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Revision as of 13:18, 23 September 2018
Since 1985, They Might Be Giants have made a frequent number of television appearances almost each year, on a wide variety of both network and cable talk shows, among other things. Below you will find a comprehensive list of these known appearances, along with links to download and view many of them.
Contents
[hide]- 1 Television performances
- 2 See also
Television performances
Thanks to various sites and YouTube uploaders for these videos. Note that some video downloads may require additional codecs, like DivX or Real.
ABC
Brave New World
- Older - Aired 07/29/1999 (available on Gigantic DVD)
Good Morning America
Nightline
- John Flansburgh profile of Beck aired 5/13/05. Part one, part two.
ABC (Australia)
Rage
Recovery
- S-E-X-X-Y / Till My Head Falls Off / Interview - Live, 03/22/1997
BBC
Liquid News
- One episode - June 20, 2001
The 8:15 from Manchester
Tonight with Jonathan Ross
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops 2
Cartoon Network / Adult Swim
Home Movies
- From the Season 4 episode, "Camp" (episode 41), aired 01/11/2004
- Camp Campingston URGR8
- Clean Bean
- I'm Just A Note
- Rabbit Troop Sucks
- Taste The Fame - Watch it on the TMBG.com
Page - Welcome 2 Hell
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- John Flansburgh interview - Episode 59: "Joshua", aired 01/01/1998 (interview not included in the episode)
Xavier: Renegade Angel
- John Flansburgh makes live-action cameos as Xavier's computer:
- Episode 6: "World of Hurt, B.C." - aired 12/09/2007
- Episode 9: "Signs from Godrilla" - aired 01/06/2008
CBS
The Early Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
- The Mesopotamians - Live, 10/12/2007
- Alphabet Of Nations - Live, 10/19/2007 (recorded 10/12/2007)
Comedy Central
The Daily Show
- I Can Hear You - Live on the Daily Show Greatest Millennium Special, 12/15/1999. They also did all the bumper music for the episode and a song about extinction.
- Interview - Live, 09/10/2001
Viva Variety
Disney Channel
Higglytown Heroes
- Here In Higglytown - An animated segment, featured on the Here Come The ABCs DVD, features John and John performing for Higglytown's citizens as a rock band from space. Show first aired 09/12/2004.
FOX
The Arsenio Hall Show
- They'll Need A Crane - Live, 06/15/1988
The Spud Goodman Show
Fuse TV
Hoppus on Music
- Can't Keep Johnny Down - Live, 07/29/2011 (recorded 07/11/2011)
- Never Knew Love - Live, 07/29/2011 (recorded 07/11/2011)
FX
Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
Sound fX
HBO
The Larry Sanders Show
JBTV
- Mammal / Particle Man / She's Actual Size / When It Rains It Snows / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Live, 1991
- She's Actual Size / Twisting / Frankenstein / Particle Man - Live, late 1992. Part one, Part two, Part three
- Destination Moon / Subliminal / Meet James Ensor / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / Extra Savoir Faire / Unrelated Thing - Live, 1994
KDOC-TV
Request Video
MTV
120 Minutes
- Letterbox - Live, 12/25/1988
- I'll Sink Manhattan - Live, 12/25/1988
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Live, 12/25/1988
- Your Racist Friend - Live, 12/25/1988
- Mammal - Live, 04/26/1992
- She's Actual Size - Live, 04/26/1992
- Why Does The Sun Shine? - Live, 10/1994
The Cutting Edge
- John Flansburgh interview - 11/1994
The Jon Stewart Show
Post-Modern MTV
- Letterbox - Live, 07/1989
- Lucky Ball & Chain - Live, 07/1989
- Maybe I Know - Live, 07/1989
- Whistling In The Dark - Live, 07/1989
Randee of the Redwoods Convention
MuchMusic
- Interview - 05/1990
- She's Actual Size / Mammal - Live, 04/13/1992
NBC
Late Night with David Letterman
- 02/19/1993 (song unknown)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Why Does The Sun Shine? - Live, 10/26/1993
- Interview - Live, 10/26/1993
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Meet The Elements - Live, 10/06/2009
- Dead - Live, 10/06/2009, web exclusive
- Can't Keep Johnny Down - Live, 7/27/2011
- Birdhouse In Your Soul - Live, 07/27/2011, web exclusive
- You're On Fire - Live, 5/24/2013
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Live, 5/24/2013, web exclusive
Today
- Alphabet Of Nations - Live, 02/12/2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Birdhouse In Your Soul - Live, 04/03/1990 (Jay Leno hosting) (available on Gigantic DVD)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Live, 04/03/1990 (Jay Leno hosting)
- Interview - Live, 04/03/1990
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Guitar - Live, 07/05/1992
- Interview - Live, 07/05/1992
- The Statue Got Me High - Live, 07/05/1992
- Boss Of Me - Live, 02/05/2001
- At least one more appearance, details unknown
Nickelodeon
Blues Clues
- Clap Your Hands - From episode 139: "Bluestock," aired 05/10/2004
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
- Interview - 03/23/2003
Nick Rocks
- Why Does The Sun Shine? - Live, 1985
- Nick Rocks ID - Live, 1989 (available on Gigantic DVD)
TBS
Live from the House of Blues
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / No One Knows My Plan / The Guitar - aired 02/10/1995
(recorded at the New Orleans House of Blues, 12/09/1994)
Conan
- When Will You Die - Live, 01/26/2012
- Ana Ng - Live, 01/26/2012
- Answer - Live, 05/06/2015
- I Left My Body - Live, 02/28/2018
TechTV
Call for Help
Internet Tonight
- Interview - 06/23/2000 (TechTV was known as ZDTV until August 2000)
The Screen Savers
- Interview - 06/12/2002
- Bed, Bed, Bed / Older / Robot Parade / Shoehorn With Teeth - Live, 07/17/2002
- Wicked Little Critta - Live, 04/29/2003
- Another First Kiss - Live, 04/29/2003
- Au Contraire - Live, 04/29/2003
WWOR-TV
The Joe Franklin Show
- Three appearances (first one on 12/17/1985), details unknown
- Footage from a Joe Franklin documentary
