Jim Blashfield

The video for "The Word is 'No'" was animated and directed by

Jim Blashfield is noted for creating highly-acclaimed music videos for, among others, Talking Heads ("And She Was") and Paul Simon ("The Boy in the Bubble").

Blashfield's unique collage animation style is notable in all these pieces, and in another frequently-shown music video he directed for Sesame Street, "Monster in the Mirror" and "The Word is "No"".