History Trivia / FlightOfTheConchords

* TheDanza: Eugene Mirman as Eugene the landlord, and Brian Sergent as Prime Minister Bryan.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performance, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself. This proved serendipitous, as Clement's Bowie impression has been called upon [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty for]] [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow several]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} other]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture roles]] of his, often with Bowie pastiche songs written around it.

* ReferencedBy: Bret, Jemaine and Mel are drawn into a scene in Paul Sizer's graphic novel ''BPM: Beats Per Minute'' as patrons standing in line at a club.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of the band's misadventures were based on, if not lifted directly from, the Concords' experiences when they first started out. The scene where they start a gig playing to an audience of two and end it playing to an empty theater? That actually happened.

* ReferencedBy: Bret, Jermaine and Mel are drawn into a scene in Paul Sizer's graphic novel ''BPM: Beats Per Minute'' as patrons standing in line at a club.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performance, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself. This proved serendipitous, as Clement's Bowie impression has been called upon for several of his [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty other]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} roles]], often with Bowie pastiche songs written around it.

* ActorAllusion: Bret had a bit part as a background character in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', nicknamed "Figwit" by fans. The show references ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' frequently, but it's mostly a joke about American SmallReferencePools.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performance, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself. This proved serendipitous, as Clement's Bowie impression has been called upon for several of his [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty other]] [[Disney/{{Moana}} roles]], often with Bowie pastiche songs written around it.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of the band's misadventures were based on, if not lifted directly from, the Concords' experiences when they first started out. The scene where they start off playing to an audience of two and end playing to an empty theater? That actually happened.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Considering both the tour guide from the unfeatured "Bus Driver's Song" and the Prime Minister of New Zealand harbour an unrequited crush on a girl named Paula, and the Prime Minister at one point acts as a tour guide on a bus, you can't help but think there was originally meant to be a connection there.

** At the end of that episode, the melody from the Bus Drivers Song plays, but the song was probably not included as the lyrics refer to the town in which the Bus Driver grew up in, rather than the ten-meter strech of road that has been turned into New Zealand-town.

* TheDanza: Eugene Mirman as Eugene the landlord.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performance, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself. This proved serendipitous, as Clement's Bowie impression has been called upon for several of his other roles, often with Bowie pastiche songs written around it.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performance, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of the band's misadventures were based on, if not lifted directly from, many of the band's experiences when they first started out. The scene where they start off playing to an audience of two and end playing to an empty theater? That actually happened.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and while they liked his performances, the effects looked terrible, so finally Jemaine Clement took the role himself.

** For the episode ''Bowie'', Music/DavidBowie [[http://thespinoff.co.nz/13-01-2016/david-bowie-the-man-we-idolised-imitated-and-failed-to-get-on-our-show/ was asked to appear in dream sequences]] AsHimself. Bowie turned down the offer because he had already done some {{Adam Westing}} in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' around the same time. After this, Creator/NoelFielding and [[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch John Cameron Mitchell]] were approached but couldn't do it. Comedian and friend of the band Dan Antopolski accepted but had to be filmed from London and green-screened into the scenes, and the end results looked disastrous, so finally Jemaine Clement played the role himself.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Figwit]] is in a band?!
** And Jemaine is [[Film/MenInBlack Boris The Animal]]- [[BerserkButton IT'S JUST BORIS!]] Although you wouldn't recognize him under all the CGI/makeup and the heavy Tim Curry-esque accent.
** The boys are both in love with TV's [[Film/{{Clueless}} Cher]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but the gentleman trying to sell Dave a cake in the first episode is [[Series/ThirtyRock Frank Rossitano]].
** [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Tom Haverford]] is a racist fruit seller.
** [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Denise Mahoney]] lies to Bret about her shipping out to Iraq in order to get him to sleep with her.
** MacGruber works as a dry cleaner and a semi-professional actor.
** [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer's girlfriend]] is Australian.
** [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Kristen Wiig]] loses her dog.
** Creator/PattonOswalt is an Music/EltonJohn impersonator.
** [[Series/TwentyFour Chloe O'Brian]] looooves Art Garfunkel.
** Creator/LucyLawless works for the Prime Minister of UsefulNotes/NewZealand?!
** Comedian Creator/JimGaffigan is Murray's best friend, [[TheDanza Jim]].
** Mel's put-upon husband is [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White's brief cooking partner]].

** [[ParksAndRecreation Tom Haverford]] is a racist fruit seller.

** LucyLawless works for the Prime Minister of New Zealand?!

** [[SaturdayNightLive Kristen Wiig]] loses her dog.
** PattonOswalt is an Elton John impersonator.

** [[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] works for the Prime Minister of New Zealand?!
** Comedian JimGaffigan is Murray's best friend, [[TheDanza Jim]].
** Mel's put-upon husband is [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White's brief cooking partner]].

** Mel's put-upon husband is [[BreakingBad Walter White's brief cooking partner]].