Too right about Conchords. I guess that we can only hope that distributors tend toward a more international approach or that artists demand such use of their material.

btw. Looks like there is no RSS link to your main blog (though there is to the comics).

I disagree with you on another point though; international distribution is already here. There are even some non black or gray market avenues as well. Comedy Central lets you watch their videos, youtube is used by many too. And just look at what Monty Python just did.

As for the Conchords, they wouldn’t be who they are now if we hadn’t made them want to leave New Zealand. That writer they hooked up with is an asset to the team. So it is a winning situation, and they do have every right to be international artists, it’s not as if they were government owned or so forth.

But if NZ really wants to own the Conchords, the Conchords need to be less commercially viable in overseas markets and the show should be produced by a New Zealand company. Unfortunately, that’s not always enough for a show to debut in New Zealand.

I managed to get to the preview of Frost/Nixon. That would have been a tough wait!

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