Doctor Worm

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Music video for Doctor Worm

He's not a real doctor, but he is a real worm.

Choreography!

song name	Doctor Worm
artist	They Might Be Giants
album	Severe Tire Damage, Doctor Worm (Single), Direct From Brooklyn, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants, TMBG Clock Radio, A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity
year	1998
first played	Sep. 9, 1997 (517 known performances)
run time	3:01
sung by	John Linnell

"There's certain songs we have to do for contractual reasons that we'd rather not do; this next song, for the people who are really into the band, we'd like to apologize, the only reason we're doing it is because we have to do it. It's actually a non-specific part of the contract, it doesn't say that we have to do this song, we can do any song in our repertoire involving doctors and worms." - John Flansburgh (The Garage, 09/06/2004)
According to the Direct From Brooklyn DVD's commentary, nobody who appeared in the video actually participated in the recording of the song except for the Johns themselves.
A video which did not feature John and John was created for the Nickelodeon show, "Kablam!", by the design studio Asterisk.
The music video for this was played on Comedy Central a lot in the year 2005.
Has been a staple of the Cornell University Big Red Marching Band's concert repertoire since its introduction in 1998.
Like in James K. Polk, confetti is often fired out of cannons during this song. Right after the guitar solo finishes, the colorful pieces of paper fly into the audience.