#marty beller

[krusebruce]

[scribledon]

Hi tmbgfandom

[chalkodareal]

who woulda guessed. everytime i get enough tmbg drawings i put all the good ones in a tumblr post. if not already obvious

[teedeekay]

Thinking about the time that I was in Florida for They Might Be Giants and discovered that I was staying at the same hotel as the band. I walk into the lobby and there's Marty. 😲👋

[smacmcdnld]

MWAHAHAHA MARTY BELLER COACH Z SHIRT

[tmbgareok]

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[tmbgaresuck]

Please explain to me the Marty Beller lore

!LONG POST!

Marty Beller- The Early Days?

marty, comparted to the Johns, has a very cloudy past that we know nothing about. All we know is that he joined TMBG at some point

one theory I've seen floating around it that Marty's parents couldn't afford their bills, so they ended up SELLING Marty to TMBG! This would explain why his name is Marty.

The Assassin?

Marty Beller is known for being fast, drumming, and being precise. All skills needed to be an ASSASSIN! Also, look into Marty Beller's sinister face and tell me he hasn't killed before.

i knew of this kid named James Piest and he liked TMBG EXCEPT he wasn't too keen on John Linnell. No idea why you'd like the band if you hate one of the leaders. Anyways, Marty Beller 'escorted' him personally to his car...but actually not! They found James DEAD on the cold disgusting asphalt with a lot of blood and a lot of bullet casings and on the car door it said- 'WORK OF MB'...Marty Beller?

also, while no big media outlet will talk about this, David Byrne found a letter neatly tucked into his car wipers that said "COLLAB WITH TMBG OR DIE YOU DIE MB"...suspicious.

The need for a second Marty

since every member has a buddy, it'd just make sense for Marty to have one. But poor ol Marty Smeller doesn't...or does he? Did?

you know how sometimes how siblings kill each other? Maybe that's what happened to the other Marty. This seemingly random skeleton pictured above is standing right next to where the OTHER Marty would be...that's very weird, don't you think? So you shouldn't feel bad about Marty not having a second half, because he likely did and just killed him.

Is it REALLY Marty Beller?

In 2011, TMBG released a song called "Marty Beller Mask", which subtly revealed that Marty Beller was IN FACT Whitney Houston.

as you can see, it is very very easy to get in possession of a Marty Beller mask. In 2009, thats when Whitney Houston released her last album and then likely when she took over Marty Beller's life. She does a good job but I wish she'd stop being so evil and stop promoting her music all the time.

this isn't even Marty's fault, it shows the callousness of TMBG just letting their bandmate get his identity tooken over. It makes it a little less dark if you think that she just takes over for live performances because she is so talented

MISC

There has never been anyone named Marty Beller registered with the SSA...hmmm

The song Doctor Worm may be in reference to how Marty faked being a doctor because it talks about how much this "Doctor Worm" fellow likes playing the drums but is a fake doctor. This song interpretation opens new and scary truths

He kind of looks like he'd own a place where they sell artisanal burgers and only hire hipsters with a lot of piercings

hope this didn't scare you too bad

[backstabbingfarter]

i love the johns but they’ll never be as sinless as marty. if the johns, nay, WE could all be like marty. well…. let’s just say we’d have a VERY full heaven on our hands. god loooooves Marty Beller

[martypilled]

this guy is the definition of silly…

[thelump13]

My tmbg fanart to give to the band in a few days!

[torto-isemusings]

TMBEmotions!

[rizz-penguin]

I made more lol

There's actually Danny this time

[swallow-wind]

Tiny accordion 🪗

[teedeekay]

In 2011, They Might Be Giants performed (as a trio, wearing suits) for a New York City benefit show that also included Sarah Vowell, Eugene Mirman and Mike Birbiglia.

At one point, Sarah offered her impersonation of John Flansburgh taking a nap. Check out my video for her explanation. Keep watching for a clip from TMBG's appearance in which Sarah yells at the band from offstage until John himself demonstrates the sleep pose.

It was all pretty funny, but the real payoff didn’t come until the following month when Andy Richter caught Flansy napping in the green room just prior to TMBG's first appearance on “Conan” 😂

[they-came-from-jersey]

My submitting for TMBPTMBG!!! @tmbgdotlove !!!