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The funniest woman on television: an appreciation of Kristen Schaal's character, Mel, on Flight of the Conchords.(MAHB: Television)

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| February 01, 2009 | McCammon, Ross | COPYRIGHT 2008 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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JEMAINE CLEMENT and Bret McKenzie, the two men who created and star in Flight of the Conchords, are the third and fourth funniest things about the show. Much of the time they play straight men to other, funnier characters, like the band's manager, Murray, played by Rhys Darby (the second funniest thing about the show), and Mel, the band's only groupie, played by Kristen Schaal (the funniest).

Like pretty much every passable live-action comedy on television right now (a group that includes exactly three other shows: 30 Rock, The Office, and The Sarah Silverman Program), Flight of the Conchords, whose second season premieres on HBO this …

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