As someone who lives in Wellington, I can confirm that everyone knows someone who was in lord of the rings.

@paulthoresen8241

7 жыл бұрын

You don't even have to be from Wellington, they are all over the North Island

@everythingshiny

6 жыл бұрын

My cousin was an orc

@ashlane3579

6 жыл бұрын

peter jackson was our family friend some time ago

@jasperhagan1757

6 жыл бұрын

This is true. I only lived there for a bit as a kid, and a guy in my primary school was an uruk hai

@sahayeda5220

5 жыл бұрын

@@ashlane3579 TELL HIM TO MAKE THE SILMARILLION MOVIES ALREADY LOL

Wow. My heart will always hold a special place for Bret. In-between the 1st and 3rd LOTR movies, when I was a huge fan of "Figwit" as we called him at the time, I was hit by a car in an accident, and he wrote me a "get well" letter. I have cherished that letter ever since, and I'm so proud of how far he has come since then! Great job on winning the Oscar's, Bret!!! ^_^

@tonysearle4316

4 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky.

Bret you got it goin on

@sbatra86

7 жыл бұрын

Got it goin' on

@nathanwilliams3877

6 жыл бұрын

...got it goin' on...

@magreger

4 жыл бұрын

His beard is good

@Michael_______

4 жыл бұрын

Bret you got it goen oooonnn

@bangbangmatt1

3 жыл бұрын

I have aids

Brit McKenzie is just brilliant. Glad he's getting the recognition he deserves.

@HackFKD

3 жыл бұрын

Are you saying Bret?

"Lady Arwen, we can not delay... my Lady!" a little something for the LOTR fans

I think Bret got cast as a Tolkien Elf and Jermaine didn't because Jermaine's facial features are too deep set to be considered classically handsome.

@BrownEyedHighGirL

8 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Campbell LoL !

@Evie_Xx

8 жыл бұрын

or because he looks like a llama

@tony2p

8 жыл бұрын

Jermaine is quite handsome imo

@tony2p

8 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Campbell Hehe I get it

@greenbean2904

7 жыл бұрын

hey..jermaine coulda been an orc XD

The funniest thing is, he really is telling the truth. I remember all those ghastly old shows. Plus I lived in Wellington for a year and a half, and I knew about 8 people who worked on the film, both on and off camera.

@evollefox666

7 жыл бұрын

Same! And then I started reminiscing about Tux Wonder Dogs, that was my true jam.

it may sound unlikely but those 'dog shows' are really entertaining. signed a Kiwi

It was actually called "A Dog's Show" and had two different competitions. The first with a single barking dog that drove sheep up a hill, as Brett described. The second had 2 silent dogs that had to get 6 sheep into a circle, split them and then pen 3 sheep with each of the 2 dogs. It was really dramatic and entertaining stuff. I much preferred the second half. I really don' think it was on at the same time as the Muppets as it was probably the second most popular show in NZ at the time.

Hey Bret, your beard is good.

@matteogolino1307

8 жыл бұрын

😂 i get it

@PIinian

8 жыл бұрын

+bailey moore He's good at finding shortcuts too.

@Toycey123

7 жыл бұрын

darkfranky6 Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?

@nathanwilliams3877

6 жыл бұрын

Sure, you're weedy and kind of shy. But some girlie out there must be needy for a weedy, shy guy

@hamnchee

9 ай бұрын

Just a compliment there. On your beard.

He is the Rhymnoceros

@evangodbee2425

7 жыл бұрын

and the Hiphopopotamus, their lyrics are bottomless ....

@cassie1421

7 жыл бұрын

The 43rd Firedemon *snap snap snap snap snap*

Country Calendar. New Zealand Classic.

@UsernameStartsWithU

10 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Tux Wonder Dogs.

@Marieannification

10 жыл бұрын

UsernameStartsWithU That was my favourite show as a kid. I remember being sick once but I was so pleased because Tux Wonder Dogs was on.

@jimbojones8208

5 жыл бұрын

Wonder Doooogs woofwoof woof woofwoof, Wonder Doooogs

OMFG just heard he's coming up with ideas for a FotC movie with JEMAINE holy fucking shit

@elizaheathen

8 жыл бұрын

***** it is true! Jemaine talked about it in a recent interview with Hollywood Reporter www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/flight-conchords-movie-being-written-816241

@TheHalliday123456789

8 жыл бұрын

+moiraine_damodred OMFG!!!!!!

@TheHalliday123456789

8 жыл бұрын

+moiraine_damodred OMFG!!!!!!

@ConsumeristScroffa

8 жыл бұрын

+moiraine_damodred Jermaine*

@elizaheathen

8 жыл бұрын

Jordan Schlansky no, Jordan. His name is Jemaine. Look it up. How's that expensive espresso machine you bought with Conan's money working?

Nobody ever asks about the disappearance of Zealand or why they had to make a second one. The world is very uncaring.

@halldorkarvel6108

9 жыл бұрын

Underrated joke, actually laughed!

@CookieL69

9 жыл бұрын

+Lucian Tritt Denmark, actually.

@jeroennickman

9 жыл бұрын

CookieL69 Denmark has a Zealand, but New Zealand is named after the Dutch province, Zeeland.

@ruispuuro

8 жыл бұрын

Jay Saccheri Wouldn't it be hilarious if someone actually broke the first zealand and it was a guy named steve.. and if he fled to australia and is hiding under a big rock right now.

@MatthewAndThings

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Fraser Shhhh, we don't talk about Zealand

The dog show is not on anymore. It was more than just up the hill, that event is called a huntaway, and they go through a gate. Other events were to have a pen sometimes one pen, sometimes you have to 6 sheep, 2 dogs and the have to separate the sheep and put 3 in each pen. People laugh but remember and English friend who came here to work as a boilermaker in an oil refinery, he laughed the first time but became the biggest fan. The sheep can make it so frustrating. Anyway we , and I have probably grown out of it now. Don't know if I could watch it as anything but nostagia. New Zealand did only have 2 channels, no satellite TV when I grew up. We got 3rd TV chanel in 1989. At the time he did this show, 2012, NZ would have had 5 national TV chanels, not counting several local stations around the country. Of course with Sky TV we about 100+ chanels to choose from. I personally can't see any use in having any more than a dozen chanels.

wow this guy is adorable

bring back FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@karadan100

9 жыл бұрын

Conchords*

@DerekWiedenheft

9 жыл бұрын

karadan100 Condors

@thekeithchannel

7 жыл бұрын

Intercourse

@stormcloak5807

6 жыл бұрын

corn on the cob*

@redseaford9426

6 жыл бұрын

They're about to!!!

i love bret forever so happy for him so funny how he was so nervous couldn't keep his foot still

Bret just couldn't be more adorable! Can't wait to see FOTC at the Oddball comedy fest in August! Never thought I'd get to see them live.

Brett is such a good dude.

"Frodo Is Great--WHO IS THAT!?"

@shadowboxing7029

7 жыл бұрын

FIGWIT!

@cheyenneeagle4815

5 жыл бұрын

FIGWIT

He seems like such a nice guy. Im glad he won

His father wasn’t just a king. His father was Elendil!

thought he grew up with Albi the racist dragon

@nazaret9494

9 жыл бұрын

I started to sing the song after read tour comment.

@cassie1421

7 жыл бұрын

koldemig don't touch my tail you'll get it dirty

@raumanu1001

6 жыл бұрын

Cassandra Campbell he said quite racistly

@nathanwilliams3877

6 жыл бұрын

*badly burned Albanian boy voice* Albi, the racist

@cartersauce1344

4 жыл бұрын

But I was left badly disfigured, laughed the boy.

Bret somehow refrained from mentioning that his two second snippet in lord of the rings started a huge internet sensation called FIGWIT He became an instant cult figure, there's even a documentary about it on youtube

When I was younger I would get so excited watching 'The Dog Show'

he's adorable and hilarious, so everything he says comes off funny.

@CampfireHeadphase

Жыл бұрын

Calm down Mel

"i'm from wellington where peter jackson makes the films so it's not that uncommon to be in them.." god that is so true! every few minutes of lotr i'm thinking oh i know them, i've met them several times before, etc lol

The Dog Show is actually compelling viewing. We had it in Australia too.

Bret is such an awesome dude, and Conan is the best interviewer as well.

He was FIGWIT?? I thought that character looked familiar, but without the beard and the fluffy hair... nope, never would have guessed. Good for him-hope he had fun! (That was great stuff in The Making of... when he was trying to remember his lines!)

@everythingshiny

7 жыл бұрын

There's a FIGWIT documentary on KZread that's worth watching ;)

So true. I remember watching The Dog Show on TV on a Sunday evening with the sun getting in my eyes and eating mashed potato with 2 poached eggs on top. Oh and with butter. Flippin good show

I grew up watching 'A Dog's Show' every Sunday night - one of the best shows ever!!

Bret, you're beard is still good! Huge congrats for the win, you deserved it, way to represent NZ and Flight of the Conchords!! (the best band/show in the world!)

Half of us are from the concords The rest are from lotr

@allentanner9290

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, Austinland

We had that show in the UK, it was called "One man and his dog", I think :D

He came into my work a couple times! A really cool guy who wears New Balances

We had a dog show in the UK when I was growing up. Same show, called “One Man and his Dog”. Was crazy popular at the time. I had completely forgotten about it!

As a kiwi, I enjoyed the Muppets. However, there was also a show similar called "Fraggle Rock" & that was my favorite ^_^ " dance your cares away, worries for another day..."

"I mean, you grew up in New Zealand, did you know about the muppets? Were the muppets on television, in New Zealand?" I swear, most Americans think anywhere outside of America is just dead space. It's New Zealand, not the bottomless abyss of the Serengeti.

@HeyItsTnzk

10 жыл бұрын

To be fair, we had a prime time show about sheepdogs.

@thatmanckid

10 жыл бұрын

And those dogs were worthy of the front line, god bless their little panting devil hearts

@thatmanckid

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well no I wouldn't, the Muppets is distinguished as a worldwide thing really. I do hate America, but i'm not ignorant.

@thatmanckid

9 жыл бұрын

***** yawn

@thatmanckid

9 жыл бұрын

***** > cool ideas

i love conan, but him saying "i don't know who aragorn is" knocked him down a few notches :(

@BruceLeedar

9 жыл бұрын

Colbert on the other hand is seriously knowledgeable about Tolkien and other fantasy and science fiction.

@gateauxq4604

9 жыл бұрын

BruceLeedar Conan TOYS with being a nerd. Colbert is gonna wipe the floor with him!

@TerranceMann

9 жыл бұрын

opalexian b'nafia conan's still a nerd.. just more of a history nerd than a fiction one

@adrock1011

6 жыл бұрын

possibly - but conan is behind many of the best pop culture references of the early 90s... namely, the best years of the simpsons, and snl. his credits are legit

@BegoneJonah

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, that's a solid plus in my book.

Did anyone watch "Two Little Boys" or alternatively named "Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever?" Loved Brett (and Hamish Blake) in that

And the other show was albi the racist dragon

@Spartan2228

10 жыл бұрын

Haha XD you serious?

@NoodleGeneration

10 жыл бұрын

Spartan2228 Nah. Albi the racist dragon is a short clip from a made up show on the real show Flight of the Conchords

@Leo-qq6qp

10 жыл бұрын

NoodleGeneration Thanks noodle generation :) and Spartan2228 I highly recommend the real show, as well as the made up show. :)

@NoodleGeneration

10 жыл бұрын

No problemo, always fun to hear from polite people. I also recommend the real show.

his dad was the king that cut off Sharon whats its fingers and took his ring and his brothers the son

@keigisa

9 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@evangodbee2425

7 жыл бұрын

Sharon? Lol you mean Sauron?

@moonknight4053

7 жыл бұрын

Lol feminists cue to come in* hahaha

@chicken6738

4 жыл бұрын

Sharon lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

I laughed out loud when I read this. The lack of "up" at the end made that hilarious.

Bret is so ducking cool. He's cool as shit

@SonnyGTA

8 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Fisher quack quack

@Blueswailer

8 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Fisher Autocorrect?

@jfish032

8 жыл бұрын

+Blueswailer Brett*

@mkprocter882

7 жыл бұрын

duck yeah

@thekeithchannel

7 жыл бұрын

He's got it going on

Ha ha, I love how the audience is not sure whether or not he is joking about The Dog Show. We watched that every week.

This dude is hilarious without even trying !! Hahahaha

0:56 Real in Rio (from Rio) was the song Sergio was nominated for!

It’s the motherflippin

"ship dogs getting the ship into a pin"... I mean that's what it sounded like to my ears :-D

We have like 6 channels now! :D

It makes me so happy to know that he was in the Lord of the Rings

We have like 5 channels now if you include Maori channel :)

@cassie4880

7 жыл бұрын

We have freeview so about 8 or 9 now lol

@everythingshiny

6 жыл бұрын

NZ moving up in the world!! But still no new seasons of The Dog Show :(

@roncolbert2199

6 жыл бұрын

I went to NZ last year and I was disappointed in the lack of range in flavoured milks. The rest was mad though

omg i remember the dog show!!!! i was a confused boy growing up in wellington

Conan, you should have asked about Flight of the Concord.

He's got it goin' on...

I miss The Dog Show. So many fond memories of watching that!!

@yusufkaraca3157

7 жыл бұрын

Kate Lattey is it really true that there are 4 channels right now?

such a legend

CONGRATS BRET!!!!! So deserved. ^-^

@natalieparker9159

2 жыл бұрын

Bret? Like Brittany? FOTC!

bret is hilarious, but it is Jemaine that really has me in fits! I can just imagine him elaborating on the dog shows Bret talks about, i def miss FOTC.

When I was a kid in Austria we only had 2 Channels too

They both said "WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND", I love it.

we are still airing reruns of 'A dogs show' sheepdog trials even though the show finished in 1992!!! its great!

I used to love the Dog show when I was a kid lol

so good

My only access to Conan is on KZread

Flight of the concords and tenacious d umm hurry up and join forces please!!!

Bret (Brit?) is talking about a NZ version of One Man & His Dog. He was a Shipp-Herd. ( A Shepherd)

I grew up with 4 1/2 channels in England and I'm only 21. Enjoyed it more then as well.

I actually love him :)

You're actually pretty spot on with that conversational haha

hes not lying about only having 4 channels. sometimes if your lucky you might get 2 minutes of discovery channel through static before it cuts off

Long live Flight of the Conchords! What a great show they did at Radio City. 2nd row!

this is actually hilarious haha

I was an orc in return of the king and i got hit by a boulder which ive kept to this day, lol.

Fellowship of the Ring was filmed over 10 years ago, wow time flies.

He's just beautiful❗

Now, he's in Hobbit 1 & 3!

American audiences are so enthusiastic. Great interview though, I'm so proud of you, Bret.

His tie is so out of place in that shirt...he looks like a child in a grown up custome. Adorable.

Yes,that's true. One of my cousins married a Kiwi guy. She told us there is only 2 supermarkets chains across N.Z. One of them called Pak N' Save or Push N' Shove as the locals calle it. Aparently there is little to none ready to eat and processed food, so dear cousin had to learn how to cook from scratch,but she says she would'nt live anywhere else in the world.

Sheepdog trials are actually very impressive. Well trained animals!

Wait. He didn't even mention his favorite childhood show Albi The Racist Dragon

aww britt

3:15 Bret actully says something in that movie too!

AS LINDIR HE IS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. I CAN DO W/OUT THE BEARD THOUGH. HE' SCORCHING HOT THOUGH. THAT'S ONE ELF CAN WIN A BEAUTY CONTEST W/ THOSE LOOKS.....

I thought he was talking about Tux Wonder Dogs at first. Such a crack up, that show.

He did call it that, at 2:46

Hes just like on the show, lmao

I second that.

sky wasnt around in the 80's, and even when it first came out it only had a couple of channels. channel 3 came out in 1989 and it was a huge deal. i thought the dog show was something only old people watched, like country calendar. in the 80's in NZ %90 of television was american programming, so the muppet show was really popular, knight rider, dukes of hazzard and macgyver.

"I d rather watch the New Zealand sheep dog competition than a match of US baseball"

Only kiwis would understand "the dog show" it was the best!! I remember watching that with my parents. Aahh Bret McKenzie summing up NZ ....it's all so true. But i love growing up in NZ! Goodluck Bret continue 2 do the kiwis proud :D

He looks like Jay from Clerks in that elf picture.

The Muppet's where first made for ITV, a British TV station

Albi the racist dragon.

his beard is pretty good...oscar winner now.

I remember him from back when he was Figwit. Ah. Memories.

one iota that pic of spuds mckenzie in funky cold medina my diner...