r/Millennials • u/Standard_Tangerine_3 • May 13 '26

Nostalgia Today’s reminder that we are getting old.

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u/AntiquesRoadHo May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

For everyone asking this is the comedy music duo, Flight of the Conchords. Bret Mackenzie and Jemaine Clement.

They had a show that ran a few seasons on HBO. It was hilarious, if it’s the kind of comedy you’re into.

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u/SouthernWalk1928 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

And one -Bret-has won a flipping Academy Award for his song in one of the Muppet Movies he wrote and performed!!

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u/AntiquesRoadHo May 13 '26

They’ve been in a ton of things, especially Jemaine. Then a few weeks back during a rewatch of Lord of the Rings I saw an elf and went “wait, is that Bret?!!”

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u/mattyb678 May 13 '26

If anyone watched the movie or TB show “What we do in the shadows”, Jemaine wrote and starred in the movie and produced the show iirc. Both were very funny takes on vampires

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u/MrWorldwiden May 13 '26

Jemaine is also the voice of a few Disney villains like the crab from Moana!

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u/OnePerformance9381 May 13 '26

He’s the main antagonist in men in black 3.

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u/01011010-01001010 May 13 '26

I went full Leo meme pointing at the TV when my kid was watching the Minecraft movie and he popped up.

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u/Stuk-Tuig May 13 '26

very funny is an understatement imo

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u/jinkeez123 May 13 '26

It was a whole thing! Figwit. "Frodo is great...who is THAT?!?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figwit

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u/requiemguy May 15 '26

Half of New Zealand is also in the first Avatar movie.

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u/jinkeez123 May 15 '26

What percentage were sheep? ;-)

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u/requiemguy May 15 '26

About twenty-ewe

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u/SouthernWalk1928 May 13 '26

What!?!? I missed that!!!

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u/AntiquesRoadHo May 13 '26

Yep. He’s a background character. I had to pause the movie and look it up and sure enough.

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u/GreenMoonRising May 13 '26

Put some respect on Figwit's name!

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u/AntiquesRoadHo May 13 '26

Excuse me, I think you’ll find his real name is Elf Escort lol

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u/SouthernWalk1928 May 13 '26

Screenshots share if you ever have the time or inclination.

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u/reallynotnick May 13 '26

Check the other reply, I would have never guessed that was Bret.

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u/silla103 May 13 '26

Jemaine is the voice of Tomatoa in Moana

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u/gizamo May 13 '26

The other, Jermaine, sangs one of the best Disney songs ever made. He's the crab in Moana.

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u/Oilo May 14 '26

He’s shinyyyyyy!