New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody duo the Flight of the Conchords (Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement) played a show in Dallas a few weeks ago. And after seeing them perform live, it became very clear to me.
FUNNY = HOT
I mean, just look at these dudes. They’re not conventionally attractive, but they’re funny, self-deprecating, clever and have sweet accents. This combination forms a perfect storm of hotness. I’ve been to a lot of concerts and I’ve never heard more chicks scream out “I love you!” than at this show.
Bret and Jemaine have mediocre vocal skills, can’t really dance and wear cardboard robot costumes for crying out loud. But judging by the girlish squeals during this opening number that we shot at the Dallas show, those qualities equal funny which equals hot.
The guys most certainly didn’t have trouble getting into some post-concert panties. Pssssh. As if any of us were still wearing them. Still don’t believe me? Fuck you. It’s science.
8 Comments Received
June 2nd, 2009 @9:50 am
I call bullsh!t. I’ll bet if you didn’t know these guys and they walked up to you at a bar and tried to pick you up, you’d piss yourself laughing at them. They’d still be funny, but not rich or famous. The real equation, as proven by these guys and missing links like Mark Cuban, is Be Rich + Be Famous = Get Laid. Women say they all the time that they want a man who can make them laugh, but funny only gets you laid if you’ve got the looks and cash to get the first date. Look at Chris Farley.
[Steps off soapbox]
June 2nd, 2009 @10:55 am
I call bitter and jaded. But I’ll play your game anyway. I don’t think of the FOTC guys as rich and famous at all. Probably because in their show, they play a couple of dirt poor dudes sleeping on twin beds in a single apartment and I clearly can’t distinguish what I see on tv from reality. But I digress.
I’m not going to deny that rich dudes get more ass. But my post wasn’t about the low-caliber skanks with daddy issues that’ll bang anyone with a platinum card. (see: Rock of Love Bus) I was talking about normal chicks – I swear we appreciate humor.
Maybe you refuse to believe it because you’re not funny. If that’s the case, netflix FOTC and quote it in everyday conversations. That’ll help in the short run.
And for the record, I would never bang Mark Cuban again.
June 2nd, 2009 @11:05 am
Me neither.
June 2nd, 2009 @6:57 pm
i’d do ‘em. both.
and not because they’re famous. but because they have accents.
end of story.
June 2nd, 2009 @9:37 pm
it’s the australian accents. now tell me why chicks like dane cook.
June 3rd, 2009 @9:49 am
Ahem, New Zealand accents. :) And I don’t have all the answers (that’s ST’s job) but my guess is Dane Cook fans are the kinds of chicks that:
1. Dig guys with “badass” attitudes (not that his is real)
2a. Wouldn’t recognize genuine funny if it smacked them in the Uggs OR
2b. Confuse attractive with funny (not that he’s either)
3. Are fully functioning retarded
June 7th, 2009 @5:28 pm
Oy, ST, you’re a sweet lass. Did my “accent” translate to the written word? Yes? Call me.
September 13th, 2009 @3:51 pm
I’ve had a couple of gigs onstage with these guys here in New Zealand when they were just starting out.
I got laid cos I was funny. Not because I was famous – but because I made people laugh.
Which led me to think “Are they fucking me because I might be funny in bed too?”
Sad.
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