in a dark room in front of a large "ROCK MUSIC" sign. The video is intentionally over-indulgent, but John and John were unhappy with the final result. Joey Ahlbum's animated versions of John Linnell and John Flansburgh from the "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" music video were used in the first episode of the 1991 sitcom Clarissa Explains It All to show that Clarissa liked Linnell (referred to as "John, the one without glasses"). The figures were also used by Bar/None on promotional postcards. Track listing All tracks by They Might Be Giants. CD track listing 12" track listing Personnel They Might Be Giants John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar John Linnell – vocals, bass saxophone, baritone saxophone, synthesizers, accordion Additional musicians Lt. Anne Moore – vocals Peter Pearmain Thomson – backup vocals Production Al Houghton – engineer Bill Krauss – producer Mark Marek – cover art Rita Zaitschek – cover production References External links (She Was A) Hotel Detective EP at This Might Be A Wiki "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" (song) at This Might Be A Wiki Songs about hotels and motels Songs written by John Flansburgh They Might Be Giants songs Rough Trade Records singles Songs written by John Linnell 1988 songs