They may have taken on the monikers of the lesser-heralded halves of two famous musical duos, but don't let their band name fool you. Garfunkel and Oates isn't playing second fiddle to anyone. In fact, that's a ukulele that Kate Micucci plays. Not a fiddle. And Micucci and her singing partner, Riki Lindhome, are on the rise -- this weekend, they're celebrating their first Half Hour Comedy Central special and playing to the big festival crowds in Tennessee at Bonnaroo.
It seemed as though they already are enjoying the good life, as they spoke with The Comic's Comic last week by phone. "We're in the middle of the ocean," they told me. "Actually, we're in a restaurant." On Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California. Read more...