Setlists featuring The Famous Polka, page 24
28 Sep 1988 - They Might Be Giants at Knitting Factory, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Road Movie to Berlin, Maybe I Know by Lesley Gore, Letterbox, I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die, Cage & Aquarium, Kiss Me, Son of God, I'll Sink Manhattan, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, The Day
Main 2: Purple Toupee, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Ana Ng, Your Racist Friend, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, I Could Write a Book by Rodgers and Hart, My Funny Valentine by Rodgers and Hart, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Rodgers and Hart, Santa's Beard, I've Got a Match, You'll Miss Me, They'll Need a Crane, Lie Still, Little Bottle, Don't Let's Start, Cowtown, The Famous Polka, She's an Angel
Encore 1: Shoehorn With Teeth, Where Your Eyes Don't Go, Alienation's for the Rich
Encore 2: Number Three
20 Jun 1988 - They Might Be Giants at Tipitina's Uptown, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Purple Toupee, The Famous Polka, Hide Away Folk Family, Kiss Me, Son of God, They'll Need a Crane, Why Does the Sun Shine?, 32 Footsteps, I'll Sink Manhattan, For Science, I've Got a Match, Shoehorn With Teeth, Lie Still, Little Bottle, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Cowtown, Don't Let's Start
Encore 1: Number Three, I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
Encore 2: She's an Angel, Alienation's for the Rich
3 Mar 1988 - They Might Be Giants at Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Main: Lie Still, Little Bottle, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Purple Toupee, The Famous Polka, Kiss Me, Son of God, Santa's Beard, 32 Footsteps, Piece of Dirt, They'll Need a Crane, Cowtown, I've Got a Match, Shoehorn With Teeth, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Don't Let's Start
Encore 1: She's an Angel, Number Three
Encore 2: I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
31 Dec 1987 - They Might Be Giants at Gusto House, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Kiss Me, Son of God, Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes, For Science, Cage & Aquarium, It's Not My Birthday, The World's Address, Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns, Piece of Dirt, Alienation's for the Rich, Why Does the Sun Shine?, My Funny Valentine by Rodgers and Hart, Lie Still, Little Bottle, I've Got a Match, I Could Write a Book by Rodgers and Hart, Don't Let's Start, 32 Footsteps
Main 2: Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Purple Toupee, The Famous Polka, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Hide Away Folk Family, We Just Go Nuts at Christmastime, Snowball in Hell, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Shoehorn With Teeth, When It Rains It Snows, She's an Angel, You'll Miss Me, Cowtown, Rhythm Section Want Ad, Number Three, Mr. Me
28 Nov 1987 - They Might Be Giants at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Main: Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Toddler Hiway, Stormy Pinkness, Purple Toupee, The Famous Polka, Hide Away Folk Family, (She Was a) Hotel Detective, Lie Still, Little Bottle, I've Got a Match, The World's Address, Shoehorn With Teeth, Mr. Me, Kiss Me, Son of God, She's an Angel, Cowtown, Don't Let's Start
Encore 1: Number Three, Pencil Rain, Rhythm Section Want Ad
Encore 2: Alienation's for the Rich, Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
Encore 3: I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die, 32 Footsteps