Not-so-Fun Trivia Quiz Rejection and an unlikely attraction to Miss Piggy...

Not-So-Fun Trivia Quiz Rejection
I sincerely doubt I have any readers, but if I do, you may recall that I had mentioned that I would post my FOTC quiz once it was accepted on Fun Trivia...Well, I was assigned to a hypercritical quiz "editor" and his/her trivia fascism & unreasonable grammatical critiques were far too much for me to handle...Maybe if formulating quizzes was my full time job I would stick with it, but since it's not, I opted to post my quiz using PlayBuzz & it can be found here. 

Miss Piggy, the Glenn Close a la "Fatal Attraction" of the Muppet Universe

Miss Piggy
As many FOTC fans who are also Muppets fans know, Bret McKenzie was the music supervisor for both the Muppets (2011) and the Muppets Most Wanted (2014). As such, he wrote all the original music for Muppets Most Wanted and so on the soundtrack, there is a demo version of the song "Something So Right" that is sung by Bret and I remember when I first listened to it, I instantly felt a mild and quite strange attraction to Miss Piggy. Yes, that's right somehow I see the Muppet pig version of Glenn Close a la Fatal Attraction (1987) in a slightly more favorable light thanks to Bret...

Garfunkel & Oates on IFC
If you're looking forward to the Garfunkel & Oates premiere on August 7th, watch the free episode "Speechless"...That should tide you over until then...PS the IFC short promos they do are great...especially when they sing the IFC slogan "Always on, slightly off"

 

Eagle vs. Shark, BBC Radio Show etc. & Trivia

Eagle vs. Shark

Over the weekend, I watched the rather amusing movie, Eagle vs. Shark (2007), directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jemaine Clement. A succinct way to sum up the movie: a romantic comedy with odd humor similar to Napoleon Dynamite (2004) (but Eagle vs. Shark is WAY funnier in my opinion). My favorite part was probably the make out session between Jarrod (Eagle) and Lily (Shark) in animal costumes...

BBC Radio Show 

I was lucky enough to find a gently used copy of the Flight of the Conchords BBC Radio Show (2006) 3-CD set and started listening to it this morning. It's been fun comparing the radio show storyline to the subsequent HBO TV show plot, making mental notes about the subtle differences etc. For example, while Brian Nesbitt (FOTC Manager on the radio show) and Murray Hewitt (FOTC Manager on the HBO show)are both played by Rhys Darby, I keep having to remind myself of who Brian is when a character (other than Brian) mentions his name...Then I remember Brian = Murray = Rhys Darby. 

FOTC Quiz (Pending on FunTrivia)

I wrote a 10-question FOTC quiz (topics drawn from various episodes of the HBO show) and am patiently waiting for its acceptance. When it is posted to the site, I will provide a link...