frequently asked questions

why did you leave blue's clues? where is the green-striped shirt?

we were the host of nickelodeon's blue's clues for 6 years, working with fantastic people. after the 100th episode, we felt it was time to move on. after we left, we made an album of music for grown-ups, fulfilling our long-held desire to become a rock godlet. helping toddlers rocked, and rocking rocks. we are a lucky man to have done both.

what's all this about the flaming lips?

like a telescope, our relationship with the flaming lips has many different parts. taken together, these parts can be used to see mars.

1. steven drozd and michael ivins, both members of the flaming lips, helped us produce the album songs for dust mites
2. david fridmann, longtime flaming lips producer, engineered, produced and mixed several of the songs on the album.
3. we appear in the flaming lips upcoming movie, christmas on mars.
4. we opened for the flaming lips during their 2003 uk tour.

are you dead? i heard you were dead. there was a thing on the internet that said you were dead. did you die of a heroin overdose? how did you die? i heard you were thrown out of a helicopter by sumner redstone. will you come back as a zombie and eat brains? brains! brains! brains! brains! brains! brains!

we are not dead. we do not plan to die until august 24, 2098. our death will take place in the middle of a 96-minute guitar solo that we will perform wearing a robotic exoskeleton. it will be broadcast live from alpha colony via brainwave-cable, as part of vh1's telecast of the monsters of metaphoric science rock reunion tour.

didn't i see you on some tv show besides blue's clues?

we've been on several tv shows, including homicide and law and order, as well as the classic czech sci-fi program bznk hmrmg! where we played croz the gamrantian.

i saw this site where all these soccer moms were talking about you and your buttocks and stuff. and then they said you had a giant orchid growing out of your head, and that you could fly. one of them wrote at length about how she would like to [censored], which seems like a good way to ruin a barbecue. what's up with that?

we have no idea what you're talking about. what are soccer moms?

can we go on a date?

of course we can, nicole kidman.

i thought you'd be taller

me too.

is it true about the three nannies in texas?

it is categorically untrue, and was in kansas.

as a big game hunter, would you hunt man, given the opportunity?

we are categorically against man-hunting, and enjoy petting kittens and rabbits.

what's all this about space lobsters?

never ask that question again. it's in your own best interest.

what's all this about squirrels?

there were once some squirrels on this web site, but the squirrel anti-defamation league had strong, strong feelings regarding how they sang.

why did you shave your head? are you making a statement?

yes. the statement is, "we have male pattern baldness."

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