Globus Tour Review

Globus Tour Review

Globus Tour Review

New Zealand's own psychedelic-funk punk-rock comedy-folk- rap duo the Flight of the Conchords played their goofy, spoofy songs to a highly receptive audience, demonstrating that their music doesn't need the silly plots of the Grammy Award-winning HBO series of the same name to achieve its high level of dry, anecdotal humor.

The Opening Act

The show opened with an amusing bit by comedian/ actress Kristen Schaal who plays the band's biggest, least subtle (and only) fan, Mel, on the popular HBO series. But Schaal didn't perform in the character of the oddly childlike and boundlessly devoted follower.

Instead she showcased her own comedic material. This consisted, among other escapades, of an anti-drug play in three parts, and a bizarre short she called "The Life of a Mattress," where she modified her character by dressing in a twin-size piece of foam rubber. The result: mattress personified.