When I was younger, so much younger than today, I used to watch Tiny Toon Adventures after the bus dropped me off at my house.  My description of the show is simply that it shows the old Loony Toons characters as what they may have been like as preteens.  One episode was a special music video episode which featured the music of They Might Be Giants.  I fell in love with their music.  It was strange and childlike...just like me.  I have always thought there were three songs in that episode but everywhere I have looked said only two.  Either way I still adore that band.  When they released a kid's album about the ABCs, I lent it to the kindergarten teacher and the students loved it.  I used a couple of their songs in my classroom.  When my class was studying the sun in science we listened to TMBG's song "The Sun".  Then during a study of the presidents of the U.S.A, we listened to their song, "James K. Polk".  They Might Be Giants have done a lot of work for TV.  They won a grammy for their theme song for Malcolm in the Middle.  They have done music for The Daily Show, The Oblongs, and The Drinky Crow Show.  I am pretty sure they have been featured in other television shows but my brain isn't working properly.  One of the coolest things I think I have ever heard about a band was their gimmick called Dial-A-Song.  They would record songs on their answering machine and fans could call to listen to their new material.  That was before the days of the internet.  Well you can read more about They Might Be Giants at wikipedia...it's a pretty good entry.

Here's the song, "James K. Polk"

And finally, here are the Tiny Toons videos:


And here is that song I used in my science class: