Breaking into funny business is not easy and not often funny, as Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome have discovered. As the pair behind comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates (named after “two famous rock ‘n’ roll second bananas”) they’ve persistently sought out different platforms for their unique brand of offbeat, profane and definitely funny tunes and personae. Since they first paired up in 2007 to provide songs for a short film, they’ve carved out a successful YouTube channel and featured projects and shows with HBOGo, Comedy Central and IFC. How do they do it? They might not even be sure themselves … but as they told Cynsiders, persistence helps a great deal. Read more...
Second Bananas Garfunkel & Oates Take Center Stage
Garfunkel & Oates is a comedic folk duo that will make you blush as much as you laugh. Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, whose band name is inspired by famous musical “second bananas,” meld saccharine melodies with lyrics about Googling strangers, one-night stands and accidental masturbation. Last year saw them ink a sitcom deal with IFC. While the show will not return, Garfunkel & Oates remain busy working on new material and touring—stopping at the Venetian’s Sands Showroom on March 21. Read more...
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10 Quick Questions: an Interview with Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates are Riki Lindhome and Kate Miccuci. On their own, they are both well respected actresses, musicians, and writers. Of course, when they work together, it’s pure magic. No matter who you are, somebody has posted one of their videos on your Facebook wall. They are bringing their live show to Rickshaw Stop on Saturday, February 10th to close out this year’s installment of Sketchfest. Read more...
Garfunkel and Oates June 2013 : reddit AMA
We are Garfunkel and Oates. Ask us anything. Read more...
Bentzen Ball Interview: Garfunkel and Oates
If you’ve never heard their songs before, the comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates have a way of sneaking up on you. They’re cute, the songs are perky, and they build toward some hilarious and/or dark conclusion about modern life, particularly for women. “Pregnant Women Are Smug” is about how, well, pregnant women annoy the shit out of everyone with whom they converse. I’ve been singing “Go Kart Racing (Accidentally Masturbating)” to myself all week because the chorus is so damn catchy. Then there’s “29/31,” which is all about how the ticking clock for women gets inexorably louder.
But Garfunkel (Riki Lindhome) and Oates (Kate Micucci) are more than just YouTube darlings. Their accomplished actors and comedians who are poised to explode with a new comedy show for IFC. I recently chatted with the duo about their songs, their show, and, um, my love life. Read more...
Garfunkel and Oates interview ComedyFest Vancouver 2012
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Garfunkel and Oates are a pair of L.A.-based actresses/comics who make up songs like “Pregnant Women Are Smug” and “This Party Took a Turn for the Douche” and post them on YouTube, where they receive hundreds of thousands of views. We caught up with them as they were driving into Portland, feeling a little flustered because Micucci had lost her laptop somewhere between Los Angeles and the Portland airport. Read more...
Garfunkel and Oates talk about their goals, song process and “Making It”
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...
Garfunkel and Oates – Two First-Rate Second Bananas
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Comedy duos are a dime a dozen. However, GREAT comedy duos are a rare commodity and something to be treasured when found. Falling into the latter category are Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, otherwise known as Garfunkel and Oates. Read more...
Ho, Ho, Hoes? Garfunkel and Oates Have Our Number
Comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates -- aka Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci -- have blossoming TV and film careers. But for the past three years they've been performing their brand of musical comedy at spots like the UCB Theatre and Largo, which will host their second annual Ho, Ho, Hoes? holiday show this Friday, December 9. Read more...
Why So Serious, Garfunkel and Oates?
The duo, which runs a weekly show at the esteemed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in L.A., has been called a female Flight of the Conchords, and the comparison isn’t completely off-base. Like the Conchords, they’ll soon have an HBO show that promises to bring their quirky songs to a much wider audience. Read more...
Interview: Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates, who may be best known for the youtube sensation Pregnant Women Are Smug, will be performing their musical comedy at Chicago's Mayne Stage Theater on September 30 and October 1. I recently had the opportunity to spend a few minutes on the phone with Riki Lindholm, or as her fans know her, Garfunkel. Read more...
Q&A with Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel and Oates
They don’t like pregnant women, but ducks aren’t so bad. This Saturday, musical-comedy duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci of Garfunkel and Oates perform at UCSD’s the Loft. We chatted with Lindhome (a.k.a. Garfunkel) about life on the road, the pair’s upcoming HBO pilot, and fame in the Internet age. Read more...
Garfunkel and Oates Breaking Barriers and Cracking Up
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Looking over the history of musical comedy, from Vaudeville to Monty Python and “Weird Al” Yankovic to The Lonely Island, one would get the impression that having a Y-chromosome is a prerequisite for being able to write and sing funny songs. But don’t tell that to Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, the duo behind Garfunkel and Oates and the stars of an upcoming HBO series that will bring to life their delightfully twisted slice-of-life observations. Read more...
Musical comedy outfit Garfunkel & Oates are side players no more
There is a point during most Garfunkel & Oates performances in which Kate Micucci will declare she was a late bloomer. The candid look into her personal life usually comes sometime after the folksy comedy duo has led the crowd through a kazoo breakdown, taken a knock at pregnant women and discussed where ducks rank on the bestiality scale, all of it delivered with buoyant ukulele-led pop.
As for Micucci's confession, it greets one of the newer additions to the Garfunkel & Oates oeuvre, a peppy keyboard rap entitled "I Don't Understand Job." In the song, Micucci and bandmate Riki Lindhome profess their confusion toward an act of intimacy, but rather than find comedy in lewdness, the pair focus on their own nerdy naivete. Read more...
Mademoiselle Robot loves Garfunkel & Oates - Mademoiselle Robot
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It’s been a long time coming, but finally I am pleased to present to you the wonderful, cute and funny Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci aka Garfunkel & Oates. Read more...
Interview: Comedy Darlings Garfunkel & Oates
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It seems that in the past month, you can't throw a joke book without hitting Garfunkel and Oates at some show around town. Not that you'd want to; these lovely ladies are quickly mastering the craft of beautiful songs with enough comedic edge to keep you in your seats. Both Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci are well known faces on television and film, but their most recent musical endeavors have made them fan favorites around the Los Angeles alternative comedy scene, as well as online, where their single-take 'couch videos' are blowing up all over YouTube. LAist was fortunate enough to catch up with the ladies in the middle of their whirlwind month of performing, recording, and making new music videos for the fans. And let's not forget their UCB show on Wednesday! Read more...
Meet Garfunkel and Oates: The Female Flight of the Conchords
Garfunkel and Oates, a comedic folk-rock duo, are fast becoming the darlings of the Los Angeles comedy scene – and the gay blogosphere – with their pretty-girl, dirty-mouth act. Regulars at the Upright Citizens Brigade, the duo consists of actors Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, old friends from band camp who re-met a few years ago in Hollywood. Named after two famous rock-and-roll second bananas, they sing songs about bad dates, and bad songs about how “pregnant women are smug.” Think of them as the female “Flight of the Conchords.” We spoke with Garfunkel and Oates about their band, their music and that strange place between anonymity and fame. Read more...
Top Sellers Interview: Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates is an LA-based comedy/folk duo made up of actresses Riki Lindhome (Last House on the Left, Changeling, My Best Friend’s Girl) and Kate Micucci (Scrubs, When in Rome). We asked Garfunkel and Oates a few questions about the keys to their success (besides having THE greatest band name ever!). Read more...
Interview: Garfunkel and Oates
Lately, Garfunkel and Oates have been churning out laughs everywhere they've brought their acoustic and ukulele one-two punch. They're in the midst of recording their debut EP, and Riki's got a show-stealing role in Last House. In this exclusive interview, ARTISTdirect.com spoke to Riki about making music, her upcoming turn as Sadie in Last House and why it's best to sometimes go it alone. Read more...