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4-9-04: I have a mystery I need solved. On one of the trailers for Gigantic, there's a clip of Michael McKean saying "You didn't enjoy it, you never belived it." Obviously, this must be a clip of him reciting Spiraling Shape like he recited The End Of The Tour in the movie and I Palindrome I in the special features, but there is no footage of him reciting Spiraling Shape to be found anywhere in the movie or the special features. Does anyone know if it's there somewhere, or is it just something they stuck in the trailer? --My Evil Twin's Twin

4-26-04: Well, when I went to go see the movie at the Tivoli theater in St.Louis, AJ Schnack was there in attendance (and quite happy to be there, as it was in the very near vicinity of his home town and college) and there was a Q&A after the movie was over. I do remember the topic of the recited lyrics by McKean coming up. As it was, AJ had asked him to do I Palindrome I, as well as what I believe was described as "a few others" (or something to that effect) for the movie, which he said he did perfectly. (He may have even mentioned Spiraling Shape, because I remember the song being refrenced somewhere in the Q&A.) After he was done, he told AJ that he could also do The End of the Tour, to AJ's suprise. Obviously, AJ liked that speech better, and put it in the movie.

There was no explination as to what came of the other takes, but I'm pretty sure they didn't include it into the DVD on account of not wanting to have any "overkill" laying around. With that many extras, you're going to have to put in only what you want the most. Perhaps putting it into the trailer was AJ's way of giving that clip a bit of usage.

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[edit] Drinking Game?

11/6/04 I don't know if anyone else watched the movie through with the commentary, but I remember a point where Flans mentions making a Gigantic drinking game, and he quips about taking a sip everytime someone says "like" or "you know". Has anyone elaborated on this? I'd really like to see what people could make of this. --SweetAfton23

I have many friend on a UK forum who claim to have done this. Making up all sorts of different rule. From their accounts it sounds like great fun. ~ fingertips

Yeah, it's just before the Flash animation for Gloria's conversation. -- Ecks

[edit] Wikians in Gigantic

Should it be mentioned on the Gigantic page that TMBG fans that appear anywhere in the film (such as myself) can link themselves to Kevin Bacon in just two steps, via Michael McKean? (He was in "The Big Picture" with Bacon) -TDK

Sweet. Where are you in the film? Come to think of it, are there any other wikians in the film? - Desck

I'm in the Tower Records crowd, and you can see me as the camera pans across the audience and back during New York City. I look like a total geek. I'm probably also in some of the Polish Home shots, but it's just too hard to make out individuals. Finally, in the third fan testimonial, the guy from Detroit talks about me wanting to get an autograph tattoo. Does that count?  :) -TDK

That was you??? Awesome. I have heard you talked about other places too. I think corn mo mentions you in his journal on his website. Not that I read corn mo's journal at often, I just wanted to hear his reaction to the concerts he did with TMBG and Common Rotation. That are actually rather amusing. Surprising ~ fingertips

Well, I hope no one reads Corn Mo's journal regularly. heh heh. Bluething 17:26, 22 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Hey, I'm new here and relativaly new to TMBG. (3 years). Anyway, that's so cool that your the guy from detroit. You are like a celebrity (Kinda). I loved Gigantic. It was awesome. -The SK

Just to clarify, I'm not the guy from Detroit that appears in the film. I'm the guy he talks about in the film. -TDK

[edit] Older

Could someone put in the rest of the information for the featured song Older? I believe it's mentioned a few times in the documentary, plus we see a live performance of it. --Guest

[edit] Payments?

How much did you guys have to pay for your copys of the DVD? I just got mine and they had to get it shipped in from a small retailer in like new york. And it cost the grand total price of $45.00. -Cody-schmidt

I think I bought it at Best Buy the day it came out for $18ish. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 16:55, 12 Apr 2006 (CDT)
Well here in the uk they apparently have it for less than a fiver!!! Score! -Vixus

DANG, oh well i still got it. -Cody-schmidt

I got mine used for, like, $10 --ArAn 14:12, 10 May 2006 (CDT)

Mine was $25. Well, $24.99. I blame the price on how hard to find it is around here. ;-; --Lemita 16:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I just paid $12 total on eBay. I received the disc yesterday and it is in mint condition. I have not watched it yet but cannot wait! --Mr. B. 12:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anyone Know?

Out of curiousity, can someone tell me whether the DVD has 1 disk or 2 disks? I just rented it, and I'm probably going to buy it soon. I just want to know.

It's one disc...just like your rental copy. :) -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 16:36, 26 Jun 2006 (MDT)
Thanks. :D

[edit] A silly Gigantic related tidbit

This is completely random, but wanna see Flans burn his hand over and over again? [[1]]

And then of course, the NEDM version... [[2]]

What is the song playing in that first YTMND? --Valerie 21:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
It's not a tmbg song... sounds like Davinci's Notebook maybe?
The music was ripped from a 1994 short film called The Dirdy Birdy directed by John Dilworth. Watch it on  or the director's site which is better quality and the audio is sync'd. But according to one of the Sound Design guys it was just stock "pre-recorded library music." And I'm now realizing I must have been really bored to look all of this up, because I spent quite some time on it. Oh well, it's a funny film. Made me laugh. --badqueso 09:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
John Dilworth also made Courage The Cowardly Dog. Connection made. Mission accomplished. - Whirrrlwind (Woosh!) 10:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Intersting. It still sounds like Flans to me, though. Thanks for looking it up. --Valerie 16:43, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: See The Constellation?

Anyone else unsure if this is really in that part where Dan and Danny are talking about the age of TMBG's fans? I think the audience was saying "No, wait!" or something, which reminded me of Drink, but it was kinda too fast for that. Any ideas? I might be wrong. --Lemita 00:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Since this page has been around for a while, I didn't want to do anything without making sure, but, in compliance with the norm of capitalizing the first letter of every word in a page's title, should I move this page to "Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns)"? Figured I might as well ask first if there's a particular reason for having the current name. ~ magbatz

[edit] Here Comes The ABC(Gum)

So, in the scene where the Lincoln-Sudbury High debate team is discussing the meaning behind Particle Man, if you look back up underneath the desks in the backgroud, check out all of the ABC gum stuck there. What are the chances that one of those pieces of gum was put there by one or both of the Johns?(CaptainCaustic, Oct. 21, 08)

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