Errors-To: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Reply-To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Sender: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Precedence: bulk From: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Subject: tmbg-list Digest, Volume 40, Number 2 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 40, Number 2 Tuesday, 3 April 2001 Topics: Re:TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? TMBG: Oblongs Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Re: TMBG: Connections to Literature Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Re[2]: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? TMBG: small reference TMBG: no tmbg, boot trading Re: TMBG: TMBG in NYC vs. Other Cities Re: TMBG: Re: INSECT HOSPITAL RELEASE TODAY! Re: TMBG: Re: INSECT HOSPITAL RELEASE TODAY! TMBG: Re: Oblongs Re: TMBG: Oblongs Re: TMBG: Re: INSECT HOSPITAL RELEASE TODAY! TMBG: Re: INSECT HOSPITAL RELEASE TODAY! Re: TMBG: Oblongs TMBG: Why Does the Sun Shine (and other Science Songs) Re: TMBG: Oblongs Re: TMBG: Oblongs Re: TMBG: Oblongs TMBG: happy picture fun TMBG: Re: happy picture fun Administrivia: For all administrative issues, such as change of address, withdrawal from the list, etc., send a message to the following address: ÁÁowner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. tmbg-list is compiled with Digest 3.7b (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 08:58:31 -0500 From: Subject: Re:TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Message-ID: <0104029862.AA986219914@smtplink.sterl.com> I think I just happened to see the same thing - - I heard somebody say "Maakies" in the intro and went "huh?". Was it the one where the squirrel has him fill the stump with acorns in return for $2? And then he goes to a Maakie convenience store (Guns & Whiskey). Guns are $4, whiskey is $1, so he gets the bottle & does the classic "glug-glug-glug" bottle in the beak thing. Another stump full of acorns, another bottle and $2 left over: one more stump and he walks to the gun/booze store with $4 (four dollars.... four dollars.... four dollars....)and you can pretty much guess the rest. Which I guess is why liquor stores don't sell guns and gun stores don't sell booze. And who says tv doesn't teach kids anything useful?? Karin H ** FREE THE EXPO 67 ** ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Author: Date: 03/31/01 8:23 PM this afternoon, as I turned on the tv, something miraculous happened. the tv had been left on comedy central, and an old Saturday Night Live was on. i was about to change the channel, when i caught a glimpse of a familiar cartoon character on TV Funhouse. Amazingly enough, it was the Hello Bird! I was amazed, but it most certainly was the drunken birdy that just happened to be on the mug in my hand. the cartoon showed him in character too, he was supposed to be buying things for his friends, but but multiple beers instead. it was amazing! has anybody seen this before, and does it happen often? it was a pretty exciting moment for me. jessie this afternoon, as I turned on the tv, something miraculous happened. the tv
had been left on comedy central, and an old Saturday Night Live was on. i was
about to change the channel, when i caught a glimpse of a familiar cartoon
character on TV Funhouse. Amazingly enough, it was the Hello Bird! I was
amazed, but it most certainly was the drunken birdy that just happened to be
on the mug in my hand. the cartoon showed him in character too, he was
supposed to be buying things for his friends, but but multiple beers instead.
it was amazing! has anybody seen this before, and does it happen often? it
was a pretty exciting moment for me.

jessie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:36:46 -0400 From: "Yer Pal Paul" Subject: Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Message-ID: <9aa2q6$31jl$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: Nuns in Bondage John Ferrer wrote in message ... >>this afternoon, as I turned on the tv, something miraculous happened. the >>tv >>had been left on comedy central, and an old Saturday Night Live was on. i >>was >>about to change the channel, when i caught a glimpse of a familiar cartoon >>character on TV Funhouse. Amazingly enough, it was the Hello Bird! ...yadda yadda yadda For the complete adventures of Drinky Crow and Uncle Gabby (including SNL animated shorts and a complete Maakies archive) please totally check out www.maakies.com Dook! dook! dook! Yer Pal Paul Not back on that old Time is Money kick, still on it. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 09:48:06 -0500 From: Subject: TMBG: Oblongs Message-ID: <0104029862.AA986222891@smtplink.sterl.com> Okay, let's open the floor to discussions of Sunday night's little jaunt into the bizarre - The Oblongs. I would seriously love some feedback from people, just to see if maybe I missed something. I can't be Totally out of touch, I get (& love) stuff like South Park, Strangers With Candy, the State, Upright Citizens Brigade; I am not averse to the twisted and deranged. A couple of memorable lines ("Where'd you get the hair?" "Stole it off some whore. I think it was your mother". Or words to that effect.) But for the most part, it just kinda left me going "Umm..., okay..." I don't know, maybe it just has to grow on me a little. Karin H ** FREE THE EXPO 67 ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:34:51 -0400 From: "Bryce" Subject: Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Message-ID: <9aa6l9$3ja$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org : > Which I guess is why liquor stores don't sell guns > and gun stores don't sell booze. When I was in college in Columbia MO, there was a store that blatantly violated this maxim. The store was even called Liquor, Guns, & Ammo. I think it's closed now, but it was quite the landmark at the time. Bryce This town is so great. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:36:44 -0400 From: "Bryce" Subject: Re: TMBG: Connections to Literature Message-ID: <9aa6oq$3le$1@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Organization: They Might Be Giants, Unofficially http://www.tmbg.org : > I was wondering if anyone else noticed a connection between the > Dial-A-Song song "No Answer" and Robert Browning's poem "My Last > Duchess". I only barely remember the lyrics to this song. The poem can be found here, for interested parties: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/104.html If they weren't directly inspired by this poem, then it's a textbook example of great minds thinking alike. > I love it how They do cool connections to things. I bet there are some > more that I don't know about, but there's the reference to Plato's > allegory of the people in the cave, and Allen Ginsburg's "I saw the best > minds of my generation destroyed by madness" from Howl. Anybody else > know some more? Well, all the McSweeney's tracks would qualify, wouldn't they? You could also count the album title John Henry as a literary reference of sorts. And if you count that, you have to count the mention of Jason and the Argonauts in "Birdhouse in Your Soul." Then there's "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon," which technically shouldn't count because it only refers to the book by accident. Cabbagetown is the name of a novel about the Toronto neighborhood of the same name (although it might have been two words, Cabbage Town, I don't remember). Unfortunately I haven't read it, so I can't tell you if the song parallels it closely or not. I know it's about a family during a time of economic hardship. Has anybody else seen this? I searched Amazon for it, but didn't find this exact book... hmm. Bryce I searched the whole room over. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:54:03 EDT From: MikeTheGiant@aol.com Subject: Re: TMBG: Hello Bird on SNL? Message-ID: <3d.9aecbd1.27f9fa9b@aol.com> I have a TMBG tattoo. I actually have the letters T M B G going down my right arm. I figured, "Hey, I want a tattoo, and I love Them, why not?" Also, my friends all tell me that when I get old I'll forget what it stands for. They might be right, but I figure, I'll just tell people that it means The Mean Bad Grandfather, or The Mother-fucking Big Guy. Oh well. Mike Stabile "The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.' " - George Carlin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:01:00 -0400 From: "Kristin ." Subject: TMBG: small reference Message-ID: Today's frontpage of the San Francisco citysearch http://bayarea.citysearch.com caught my eye, but unfortunately they were talking about baseball ;) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:31:21 -0500 From: "Ragatz, Tom" Subject: TMBG: no tmbg, boot trading Message-ID: ****************************************************************************