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Week of June 15, 2007
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Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie (left to right) in a scene from the HBO series FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS.

Flight of the Conchords

Airs Sundays at 10:30 p.m. Eastern on HBO
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Humor, like the plane this band was named after, doesn't always travel well. But you don't have to be from New Zealand to laugh at these guys. Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie play a duo of musicians who, having moved to New York City, struggle with money, women, the New Zealand cultural attichè (he's their manager), their one fan and the notoriously intimidating Australians. Oh, and occasionally they break into song. They're funny that way.

— Rebecca Winters Keegan

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