Jemaine Clement : When I was in high school in New Zealand, I remember acting out the confrontation scene of “Fat,” me and my friend singing: “You ain’t fat, you ain’t nothing. With the final ten episodes of Comedy Bang! Bang!, for which Al is the bandleader, premiering Friday night, and both acts playing Festival Supreme this weekend, Vulture asked Clement to interview Weird Al about his decades of evolving success, bad dancing, and the appeal of parody. Long before the Flight of the Conchords HBO musical series (2007–2009), a young Jemaine Clement was watching Weird Al’s music videos in Wellington, New Zealand, in the late ’80s. Yet whether the Conchords are singing about Lord of the Rings or Weird Al about Star Wars, the clever lyrics and ability to create catchy, memorable songs in nearly any popular genre make their comedy and music talents undeniable. Though Flight of the Conchords (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) write all original music while Weird Al is best known for his parodies of chart-topping singles, they share a similar penchant for unabashed silliness with their nerd cards on the table at all times. ![]() ![]() There are few acts that have more successfully built a case for comedy music than Flight of the Concords and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Photo-Illustration: Kelly Chiello and Photos by Getty Images
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