Why can a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks that his booty is fly?

The words above were uttered in a song  of my new favorite guilty pleasure Flight of the Conchords (FoTC). What is FoTC you ask,  FoTC  is a  newly introduced half-hour show on HBO; the first episode were shown beginning in August 2007, and this ground-breaking show has been renewed for fall  '07 or spring '08. What makes this show ground-breaking is:  

• it revolves around three New Zealand transplants to New York City --- how many shows about New Zealanders (or Kiwis) have you seen in the US? Two of these Kiwis (Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement) are members of a folk band called,  Flight of the Conchords, so yes, the show shares the name of the band; the third New Zealander (Murray) is the band’s manager.  So you know,  Flight of the Conchords considers themselves “New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.” The two band members are both pretty adept at playing a variety of instruments, and this is reflected on the show.;
• secondly, at any given moment in the script the two band members break into song. Most of the time the songs are folded into the script; they are clever and witty.  What is also cool is that the songs come from a variety of genres, so there would be an electronica piece or hip-hop inspired song (or a rock-inspired tune) in a given episode --- there are almost always two songs.

Now, I won’t lie, amid the crisis of our  world, war, pestilence, plague, racism and other ills,  stands a person like me. I am fairly well-informed and consider myself to be somewhat intellectual, but I am an admitted “televisionaholic” (as well as a shopaholic, but that is a different story). I can tell you though, I am not my TV’s fool. I do have pretty eclectic taste, and admittedly most people I know won’t go near the shows I watch.  This summer, I can tell you I was planted in front of my television Monday nights at 8:30, right after reruns of Everybody Hates Chris. I can tell you that when I saw the first episode of FoTC, I was bored for the first 5 minutes, but I decided, that I would at least see this episode through and if I was still bored at the end, FoTC would not be given a season pass on my TIVO and I’d only catch episodes when  I had a chance.  All I know is the two friends/band-mates/ and roommates  (they share a one-bedroom apartment) were going to a party thrown by one of their NYC friends; Rachel Blanchard from TV's Clueless is at the party  when Jemaine sees her across the room and starts singing a song called Part-time Model.   I guess the tune could be described as slightly pop-pish and  Justin Timberlake-like --- I can tell you from that moment I was sold.

Jemaine is singing his heart out as he proclaims that the object of his admiration is :
“the most beautiful girl

in the room. And when you’re on the street,
Depending on the street, I bet that you are definitely

In the top three Good looking girls on the street”

Wow, thanks for the compliment , Jemaine …

Anyway, as the summer progressed, I was blessed by the battle-rhyme Rhymenocerous vs. Hiphopoptamus  where Bret proclaims:

"Other rappers dis me/Say my rhymes are sissy.
Why? Why? Why?/What?/Why exactly?/What? Why?
Be more constructive with your feedback, please. Why?/Why?
Why, because I rap about reality?/
Like me and my grandma drinking a cup of tea?
There ain’t no party like my nanna’s tea party./Hey! Ho!"

The two  go through  performing this song with some crazed dances all while they are being mugged by two confused guys from Bensonhurst or somewhere. After the performance, and right before they steal the camera-phone Bret gave Jemaine for his b-day, the baffled muggers ask, “Were you two just doing a little dance there?”

To introduce people to this show, I play this episode, which is indefinitely stored on my TIVO. This episode has the most obviously funny lines. All the other shows,  and the songs folded into them are hilarious, but subtly so. For me, the best song is a song from episode four where Bret tells his new girlfriend how important she is to him in a song called If You’re Into It. He and Jemaine serenade Coco with:

BRET:
And then maybe later

We’ll get hot by the refrigerator
In the kitchen next to the pantry
You think that might be what you fancy?

JEMAINE:
In the buff/Being rude/Doing stuff/With the food/Getting lewd/With his food/We heard that’s what you are into

BRET:
Then on our next date
Well, you could bring your roommate
I don’t know if Stu is keen to
But if you want we could double-team you

JEMAINE:
How about you/And two dudes?/Him, you and Stu/In the nude/Being lewd with two dudes with food/Well, that’s if Stu’s into it, too.

My second best is the Bret, You Got it Going On song Jemaine sings to his  self-deprecating roommate in episode 6. While the pair are being

JEMAINE:

Why can’t a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy
That he thinks his booty is fly?
Not all the time, obviously/Just when he’s got a problem with his self esteem
Don’t let anybody tell you you’re not humpable/Because you’re bumpable
Well, I hope this doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable
If I say you’ve got a boom o wow/Come on, Bret/Help me out now
Bret you got it goin’ on.

Bret (looking at the lead singer with quite an uncomfortable and perplexed look on his face):
I got it goin’ on.

JEMAINE:
That’s the conclusion that I’ve come to
But that doesn’t mean that I want to bum you.

Okay, so even after if my description of FoTC is not your cup of tea, I urge you to at least try one episode of the season that just ended.  Start out with Episode 3 if you want to see an episode from when the show hits its stride,  I think you will have a few chuckles and want to watch more.  Shoot me a line when you finally see the episode, let me know what you think.