How we found the lost Flight of the Conchords tapes

It’s the rejection that fuelled a comedy legend: the failed TVNZ pilot from Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Paul Horan writes about his hunt for the footage for the NZ comedy documentary Funny As. This post was originally published on 9 August, 2019. There have always been people in my line of business that are … Read more

The man behind Funny As on hustlers, hissy fits and history hidden in boxes

Over 300 hours of interviews condensed into five episodes that cover the entirety of New Zealand’s comedy history – how do you even start to approach that? Sam Brooks interviews Paul Horan, the documentarian behind the show. It’s one of those projects that sounds utterly futile – how does one cover the comedy history of … Read more