Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: The Weekly

Q: How are you dealing with the fame?

Jemaine: It feels like when I went to a new school, across town, and I was the only new kid there. It just puts you on this uneven footing with people. It feels like people have got something on you, they know something about you, and you don't know anything about them. They can comment directly on your life, and it's really weird.

Bret: It alters the world around you slightly. There are probably more good things than bad things. Like, you might get a free piece of cake.

Jemaine: And you can't complain about things like that. I'm sure there'll be more cakes.

Bret: It's flattering that people like the show so much. We just make sure we have a clear exit to get out of there.



Q: Your song "Issues (Think About It)" jokes about child slavery and AIDS, and you have others that address racism and sexism. Are you just going for laughs, or are you trying to make people think too?

Bret: The song's parodying a genre that deals with issues, so we had stuff from that area. And some we believe in, and I guess some we don't.

Jemaine: I don't like to wear clothes if I know slave children made them.

Bret: And we're not racist.

Jemaine: Well, one of us isn't racist. One is. (laughs)

Bret: And one of us is a chauvinist. And the third Conchord is a bigot.

Q: Which one's which?

Jemaine: That'll have to remain a secret.



Q: Do you have any secrets you can share?

Bret: I have the ability to fly, but I don't use it anymore. The air in the city in the U.S. doesn't work for me very well.

Jemaine: And it's a different gravity on Earth. New Zealand's a different planet.

Bret: Jemaine can hear people's thoughts.



Q: Do you know what I'm thinking right now?

Jemaine: You're probably thinking we're on drugs.



Q: I wasn't, but are you?

Jemaine: No. We just ramble.



Q: You seem to be a big hit with stoners.

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