Originally Posted by Jixby Phillips

I like when garfield and friends parodied malcolm in the middle and they did a parody of their own theme "you aint the boss of ME-OW"

Originally Posted by Grislygus

There. Out of all that text, this is the only thing that you needed to quote.

Originally Posted by Azrael

So you signed up to the forums solely for all of the exciting They Might Be Giants talk that goes on around here huh?

Originally Posted by Sam

MY FAVORITE MEMBER IS JOHN

Originally Posted by They Might Be Giants Name

The band takes its name from the 1971 movie They Might Be Giants starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward (based on the play of the same name written by James Goldman). The play (and movie) title is an allusion to Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giants. George C. Scott's character discusses man's ability to invent and analyze past the obvious, saying:

According to John Flansburgh, the name had been used and subsequently discarded by a friend of the band who had a ventriloquism act. The name was then adopted by the band who had been searching for a suitable name.

A common misconception is that the name of the band is a reference to themselves and an allusion to future success. In an interview John Flansburgh said (paraphrasing) that the words "they might be giants" are just a very outward-looking forward thing which they liked. He clarified this in the documentary movie Gigantic by explaining that the name refers to the outside world of possibilities that they saw as a fledgling band. In an earlier radio interview, John Linnell described the phrase as "something very paranoid sounding".[14]

The band's name is parodied in Terry Pratchett's novel Soul Music by the dwarf "rock band", "We're Certainly Dwarfs". Pratchett has repeatedly stated they are his favorite band.

Originally Posted by HunterRose

I was just shortening the name reference, I doubt many have seen the movie "They Might Be Giants"; but I doubt few people in America, or Europe have heard of Don Quixote.