For a Song and for a Cause, a Flight of the Conchords Reunion

By DAVE ITZKOFF

It was on a gray day at the end of 2009 that Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, the New Zealand comedians and singer-songwriters who make up the humorous musical duo Flight of the Conchords, announced that they were ending their HBO series and moving on to greener (sheep) pastures. Since then the two men rarely seem to be in the same place at the same time: Mr. Clement has moved on to roles in films like “Men in Black 3″ while Mr. McKenzie won an Academy Award for “Man or Muppet?,” a song he wrote for the soundtrack of “The Muppets.”

But as Mashable reports, last Friday saw a surprise Flight of the Conchords reunion in which Mr. McKenzie and Mr. Clement created the above video for Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids, a charity that funds research on life-threatening childhood illnesses. During a visit with some very precocious New Zealand school children, the Conchords quiz them on their understanding of health and banking (and the “Muppets” soundtrack), then compile those results into a new song, “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That).”

The results are adorable, and maybe if we clap our hands loud enough, Flight of the Conchords will come back for a new American TV series. (Note: new Flight of the Conchords TV series not guaranteed.)