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__ The History of Flight of the Conchords __
Flight of the Conchords, which has now become a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy, includes the brilliance of __Bret Mckenzie__ and __ Jemaine Clement__. These two comedians title themselves as  "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group uses a combination of witty observation, characterization and acoustic folk guitars, modeled loosely on the 1960s U.S. duo //The Smothers Brothers" //. The band originated in Wellington in 1998 at Victoria University of Wellington, where Bret and Jermaine met as flat mates studying film and theatre.   Their band began with several appearances, which created a mass cult following. They performed their first televised performance on Newtown Salad (a local Wellington`s short-lived TV station). Then, their music succeeded to becoming the basis of a BBC radio series and then a television series on HBO which premiered in 2007. The series, called //Flight of the Conchords//, is now on their second season which started January 18th 2009. Some other special appearances were on the ABC TV show //Stand Up!//, the //David Letterman`s Late Show//, and as musical guests on //Late Night with Conan O`Brien//. __ Some Awards: __  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords 
 * Named Best Alternative Comedy Act at the 2005 [|US Comedy Arts Festival]
 *  Best Newcomer at the [|Melbourne Comedy Festival]
 *  On February 10, 2008, the band won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for [|//The Distant Future//] in 2007
 * The BBC Radio 2 series won the duo the Bronze [|Sony Radio Academy Award] 2006 for comedy
 * Album of the Year, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and International Achievement for Flight of the Conchords in the New Zealand Music Awards 2008.