a Box , I'm on a Boat , I Just Had Sex and more. Through the rest of the 2000s, a movement of comedy rock acts started to take place in Australia with bands such as The Axis of Awesome , The Beards , The Kransky Sisters and Tripod . When musician Matt Farley discovered the only songs from his band Moes Haven that were getting any plays had more-comedic titles, he switched his focus to novelty songs in 2008. Since then, Farley has written over 22,000 songs about potty humor, celebrities, food and more under band names like The Toilet Bowl Cleaners, Papa Razzi and
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#1732868789714804-466: A student's learning by attracting and holding their attention for a longer duration of the class, also ensuring their continued motivation and engagement. Music improves a student's vocabulary and comprehensive skills, simultaneously encouraging them to think creatively . An example of the implementation of comedy music in education is the incorporation of parody songs to learn the English language. In
871-476: A voice said: / 'Eh .. this place look all right / We'll tell the government it's a sacred site / Dead fuckin' easy' / 'Good day Mr Alan Bond, how you goin' bloke? / Hey, I'm your brand-new neighbour ... hey, mate you got a smoke? / And I think I'm gonna like it here / Livin' next door to Alan'. Comedy and music have both been found to improve the effectiveness of learning inside and outside the classroom. Comedy improves short-term issue recognition , and can improve
938-564: A way to offer critique on society and authority, working in public squares or officially hired as licensed fools to work directly under the king or queen. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy, leading to the emergence of opera buffa as an alternative to opera seria . It quickly made its way to France, where it became opéra comique, and eventually, in the following century, French operetta, with Jacques Offenbach as its most accomplished practitioner. Many countries developed their own genres of comic opera, incorporating
1005-533: Is called the quodlibet . In the Romantic era, they are often medleys performed in Operas. Examples of this are C. Hopfner's operetta for men's voices – Das Gastspiel der Lucca – composed in 1875 and Charles Ives 's Holiday Symphony composed in 1913. Composers like Haydn and Beethoven often use specific movement titles to identify their work as humorous, labeling them as ' scherzo ', which means 'joke'. An example of this
1072-412: Is cleaning the bathroom, so I can't take a shower / When I do, the water starts getting cold after an hour / I couldn't order off the breakfast menu, cause I slept in till two / Then I filled up on bread, didn't leave any room for tiramisu / Oh no, there's a pixel out in the corner of my laptop screen / I don't have any bills in my wallet small enough for the vending machine / Some idiot just called me up on
1139-502: Is comical, comedic or humorous in nature. Its history can be traced back to the first century in ancient Greece and Rome , moving forward in time to the Medieval Period , Classical and Romantic eras, and the 20th century. Various forms of comedic musical theatre, including "musical play", "musical comedy", "operetta" and "light opera", evolved from the comic operas first developed in late 17th-century Italy. Popular music artists in
1206-535: Is married and his wife Betty comes on tour with him. She sells merchandise at shows and has appeared on guest vocals in a few of his songs, including "Dick'taphone". Wilson appeared on the popular television show Enough Rope with Andrew Denton in October 2008, which resulted in the show's highest ratings of the year. On the show, he told of how he met his wife Betty, who was originally from Kalgoorlie, but lived in Perth at
1273-566: Is the scherzo from Tchaikovsky 's Symphony No. 4 composed in 1878. Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand musical comedy duo formed in Wellington in 1998. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement . Beginning as a popular live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's comedy and music became the basis of the self-titled BBC radio series (2005) and, subsequently,
1340-434: Is the way they both evoke psychological and emotional effects in their listeners, without them fully understanding the specific reason for their emotions of hilarity. Comedy in entertainment is also established as musical codes set up and confirm the audience's understanding of the symbolic meaning of a scene, before subverting that understanding to play with the audience's response. Thus, a multi-faceted musical experience has
1407-594: The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the record. In 2008, they signed with the label Sub Pop and released their self-titled debut full-length album . Following the second season of the show in 2009, the band released their second album, I Told You I Was Freaky . In June 2007, the band performed on the Late Show with David Letterman and were interviewed by Terry Gross on the NPR radio show Fresh Air . They appeared at
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#17328687897141474-582: The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album , the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , and the Musical Comedy Awards. Comedy is a form of art that addresses comic or humorous situations, or even serious ones with a light or satirical approach. Music is also a form of art, and it is concerned with the rhythm , melody , and harmony of vocal , instrumental , or mechanical sounds. One similarity between comedy and music
1541-574: The HBO American television series (2007–2009). Most recently, they released the HBO comedy special Live in London in 2018. The special was concurrently released by Sub Pop as their fifth album. The duo's live performances have gained them a worldwide cult following , and they continue to tour periodically. They were named Best Alternative Comedy Act at the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival and Best Newcomer at
1608-857: The Melbourne Comedy Festival , and received a nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . They have been twice-nominated for a Grammy Award —winning Best Comedy Album in 2008—and have received seven nominations for Emmy Awards . Previously, they referred to themselves as "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo"; as of 2014, however, they refer to themselves as "the almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand". McKenzie and Clement were flatmates at Victoria University of Wellington , where they studied film and theatre before forming Flight of
1675-574: The New Zealand Singles Chart , becoming their first number one and was certified Platinum , selling over 15,000 copies in its first week. On 23 August 2013, Flight of the Conchords co-headlined the Oddball & Curiosity Festival with Dave Chappelle , kicking off the tour in Austin, Texas. In 2016, the duo performed new songs alongside old favourites on a North American tour; they also appeared at
1742-711: The Royal Festival Hall . The 1956 " Hoffnung Music Festival " played to a sell-out audience in the hall and to BBC viewers throughout Britain. Two more Hoffnung Festivals followed, the second in 1958 and the third in 1961, presented as a tribute after his death. Contributions included Donald Swann 's revised version of Haydn's Surprise Symphony to make it considerably more surprising, and Malcolm Arnold 's A Grand, Grand Overture , scored for orchestra and three vacuum cleaners , (dedicated to US President Hoover ). After Hoffnung's death, similar concerts were promoted by his widow Annetta. Malcolm Arnold's Toy Symphony
1809-486: The Shimmy in his Suite 1922 for Piano. The use of incongruency creates contrasts between music styles and techniques, and this is done with parodistic intent. An example of this is Haydn's Symphony No. 60 – nicknamed Il Distratto – composed in 1774. The use of unusual orchestral devices creates the element of surprise. Examples of this are the tuning of violins in the last movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 60 composed in 1774,
1876-654: The 1920s and 1930s, musical theatre is a form of entertainment that often incorporates comedy. In a musical setting, rhetorico-musical techniques contribute in creating comedic effect, and an example of this is aposiopesis , which is the device of suddenly breaking off in musical speech for dramatic or emotional effect. Another contributing aspect to it is dance – particularly tap dance . Musical comedies differ from book musicals as they focus more on comedy and dance rather than on drama and character development. This era's musical comedies include works created by brothers George and Ira Gershwin , and these musicals are: ' Strike Up
1943-470: The 1940s, Spike Jones created songs with a comedy technique of replacing several musical notes with humorous sound effects. Followed in 1951, Stan Freberg released a series of cover songs that addressed the issue of commercialism in that age. In the 1950s Fritz Spiegl organised a popular series of "April Fools" concerts in Liverpool . The idea was subsequently taken up by Gerard Hoffnung in London at
2010-536: The 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee . On 19 June 2007, they appeared as the musical guests on Late Night with Conan O'Brien . Their EP The Distant Future , produced by Mickey Petralia and recorded in Los Angeles and New York by Petralia and engineer Matt Shane, was released on 7 August 2007; the live portions were taken from concerts at Comix comedy club in New York City. In January 2008,
2077-572: The 2010s saw Nerf Herder front man Parry Gripp starting to release a long series of successful tween pop songs such as "It's Raining Tacos", "Space Unicorn" and "Do You Like Waffles?" dealing with themes of animals and food, gaining him the nickname "the "Weird Al" Yankovic of YouTube ". Counterculture is associated with comedy music due to the individual natures of comedy and music. Comedy often contains progressive and subversive messages that intend to provide listeners with information about issues, Injustices , and other topics that are important to
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2144-516: The 2016 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. In 2018, Flight of the Conchords reunited for Flight of the Conchords: Live in London , a one-hour TV special on HBO. Both McKenzie and Clement appeared alongside Rhys Darby in a horror comedy titled Diagnosis: Death , though not as Flight of the Conchords. The film was released on 3 August 2009. The song "I'm Not Crying" appears in
2211-459: The 20th century interested in comedy include Allan Sherman , Frank Zappa , Tiny Tim , Barenaked Ladies , Randy Newman , and "Weird Al" Yankovic . Artists in the 21st century include Tenacious D , Flight of the Conchords , The Lonely Island , Ninja Sex Party and The Axis of Awesome . Comedy music is often associated with counterculture , due to the subversive messages it displays. This informative nature of comedy music also contributes to
2278-450: The Band ', ' Lady, Be Good ', ' Oh, Kay! ', ' Girl Crazy ', ' Crazy for You ', and ' Of Thee I Sing '. To create comic effects in music, composers have developed the following principal compositional techniques. The use of comic text or funny words immediately conveys humor. This can be traced back to 13th century Motets , but it is the 18th century opera buffa that first explored deeply all
2345-561: The Best Newcomer Award. They were later featured in a 2004 campaign for British mobile phone retailer Phones 4U and in the show Stand Up! on Australia's ABC TV . In 2005, HBO gave the group a special on their Friday night half-hour comedy series One Night Stand . They then headlined at the opening weekend at Comix comedy club , where they recorded two tracks included on 2007's The Distant Future . During this period, they had television development deals with Channel 4 in
2412-414: The Conchords in 1998. They first performed as part of a five-man group called So You're a Man , which included Taika Waititi and debuted at Wellington's BATS Theatre , garnering a small but loyal following in New Zealand and Australia. The band first performed on television on Newtown Salad , a show on Wellington's short-lived local TV station "Channel 7" (later renamed "WTV"). They played two songs on
2479-526: The Country Club'. He also used the name 'Bryan Dennis' when he hosted a country music show on radio 6KG in Kalgoorlie from 1973 to 1980, before he was thrown off air for playing the parody song, "I'm Heaving on a Jet Plane". He moved to Perth and began playing bawdy songs as a hobby, singing at pubs and Australian rules football clubs. He had adopted the name Kevin Bloody Wilson by 1984, when he put together
2546-620: The Covers , NSP has been backed by the band TWRP . For three albums, they collaborated with animator and internet personality Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson to create the video game themed side project Starbomb . In 2010, rappers Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "Epic Lloyd" Ahlquist created the web-series Epic Rap Battles of History , a show that pinned famous figures both real and fictional in rap battles against each other. It has run for seven seasons, featuring stars like "Weird Al" Yankovic , Snoop Dogg , T-Pain and more. The beginning of
2613-526: The Italian and French models along with their own musical traditions. Examples include German singspiel , Viennese operetta , Spanish zarzuela , Russian comic opera, English ballad and Savoy opera , North American operetta and musical comedy . In the Classical and Romantic eras, composers like Haydn , Beethoven , and Schumann would place comic passages side by side with the more serious sections to bring out
2680-449: The Photogs, The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man and The Hungry Food Band. Taking rock and synth-pop influence in the more comedic direction, the duo Ninja Sex Party formed in 2009 with members Dan "Danny Sexbang" Avidan and Brian "Ninja Brian" Wecht who went on to record five albums of original material, three cover albums and one re-recording album . Ever since their album Under
2747-724: The UK, NBC in the United States, and TVNZ in New Zealand but, ultimately, shows were not produced. In 2006, they performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas . While in Texas, they recorded a documentary titled Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey , which aired on New Zealand's TV3 in late 2006. In 2004, the band created a six-part radio series for BBC Radio 2 . Largely improvised,
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2814-559: The ability to elicit emotions such as humor and comedy in its listeners. This type of musical experience can be identified as comedy music. The first uses of comedy in music can be traced back to the first century in ancient Greece and Rome, where poets and playwrights entertained with puns and wordplay . The origins of comedy play in ancient Greece are first recorded on pottery in the 6th century BCE, on which illustrations of actors dressed as horses, satyrs , and dancers in exaggerated costumes are painted on. Another early origin are
2881-616: The aliens in two episodes of The Drinky Crow Show on Cartoon Network 's late-night television programming block Adult Swim . On 31 March 2009, the duo performed in Masterton , New Zealand, to 2000 locals as a benefit for Jemaine's old college Makoura College raising around NZ$ 80,000 prior to setting off on a 50 date tour of the US. They also appeared on the season four finale of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! , briefly replacing Tim and Eric during
2948-478: The artist. Music has the ability to explain political issues in a way that is easily acceptable for a wide range of listeners. Both comedy and music have the power to create movements and spread ideas, allowing them to effectively advocate counterculture through the ages, one of them being the challenge of authority . 'Weird Al' Yankovic spread his message about the privilege of the upper class through his comedy music song, titled ' First World Problems ': My maid
3015-559: The aspects of verbal comedy. An example of this is Mozart 's Le nozze di Figaro composed in 1786. Musical parodies satirize certain styles or particular works of music. An example of this is Mozart's Ein musikalischer Spass composed in 1787, which parodies the style of incompetent composers and Siegfried Ochs 's variations on ' Kommt ein Vogel geflogen ' that models the style of particular composers for each variation. The use of unexpected juxtapositions of syntactical elements include changing
3082-587: The band spoke and performed as part of Comcast 's presentation at CES 2008. On 13 February 2008, Flight of the Conchords had their first post-Grammy concert, a freebie show, at a small Wellington video store called Aro Video. On 5 March 2008, they performed at a private show at 'The Depot' in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2008 Omniture web analytics conference, and the following day in Cahn Auditorium at Northwestern University. On 24 April 2008, they gave
3149-609: The basis of the self-titled BBC radio series (2004) and then the HBO American television series (2007–2009) . At the turn of the millennium, the band Steel Panther formed in Los Angeles with songs, live shows and videos parodying the stereotypical glam metal genre and lifestyle of the 1980s. In 2001, The Lonely Island formed in Berkeley, California with members Akiva Schaffer , Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone , who starred in
3216-667: The bird calls in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony composed in 1808, the bleating of sheep in Strauss 's Don Quixote composed in 1897, and sound effects that illustrate hunting or market scenes in Medieval Italian caccie . Inclusion of folk or popular music techniques in certain passages creates humorous effect. Examples of this are the clumsy folk-like dance technique incorporated in the last movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 82 – nicknamed The Bear – composed in 1786 and Hindemith 's use of
3283-550: The comedy folk duo to the big screen: "We're going to try and do a movie. We just need a story." However, HBO has stated they themselves do not have plans for such a film. In an interview published in Indiewire in August 2015, Clement said that a Flight of the Conchords movie was being written, although he indicated that it is still in the early phases. It was confirmed in March 2012, that
3350-600: The contrast between them. This technique is called juxtaposition , which is a basic element of comedy. Haydn's Symphony No 45 of 1772 (the Farewell Symphony ) and his Symphony No 94 of 1792 (the Surprise Symphony ), are the most famous examples. A tradition of toy symphonies - featuring toy musical instruments - began in the classical era and continued into the 19th century and beyond. Progress in comedy music continued over years, until vaudeville entertainers of
3417-593: The early 20th century added lyrics to musical numbers. In 1923, one of the first comedy music hits ' Yes! We Have No Bananas ' sung by Eddie Cantor was released. In 1924 Billy Rose asked, "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" . In 1958 the song was rereleased as, " Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) " by Lonnie Donegan , the King of Skiffle . In
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#17328687897143484-690: The explicit sexually humorous poems of Hipponax in the 6th century BCE and Archilocus in the 7th century BCE. The third origin are the phallic songs sung during Dionysiac festivals, as mentioned by Aristotle . Playwrights of comedic theatre include Aristophanes and Menander whose works mocked politicians, philosophers, and fellow artists. In the Medieval Period, minstrels , troubadours and court jesters would continue performing comedic music, some satirical, accompanied by musical instruments. Court jesters in particular would display their wit and humor through songs, jokes, and physical comedy as
3551-481: The film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! . In 2014, both Clement and Rhys Darby starred in the horror comedy mockumentary titled What We Do in the Shadows , directed by Clement and Taika Waititi . Traditionally, the duo both play acoustic guitar in live performances, with McKenzie almost always playing a standard grand concert-style acoustic guitar and Clement playing a parlor guitar and occasionally
3618-407: The genre of comedy music and the counterculture associated with it. In 1994, The Actors' Gang members Jack Black and Kyle Gass formed the iconic comedy rock duo Tenacious D and went on to release their debut album in 2001. A popular 21st century musical comedy act is Flight of the Conchords , a New Zealand duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement , which became
3685-550: The improvement of learning inside and outside the classroom. Forms of entertainment like musical theatre often incorporate comedy music as well. To create comic effects in music, Composers have developed several principal compositional techniques, including the use of comic text, musical parody, and unexpected juxtapositions of syntactical elements among others. Comedy music can be further categorized into several types, such as parody music , novelty song , comedy rock , and comedy hip hop . Awards dedicated to comedy music include
3752-418: The lengths of phrases , startling turns of melody and dynamics , and contrasting textures. An example of this is a minuet from Haydn's Symphony No. 104 composed in 1796, where rests and a crescendo of the timpani interrupt the regular flow of music. Musical description includes animal or even nonsensical sound effects that illustrate certain events or situations within the music piece. Examples of this are
3819-604: The music piece. Examples of this are the exaggerated large intervals of the bass voice in 18th century opera buffa and the two Sopranos showing off their high register singing in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor composed in 1785. The use of strange keys and distant modulations respectively create dissonance and distant harmonic movements. These musical devices create a subtle humorous effect. Examples of this are Renaissance Madrigals and Motets and Baroque Cantatas . References to past styles and techniques are presented in
3886-604: The number one video spot on the Country Music Television Channel in 2008. His songs generally consist of irreverent humour and plenty of swearing with eclectic musical backing. He has been nominated five times for the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release at the ARIA Music Awards : Wilson was the first Australian performing artist to have a website which a friend set up for him in 1993, which has since been
3953-471: The phone, what!? Don't they know how to text? OMG! / I got first world, first world problems. Kevin Bloody Wilson 's song – ' Living Next Door to Alan ' – is about an indigenous family claiming land neighboring the millionaire Alan Bond : They came down from Meekatharra / In a burned-out blue FJ / That farted and just shit itself in Jutland Parade / Right next door to Bondy's / When the smoke had cleared
4020-656: The premiere episode in 1999 and then later appeared over four nights in 2000 (3–6 May); the songs, in order, were "Bowie", "Ladies of the World", "Petrov, Yelyena and Me", and "Hotties". They performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2002 , 2003 —when they were nominated for the Perrier Award —and 2004 . They also performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival where they won
4087-402: The radio host Barret Hansen – better known as Dr. Demento – appeared. He played tracks sent in by amateur artists, one of which was a 16-year-old 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Yankovic released his first album in 1983, which eventually led to a 14-album contract that he did not complete until 2014. For over four decades, he released multiple hit parodies and originals, which made him a major player in
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#17328687897144154-504: The series was broadcast in September 2005 and based on the band's search for commercial success in London. It featured Rob Brydon as their narrator, Rhys Darby as their manager and Jimmy Carr as a devoted fan called Kipper. The radio series is clearly a progenitor of the television series: the plot is similar—the band arriving in a foreign country to make their fortune, Rhys Darby playing their manager and calling band meetings—and many of
4221-612: The songs were later used in the television series. The BBC Radio 2 series won the duo the Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for comedy. The duo starred in a television sitcom for HBO , titled Flight of the Conchords , which premiered in the United States in June 2007. The series simultaneously premiered in Canada on The Movie Network and Movie Central , and was also shown on The Comedy Network . The series revolves around
4288-553: The time they met. She had returned to the town to visit friends and her brother who still lived there and they met when she attended one of his shows. Betty, who was in the studio audience, told Denton that Wilson was a romantic who regularly bought her flowers. "The Genie in the Bottle", a country song which Wilson co-wrote with Adam Harvey , spent more than six weeks on the Australian Country Singles chart as well as reaching
4355-532: The use of col legno in the last movement of Berlioz 's Symphonie fantastique composed in 1830, and the use of toy instruments in various classical pieces from the 1760s to the 21st century. The descriptive use of music can be used to allude to famous comic characters. Examples of this are Elgar 's symphonic poem on Falstaff composed in 1913 and Strauss's depiction of Till Eulenspiegel composed in 1895. The use of unusual effects of texture, dynamics, rhythm, and melodic design creates comic features within
4422-478: Was first performed at a Savoy Hotel fund raising dinner in London on 28 November 1957, with toy instruments played by a group of eminent composers, musicians and personalities, including Thomas Armstrong , Edric Cundell , Gerard Hoffnung, Eileen Joyce , Steuart Wilson and Leslie Woodgate . On 17 July 1958 the 'Mammoth Concert of Comic Music' was held at the Royal Albert Hall . Pieces performed included
4489-568: Was shot primarily in the Two Bridges neighbourhood of Manhattan . The first season consisted of 12 episodes. The second season started on HBO on 18 January 2009 and consisted of 10 episodes. On 10 December 2009, the duo and co-creator/director James Bobin announced via their website that the show would not return for a third season. The band's first studio release was the 2007 EP The Distant Future which included three studio recordings and three live tracks; on 10 February 2008, they were awarded
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