references to his interests in mime and sci-fi imagery. The extreme close-ups and profile images of Bret and Jemaine's faces against black backgrounds are similar to those of David Bowie and Candy Clark in The Man Who Fell to Earth. During the credits, a reprise of the song plays featuring a short clip mimicking the music video to "Let's Dance". Cultural references Bret is reading a magazine called "Novelty Music Scene", early in the episode. On the cover is "Weird Al" Yankovic. When Murray shows the duo their photo that was featured in the magazine, the caption reads "New Zealand Novelty Duo: Tenacious Dundee?". This is a reference to another famous comedy musical pairing Tenacious D, and also to Crocodile Dundee, a fictional character created by Australian filmmaker Paul Hogan. When David Bowie visits Bret for a second time, Bret tells him that his previous suggestion of wearing an eyepatch caused him to lose his depth perception. David Bowie had limited depth perception due to an eye injury that caused his left pupil to remain permanently and visibly dilated. David Bowie had worn an eyepatch in accompanying promotional videos for his songs "Rebel Rebel" and "Little Wonder". Also, this could be a reference to one of Bowie's stage personas Halloween Jack, who wore an eye patch, from the album Diamond Dogs. Bret also later dresses like Halloween Jack in the video for Bowie's In Space. The robot on the birthday card is a robot from the Doctor Who serial Robot. The space-helmet-wearing band that appears during the bridge of "Bowie" is a reference to the 1977 video for "Magic Fly" by the French electronic music band Space. There is a Sub Pop sticker on Bret's guitar case. References Flight of the Conchords episodes Cultural depictions of David Bowie 2007 American television episodes Television episodes written by Jemaine Clement