Flight of the Conchords – Season 2

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The folk comedy duo's second and most probably final season was quite a contrast from the first. Exhausted of the best songs from their back catalogue, it was back to the musical drawing board to try to create lyrics to rival classics such as "If You're Into It" and "Albie the Racist Dragon". For the most part this wasn't successful, and among the many unfunny failings in this season, only a couple such as "Carol Brown" and "You Don't Have to be a Prostitute" measure up. Despite this, the guys clearly had more fun in simply writing a TV show this time around, and the general deadpan banter and understated lunacy which make up the rest of the episodes was much better done; only the last couple of episodes faltered. Other complaints could be made – too many failed romance storylines, not enough band storylines – but making them might be missing the point. Flight of the Conchords was a show that, even without the often hilarious songs, triumphed in making humour out of not very much at all. In fact, it was a particularly British kind of humour, and in that regard, it seems fitting that this entertaining show has already finished on its own terms, without people getting angered at cancellation or just plain bored of it. Well done!