The Story Behind the Story On Thin Branches (Season 3, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Talk-Show

The Story Behind the Story

On Thin Branches (Season 3, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Talk-Show

This story is about Tommy the tuba player. Not just any tuba player, but considered the best tuba player of the time. Tommy was a nice man. He won the lifetime PTA award and was the teacher every parent wanted their teenage to get. He ...See moreThis story is about Tommy the tuba player. Not just any tuba player, but considered the best tuba player of the time. Tommy was a nice man. He won the lifetime PTA award and was the teacher every parent wanted their teenage to get. He played those eight notes for Bart Simpson and the four notes known as the Price Is Right Loser's theme. But, in 1975 he became the "bad guy" where he was expected to play "out on the thin branches" to scare us with only two notes with his tuba, repeated over and over. Tommy succeeded. Written by molnarmd See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Mike Rowe Self Self See fewer	Dirty Jobs (2005)
Matthew Crouch Self (as Matt Crouch) Self (as Matt Crouch) See fewer	The Omega Code (1999)
Moriah Horn Stationary Driver (uncredited) Stationary Driver (uncredited) See fewer	Twisters (2024)
Jackson Land Steven Spielberg (uncredited) Steven Spielberg (uncredited) See fewer	Centuries Collide (2021)
Ben Richardson John Williams (uncredited) John Williams (uncredited) See fewer	Repercussion (2017)