The would-be mugger threatens him with a switch blade. This is a reference to the famous scene in the 1986 Australian film, Crocodile Dundee, in which Mick Dundee is accosted by a mugger on his first visit to New York. "Oh, it is a knife", says Jemaine, then they both run away.
Bret replies "yeah, that's, that's a knife". When the guys are getting mugged and Mickey pulls out a knife, Jemaine says "that's not a knife". Qu'est-ce que c'est?" This is a reference to the 1977 Talking Heads song " Psycho Killer" in which the lines "Psycho killer/Qu'est-ce que c'est?" are featured prominently in the chorus. When describing his friend, one of the muggers says the line: ". The line is from the film Midnight Cowboy. Cultural references ĭuring a band meeting, Murray says to say "hey, I'm walking here", claiming it's "what New Yorkers say". In an interview on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air on 14 June 2007, the band stated that in this song they were trying to combine the styles of both Marvin Gaye and The Black Eyed Peas song " Where Is the Love?". The song exhorts people to think about society's ills, including comedic references to violence, AIDS, and sweatshop labor. "Think About It" begins as Bret leaves to track down Mickey the mugger in an attempt to get Jemaine's camera phone back. This song was #67 in the 2008 Triple J Hottest 100. The video is filmed using common hip hop music video techniques such as low camera angles and rapid movement of the performers towards and away from the camera. It parodies various rap clichés such as references to " bitches" and " hoes", though in a deliberately tame manner ("there ain't no party like my nana's tea party"). Jemaine and Bret attempt to fend off the muggers with bluster then launch into a gangsta rap song. Rhymenoceros" takes place during the mugging. The following songs are featured in this episode. In his efforts to reconcile with an angry Jemaine, Bret decides to get Jemaine's camera-phone (which is a phone glued to a camera, rather than a mobile phone with camera abilities) back from the muggers. While in jail, Jemaine bonds with John, who is also dealing with the pain of having been abandoned, as his partner in crime ran from the scene when the authorities arrived. Consequently, Jemaine injures his arm and spends two days in jail with John, one of the muggers. Rather than helping Jemaine, Bret leaves him to fend for himself.
During the pursuit, Jemaine's clothes get caught on a fence. I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?ĭid Steve tell you that, perchance? Flight Of The Conchords - Hiphopopotamus Vs.Bret and Jemaine are mugged and chased by two thugs. They call me the Hiphopopotamus Flows that glow like phosphorous Poppin' off the top of this esophagus Rockin' this metropolis Sometimes they are obscene Like a pornographic dream NC-17 with ladies in a stream of margarine Yeah, some margarine Sometimes our rhymes are polite Like, thank you for the dinner Ms. Here's the Hiphopopotamus The hip hop hippo They call me the Hiphopopotamus My lyrics are bottomless I'm not just wild, I'm trained, domesticated I was raised by a rapper and rhino that dated And subsequently procreated That's how it goes If you choose to proceed You will indeed concede ?Cause I hit you with my flow The wild rhino stampede
I'm the mother flippin' rhymenocerous My beats are fat And the birds are on my back And I'm horny, I'm horny
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