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I went to see them about a decade ago in Tallahassee, FL, and OK Go was the opener (before they became big!). The thing that amazed me (more than the show itself) was that John Flansburgh came out to talk to the audience before the show started, and was courteous enough to warn a mother in front of us that the show would be loud and could hurt her child's ears. IIRC, I think he even had earplugs to give away for just that scenario. How many other bands would do that?

They are out there, and you can easily buy them: on an actual physcial DVD (I know, only weirdos like me still like those). TMBG's Direct from Brooklyn features both Tiny Toons (not Animaniacs) videos, as well as a dozen other music videos.

Back in their early days they used to run something called "Dial-A-Song". It was basically just an answering machine with one of their songs recorded as the greeting. They would switch out the song often.

One time the machine recorded part of a two-way conversation when a woman named Gloria called the machine to listen to it with someone else on the line. TMBG released that recording as an unnamed track on their "Miscellaneous T" b-side compilation album. There is a transcript here.

...is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.

^my new favorite TMBG song

Good song. But not written by them. http://tmbw.net/wiki/Hy_Zaret_And_Lou_Singer On the other hand, "Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun Is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)" was. "The sun is a miasma Of incandescent plasma The sun's not simply made out of gas The sun is a quagmire It's not made of fire Forget what you've been told in the past"

Obligatory FAIL.

http://tmbw.net/wiki/Songs_Incorrectly_Attributed_To_TMBG

Eastern Fighting Turtle.

The aggressive snarl of the Eastern Fighting Turtle can carry for up to 5 miles across still water. Even this is not a safe distance away, for this turtle is a very fast swimmer and will attack without provocation.

-TMBG

Call connected thru the NSA

Oh no! They got tmbw.net! No one messes with They Might be Giants and get's away with it. No one.

This Might Be A Wiki: TMBW.Net
(isn't that cool?)

Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful