TMBG gets animated.
Scientists Johns from ‘Here Comes Science’ 2009.
Within their animation lineup, They Might Be Giants release an entire animated track.
They Might Be Giants celebrated their 20th anniversary with June 2002's No! Co-released by Rounder Records and the band's own Idlewild imprint, their first album for the whole family won acclaim for its lighthearted songs. That year also saw the release of two compilations: The rarities collection They Got Lost appeared that July, while the retrospective Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants followed in September. The following year, Flansburgh and Linnell joined Canadian artist Marcel Dzama for the children's book and CD set Bed, Bed, Bed. In 2004, The Indestructible Object EP arrived a few months before that July's full-length album, The Spine. The album was accompanied by an EP, The Spine Surfs Alone. That year, drummer Marty Beller joined the band.
An honorable mention on their 2004 album was their animated work for ‘Damn Good Times’ that was directed by a long time animation director David Cowles.
Also in 2004, They Might Be Giants appeared on the animated TV show Home Movies and the final episode of Blue's Clues. In addition, they contributed their version of the 1840 presidential campaign song "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" to Future Soundtrack for America, a politically minded compilation benefiting organizations including MoveOn.org.
In 2005, They Might Be Giants returned to their music for the whole family with February's Here Come the ABCs, an alphabetically inspired set of songs and an accompanying DVD that marked the band's first release for Disney Sound. Like No!, Here Come the ABCs was well-received, topping the Billboard Children's Music chart, earning two National Parenting Awards, and earning gold certification. In May, Rhino issued A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants, an edited version of Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants. That November, Venue Songs, a CD/DVD set of songs inspired by places where they performed, arrived. That year, the band also contributed a cover of Devo's "Through Being Cool" to the Sky High soundtrack and embarked on a podcast series that would continue for nearly a decade. Over the next couple of years, They Might Be Giants created songs for a Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign and contributed to various film and television soundtracks, including Disney's Meet the Robinsons, the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, and The Drinky Crow Show.
Here Comes the ABC’s - They Might be Giants (2005).
TMBG also worked on an animated music video for their song ‘The Mesopotamians’ for their 2007 Album The Else which has been a hit among listeners.
In February 2008, the group's third children's album, Here Come the 123's, appeared and won a Grammy award for Best Musical Album for Children the following year. They Might Be Giants' third album for Disney Sound, Here Comes Science, arrived in September 2009. Featuring songs about paleontology, astronomy, and chemistry, and a DVD with videos by Divya Srinivasan, Tiny Inventions, Hine Mizushima, and Feel Good Anyway, the album was nominated for the Best Musical Album for Children Grammy Award.
They Might Be Giants also took a break from their formidable touring schedule to work on three new albums. In December 2014, the band relaunched Dial-A-Song -- which had ceased its original run in 2006 due to ongoing technical difficulties
-- with the goal of releasing one new song a week through the end of 2015. Several of these songs appeared on Glean, which arrived in April 2015 and hit number 67 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was followed by the children's album Why? that November. In March 2016, the band issued Phone Power. The third album compiled from the Dial-A-Song project, it peaked at 122 on the Billboard 200 chart. That year, the band also wrote the song "I'm Not a Loser" for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.
