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	The Frank O'Toole Show Bootleg by They Might Be Giants
	First released	1987	Tracks	47
	Label	N/A	Length	88:32

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Frank O'Toole

The Frank O'Toole Show bootleg contains two appearances of They Might Be Giants on the East Orange, New Jersey radio station WFMU, where they played Dial-A-Song tracks, recent demos and performed live while speaking with host Frank O'Toole.

Description[edit]

From The Early Years Handbook:

This show, which has passed into TMBG legend as the "WFMU Tape", was broadcast in March of 1987 on WFMU, East Orange, NJ, on the Upsala College campus (91.1 FM). The show-- actually a special edition of the late-night "Frank O'Toole Show"-- was comprised of the Johns playing ancient Dial-A-Song classics from the original master tapes, performing live, and generally engaging in bizarre shenanigans. Opening with a special live-show introduction from 1985 (talking about a car decorated with uniquely-scented kittens), the show continued with over an hour of non-stop TMBG madness, including the legendary "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"; original demos of "The World's Address", "For Science", "Snowball In Hell", and dozens more; and live performances of "Birds Fly" and "Kiss Me, Son Of God", among others. It also aired a series of Dial-A-Song prank calls, show introductions, TMBG promo radio skits (dating back to 1985!), and other high weirdness-- including a lengthy discussion of Robert Bork's beard. A portion of the acoustic performances from this program were issued on a double-disc WFMU donation-solicitation compilation titled "Upsalapalooza" in 1994.

Track listing[edit]

Shows/1987-03-04[edit]

#	Title	Length	Lyrics	Guitar Tab
1	Kitten Intro	1:43		N/A
2	I'm Def (Clip)	0:04		N/A
3	We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime	1:27
4	WFMU Radio ID	0:11		N/A
5	The Famous Polka (Demo)	1:31		N/A
6	Dial-A-Song Promo	0:37		N/A
7	Don't Let's Start (Early Mix)	2:39		N/A
8	I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	1:59
9	Untitled	2:33		N/A
10	WFMU Radio ID	0:11		N/A
11	The World's Address (Demo)	2:33		N/A
12	Fat Danny Aykroyd	0:21		N/A
13	Snowball In Hell (Demo)	2:27		N/A
14	Live In Nashville	1:14		N/A
15	Number Three (Early Mix)	1:41		N/A
16	Live In Nashville (Part 2)	0:37		N/A
17	Cowtown (1985 Demo 2)	2:22		N/A
18	Doris Cunningham (Extended)	2:40		N/A
19	Everything Right Is Wrong (1984 Demo)	2:48		N/A
20	Hi We're They Might Be Giants	1:08
21	Youth Culture Killed My Dog (1984 Demo)	2:22		N/A
22	You'll Miss Me (Demo 1)	1:57		N/A
23	Mario Speaks	1:46		N/A
24	Somebody's Body	1:40
25	WFMU Radio ID	0:11		N/A
26	It's Not My Birthday (Demo)	1:38		N/A
27	Village Gate Concert Promo	1:15		N/A
28	Snowball In Hell (Demo) Reprise	2:27		N/A
29	Interview	5:04	N/A	N/A
30	Mr. Klaw (Rough Mix)	1:42		N/A
31	At The Village Gate	0:38
32	Where Your Eyes Don't Go (Demo)	3:01		N/A
33	Why Does The Sun Shine? (Live)	2:53
34	When It Rains It Snows (Live)	1:58		N/A
35	Interview	2:20	N/A	N/A
36	Kiss Me, Son Of God (Live)	1:54
37	Interview	0:14	N/A	N/A
38	Frank O'Toole Radio ID	0:19		N/A
39	Lie Still, Little Bottle (Demo)	1:30		N/A
40	For Science (Demo)	1:00		N/A
41	Interview	2:21	N/A	N/A

Shows/1987-09-16[edit]

#	Title	Length	Lyrics	Guitar Tab
42	Where Your Eyes Don't Go (Demo) (Clip)	0:14		N/A
43	Interview	3:37	N/A	N/A
44	Birds Fly (Live)	1:25
45	Interview	4:06	N/A	N/A
46	Shoehorn With Teeth (Live)	1:13
47	Interview	8:16	N/A	N/A