They've really been pulling out all the stops on this upcoming Muppet movie. There are multiple rumors involving celebrity cameos, including Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Paul Rudd, Danny Trejo, Jane Lynch, Jack Black, Lady Gaga, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Grohl and about a million other people.

And now word just came through that Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie did some work on the film as music coordinator and even wrote songs for the film…

A few weeks back, EW premiered an alternative version of their first look at the film, seen above, which featured Segel & Stoller among the felt-lined cast, along with director James Bobin and, curiously, “Flight of the Conchords” star Bret McKenzie… [Bret's] presence in the picture suggests it would be as more than just a cameo.

And indeed, New Zealand site Stuff confirmed with McKenzie that the comedian… is acting as music supervisor on “The Muppet Movie,” and has written several songs for the film. McKenzie tells the site, “It was really unexpected. We were in the studio recording Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. It was a very surreal experience.”

The director James Bobin co-created and directed Flight of the Conchords for HBO (before that, he also directed the HBO version of Da Ali G Show) so this news makes complete sense. It seemed odd a few months back when Bret McKenzie popped up in that Entertainment Weekly spread for the Muppets without much further explanation, but I guess this cements his role in the film.

In other major film franchise/Flight of the Conchords news, as we've already reported, Jemaine Clement will play a villian in Men In Black III.

The nominations for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you were once again unceremoniously snubbed. It seems the world remains unprepared for symphonic yodel-ska concept albums about individual episodes of Felicity. Better luck next year.

Meanwhile, many artists were ceremoniously not snubbed, like Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum and, oh I don't know, Lady Foot Locker? To be honest, I didn't check the music nominees, because I'm old, and I know my place, and my place is the Comedy and Spoken word categories. Take a look:

Best Comedy Album

Cho Dependent
Margaret Cho
[Clownery Records]

I Told You I Was Freaky
Flight Of The Conchords
[Sub Pop]

Kathy Griffin Does The Bible Belt
Kathy Griffin
[Donut Run, Inc.]

Stark Raving Black
Lewis Black
[Comedy Central Records]

Weapons Of Self Destruction
Robin Williams
[Columbia Records]

Best Spoken Word Album

American On Purpose
Craig Ferguson
[HarperAudio]

The Bedwetter
Sarah Silverman
[HarperAudio]

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)
Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver &
Sigourney Weaver)
[Hachette Audio]

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Future…
Michael J. Fox
[Hyperion Audio]

This Time Together: Laughter And Reflection
Carol Burnett
[Random House Audio]

The Woody Allen Collection: Mere Anarchy, Side Effects, Without Feathers, Getting Even
Woody Allen
[Audible Inc.]

Winners will be announced February 13. Best of luck to all the nominees.

Kieran Vollard has the lust and vigor of an animal… because he is one… or was raised by one… actually a group of rabbits… for nine days once.

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As you've probably heard, Gary Coleman died today. He's being bothered by angels to say "What'choo' talkin' 'bout, Willis?" in heaven now. [New York Times]

Here's a pretty nice profile covering what Flight of the Conchords is up to now. [LA Times]

Congratulations are in order to Sara Benincasa for landing a book deal to develop her one-woman show Agorafabulous into book-form. [The Apiary]

Ron White is launching a new record label. His next album and DVD will be released through it, but I'm mostly curious to see what kind of comics he'll be signing on. [Punchline]

Get Him to the Greek comes out next week, so they're already rolling out some clips and some promotional internet content, seemingly mostly based around Diddy. [Funny or Die, Making Of]

Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords will play the Men in Black III villain named Yaz. Yaz is also the name of a contraceptive. Coincidence or subliminal advertisement? You decide. [Deadline]

Speaking of the Conchords, they filmed a promo for the new BBC website. Very relevant to your probably American interests! [BBC Comedy]

If you like weird wacky needlessly aggressive political ads for the office of Alabama agriculture, then you'll love parodies of weird wacky needlessly aggressive political ads for the office of Alabama agriculture. [Funny or Die]

Heads up, guys and gals. Enter the special code "TODDB" on Sunday tickets to see Todd Barry at Caroline's. Or you can pay full price to see him anytime between Thursday till then. The man is hilarious. Go see it! [Carolines on Broadway]

If you're in LA, you should check out The Vault Variety Hour at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Check out this trailer for the show. [Vimeo]

Nude pictures of MacGruber were somehow mysteriously leaked just as the film is about to hit theaters. What a controversy! [Celebuzz]

The premiere date for Conan's new TBS show will be November 8th. [Deadline]

Sarah Silverman talks about the worst shows she ever had to do, prom shows, "You stand there onstage, getting screamed at by drunk 18-year-olds and you just lose any drive you have to want to make them laugh." [NY Daily News]

Flight of the Conchords co-creator James Bobin will direct the new Muppets movie. Great job, Hollywood! I hope you don't ruin this rare moment of clarity and good decision-making by greenlighting a remake of Small Wonder. [THR]

Are you trying to get work done on your computer but are getting distracted by internet distractions? Speaking of internet distractions, here's an internet distraction. [College Humor]

I know all of you guys were waiting for an application that allowed you to turn yourself into a drag queen, so thank God Ru Paul's Drag Race came out with one already. [Dragulator]

Here's a clip of Louis C.K. workshopping his most offensive joke. [Movieline]

Eugene Mirman, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Brendon Small, Andy Kindler and Larry Murphy will all be performing at Hollywood Improv on Wednesday. Very good line-up! [Tickets]

The Midnight Show has been doing a very good job of making videos I like that have people in it I like. Here's Martin Starr in a video I like. [Funny or Die]

I didn't even know David Letterman had a half-hour HBO Comedy special back in 1981, but here it is! Thank you, internet! [Comic's Comic]

Fans fears have been confirmed: Jemaine Clement and Brett McKenzie will not be bringing their HBO show Flight of the Conchords back for a third season. While HBO was fully prepared to bring the show back, the strain of creating an album in addition to writing a TV show likely deterred the duo from pursuing a third season. Their official website's statement also notes that the two are pleased with the note the show is leaving off on:

We’ve noticed the less we say about the future of the show, the more people want to talk about it, so in an effort to reverse this trend we are today announcing that we won’t be returning for a 3rd season. We’re very proud of the two seasons we made and we like the way the show ended. We’d like to thank everyone who helped make the show and also everyone who watched it. While the characters Bret and Jemaine will no longer be around, the real Bret and Jemaine will continue to exist.

Sigh. You're not crying, are you? Look at you! You're crying. Yes, you are. No, you don't have an inflammation of your tear gland. No, stop it, your eyes are not sweaty. It's okay. C'mere, someone's here to see you. You don't want to see him? C'mon, yes you do. You love him. Look, here he is!

-Intern Carl Baker

Zach Galifianakis is attached to a Shrek sequel in which he'll play Humpty Dumpty. It's all part of Hollywood's plan to have Galifianakis appear in every movie ever. [In The News]

Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie on their U.S. tour, "It was overwhelming. Really, really ecstatic audiences and some really crazy moments – like some slightly Beatles moments with people chasing the bus" [Independent]

As the decade winds down, some wonderful nerds are making some wonderful lists of their favorite shows of the decade. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report both made it onto this one! [Paste]

Aziz Ansari on his early years, "I was the only minority in my whole school… if you're a funny kid, that makes you a little more accepted. I pretty much became the class clown." [National Post]

Just as the news of the Onion/Comedy Central show hit your ears and brains, I discovered this New York Times profile of America's finest news source. [NY Times]

Doug Stanhope talks about being difficult to manage, "Things I think are fantastically funny and things to do at night are reprehensible to people the next day." [Comic's Comic]

Kristen Wiig read from Suzanne Somers's poetry. If the beautiful words coming through your headphones are too much for you, put the video on pause for a second and take a breath. You know, take it step by step. [Best Week Ever]

Jerry Seinfeld cast Tom Papa as the marriage ref in The Marriage Ref. Papa's got a brand new bag, amirite, folks? (I'm sorry). [The Live Feed]

The Berenstain Bears are being turned into a movie now too. I can't wait for a pun-lovin' critic to call the finished film "The Berenstain Bores." [USA Today]

Owen Wilson is going to voice Marmaduke, which should be a fairly easy paycheck for Wilson because MARMADUKE DOESN'T TALK! [Hollywood Reporter]

David Wain wrote a one-page screenplay about a magic flower that causes people to have sex and then break up. That's what it was about, right? [Movieline]

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Richard Kind talks about being a part of Celebrity Autobiography, a show from the New York Comedy Festival wherein comedians read from… you guessed it, excerpts from celebrity autobiographies. [Wall Street Journal]

Speaking of Curb Your Enthusiasm co-stars, Susie Essman is interviewed on a local news channel and she has to explain to the anchors that she isn't actually her character from Curb. [Fox 2 St. Louis]

The Second City 50th Anniversary Celebration just got a full line-up. Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell are in it! [Comic's Comic]

Jemaine Clement says we'll soon know if The Flight of the Conchords HBO series will be kaput or not. [ABC News]

Here are the six kinds of laughs to have at the New York Comedy Festival. You are only allowed to have these six kinds. Anyone having any other kinds of laughs will be prosecuted within the full extent of the LOL. [AV Club]

Just in time for Halloween, the Scream Awards will be airing tomorrow night at 10pm / 9c on Spike. They will be giving Keith Richards the 2009 "Rock Immortal Award." Here are some highlights. [Spike]

Ricky Gervais is going to host the Golden Globes, insuring that no matter who takes home the actual awards, the viewers at home are going to be the real winners. [People]

The Big Gay Sketch Show has a big gay Swiffer commercial parody you should watch. [Logo]

Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are hoping to start work on a Mighty Boosh film sometime next year. If they follow the Arrested Development method of making films, expect the movie to be released sometime in the summer of 2020. [Gig Wise]

There's going to be an Aqua Teen Hunger Force Meatwad-centric Christmas album coming out. Here's an interview with a fictional blob of meat from a stoner comedy cartoon series. [Entertainment Weekly]

Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter talk about their relationship, "The best thing we can do for ourselves is spend a lot of time apart." [Rooftop Comedy]

NBC has picked up Community and Parks and Recreation for full seasons! Those are both shows I like watching! [Entertainment Weekly]

Eugene Mirman conclusively states that Flight of the Conchords is maybe definitely probably not but probably maybe going to come back for a not-likely but totally plausible third season. Definitely. [Exclaim News]

Speaking of Mirmania, Eugene is going to be covering the climate talks in Copenhagen. Who cares about the climate? 2012 is going to destroy us all. I am of course referring to the movie itself. It is going to destroy my brain. [YouTube]

Neil Patrick Harris voiced the Music Meister, a singing super villain, on Friday's episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Also, here's Neil Patrick Harris in a fat suit. Two related links for the price of one! [AV Club, The Life Feed]