I’m surprised there aren’t any threads about it so far.
Anyway, it’s a little comedy show on the Independent Film Channel starring the two and the trials of their entertainment career and their private lives, along with their songs commenting on said trials. One notable part of this first episode is that Kate gets glammed up (to say the least) and auditions for a part with Ben Kingsley!
I was watching it while websurfing, so I wasn’t paying close attention to it. I will be watching it more closely on the repeat showing 15 minutes from this posting.
I haven’t seen their TV show yet but I’ve heard them on Adam Carolla’s podcast and they are very funny. And I have very high standards for female comedienne, usually they all just tell ‘chick’ jokes. BTW their act’s name is a pun implying that they are both the second banana (i.e. Art Garfunkel & John Oats).
I think Kate is more attractive than Riki, honestly. I missed the first showing, and half of the repeat. I tuned it in just in time to see the Sir Ben sketch. I’m enjoying the show.
I like Garfunkel and Oates’ songs and humor. I was familiar with them mostly through their music videos, and I’ve only managed to catch one of the IFC shows so far, the one where they decide to try not talking AT ALL while in the presence of their dates; I was a little worried at first that they couldn’t carry through with longer skits/shows, but I thought it was pretty damn funny.
I swear to god I have a great sense of humor and I think many funny things are very funny indeed. But I just could not get past their “Pregnant Women are Smug” song. It seems to be predicated on so many presuppositions that are just plain wrong and unfair. I can’t look at them now without being pissed off about that song.
That said, the IDEA of the duo seems great in the abstract, so I may try once more to push that one song out of my mind and watch this show. Good luck to me.
I don’t know anything about them except that I heard them interviewed on NPR yesterday and found them both amusing and charming. They kind of gave me a Flight of the Conchords vibe. I’ll check out the show if (or when) it’s available via streaming.
That’s pretty weird. It’s a parody, you know. I just re-listened to it and there’s only like … 3 specific accusations in the song. There’s not much to it.
Would it be easier to swallow if the song were called “Some of the pregnant women I’ve run into here in LA have come off as being smug”?
I got to have burgers with them one night at an after show party thing here in Chicago and at the time before I met them, I also thought Kate was much more attractive as I’m not usually into blondes.
Now, they were both lovely and Kate was very cute in person - but Riki’s personality absolutely sparkles and it’s hard not to crush on her hardcore after meeting her.
PS, Teller is obviously the hotter one of that pair.
PPS, You can see a lot “more” of Riki in the horror remake “Last House on the Left.”
This is a great comparison, which hadn’t occurred to me until you said it. I’ll have to check the show out. I really enjoyed all of their youtube videos, although I probably watched those a year or more ago.
I thought it was fucking hysterical. I’ve never been pregnant, but most of my friends and family members have. Seemed pretty accurate.
Well, this isn’t the place for a line-by-line explanation of why the song aggravates me, but the big theme to my aggravation can be summed up as follows: If you’re not actually interested in the answers to these inane questions (i.e. you’re thinking “Bitch, I don’t really care,”) then don’t ask the inane questions.
I thought the song Pregnant Women are Smug was pretty hilarious.
Frylock, do you really think it’s an inane question to ask what someone is going to name their baby? As the lyrics point out, it’s polite to make small talk with people about big developments in their life. Being coy and acting as if everyone else is just dying to know what name you’ve picked out is a bit self centered and smug.
Here’s the song in question, in case anyone doesn’t know what we’re talking about:
My favorite song of theirs is I Don’t Know Who You Are. I can relate to that song.
If “Bitch you don’t really care” then it’s pretty inane.
Then when they answer “we’re not telling,” that should be the end of it. There’s nothing smug about “we’re not telling.” Parents are victims of the most incredibly rude and presumptuous comments when they reveal their name choices. If they don’t want to say, they don’t want to say and that’s it. “We’re not telling” is not just acceptable but a perfect and unproblematic answer that means nothing about the parents’ character.
That’s precisely where the disconnect is. They’re not being coy. They’re avoiding a question they don’t want to answer. And they’re under no obligation to answer it.
