1st ever 'Flight of the Conchords' - "Bowie in Space"

[Proudnewfoundlander1]

I think Murray organized this. Plus, I hate every last person in that audience

[mavis996]

nipple mic lol

[happyjessus]

weird, audience, isn't it?

[MaghoxFr]

What's up with all the obese hosts lying on the couch? LMAO

[jimilopez312]

Bret I think I heard yu in the bathroom being bulimic

[371jess]

2000: Jemaine looks much better than Bret :O

Now: Bret is perfect *0*

[blockhart]

bret looks different every time

[DougRattmann]

Wait...

That can't be...

Is it?

yes...

It's audience participation!!!

HOLY FUCK.

4:14

[FlopsyDiggins]

It's cringe-worthy, but I love it! <3

[radicallytubular]

carol from tim and eric is on the far left at the beginning.

[blake60325]

Pointy nipples....?

[CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy]

Bret looks.... malnourished.

[KittiMitties]

God, Jemaine looks fit!

[wantsomecake328]

Jemaine hardly looks any different then he does now, yet Bret looks like he's 14.

[LuloopProductions]

I like how the audience is bored as hell.

[frazinho1]

There's an empty seat and there's like 3 seats. What a show. How is Newtown Salad no longer a show. I imagine the ratings would be incredibly high!

[VognaHat]

Worst version of this song ever...and its by them. Lol!

[kitgrrrl]

Bret does look like Screech. So scrawnie. Jemaine, on the other hand, looks HOT! His body is tight. gggrrrrrrrrrrr

[LegoManiac87]

Anyone else think that bret looks like screech from saved by the bell?

[BestDriverJobs001]

Anybody know if these guys have their own channel?

[Viciousfella]

I didn't know Jabba the Hutt had his (or her) palace in New Zealand

[vroomvroombugatti]

i bet nobody in the audience imagined FOTC would be as successful as they are now :)

[snaleman]

Come on it's a TV show from a wellington suburb. Can't really expect a giant crowd.

[czxqa]

What audience? My daughter's kindergarten Teddy Bears' Picnic show had more people show up.

[emkenglish]

This was totally a high school talent show audience, composed of moms and dads who applaud only to avoid injuring the students' delicate egos... they're all sitting there wondering if this is the bit that's supposed to be funny. :oP

[Bleumange]

@emkenglish 2:17 - Clueless obese man using obnoxious gesture attack

[villeppi]

3:40 Were there really LSD screens in 2000? In New Zeland?

[MrAsh985]

@villeppi are you a fuck tard?

[fallenflow000]

The audience in this is painful...

[JODQ11]

Was this filmed in the last sixties or something?

[Crazybenjiwoo]

@JODQ11 nah its a sanyo HD camera from 2001....

[JMacCadillac35]

@JODQ11

The 21st century didn't come to New Zealand until 2009

[gaishared]

To Funny god just too funny ! :D

[joeols90]

Thank god they've gotten better.. .:)

[thedeathskittle]

lol at the audience

[Steffen1989]

See my Flight Of The Conchords Videos as well:

/watch?v=DsybeWdtW1k

[mjhonsun]

Their playing has gotten so much better since then.

[willlliw]

this was not from the year 2000??? right?

[louiecostello]

christ almighty this was a tv show? waynes world comes to mind haha

[897833234]

this is the worst shit I have ever heard.

[joshd108]

i noticed most people say the crowd sucks, but as stoked aas i would be to be there, i would probably at the most smile big and be on the edge of my seat, but what more can they do? ha

[Frankdt1234]

You want the worst audience ever watch welcome home live. Zombie crowd.

[0XxSasukexX0]

Jermaine looks freaking BUFF!

PS. worst crowd EVAR

[ArareFISH]

dude, that audience sucks

[AliciaMD13]

wow jemaine looking like sex on legs over there. he was only 26 then.

[Spilledesperado]

haha jemaine was terrible back then :p

[StayUgly]

@Spilledesperado When he was just "that guy from Telly laughs", you mean?

[Evettebear]

Jermaine looks sooo yummy

[heykoolaid100]

ha everthing fotc (show) tought us about new zealand is true

[YOURexBFF]

they look so young and adorable

[brainwashit]

"or they smoke astro-tuff!"

[norbertocastro]

Novinhos que eles eram!!!

[Mick321Y]

bret looks like hugh jackman

[AidenWard165]

they have changed the roles completely lol

[qruxx]

Oh, how they have grown....

[xiempie]

what an american audience

[AiChingHasenmann]

3 of 4 people on the coach are fat... that makes me think about new zealand

[basilbrushnz]

Is the salad part some sort of irony towards the hosts?

[PS3MANIAC999]

theyve come a LONG way since then

[TheHSDUNKNOWN]

i dnt even kno hw these lads can come from new zealand and perform in america lik this but dere class

[VinnyMcFly]

I saw MCA in the audience.

[luckyjinxer]

Who ever mic'd them doesn't know shit, sound terrible.

[nafruito]

They looked so young. <3

[MrZebraZombie]

Bret is sexy!

[merlock101]

Look at those goofy outfits. And holy HELL look at those fatties.

[Sylikat1895]

Bret looks about eight years old

[neroazulomega]

Everyone in the audience "Wow, they must be really high".

This looks a lot earlier than 2000 they look too young

[wiregreyhounds]

2:16 - That guy knew.

[wiregreyhounds]

2:16 - That guy knew.

[brisinger2]

Does this video remind anyone of David Bowie's "Starman" video with the colourful background and pretty bad 70s-looking video quality?

[richardkreb]

awesomeness!

[SingSongGal]

Love Bret's facial expressions when he sings, he is awesome live ♥

[iisgonnasmackurface]

New Zeland Tv is pretty rubbish... i bet Al Jazara has better production values....

[leccueva]

look at them! They're such babies here! Amazing video! And Jemaine is still effing hot! Amazing to see how they've grown together.

[Dramaqueen25594]

omg how young do they look! lol

[nastycruelsnail]

bret looks like a young blackadder-style hugh lawrie

[CrassieTrassieNZ]

hhhmmm the old conchords, i remember when they first started out, they haven't really changed since then thank goodness, theyve stuck to the same formula and true to themselves.....so wellington of them! luv it

[KarmicZenJen15]

They look like they're in high school!

[EatMeBeatMeGirl]

Skinny Jemaine! Awww

[kiladra]

theyre like 15 or something ha ha they look so young

[ZootSuitProductions]

the crows like DID NOT ENJOY THAT AT ALL hahaha. like only one guy was smiling. lol im 18 and didnt even get most of the references on first shot through and i smile everytime i hear this song.

[meamfreakystyley]

lol brets a stick here and the hosts are all morbidly obese lol

[mennyus]

@meamfreakystyley indeed, i'm thinking the show got cancelled because all the hosts got heart attacks from high cholesterol

[acidspoodie]

dodgy old newtown

[Peachpanda1]

Does anyone else find "salad" ironic?

I'm not trying to bash anyone, just making an observation.

[acidspoodie]

@Peachpanda1 I have no idea what your getting at.

[fromtheabove]

LOL newtown salad newtown is just a zoo nothing good out there

[MarkJoseph4]

At the start of the video...is this the obese section or...

[tentseringc]

1:45. wow i hve the same laugh ! omg

[uhhyea10]

its good to see that theyre pretty much exactly the same

[milkshakes711]

I don't fully understand this song. Did Bowie do something or is it just saying he is a little odd?

[xpurity666]

@milkshakes711 he IS a little odd, but not in a bad way. they're just imitating a rock legend , bowie has done amazing stuff and they're trying to caputure his sound....i didnt think bowie HAD a steryotypical sound till i heard this, but its more an imitation of 60's/70's bowie anyway

[milkshakes711]

@xpurity666 yeah I knew he was kinda weird, I actually listen to alot of 70's and 80's, just couldn't get into him. I just didn't know if it was just him in general or something specific he did.

[jackkilljill]

is it me or does bret look even scronier lol

[Rokko8652]

"Newtown Salad"

Alot of overweight people in the audience.

[LedZeppelin222]

hahaha this is my favorite FOTC video. this is great haha 1:30 is great.

[lbond87]

lol i think this contributed to the tv show's death but im so glad they kept going and didnt give up their music

[awaw1234]

Is this the fat programme or what?!

[LukeMaster118]

This is the only song i dint like i am not sure :[

[casianovictor]

they have improved so much! kudos to them!!

[smash4686]

Reminds me of Bill and Ted. Bogus.

[sallyfieldrequired]

shit

[MsPurpleBoots]

Jemaine is too skinny in this!

[SpaceCowboyMcCoy]

2:15 gotta love jermaines face

[fulhamfan01]

The super blond dude with the eyebrow piercing, he needs a right kicking

[billymc1212]

practice def maks perfect. there awesome now

[crazychaoticcool]

wow brett looks so young :)

[Mauloch]

judging by the audience numbers i would guess that Murray was the one responsible for booking this gig :p

[HeldThread]

@Mauloch I lol'd at that comment! Genius.

[mukkohaha]

i dont get it ? whats the idea with Mauloch's comment :D please explain, i dont understand' and who is Murray ? thats perhaps why i dont get it ?

[TOstevo]

Watch the HBO show. Murray is their fictional band manager.

[UrFriendKyle]

LOL!

[rush7777me7777]

@Mauloch um, its the whole population of Wellington. We're not a big country.

[mynameismark25]

@Mauloch brian nesbitt

[HLGHaxor]

You really need the right sense of humour for this and that audience, they only laughed at the funny voices.I thought it was freakin hilarious

[Refoops]

There wasn't one person in that audience I didn't hate.

[shaderavendemon]

Bret looks so different without facial hair.

[toks619]

This mustve been before they hit puberty. The one they have now is waaaay better.

NIPPLE ANTENEA

[wjskyout]

tough crowd!!!

[Rich711]

wow that was really rough.

[MrTruthseeker911]

I think Brett looks like Jerry Seinfeld.

[slacker19j]

lol they are so skinny!

[YouKnowItsMatt]

Brett's got it going onnnn!!!!!!!!!

[misssoftglitterkid]

dang, jemaine's looking good!

[bordarboy]

this performance is going to haunt them.

[manchester26m]

I saw Green day when they were very new and they were as crap as this...

However - Few years down the line, bit of a tune up, bit of confidence and character and they were awesome.

Looks like its the same for the Conchords!

[13fisherman2007]

except green day still sucks balls

[Stresemika]

nice, but crapy sound quality and the laughs are kinda annoying

[crocodile200]

wow, this is really not that funny at all.

[hsdprincess]

omg!!!!!!! bretts face is bold!!!!

ahhh i cannot handle ths!!!

[ChannelDJP]

not their best performance, but even so what a shit crowd!

[DukeFan9119]

bret looks so different!

[21unify]

wow theyve come so far. ok 2 things i love:

1)the fact that they didnt turn the mics off of the hosts so you can hear them laughing.

2)the nipple pinch mics on bret and jemaine

[bodieczech]

Awesome!

[PolytheisticJew]

wow. bad audience.

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

They were doing Bowie mannerisms at the end, which he use to do between the thin white duke era and the early eigthes.

I wish I could be more specific and give you video footage.

[ryanlovesmike]

@DJOfRadioGallifrey WOW!You must be half retarded! If you need footage, proof and comparisons.....

[CoolBoysBackYard]

@ryanlovesmike I think 'DJOfRadioGallifrey' meant to show what they are actually doing was relevant...and it was something bowie did.

Jesus!! I think people only come on here to slag off anyone they can gets there hands on.

[superbad222]

They look so much younger

[jolopy77]

they just take the complete piss out of everyone in that room, without them realizing!

[splatterfilmguy302]

Not including the hosts its a 16 person audience. Full House.

[starklabs]

May 2000? it looks like its from 1980

[hol96star]

new zealand's a bit behind the rest of the world ;)

[2468TROY2468]

how

[aunshiwho]

New Zealand had discovered fire during the Renaissance.

[tamezulu]

it was also a crappy show from new zeland that had only 2 rows of fold out chairs for the audience.

[LeathalWorksInc]

and a piece of wood for a stage

[Sharvey2308]

Yeah it does lol.

[HouseKittens]

the audience is like wtf?

[TrinityMacPhisto]

Lol Jemaine is so tiny! It's so cute! <3

[HouseKittens]

Thats Bret! Hes the small sensitive one!

[lliissaaa]

LOL the audience are totally into it :)

[Mstrofpuppets52]

theyve got a lot better at singing

[TurtleOnItsBack]

yeah, plus their Bowie impersonations have gotten better

[Charlotti3]

omg

[Stilllookingforacure]

lol how come  he show is called Newton salad when all the hosts are fat :D

[catamatt68]

Newton translates to "Lard" in kiwi.

[LukeMaster118]

Stilllookingforacure thats what i thought..

[al28283]

cos its made in newtown

[TheTerrorUforgot]

Lots of fatties on this show.

[JonathanKinscherff]

I love that even back then Jemaine has an animal shirt on

[TaskMaster619]

Bret looks like he's been smoking the astro-turf

[cowgodess]

epic indeed.

second.

[boffyb]

The audience shots are brilliant.

[aliencheese555]

this is kinda epic

[bj19591]

awkward crowd.

[youknowit209]

they're skeletons

[mauerbluemchen0]

Awesome! They've certainly improved over the years, but there are some nice little details in this version - Bret's performance in particular - that I wish they'd left in. Love the spoken-word bit that starts at 4:08.

P.S. Who else thinks that the woman on the far left looks like she's wearing one of those Groucho Marx disguises? lol!

[PeterBestajovsky]

Wow, looks like everyone starts small!

[Izanagi134]

How the Hell is he like a young hugh laurie?

[AlexandriaM]

Oh gosh, they're both so skinny!

[Wowbagger86]

You can tell that thei're, really really.. really nervous :)

[stevenfromSSR]

that blonde guy in the green sweater in the audience seems less the exited to be there

[325C58]

Bret here reminds me of a young Hugh Laurie.

have you seen a young hugh laurie?...