#9: The Comedy Show - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Flight of the Conchords, Please Kill Me Now

Hahahahaha! It's time for a brand new episode of Rock and Reel, this time dubbed "The Comedy Show," because we talk about all sorts of comedy-related things. Here's the text-filled details of what you can find on the audio of this grand Episode Nine:

We give our review of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," starring Jason Segel from the TV show "How I Met Your Mother," (fyi he was also in "Knocked Up" in a small role, as well as "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared" for those of you who are nuts about those sorts of details). Speaking of "nuts," aside from Segel's nude scene, we also talk about how good this comedy is and whether or not it's a modern day "classic" as some critics have already carefully stated. There's also a moment in here where Kevin and I have a really good laugh over certain comments.

Following that, we talk about the new album from New Zealand's 4th most popular folk parody duo known as Flight of the Conchords. Their self-titled debut is in stores now, and it follows a successful first season of their HBO show, which is coincidentally also on DVD. Find out if we think the CD filled with songs from that show is worth your time.

Finally, we introduce a new segment titled "Please Kill Me Now," in which we watch bad movies so you don't have to, and then describe the ways in which we'd like to be killed rather than watch the film again. For our inagural discussion we tackle the now-failed classic video game film "Street Fighter" from the 90s, starring most notably Jean-Claude Van Damme. 'Tis a thing of laughable beauty.

Next episode: We talk about the first big blockbuster of the summer, "Iron Man," along with the new album from Chicago band Local H, titled "12 Angry Months."

0:00-1:15 Intro
1:15-28:15 Movie Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
28:15-42:33 Album of the Week: Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (feat. song "Bowie")
42:33-55:51 Please Kill Me Now (new segment!): Street Fighter
55:51-56:36 Closing

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