In last night’s Flight of the Conchords, forts were built, cookies were decorated, and friends were made…kinda. Props to the boys for giving Mel her own song. If you think she’s weird, check out how bizarre her dreams are (below), and you’ll realize, hey, real-life Mel’s not so bad, and that’s saying something. The larger-than-life banana floating around and the purple elephants didn’t faze me, and even I’ve had a dream where all my teeth fall out. But one part of this visually awesome music video did get me thinking: If the Oedipus complex is where a child subconsciously sexually desires the parent of the opposite sex and wants to harm the parent of the same sex, what does it mean when you dream that you give birth to the men you lust after and want to eat their cookie faces? And that’s why the world can’t be more like your dreams, Mel. Because you’re crazy. And I love it.
You know who else is pretty cool? Jim Gaffigan! Fact: You can never go wrong with a guest appearance by Jim Gaffigan. (See: Super Troopers and That ’70s Show.) As we now know, throwing him into a song isn’t a bad idea either. This precious ditty upholds the true purpose of friendship, which is that "friends walk together, pop and lock together." This collaboration of four men I simply adore made me feel warm inside and was complete with an a cappella intro that could only have been better if Andy from The Office popped up in the backseat, too.
So, PopWatchers, what did you think of the Conchords’ latest jingles? Anyone else think Mel looked even more absolutely fabulous with long hair? More importantly, what do you think Bret did in Mel’s dream that made her so mad? And who agrees that Jemaine’s more of a Chandler, and serial-list-maker Murray is totally Monica?!
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I think they’re off to a strong start this season. I read somewhere that since they actually wrote the stories before the songs this time it made the songs stronger. Which makes sense.
Thanks for the recap and for posting these songs! We are too cheap to get HBO so we can’t see the full episodes until the DVD for season 2 comes out, but we just got tickets to see Flight of the Conchords live on their upcoming tour and it’ll be great to already know some of the new songs!
I LOVED the Friends song last night, so thank you for embedding the video today. “Me and Jim forever.” how classic.
Absolutely love Bret & Jermaine. I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw them doing a gig in the elevator. Yes, Murray is totally Monica, and way too high maintenance to get any higher than “colleague” on my friend chart.
I’m glad that we are see more development of the supporting characters on the show. I hope that Jim continues as a recurring character.
funny, thanks for posting this
Jim Gaffigan was hilarious!!!
The best episode of the season so far. Jim Gaffigan is the man! I hope they have him back.
Great episode. Jim Gaffigan is classic.
Gaffigan was hilarious, Flight of the Conchords is the best show on TV right now. I hear Gaffigan has a new special coming out, can’t wait!
It was a very good episode of FOC. Jim Gaffifan’s new special is called “King Baby” and it premieres on Comedy Central March 29th.
Great job everyone. Gaffigan’s one of my favorite comedic actors. Funny!
Have you guys seen Gaffigan live? He’s amazing – I’ve heard his Hot Pocket routine maybe 12 times but it still makes me ROTFL!
I’m addicted to this show. They can’t come out with new episodes fast enough.
I think I’m going to take the wife to Vegas in May just to see ‘em! (We’ve been meaning to get back to Vegas for a while now….)
Friends laugh together
ha ha ha ha
Friends make graphs together
la la la la
The best part of the episode was when Jim answered the phone, yet I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.
How does Jim answer the phone?
“Murray?”
That’s so awesome. I wonder if Flight put that part in, or if Jim thought of doing it…
Jim Gaffigan is the man. His new stand up will be on Comedy Central on Sunday the 29th! I can’t wait.