It's a sad thing to know that this season of Flight of the Conchords will be the last. You could say something about how a star that burns twice as bright burns out twice as fast, but that doesn't quite sell the severity of our loss. I respect the Conchords for wanting to courteously bow out now, but that's sort of difficult when I would argue that pound for pound and laugh for laugh, this season is even better than the first. Arj Barker's awkward bullshitting has really been refined making him a better comic foil whereas Eugene Mirman is even shadier and more delightfully unscrupulous. Rhys Darby (Murray) is still charmingly naive and Kristen Schaal (Mel) psychopathic. The show feels tighter and the songs don't feel like they overstay their welcome like a few from the first season did. I'll be sad to see them go, but they can go out with pride knowing they've created and maintained something special. (Unlike, say The Simpsons...)
Recently, Sony has offered several premiere episodes of new MTV shows for free on the PlayStation Network, one of which was the new College Humor show. It's a real shame that this show has to be on traditional network TV (and on a scuzzy channel like MTV no less), because it's very good. This show should not be constrained to such old and outdated practices that the likes of MTV or anyone else would enforce on it. That the show is censored is ridiculous. It's insulting and it's dishonest. That this new generation should still have to bend to old media is a travesty. MTV would still like to think of itself as something fresh, but in reality it's a decrepit dinosaur with a loud, shiny coat of paint. College Humor is doing MTV a favor by allowing it to broadcast it's show -- not the other way around. But other than this misstep, the show is shaping up to be something great.
Recently, Sony has offered several premiere episodes of new MTV shows for free on the PlayStation Network, one of which was the new College Humor show. It's a real shame that this show has to be on traditional network TV (and on a scuzzy channel like MTV no less), because it's very good. This show should not be constrained to such old and outdated practices that the likes of MTV or anyone else would enforce on it. That the show is censored is ridiculous. It's insulting and it's dishonest. That this new generation should still have to bend to old media is a travesty. MTV would still like to think of itself as something fresh, but in reality it's a decrepit dinosaur with a loud, shiny coat of paint. College Humor is doing MTV a favor by allowing it to broadcast it's show -- not the other way around. But other than this misstep, the show is shaping up to be something great.
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