after we get some new guitar strings and that sort of thing." The band last toured Australia in 2012. HBO’s wonderfully weird comedy about a New Zealand music duo trying to make it in New York City debuted on June 18, 2007.Now Flight Of The Conchords star Bret Mc Kenzie wants to bring back to life the eighties classic storytelling technique of real people and puppets singing and dancing side by side in a 'fairytale comedy musical'.While it will not have goblins, there will be plenty of other fantastical creatures to amuse both children and no doubt thirty-somethings who grew up loving Jim Henson's creation which was co-produced by George Lucas.

Clement announced the news during an interview to promote his upcoming film People Places Things.as the Other Man was one of the more relatable aspects of the show.) When the Cut caught up with Schaal at the Art Directors Guild Awards in Hollywood (where she sparkled in an emerald Trashy Diva dress with a black Alice Olivia blouse over it), she admitted that she understood the enduring appeal. They just captured a comedy style that’s never been replicated since, and they’re also incredibly sexy men. As for current co-star Forte, who once sported an incredibly lustrous half a head of hair during a arc, Schaal admits she’s found herself working with another quirky, handsome guy. If repartee is Mc Kenzie's stock-in-trade, then his Best Original Song Oscar last year for “Man or Muppet” – featured in The Muppets movie – further cemented his serious reputation as a go-to songwriter.When we meet over tea at the Windows Lounge in Beverly Hills, he's just completed music and lyrics for the hotly anticipated Muppets Most Wanted live-action sequel, which promises to be a far edgier proposition, starring Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey.“Did you know Ricky Gervais was a singer in the Eighties? New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo will live to rhyme another day on the big screen if the script - now in an embryonic stage - gets put into production., saying: "We have actually started writing one, but who knows if it will ever be made.We've written some notes for some different film ideas."We're not down to the stage where we're going, 'The film is going to be like this,' it could be this, this, this, this, this," he added.