Flight of the Conchords - The road to Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Living Room

This is an early screen showing for "music comedy phenomenon" Flight of the Conchords. The excerpts from arts show The Living Room follow Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement from Wellington to performances at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Dreams of fame come face to face with budget digs, Jonah Lomu and anonymity, which the duo face with their droll resolve. Larry Pritchard (Taika Waititi) takes on the role of manager, pre Rhys Darby. The next year the Conchords were nominated for a Perrier Award, en route to an HBO TV series and cult stardom.

[yourearsaregreen]

oh god imagine being able to go back in time and tell these three men that one was going to win an oscar, one was going to direct the highest-grossing Thor movie and one was going to be a sparkly crab in a children's movie. Truly impressive work.

[chloen.escott]

1. Taika hasn’t aged, 2. The way Jemaine says croissant and baguette is very soothing 😂😂😂😂 the humour is immaculate 😂😂❤️❤️

[MsGrapeNehi]

I'm a Jemaine fangirl for life, but... can we just talk about how adorable Taika is?

[nihonarekun]

I wish Taika would've been on the show

[psychosissafari]

it's the most New Zealand thing ever that they randomly bump into Jonah Lomu at the airport. It's like the most over the top way of defining their location, but it actually happened.

[kevincostello]

Never knew this existed, just discovered it by accident. Made my day. Rhys Darby is the one and only Murray, but it's interesting to see where the character came from. I know Taika wrote and directed a few episodes, but wonder why he never made an appearance? Or did he have a cameo maybe?

[sophovot]

the KORG keyboard really ties the Taika content binge together

[ellenspear]

Not only funny and creative, these three are hunky as anything.

[AnyoneCanSee]

As well as Flight of the Concords, one has gone onto win an Oscar and one has been nominated and may be again this year. Considering they are a group of mates in Newe Zealand they have gone onto achieve so much creatively. Absolutely astonishing.

[NxDoyle]

The biggest 'take away' for me from watching this is that Taika appears not to have aged a day in the last 15 years.

[saoirsedeltufo]

Oh my god, Taika is in this and the keyboard is made by Korg

[CatsnCoasters]

I cant believe this was almost 20 yes ago!! They didnt do to bad for themselves did they. Love FOTC

[KJ-jepm]

Aww they look so young. Love seeing Taika here as well.

[RealmofGenghisKhan]

Ah yes.... Fu Do Fafa, that timeless French classic.

[GreasyMcNasty]

Taika would of been great as a character who buys out FOTC on the show and becomes like a more hard ass manager. Then Murray gets them back through some kind of loophole in their contract.

[smallman]

"if I can make just one girl laugh, it's all worthwhile" bruh same.

[thatsjarrod]

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Korg. I'm
kind of like the leader in here. I'm made of rocks, as you can see, but don't
let that intimidate you. You don't need to be afraid, unless you're made of
scissors! Just a little Rock, Paper, Scissors joke for you."

[davidcurtis]

New Zealand comedy is sticky sweet . Great camera angles up Jermaine's neck . Love those big tuning keys

[caitc]

“That’s not a spoiler... that’s a boomerang”

[emilybailey]

I never thought my life could get better, but here this is proving me wrong