Coco was such a gorgeous lady and the sweetest girlfriend who was totally into Bret. If Jemaine hadn’t ruined their dates and been the worst kind of oppressive clinger, they could have been a beautiful couple and very happy together. Bret totally fumbled her and was such a dick by flirting with Sally when he was dating Coco.

Flight of the Conchords first took off at the Edinburgh Fringe, receiving a Perrier award nomination in 2003. A BBC Radio 2 show led to an HBO special and then, in 2007, the hit sitcom, in which Clement and McKenzie play naive New Zealander musicians in New York. Their fourth-wall-breaking songs are clever, affectionate pastiches of artists from Marvin Gaye to Serge Gainsbourg: there’s one about meeting a girl at a party (“You’re so beautiful/ You could be a part-time model”), another on the “robotic uprising of the late Nineties” (“We no longer say ‘yes’, instead we say ‘affirmative’  ”). In between, they struggle to get gigs and girls, supported one way or another by their manager, Murray (fellow Wellington export Rhys Darby), and their solitary, stalkerish fan, Mel (Kristen Schaal).

Have they had any real-life Mels? He hesitates, perhaps not wishing to seem ungracious. “Well, when we started in Wellington we had this group of ten very dedicated fans who’d come to see us every time we were on. Then my bongos were stolen and I was told I had to meet this girl at the full moon drumming to get them back.” He didn’t go.

One fan did get his Conchord moment, though. Clement’s Minecraft scenes were with Jason Momoa, who’d played a Dothraki warlord in Game of Thrones. “And he knew Flight of the Conchords so well! He did one of our songs in an acting class once, which I found unbelievable. I was, like, Khal Drogo is quoting us!”

His bandmate, McKenzie, leant into the music more, releasing two solo albums and writing songs for The Simpsons, The Muppets and even the 2016 Sainsbury’s Christmas advert — sung by James Corden. Man or Muppet, a number from the 2011 film The Muppets, won an Oscar for best original song. “It’s fantastic what he’s done,” Clement says. “There was a time when I felt a little left out but it was my own fault. Now I think we both have a thing where I wish I could do music more and he wishes he was making TV.”

The pair have been spending more time together lately. To the delight of fans in New Zealand and the States, they’ve just played a handful of gigs as Flight of the Conchords — their first in eight years. Reprising and refreshing songs they wrote almost 30 years ago “was an extreme memory test”, Clement says. Reviewers noted slight rustiness but were rapturous nonetheless. But the Conchords know their crowd. “If you do stand-up, people never want to hear the old stuff, but music comedy is different — they want the old ones they love.”

They’ve kept their usual positions on stage, Clement sitting on McKenzie’s right. “I don’t know why that’s happened. It’s like a side of the bed in a marriage. We probably should swap to keep it fresh.” He tests turning his head left, “I feel like my neck’s more flexible this way,” and right, “This way feels tighter.” Maybe yoga? “I’ll just look this way for two hours on my nights off.”

They’ve yet to decide if they’ll play more dates. “If we keep going, the UK will be next — we’re indebted. The BBC were the first people to give us a chance.”

David Vintiner for The Sunday Times Magazine. Grooming: Emma Leon. Styling: Tanja Martin. Jacket by Oliver Spencer, Glasses by Cutler and Gross

No, it’s all true…

I coordinate trainings for a small nonprofit. This morning I was reviewing registration for an upcoming event and just found out we have royalty attending.

I cannot read it without hearing Murray's voice.

I've always been obsessed with the 'NZ' Hoodie Bret has on in the 2005 HBO special but could never find what it was or where it was from. Just today I remade the logo in photoshop and reverse image searched it to find out its the for the 1974 Christchurch common wealth games. The only thing that's different is the colouring as Brets is white and red as opposed to the blue and red of the official logo. Pretty cool bit of Aotearoa history there.

Greek both nights and Santa Barbara bowl.

Found on YT.

Hey all. I treated my sister and myself to a FotC concert the other night (INCREDIBLY AWESOME SHOW OF COURSE) and was enchanted by the awesome little laptop synth Jemaine was playing during “Robots”. When I tried to search up exactly what that cool toy was in hopes of maybe putting one on my wishlist Google told me it was something called The Orchid but from the online photos of the thing it does not resemble what I saw on Sunday night at all. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance!

Saw another post asking about it and this was only way I could figure out how to share the video! Missed the start because I was too excited that they were playing it. My sister and I quoted this verbatim when we were younger and you can hear us cracking up throughout

The Greek, May 9, 2026

I went on eBay to see if anyone was selling the numbered posters from the Greek and a ton of people are offering the posters at all kinds of different sizes, so it looks like they scanned them and are just printing them themselves. Is that a thing now?

This is a long shot but I have to try!

Does anyone have a video of the banter before “Iain & Deanna” at the May 9th show? I made a lil joke and Bret called it out.

I’d love video of it if possible!! I never really take pictures or videos so (of course) I missed it.

Included two versions because I couldn’t decide!

Able to snag last nights set list!

Hi all! Does anyone have a recording of Jenny from the Sunday show? It’s my favorite song and I would love to save a video of it since I enjoyed the performance so much.

He got there very early. Nice to see he’s a fan of the Conchords.

Has anyone ever pointed out that Jemaine aka: Jerome looks a lot like Manfred Mann?

Seriously, the whole show was absolutely incredible! I’m still in shock.

I wonder if the beat messup was scripted on Saturday or not.

They played around it so naturally that it was hard to tell if that was planned or just an accident.

Btw did they play too many dicks on Sunday?

I’m so glad I got a poster! It’s the first concert poster I’ve ever been able to get! They also sold an Orange version that was cool too!

I waited and waited in Sherman Oaks, but they never showed up. Alas…