They Might Be Giants Interview on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Johns are interviewed after Their first appearance on Conan, playing "Why Does the Sun Shine?"

[@PhantomTransmission]

Linnell looks alarmingly casual. I can't believe he wasn't wearing a button-up shirt and pants that are way too high.

[@polygawn]

And then flans is in a big ol suit!!

[@nevohyams]

Looks like it was filmed with an eraser

[@hauntednokia]

lmao

[@jimmyjones5607]

Lol the joke Conan tries to make: "He was a huge star?" *chuckels to himself* that killed me

[@mr.drearygiraffe6005]

my left ear loved this video

[@echopathy]

clever

[@chicktapus463]

well... the sun is actually a miasma of incandescent plasma

[@somni6756]

Houston Hilburn hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@ekindt4722]

They did an interview recently and they said something about fixing it

[@MagicTurtle643]

And they would go on to use that word "pissa" in Wicked Little Critta XD

[@RockSolidKaraoke]

The whole overall level of the Late Show kills me. That they spent that long talking to TMBG. How young Conan looks. Louis CK shows up in the credits.

[@James-en4cx]

He had 90's hair.

[@BrianKishreviews]

So does Bob Odenkirk

[@marshallbrooksmusic]

I wish the Dial-A-Song was still on the phone

[@XenuLordofTheSky]

I have come from the future. They brought it back as of 2015. Call toll free at (844)-387-6962

[@bupobm]

And now it’s back! (Not quite the same as it was in the 80s/90s with cassette tape demos - but it’s back! Similar # but not the same )

[@sbemails]

my left ear loved this

[@bossivab]

This was the First Conan episode I ever saw.

[@NxDoyle]

I saw TMBG live last night in my hometown of Brisbane. Hadn't seen 'em since seeing 'em in Austin, Tx 2013. As brilliant as ever.

[@brandonreeve2976]

I saw them live in ATL in 2005 and I wanted to kms

[@cranknlesdesires]

@@brandonreeve2976 how'd that go?

[@theyrecousins]

It’s funny how linnell’s sense of humor is just a tad too quiet for Conan to latch on to. Flans can integrate, but linnell is sneaking in funny quips that Conan can’t quite make hay of.

[@krisw8863]

I looove that the toll free # still works!

[@daveidmarx8296]

I want Linnell's Brian Dewan t-shirt.

[@scottbrown9164]

Linnell around the 5:00 mark kills me!

[@knightni73]

December 29, 1993

[@aleestro]

Conan should have gotten along with these guys, he must have been nervous as this was early in his career as a host.

[@disastertruck]

there is nothing not perfect about this video

[@James-en4cx]

I always liked the Conan O'Brien Show.

[@jeffryJEFFRYWITH1Ewillis]

Was this Conan's first night? It was the first episode of his I ever saw.

[@GlennChristopher]

Do you have the video of them performing? I do! I'll be posting it soon.

[@irzufkin]

Well the number does not work anymore!

[@James-en4cx]

Thank god, long distance is gone.

[@ThreadBomb]

Technically not a great interview. Conan is determined to hit his discussion points, and doesn't follow up on interesting things said by his interviewees.

[@scentedpapers6569]

Oh yes...accordion and aggressive big bird

[@stanley-allen]

So young everyone was skinny, even Andy Richter.

[@SpookyLuvCookie]

HQ

[@randyisnot]

wha happen to dialasong?

[@dajoey42]

from the boston ayr-eeyah, eeyah yee-ah! a lower case b for boston is a real pissah. incidentally, I also have a bogus machine that allows the thing.

[@BigThillyGooth]

+Randall Thais Still around, they still write songs specifically for it. Not sure if the number is the same though.

[@ScrewYouPeacock]

NERDGASM

[@jonathaneburne5078]

Wow, Conan is a deer in the headlights. No idea what to say.

[@ScaryMason]

Craig Ferguson’s guest would look like that.

[@crescentfreshbret]

I think he’d only been hosting this show for about a month-and-a-half at the time. He wasn’t quite comfortable just yet.

[@Ben-ht1ng]

Pretty awkward 😬

[@dhltn8624]

11th

[@titusmccarthy]

99th

[@polygawn]

48th ☝️🤓