Comedy and Blogs
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Band Substances
- The Wellingtonista
- An unfortunate number of Wellingtonistas are rather fond of making rather terrible puns quite frequently, which means a lot of my time is spend making "Badoom chish!" sounds.
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Comedy Divas – 18 May, Embassy Theatre
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- I have never been to the Comedy Divas evening, it is something that I have always intended to check-out, but have inevitably missed it every year. I think it’s the allure of a diverse range of comediennes and the promise of a goodie-bag for a reasonable buck, that gets me every time. Clearly a total win for a tight-arse that thinks stand-up comedy can be a bit of a gamble…
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It's funny season in the City
- The Wellingtonista
- It's Comedy festival time in the Capital. Personally I think the timing is always quite impeccable as winter has just hit and with it comes the winter blues. There are loads of amazing local acts and also some brilliant internationals.
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Tongan Ninja to Screen at the Film Archive on Thursday...
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- See what the chaps from comedy duo Flight of the Conchords were up to six years ago - go and see Tongan Ninja, which will be screened at the Film Archive on Thursday. The Tongan ninja was trained in the ancient art of ninjitsu. When his father was eaten by a fish, Sione (Sam Manu) was brought up to follow the way of the ninja. Now he must journey toward his greatest challenge and defend the b
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Match-point: Flight of the Conchords
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- The Flight of the Conchords' masterminds, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, have achieved outstanding international success over the last five years… a Grammy… two Emmy nominations… four New Zealand Music Awards… 184,826 myspace friends....and are now a major-draw card for an upcoming charity tennis tournament at the Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre… neat…
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Wellingtonians clean-up top Comedy Awards
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- Wellington has emphatically come out with the last laugh at the 2008 New Zealand Comedy Awards. Both of the top prizes went to local Welling-town comedians at the culmination of this year’s comedy festival, held in Auckland’s Sky City Theatre.
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Flight of the Conchords: Business Time
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington's fourth most popular digi-folk paradists are currently shooting their 12-part HBO comedy series in New York, with fellow Wellingtonians Taika Waititi directing a couple of shows, and Duncan Sarkies providing the script for one of the episodes. All this, of course, is just an excuse to post some classic Flight of the Conchords for your listening enjoyment. Oooohhh yeahhhh, it's business time...
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How am I funny?
- The Wellingtonista
- Anyway, if you think you are funny, register yourself for the Wellington Comedy Club's Rookie competition.
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