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" HBO&amp;#039;S newest attempt at converting stand-up comedy to a half-hour series is everything its last effort, the mercifully canceled Lucky Louie, wasn&amp;#039;t: funny. Flight of the Conchords stars Jemaine Clement (near left) and Bret McKenzie, guitar-playing New Zealanders living in New York, navigating an underwhelming existence scrounging for dates and gigs, punctuated by the occasional impromptu song about kebabs and girls pretty enough to be &amp;quot;part-time models.&amp;quot; A mash-up of sorts of two memorable HBO comedies, Mr. Show and Da Ali G Show (if only because Jemaine resembles the offspring of David Cross and Sacha Baron Cohen&amp;#039;s forbidden man love), Flight of the Conchords likewise gives allusive nods to Extras and Tenacious D, making it reminiscent of many things and derivative of nothing in particular. Maybe a pair of falsetto-singing Kiwis doesn&amp;#039;t seem the logical choice to keep the Sunday-evening Entourage audience in their seats, but when you see Jemaine and Bret don cardboard robot bodies and perform a blip-and-chirp song about conquering humans, you&amp;#039;ll realize resistance is futile. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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