Garfunkel and Oates

Garfunkel and Oates is a comedy-folk duo from LA consisting of actress-songwriters Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome. The two met at the Upright Citizen's Bridage theatre in Los Angeles. The duet was formed when they started working together to turn a short film made by Lindhome, entitled "Imaginary Larry", into a musical.

In February 2009, the Garfunkel and Oates song "Fuck You" (reworked as "Screw You") was featured in a Scrubs episode. In March 2009, Micucci announced in a bulletin on MySpace that the two had entered the studio to record an EP.

They now have a new video called "Sex With Ducks" that parodies arguments against same sex marriage. The video has been featured on such diverse media outlets as Buzzflash.com, FOX's "The O'Reilly Factor", HuffingtonPost.com, and others.

Other songs include "Me, You, and Steve", a song about being on a date with a guy, but his best friend keeps showing up; "Pregnant Women Are Smug", which parodies the comments women make when pregnant; and "Present Face", about the face that people make when they get a Christmas Present they really don't like.

The band gets their name from "two famous rock-and-roll second bananas", Art Garfunkel and John Oates.

On December 14, 2009, Garfunkel and Oates were on the Jay Leno Show to perform their song "Year End Letter".

Oates a.k.a. Kate Micucci

Kate was born in New Jersey and spent most of her school years in Pennsylvania. As a kid she focused on playing outside in the woods and playing classical piano. In college she majored in art, focusing on painting and making puppets. She received an A.A. in Fine Arts from Keystone College. After a small stint watering banana and pineapple plants in Hawaii, Kate decided to go to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she made more puppets and received a B.A. in Studio Art. Kate has appeared in Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, Cory in the House and the upcoming When in Rome.

 Garfunkel a.k.a. Riki Lindhome

Riki Lindhome was born in Coudersport, PA but grew up primarily in Portville, NY. Her first break came when Tim Robbins cast her in his hit play, Embedded, which played at the Public Theater in NYC, Riverside Studios in London and The Actor’s Gang Theater in LA. Shortly after, Clint Eastwood cast her in her first film role, as Mardell Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby. Since then, she has appeared in several films and TV shows including The Last House on the Left, Changeling, My Best Friend’s Girl, The Big Bang Theory and Pushing Daisies. She also wrote and directed two short films, Life is Short and Imaginary Larry.