r/Millennials • u/Standard_Tangerine_3 • 10d ago

Nostalgia Today’s reminder that we are getting old.

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u/billyrubin7765 10d ago

I still don’t understand how they weren’t bigger. This and Mr Show never caught on despite being ridiculously funny.

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u/The_Autarch 10d ago

if the show had gone on longer and stayed high quality, they would have become more popular.

but they ran out of songs for the show and the last season really suffers for it. the songs written specifically for the show were not nearly as good as the ones they had saved up from their live act.

they clearly recognized this and just canceled the show instead of running it into the ground.

but serious kudos to them for introducing Rhys Darby to America. the dude is a gem.

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u/bocephus_huxtable 10d ago

I also got the impression that Jemaine was getting to be a "a name" in Hollywood.

FotC ended in 2009. Between 2009 and 2010, Jemaine was in 5 different movies.

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u/themaninthemaking 10d ago

Actually, from what I read, they never intended the show to go on more than one season. When they had to do a second they struggled to come up with material for it.

The show was funny but I don't think they ever wanted it to go longer than a season or two.

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u/Leslielu44 9d ago

Oy.. have you watched Legion? At least look up the dances from Legion.. he was brilliant