1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:15,359 --> 00:00:18,039 (ukulele music) 4 00:00:19,839 --> 00:00:23,000 (singing in falsetto) 5 00:00:29,759 --> 00:00:32,719 ♪ They say our love won't pay the rent ♪ 6 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:37,719 ♪ Before it's earned our money's always spent ♪ 7 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,079 ♪ Well I don't know we ain't got no plot ♪ 8 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:46,840 ♪ Still I'm sure of all the love we got ♪ 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,159 ♪ Babe ♪ 10 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,679 ♪ I got you babe ♪ 11 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:54,479 ♪ I got you babe ♪ 12 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:58,880 ♪ Some people say your hair's so long ♪ 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,879 ♪ I don't care, with you I can't go wrong ♪ 14 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:09,480 ♪ So put your little hand in mine ♪ 15 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,439 ♪ Ain't no mountain or valley we can't climb ♪ 16 00:01:14,439 --> 00:01:16,480 ♪ Babe ♪ 17 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,879 ♪ I got you babe, I got you babe ♪ 18 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:22,040 (singing in falsetto) 19 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,799 - This is army sergeant Bob Martin 20 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:35,920 on the scene of Beat Club in Bremen Germany, 21 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,359 and I have with my today, god bless, Tiny Tim. 22 00:01:40,599 --> 00:01:43,319 - Going through the city for almost 10 years, 23 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,359 13 years, at least, being as a freak. 24 00:01:45,359 --> 00:01:47,680 It was really the challenge I tried to overcome, 25 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,560 because in all fairness, by 1962, 26 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,959 every friend of mine and every relative 27 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:55,159 had given up on me. 28 00:01:55,159 --> 00:01:56,719 They would come into my mother's house 29 00:01:56,719 --> 00:01:57,719 and just shake their head when they saw me 30 00:01:57,719 --> 00:02:00,560 and walk the other way. - That's amazing. 31 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,640 - That's why I believe you're talking 32 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,360 to the biggest miracle perhaps ever 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:04,439 in the history of show business, 34 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:07,240 because while there were people who did suffer 35 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,800 hard and starve and went through all this, 36 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,520 they never had to go through the art 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:12,800 of being a freak, 38 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,919 and make it at the same time. 39 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,719 I don't know anyone who has done it. 40 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:17,919 - [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 41 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,000 Mr. Tiny Tim! 42 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:22,199 (soft atmospheric music) - Ladies and gentlemen-- 43 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:23,919 - The one and only-- - New York City's own-- 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:25,800 - Tiny Tim! - Tiny Tim! 45 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,080 - [Announcer] (echoing) Tiny Tim! 46 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:28,960 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Dear Lord, 47 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,520 today I had an awful day. 48 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,400 I am the biggest star in the country. 49 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,400 What I have is desired by almost everyone, 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,759 and yet, oh blessed Lord, my soul is dwelling in Hell, 51 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:44,960 and I cry out for help, oh Jesus. 52 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,080 ♪ When you're strange ♪ 53 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:47,919 (audience cheering) 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,120 ♪ Faces come out of the rain ♪ 55 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,120 ♪ When you're strange ♪ 56 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,240 ♪ No one remembers your name ♪ 57 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,840 - Tiny Tim's on next! (audience applauding) 58 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,919 ♪ When you're strange ♪ 59 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:01,759 - Who is this? 60 00:03:01,759 --> 00:03:03,639 Where did he come from? 61 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:04,840 Who dropped him here? 62 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,800 - His sexual ambiguity, political ambiguity, 63 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,360 ethnic ambiguity, it's all ambiguous with Tiny Tim. 64 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,240 - I feel like someone from Mars come to Earth. 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,520 - He took all the male female adult child 66 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,280 and just kind of put it into a blender 67 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:23,759 and hit the button. 68 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:25,719 (cackling menacingly) 69 00:03:25,719 --> 00:03:27,360 And then I immediately thought 70 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,120 that's the man I want to marry. 71 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,319 ♪ Strange ♪ 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,800 ♪ I treasure the grace of her sweet smiling face ♪ 73 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,280 ♪ The Bible my mother left for me ♪ 74 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,120 (clapping) 75 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,960 - Tiny's widow is here. 76 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,599 My name is Johnny Pineapple. 77 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:02,560 I was Tiny's closest friend, 78 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,120 and we're actually in the middle 79 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,039 of shooting a documentary. 80 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:06,879 - Oh my gosh. (gasping) 81 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:08,759 - So this is very exciting 82 00:04:08,759 --> 00:04:11,319 that in the time of your loss, 83 00:04:11,319 --> 00:04:13,680 you know, are here for a funeral, 84 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,279 but God bless you, decided to come down 85 00:04:15,279 --> 00:04:17,800 and just see where Tiny is resting. 86 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:18,639 Let me show you. 87 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:19,920 Come on in. 88 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,000 He was born Herbert Butros Khaury. 89 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,600 And of course everybody knows him as Tiny Tim. 90 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,759 - [Man] Is he from here? 91 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:29,600 - Good question. 92 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,560 Actually he was a New York City guy, 93 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,240 born and raised in New York City in 1932. 94 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,480 (nostalgic band music) 95 00:04:42,959 --> 00:04:45,639 (bells tolling) 96 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,879 - When you look at where Herbert Khaury begins 97 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:52,040 and Tiny Tim ends, nothing was ever normal 98 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,879 from top to bottom, from start to finish. 99 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:56,759 So why should his birth be normal? 100 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:01,879 - If they had waited to do that cesarean 101 00:05:01,879 --> 00:05:05,560 another minute or two, he would have lived out his life 102 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,600 in the rehabilitation hospital, in a wheelchair 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:09,439 or in bed. 104 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,240 - His mother Tillie is from a Russian Jewish family, 105 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,720 and his father, Butros, 106 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,279 is from a Lebanese Christian family. 107 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,360 That was unheard of, especially a Jew marrying an Arab 108 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,240 in those days was pretty unusual. 109 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,199 (dark atmospheric music) 110 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:42,199 - [Bernie] He had a violent relationship with mom and dad. 111 00:05:47,519 --> 00:05:50,519 They had him, they took care of him. 112 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,040 I don't think they ever loved him. 113 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:59,079 - Tiny described to me many times 114 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:01,839 my parents' room had no door. 115 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,319 There was no door on their room. 116 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:05,800 No door. 117 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,759 And he was agitated. 118 00:06:07,759 --> 00:06:09,439 And he couldn't leave his room 119 00:06:09,439 --> 00:06:11,839 without walking into their private space. 120 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,839 (cranking) 121 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,519 (static buzzing) 122 00:06:19,519 --> 00:06:24,439 - He had Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Arthur Godfrey, 123 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:26,079 and his ukulele. 124 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:29,040 He would play them 30 times a night, 125 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,800 and it would turn him on so. 126 00:06:31,639 --> 00:06:33,759 ♪ Like a shivered sea ♪ 127 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:37,000 ♪ I'm just lost in a fog ♪ 128 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,240 ♪ My mind is hazy ♪ 129 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,800 ♪ My thoughts are blue ♪ 130 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,560 ♪ Guess I'll always be ♪ 131 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:48,560 ♪ Kind of lost in the park without you ♪ 132 00:06:51,199 --> 00:06:53,360 ♪ Waiting night and day ♪ 133 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,680 ♪ Like a bump on a log ♪ 134 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,279 ♪ I'm going crazy ♪ 135 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,439 ♪ Why can't you ♪ 136 00:07:01,439 --> 00:07:03,519 ♪ Help me find my life ♪ 137 00:07:03,519 --> 00:07:04,360 ♪ Because I'm ♪ 138 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,480 - [Man] Herbert! 139 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,319 (record scratching) (romantic dreamy music) 140 00:07:09,319 --> 00:07:12,879 - His parents were elderly, and they really tolerated him, 141 00:07:12,879 --> 00:07:14,319 but they didn't understand him, 142 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:16,160 so he locked himself in his room, 143 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,040 and in his imagination, with another life, 144 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,240 invented his reality, 145 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,680 invented people in his loneliness 146 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,480 to take him away from that spot. 147 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:34,199 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Had a violent clash with my mother. 148 00:07:34,199 --> 00:07:36,279 She broke my records and my mandolin. 149 00:07:37,279 --> 00:07:39,160 I was thrown out of the house 150 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,519 and stood in the cold rain for three hours. 151 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,720 - Was a particularly rough time in his life. 152 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,079 His parents are getting ready to throw him out of the house. 153 00:07:53,079 --> 00:07:55,639 He wasn't making any money. 154 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:58,319 He decided he had to do something, 155 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:02,560 so he took the subway down to the financial district, 156 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,360 sat on the sidewalk with a sign 157 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,480 help save classical music. 158 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,319 (cheerful ukulele music) (car horns blaring) 159 00:08:11,319 --> 00:08:14,480 ♪ Was a lovely April shower ♪ 160 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,000 ♪ It was the most haunting and dark ♪ 161 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:17,839 - [Man] You prick! 162 00:08:17,839 --> 00:08:20,600 - The first time I saw Herbert 163 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,759 was when he was standing on the street 164 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,439 with his ukulele. 165 00:08:26,519 --> 00:08:27,559 He really enjoyed it. 166 00:08:27,559 --> 00:08:28,399 - [Man] Fuck you! 167 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,639 (laughing raucously) 168 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:32,759 ♪ I hung around til three or four ♪ 169 00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:37,039 - [Bernie] They got mad because he was so damn weird, 170 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,240 and all they wanted to do was kill him, 171 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,480 throw eggs at him, garbage cans, anything. 172 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,320 (crashing) 173 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,879 - [Man] Get fucking wrecked, you faggot! 174 00:08:45,879 --> 00:08:49,200 (sad atmospheric music) 175 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:55,320 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Another wasted day 176 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,240 of my life has passed. 177 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:02,440 All in all, today was just another day of thinking. 178 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,919 Will I be a success in singing? 179 00:09:04,919 --> 00:09:06,159 What is my future? 180 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:08,799 However, my main objective is to be 181 00:09:08,799 --> 00:09:10,600 self-confident with girls. 182 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,000 My father insisted today that I see a psychiatrist, 183 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,039 but I said Jesus Christ is my doctor. 184 00:09:27,919 --> 00:09:29,120 ♪ I had a crazy feeling ♪ 185 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,039 ♪ The first time we met ♪ 186 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:33,960 (marker squeaking) 187 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,879 - [Narrator] What Jimmy didn't know 188 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:40,360 was that Ralph was sick, 189 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,039 a sickness of the mind. 190 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:44,600 You see, Ralph was a homosexual. 191 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,840 - Tiny was what I call half-gay, 192 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,879 which means that his problem 193 00:09:49,879 --> 00:09:52,039 had more to do with identity 194 00:09:52,039 --> 00:09:54,320 than with sexual preference, 195 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,559 and he had when he was young 196 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,000 a relationship for about five years with a guy, 197 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,080 and it was just a romanticized friendship. 198 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,600 (romantic nostalgic music) 199 00:10:09,919 --> 00:10:11,200 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Bobby Gonsalves came in. 200 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,480 Praise the Lord. 201 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,480 And of course, I was admiring his body, muscles, 202 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,080 using myself as a punching bag, which is wonderful. 203 00:10:21,159 --> 00:10:23,000 (giggling) 204 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,600 - [Producer] This is good and bad points 205 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,360 about Bobby Gonsalves 206 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,120 from the diaries. 207 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,639 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Bobby Gonsalves, good points, 208 00:10:34,639 --> 00:10:37,799 his kind heart, his sincerity, 209 00:10:37,799 --> 00:10:42,240 his honesty, his tender gentle love for the poor, 210 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,639 his always telling the truth, 211 00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:46,399 his warm smile of love. 212 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,720 - Well what is the bad points? 213 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,399 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Bad points. 214 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,039 Zero. 215 00:10:56,039 --> 00:10:59,159 - [Producer] You didn't know that he saw so much in you? 216 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,840 - No. 217 00:11:02,799 --> 00:11:03,879 No, I really didn't. 218 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:06,879 Hmm. 219 00:11:06,879 --> 00:11:08,159 - [Producer] What do you think about it? 220 00:11:08,159 --> 00:11:09,320 - I'm a little shocked. 221 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,279 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Bobby Gonsalves came. 222 00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:15,480 He said he was sleeping over. 223 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,159 He took his pants and shirt and glasses off. 224 00:11:19,159 --> 00:11:21,679 I closed the light and also went to bed with him. 225 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,080 I massaged his back. 226 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,080 He fell asleep. 227 00:11:27,159 --> 00:11:28,559 Dad came into my room, 228 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,000 put the lights on, and almost blew a fuse 229 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,080 when he saw Bob, who was still asleep. 230 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:36,600 I tried to assure him, but finally Ma came in, 231 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,440 saw Bob, and boom! 232 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,720 That was it. 233 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,480 Out he went, and I got hit, yelling, et cetera. 234 00:11:47,159 --> 00:11:48,080 (church bell tolling) 235 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,320 I went to the pastor to tell him my views 236 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,440 on my belief in Christ. 237 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,360 He told me to see a psychiatrist. 238 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,120 Then I was kicked out of the Catholic church 239 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,399 for being a smart Alec. 240 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:00,879 Everyone is against me. 241 00:12:02,759 --> 00:12:06,360 (cheerful band music) 242 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,039 ♪ People are queer ♪ 243 00:12:08,039 --> 00:12:10,080 ♪ They're always glowing, scrambling ♪ 244 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,879 - [Eddie] His biggest conviction was you gotta do something 245 00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:13,840 to get noticed. 246 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,200 ♪ And dress themselves this way ♪ 247 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,799 - There's a great photo of Tiny Tim 248 00:12:19,799 --> 00:12:23,960 by Diane Arbus that really has the genesis of the look. 249 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,600 It's beautiful and shocking. 250 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,759 It has so many elements of what really makes something last. 251 00:12:29,759 --> 00:12:32,600 It's a unique beauty, his character. 252 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,399 It's not typical beauty, by any means. 253 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:37,960 But it's beautiful in that he created it, you know. 254 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,639 It's a miracle, really. 255 00:12:39,639 --> 00:12:40,600 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] The fellows kidded me 256 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,559 about my sissy-ish appearance, 257 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,840 but the girls looked at me. 258 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,240 - And then one day he says he prayed to Jesus 259 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,039 and he woke up with the high voice. 260 00:12:57,519 --> 00:12:58,879 (cheerful ukulele music) 261 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:01,399 ♪ Mary Lou ♪ 262 00:13:01,399 --> 00:13:04,000 ♪ Mary Lou ♪ 263 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,840 ♪ Cross my heart ♪ 264 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:07,679 ♪ I love you ♪ 265 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:08,840 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Today I tried my new style 266 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,399 at the old Alliance Club. 267 00:13:12,799 --> 00:13:13,759 It worked. 268 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:17,399 Praise the blessed Lord Jesus, they screamed. 269 00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:20,159 I must sing the sissy way. 270 00:13:20,159 --> 00:13:23,480 God told me to sing the sissy way. 271 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,039 Thanks ever so much for the magnetism onstage 272 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:28,799 that you've given me. 273 00:13:28,799 --> 00:13:30,679 Today I had to be taken to safety 274 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,120 by two cops and a fireman. 275 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,039 I believe, however, this is the start 276 00:13:36,039 --> 00:13:37,519 of a great success. 277 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,879 (laughing menacingly) 278 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:45,879 - So Tiny basically went through the 50s 279 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:48,240 playing at all these amateur singing contests, 280 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,879 and all these little dive bars, 281 00:13:50,879 --> 00:13:53,080 maybe making a few dollars here and there, 282 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:57,919 but actually didn't land his first steady gig until 1959 283 00:13:57,919 --> 00:14:01,000 and that was at Hubert's Museum and Flea Circus, 284 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,360 which was essentially a freak show 285 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,879 located in Times Square. 286 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,759 - [Host] I don't like to use the word freaks, 287 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:09,240 so I'll just use the oddities of nature, 288 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,519 and the main act was fleas dance to music. 289 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:14,639 - How do you train them? 290 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:16,600 - Well, we have to form habits in them. 291 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:21,600 Larry is Napolean bonafide with his cannons 292 00:14:21,759 --> 00:14:25,360 and Caesar with their Roman chariots. 293 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,240 All right, boys. 294 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,120 - And he found himself billed alongside 295 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,000 the armless wonder, the handless sharp shooter, 296 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 elephant man, and whatever else they had in there. 297 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,519 And he was billed as Larry Love, the human canary. 298 00:14:40,519 --> 00:14:45,120 ♪ Open the page of a book and all ♪ 299 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:49,240 ♪ Brings back a memory of days of Yore ♪ 300 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:50,720 (audience laughing) 301 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,000 ♪ Only a rose leaf that lingers ♪ 302 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,360 It was no doubt humiliating in some way. 303 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,879 I mean, people came through not to enjoy these people, 304 00:15:01,879 --> 00:15:03,120 but to gawk at them. 305 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,639 (dark atmospheric music) 306 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,080 (laughing mockingly) 307 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,559 (birds chirping) 308 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:24,679 (soft music) 309 00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:28,679 - A lot of the prescribed routes for us 310 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:31,480 to live and interact with one another 311 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,960 were considered artificial, were considered mannered, 312 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:40,080 as if people were walking around with masks 313 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,279 and playing roles. 314 00:15:42,519 --> 00:15:47,440 And this is the way women are supposed to behave, 315 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,960 and this is what being a man is about. 316 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,840 - There had to be a break, 317 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,720 like a new generation was coming in 318 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,399 with completely different ideas. 319 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:05,679 (lively folk music) 320 00:16:08,559 --> 00:16:11,720 - People who were reaching to be 321 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,759 something individual were valued 322 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:18,039 and appreciated for being just that. 323 00:16:18,039 --> 00:16:21,679 And in that sense, Tiny Tim was one of those people, 324 00:16:21,679 --> 00:16:23,799 and therefore he was a trailblazer. 325 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:26,279 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Praise the Lord. 326 00:16:26,279 --> 00:16:28,240 I was mentioned in the Village Voice 327 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,320 under the name Tiny Tim. 328 00:16:31,799 --> 00:16:33,960 - [Announcer] We have a different kind of music 329 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,000 for you right now. 330 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,879 A different kind of personality. 331 00:16:38,879 --> 00:16:41,559 This gentleman is very, very quickly 332 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:44,000 picking up a following. 333 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,720 And let's have a great big hand 334 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,039 for Mr. Tiny Tim. 335 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:48,960 (scattered applauding) 336 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,120 - I was wandering by this club in the West Village, 337 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,440 and in there I saw Tiny Tim. 338 00:16:56,679 --> 00:16:58,399 Who cooked my brain. 339 00:16:59,559 --> 00:17:01,640 - [Jonas] And there was some women and some men, 340 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:02,960 and lights went out. 341 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,160 - [Tiny Tim] I hope you'll approve this song, 342 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,960 my dear friends, because if you don't 343 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,599 I'm very sorry, because these are one of these numbers 344 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:12,119 that catch me at this time of night. 345 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,559 - And in that silence and darkness 346 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:17,799 suddenly you could hear ukulele. 347 00:17:17,799 --> 00:17:20,440 (ukulele music) 348 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:27,480 ♪ When I have brand new hairdo ♪ 349 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:33,279 ♪ And my eyelashes are in curl ♪ 350 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:39,680 ♪ Well I float like the clouds on air do ♪ 351 00:17:40,839 --> 00:17:44,079 ♪ I enjoy being a girl ♪ 352 00:17:46,759 --> 00:17:47,920 Who is this? 353 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,039 Where did he come from? 354 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:50,400 Who dropped him here? 355 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,000 He's not from here. 356 00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:55,599 That voice is also not from here. 357 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,640 ♪ Being a guy, having a girl like me ♪ 358 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:06,200 (jaunty piano music) 359 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:07,119 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Speaking with the world's 360 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,880 greatest entertainer today, Mr. Dylan, 361 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,960 and his wanting me for a movie, Lord willing. 362 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,240 Thank you for the wonderful talent he sees in me. 363 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,000 To be a close friend of him, to stay and sleep 364 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,839 in his house, well this was too much. 365 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:24,920 And to top it all, he is paying me for it. 366 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,839 Thanks as I also sang for his beautiful wife and kids. 367 00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:31,839 - Dylan was sort of interested in doing a film, 368 00:18:31,839 --> 00:18:35,200 I kind of was involved in it, 369 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,559 in which we were gonna do a circus, 370 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:40,279 and Tiny Tim was gonna be the guy 371 00:18:40,279 --> 00:18:42,480 with the top hat and the whip. 372 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,400 People were talking about it a lot 373 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,720 but it never got off the ground. 374 00:18:50,599 --> 00:18:53,359 He was a complete outlaw. 375 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:54,880 A complete outlaw. 376 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,440 So it made him very vulnerable, but very interesting. 377 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:00,960 You really liked him a lot. 378 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,279 (funky bass music) 379 00:19:17,319 --> 00:19:21,640 (Tiny Tim singing in high falsetto) 380 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:28,599 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Thanks for a great night 381 00:19:28,599 --> 00:19:31,680 at The Scene where the in crowd goes. 382 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,640 I will be a star. 383 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,839 The biggest star of our times. 384 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,480 ♪ When you're strange ♪ 385 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,920 ♪ Faces come out of the rain ♪ 386 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,799 - The Scene was one of those places 387 00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:46,359 where all musicians would get together 388 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,519 and see another musician. 389 00:19:48,519 --> 00:19:50,440 ♪ No one remembers your name ♪ 390 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,680 ♪ When you're strange ♪ 391 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,880 - Oh! 392 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,960 (laughing) 393 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,279 They're playing our campaign! 394 00:19:58,279 --> 00:20:00,720 - Everybody thought that he was just a homeless guy 395 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,039 who wandered into the club. 396 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:05,559 We're watching him, and the audience 397 00:20:05,559 --> 00:20:07,799 is kind of aghast. 398 00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:11,200 (singing delightedly) (laughing) 399 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,559 - I know you're impatient waiting for it, 400 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:15,799 but I have to find the words for you. 401 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:18,480 - [Tommy] Suddenly the audience, all of us, 402 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,079 sort of at the same time, realized 403 00:20:21,079 --> 00:20:22,799 this guy's not kidding. 404 00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:25,000 This guy's for real. 405 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,359 Then they started laughing in a different way. 406 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,759 ♪ Gold will change you like Mephisto ♪ 407 00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:36,119 ♪ Remember this, though ♪ 408 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,920 ♪ Love makes you a Monte Cristo ♪ 409 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,640 ♪ King for a day ♪ 410 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,599 - I may make the world think I'm merry, 411 00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:50,599 but I can't hide the truth from myself, 412 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:54,279 so no matter what happens, I must go on acting, 413 00:20:54,279 --> 00:20:56,799 acting, (laughing) acting! 414 00:20:56,799 --> 00:20:59,720 ♪ We are calling out so loud, ♪ 415 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,880 ♪ Oh love ♪ 416 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,799 (laughing) 417 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:06,599 (audience applauding) 418 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:07,720 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Today I signed a contract 419 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,839 with Reprise Records, Mr. Frank Sinatra's company. 420 00:21:10,839 --> 00:21:13,799 They want me in LA on Monday for recordings. 421 00:21:13,799 --> 00:21:15,000 (train whistling) 422 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,200 - [Bob] You're going now to the west coast, to Hollywood? 423 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,119 - [Tiny] Yes Bob, thanks again. 424 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,720 Can I just sing one last thing? 425 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,759 Nighty-night to all in radio land! 426 00:21:23,759 --> 00:21:27,519 ♪ It's time to say goodnight ♪ 427 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,519 (dreamy music) 428 00:21:31,519 --> 00:21:33,720 (giggles) 429 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,519 - [Bob] Well Tiny Tim, I hope that Hollywood 430 00:21:38,519 --> 00:21:40,039 doesn't make you affected. 431 00:21:40,039 --> 00:21:42,039 You won't go Hollywood on us, will you? 432 00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:43,359 Bye-bye Tiny. 433 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,319 (cheerful music) 434 00:21:45,319 --> 00:21:48,680 ♪ On the good ship lollipop ♪ 435 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,559 ♪ It's a sweet trip to a candy shop ♪ 436 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:55,200 ♪ Where bonbons play ♪ 437 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,200 ♪ On the sunny beach of peppermint bay ♪ 438 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,799 - [Tiny] Hello my dear friends! 439 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:06,160 Well, here I am on record at last, 440 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,200 and it feels so wonderful to be here with you 441 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,640 on my first album. 442 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,599 ♪ I'm so happy ♪ 443 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:17,400 ♪ Happy go lucky me ♪ 444 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,880 - We put out the God Bless Tiny Tim album, 445 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,599 and the timing was right for it. 446 00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:24,039 People were ready to accept him. 447 00:22:24,039 --> 00:22:26,519 - We didn't treat him cartoony. 448 00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:29,680 We treated him like a real pop singer, like Frank Sinatra. 449 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,880 A real singer, like a real artist. 450 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,400 - Tiny showed up at our office one day 451 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,440 with a shopping bag and with his ukulele 452 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,880 underneath his arm, and I did not know what to make of him. 453 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,079 The only thing he kept doing was this 454 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:45,200 oh, Mr. Deblasio, Mr. Deblasio, 455 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,960 thank you, thank you. 456 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,680 And I couldn't figure it out. 457 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,480 And I was told by Roy, 458 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,039 he said to me, now listen, 459 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:54,240 this one is crazy. 460 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,079 And I said well, you know, they're all sort of crazy. 461 00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:57,920 Every one of them. 462 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,440 He said no, you don't understand. 463 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,799 This one is truly wacko. 464 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,119 I said wacko? 465 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,640 And he said wacko. 466 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:12,680 ♪ I'm right here to stay ♪ 467 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:13,839 ♪ When I'm old and gray ♪ 468 00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:16,599 - I was in the middle of a writer's meeting 469 00:23:16,599 --> 00:23:17,960 and Richard Perry walked in with Digby Wolfe 470 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,400 and said we wanna introduce you to somebody. 471 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,799 And I said not now, I've got the room full of writers. 472 00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:24,000 I don't have time for that right now. 473 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,799 They said we must insist. 474 00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:28,079 And they walked in with Tiny Tim 475 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:31,920 and the shopping bag, and I said what the hell? 476 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,519 - I got a surprise for you. 477 00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:34,480 - Oh, you're kidding. 478 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,640 You got a goodie for me 479 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,920 so early in the evening? 480 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,079 - Wait'll you see this. 481 00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:39,559 - So we brought him out onstage 482 00:23:39,559 --> 00:23:43,000 and we introduced him, Dan introduced him to Dick, 483 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,799 and Dick had never seen anything like Tiny Tim. 484 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,240 - The toast of Greenwich Village 485 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,759 in his first appearance anywhere, Tiny Tim. 486 00:23:50,759 --> 00:23:53,920 (audience applauding) 487 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:02,039 - NBC said you can't put this guy on, 488 00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:02,880 he's like a freak. 489 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,240 I said he's a big star. 490 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,839 ♪ Oh, tiptoe through the window ♪ 491 00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:11,160 ♪ By the window that is where I'll be ♪ 492 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,079 ♪ Come tiptoe through the tulips ♪ 493 00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:14,039 He's a star. 494 00:24:14,039 --> 00:24:15,279 Listen to this, you know. 495 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:16,720 The man's a star. 496 00:24:17,839 --> 00:24:19,720 ♪ Oh ♪ (audience laughing) 497 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,319 ♪ Tiptoe by the garden ♪ 498 00:24:22,319 --> 00:24:24,240 ♪ By the garden ♪ (audience applauding) 499 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,200 ♪ Among the willow tree ♪ 500 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,480 This is my favorite, watch this right here. 501 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,640 ♪ Leading ♪ (audience laughing) 502 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,160 (laughing) 503 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,240 - Ooh! 504 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,839 (jaunty piano music) 505 00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:37,640 That was it. 506 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:38,960 And they fell in love with him. 507 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,519 - Once he hit laughing, he was playing everyone. 508 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,400 - This album right here, I understand people like Bob Dylan, 509 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,240 Peter Paul and Mary, predict that this next gentleman 510 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,240 is gonna be the biggest record seller 511 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,200 I guess of this coming year. 512 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,279 ♪ Knee deep in flowers we'll stray ♪ 513 00:24:57,279 --> 00:25:01,599 ♪ We'll keep the showers away ♪ 514 00:25:01,599 --> 00:25:05,039 - Thousands of letters poured into CBS 515 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:08,160 asking who is this guy, but very quickly, 516 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,519 he was on the cover of every major magazine, 517 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:12,400 merchandising was popping up, 518 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,079 and God Bless Tiny Tim, miraculously, 519 00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:18,079 pierced the top 10 of the US Billboard charts. 520 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:22,759 ♪ And tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪ 521 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,039 (clicking tongue) 522 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:29,160 (audience laughing) 523 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,440 - It was unlike anything else. 524 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,359 - We just thought he was it. 525 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,359 - The audience loved him when he walked out there. 526 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,680 - Your appearance here, your last appearance here, 527 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,839 we received more mail about you 528 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:44,000 than almost anyone else we've ever had on the show. 529 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,680 - Oh thank you, out there in television land! 530 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,480 (audience laughing) 531 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,079 (dreamy music) 532 00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:54,839 - A lot of our fans wanna know 533 00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:56,559 how old are you, Tiny Tim? 534 00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:58,319 - Oh, mystery! 535 00:25:58,319 --> 00:26:01,559 (audience laughing) 536 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:02,640 I feel so young! 537 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,720 - I also know that you admire the astronauts, 538 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,519 or was it that you would like to be one? 539 00:26:06,519 --> 00:26:08,319 - Well, not really an astronaut, Mr. Cavett. 540 00:26:08,319 --> 00:26:09,559 I've always been-- 541 00:26:09,559 --> 00:26:11,759 (audience laughing) 542 00:26:11,759 --> 00:26:12,640 (audience applauding) 543 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,759 It's not an astronaut I wanna be. 544 00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:16,599 I'd love to go to the planets and stay there. 545 00:26:16,599 --> 00:26:20,720 - The man who made tulips the national flower, Tiny Tim! 546 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,720 ♪ There will always be an England ♪ 547 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,440 ♪ While there's a country lane ♪ 548 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,720 ♪ Wherever there's a cottage small ♪ 549 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,559 (exciting music) (audience applauding) 550 00:26:38,559 --> 00:26:40,880 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Years ago, I told my parents 551 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,640 that one day they would be in the front row 552 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,119 when I did the Ed Sullivan show. 553 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,079 No one believed it then. 554 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:49,519 Today, it happened. 555 00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:50,319 - Take a bow. 556 00:26:50,319 --> 00:26:52,000 Where are your parents? 557 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,359 I'd like them to stand up, please. 558 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:54,480 (audience applauding) 559 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,480 (soft dreamy music) 560 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,400 ♪ Welcome to my dream ♪ 561 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:09,160 ♪ It now seems real ♪ 562 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,880 ♪ You're what it needed ♪ 563 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,519 ♪ To make it ideal ♪ 564 00:27:16,519 --> 00:27:19,160 - Now, if my mother, for example, were to write you 565 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,799 and say that her son wears long hair 566 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:23,680 and sings in a falsetto voice, 567 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,519 and it bothers her, now what would you write back? 568 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:29,240 Assuming that I haven't made the grade yet. 569 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,200 (audience laughing) (laughing) 570 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,720 - What is your mother's feeling? 571 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,640 - Well-- (audience laughing) 572 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,440 (audience applauding) 573 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,599 Well before I made it, she asked who in her family 574 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,039 was like it. 575 00:27:41,039 --> 00:27:42,920 And then my father asked the same thing, 576 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,799 because there was no answer to that. 577 00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:47,880 So her feelings were quite bad. 578 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,400 ♪ Fill your heart with love today ♪ 579 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,079 ♪ Don't play the game of time ♪ 580 00:27:56,079 --> 00:27:59,640 ♪ Things that happen in the past ♪ 581 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,519 ♪ Happened in your mind ♪ 582 00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:05,839 ♪ In your mind, only in your mind ♪ 583 00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:07,400 ♪ In your mind ♪ 584 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,880 ♪ Forget your mind and you'll be free ♪ 585 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,599 - And as we move into the summer of 1968, 586 00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:17,680 Tinymania reaches its climax. 587 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,279 He tours across the continental US, 588 00:28:20,279 --> 00:28:23,000 including Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, 589 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,119 then he moves across the Atlantic to the UK and Europe. 590 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,279 Everyone wants to meet him. 591 00:28:28,279 --> 00:28:31,039 - Mr. Lennon called up and he said gee 592 00:28:31,039 --> 00:28:34,240 he'd love to have me at Albert Hall. 593 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,480 ♪ Tiny Tim for president ♪ 594 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,119 ♪ Oh Tiny Tim for queen ♪ 595 00:28:39,119 --> 00:28:41,680 (upbeat music) 596 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,480 (laughing) 597 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,559 One eye is brown. 598 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:49,680 The other eye, 599 00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:51,400 is brown. 600 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,200 - Sounds strange to say well Tiny Tim arrived 601 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,519 at a time when the country needed a Tiny Tim. 602 00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,359 We did, because the world was screwed up 603 00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:02,359 nothing like it is today. 604 00:29:02,359 --> 00:29:04,599 ♪ Cars are waiting ♪ 605 00:29:04,599 --> 00:29:06,440 ♪ Windshields wiping ♪ 606 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,440 ♪ Nowhere left to go ♪ 607 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,680 ♪ The ice caps are melting ♪ 608 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,440 ♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho ♪ 609 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,119 ♪ All the world is drowning ♪ 610 00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:27,359 ♪ To wash away the sin ♪ 611 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,440 - [Tiny] And the seagull flies 612 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,839 in search of land. 613 00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:45,799 The children hide beneath the sand 614 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,440 while floating toys-- 615 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,839 - We needed somebody that was that sweet, 616 00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:54,920 that vulnerable, and that kind, 617 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,640 and Tim walked in there, and he became a national hero. 618 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,880 ♪ As I approach the prime of my life ♪ 619 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:08,200 ♪ I find I have the time of my life ♪ 620 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,720 ♪ Learning to enjoy at my leisure ♪ 621 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,000 ♪ All the simple pleasures ♪ 622 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,640 ♪ And so I happily conceive ♪ 623 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:23,799 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Thanks for the most 624 00:30:23,799 --> 00:30:25,640 fantastic happenings. 625 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,559 People stop me wherever I go, and I sign autographs. 626 00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:30,880 I am invited to parties 627 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,359 with all the great stars of Hollywood 628 00:30:33,359 --> 00:30:35,200 and with beautiful girls. 629 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:40,519 ♪ Beautiful girls ♪ 630 00:30:40,519 --> 00:30:43,039 ♪ Walk a little slower ♪ 631 00:30:43,039 --> 00:30:48,039 ♪ When you walk by me ♪ 632 00:30:48,759 --> 00:30:52,000 ♪ Lingering sunsets ♪ 633 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,920 ♪ Stay a little longer with the lonely sea ♪ 634 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,119 - Yes, he was a cartoon character, 635 00:31:02,119 --> 00:31:04,160 but that's when you looked at him with the shopping bag, 636 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,359 but it wasn't the shopping bag singing, 637 00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:08,319 and it wasn't the funny jacket singing. 638 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,359 It was Tiny Tim, and what he was, and what he, 639 00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:16,279 he added a magic to it 640 00:31:16,279 --> 00:31:19,160 that I had never heard before. 641 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:24,160 ♪ I will stay younger ♪ 642 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:28,640 ♪ Than spring ♪ 643 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,039 (audience applauding) 644 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,119 - [Johnny] Well, you broke it up again, Tiny. 645 00:31:42,119 --> 00:31:43,480 - Thank you, Mr. Carson. 646 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,039 - That's a hell of a Russ Columbo style, right? 647 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:48,319 - Mixed with Mr. Crosby. 648 00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:49,559 - Yeah. 649 00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:51,039 Very good. 650 00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:52,279 I think you took everybody a little bit by surprise 651 00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:53,640 on that one. 652 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,599 (audience applauding) Right? 653 00:31:57,599 --> 00:32:01,000 (soft atmospheric music) 654 00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:10,640 - He was a great performer, 655 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,759 and he was passionate about his music, 656 00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:17,839 but he was more passionate about girls. 657 00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:19,519 - On the first of January 658 00:32:19,519 --> 00:32:21,519 to the last day of December 659 00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:23,240 I give a trophy out 660 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:24,799 to the most beautiful girl of the year 661 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,079 who I've met. 662 00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:27,759 And I like to give a lot of trophies out, 663 00:32:27,759 --> 00:32:29,839 but of course I can only give one. 664 00:32:29,839 --> 00:32:31,839 Usually the girl never knows it. 665 00:32:31,839 --> 00:32:33,079 - Have you ever thought of replacing the trophy 666 00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:34,599 with a ring, or marriage-- 667 00:32:34,599 --> 00:32:36,759 (laughing) 668 00:32:36,759 --> 00:32:37,599 - Never! 669 00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:38,720 Never. 670 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,480 Because I could never get married. 671 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,440 - He'd tell us stories about girls he had crushes on. 672 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,400 - Yes, which was a lot. 673 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,680 A lot of girls. 674 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:47,519 (laughing) 675 00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:50,039 - And one time he was getting so excited, 676 00:32:50,039 --> 00:32:52,119 I don't know if you remember, Ms. Cleo, 677 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:53,880 he was telling us all about Ms. Cleo 678 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,160 who was a showgirl somewhere, 679 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,640 and all of a sudden he's going oh, Ms. Cleo, Ms. Cleo! 680 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,400 And he jumps on the bed on his back, 681 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,680 and he's kicking his feet and his arms, 682 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:04,799 and it's Ms. Cleo! 683 00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:07,000 He was going like out of his mind. 684 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,119 - If you could imagine being like 15 years old 685 00:33:10,119 --> 00:33:12,240 and seeing it, you know. 686 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,640 - I think I was on the second floor, 687 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,920 he was on the third, and obviously we were close. 688 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,920 He climbed down the balcony 689 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,400 and he snuck in through the sliding glass doors 690 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,680 and came into my room. 691 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,920 And his road manager, he just kept calling, 692 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,160 and he said I know Tiny is in the room with you. 693 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,559 He said this is not wise. 694 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:31,799 In the meantime, Tiny is saying don't tell him I'm here. 695 00:33:31,799 --> 00:33:32,960 Don't tell him I'm here. 696 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,119 (laughing) I was like, what do I do? 697 00:33:35,119 --> 00:33:36,599 But I listened to Tiny. 698 00:33:36,599 --> 00:33:38,039 And then he snuck out the same way. 699 00:33:38,039 --> 00:33:42,839 - People always thought that he was some kind of lech, 700 00:33:42,839 --> 00:33:47,400 but with us, I mean, he was just this great, 701 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:48,759 he was great. 702 00:33:48,759 --> 00:33:50,759 He never did anything. - He was so sweet. 703 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:52,319 - I thought it was cool. 704 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:53,839 (laughing) 705 00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:56,200 And it could've been something else, but it wasn't. 706 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,039 It wasn't. 707 00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:58,000 And he was such the gentleman. 708 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,680 Always, anytime I was with him, always the gentleman. 709 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,320 - How many times realistically 710 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,599 did he get that close to serious, 711 00:34:08,599 --> 00:34:11,360 serious legal ramifications. 712 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,760 - In certain places he could've gotten into a lot 713 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:14,599 of trouble just for-- 714 00:34:14,599 --> 00:34:16,320 - Hey, no kidding. 715 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,440 - Just for having her there with no clothes on. 716 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,519 Not that she had much choice, since she walked in 717 00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:24,119 and took the clothes off without asking him. 718 00:34:24,119 --> 00:34:25,960 - Remember in Iowa. 719 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,760 Tiny is approached by some, you know-- 720 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:28,920 - He told me, that was-- 721 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,960 - 13, 14 year old girl in Iowa. 722 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:31,880 - Yeah. 723 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,000 - And unbeknownst to Tiny-- 724 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,880 - She's recording the telephone conversations. 725 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:36,719 - Yes. 726 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:37,599 - And then her dad-- 727 00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:38,559 - And it's getting. 728 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:39,400 Bingo. - Ugh. 729 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,079 - Dad gets a hold of it. 730 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,719 Dad goes crazy. 731 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,360 But there again was another situation 732 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,880 where there could have been serious ramifications. 733 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:52,760 - I don't know whether it's illegal 734 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,840 to talk to a 14 year old girl on the phone. 735 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,400 (groaning) 736 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,519 You couldn't get in trouble for that. 737 00:34:57,519 --> 00:35:00,480 And the same, like talking on the phone to a girl, 738 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,679 depends on what they talked about, but-- 739 00:35:02,679 --> 00:35:04,440 - It was very sexual. 740 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,280 - Oh. 741 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:07,559 Oh, Tiny. 742 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:12,639 - I think that Tiny got more titillated by the temptation 743 00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:16,159 and the fact that this was sinful, 744 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:18,480 or it was potentially sinful. 745 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,320 I hate to think this, but he was probably 746 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,440 a little bit of a tortured soul in that way. 747 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,000 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Dear Lord, please forgive me 748 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,880 for the sin I committed with Ms. Candy 749 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,320 here at Caesar's Palace, as I spread honey 750 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,440 and peanut butter on her body. 751 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,280 Kissed Ms. Trisha, 752 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,599 fooled around with Ms. Carol. 753 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:34,199 Put cold cream on Ms. Iris. 754 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:35,039 Got wet. 755 00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:35,880 Ms. Karen, might marry her. 756 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,000 Temptations were active, and save me from sin. 757 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,199 In Jesus' name I pray. 758 00:35:39,199 --> 00:35:42,960 I must stop this sin, and I will with Thy strength. 759 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,960 (bells ringing) (jarring music) 760 00:35:54,159 --> 00:35:56,559 ♪ With you ♪ 761 00:35:56,559 --> 00:36:01,559 (drum rolling) (audience applauding) 762 00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:10,480 - We all felt that he definitely did need an anchor, 763 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,480 and hopefully he would find a nice girl, 764 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,639 maybe develop a relationship. 765 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:18,039 So when we went on a book tour, 766 00:36:18,039 --> 00:36:21,039 she happened to be there at Wanamaker's department store. 767 00:36:21,039 --> 00:36:23,559 - I noticed her right away in her gray dress. 768 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:25,880 And as soon as I came up there, my eyes 769 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,639 started to swoon. 770 00:36:27,639 --> 00:36:29,280 And then I looked at the crowd, I looked back, 771 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,639 and there she was again, I looked back, 772 00:36:30,639 --> 00:36:32,800 there she was again, and she was still smiling. 773 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,320 - It was pretty incredible. 774 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,920 It was like love at first sight. 775 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,079 - Yeah. - I was there, yeah. 776 00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:39,559 - And the next time I came back to Philadelphia 777 00:36:39,559 --> 00:36:41,239 two days later, she came down, 778 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:42,679 she asked me for the address. 779 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:44,760 (audience laughing) 780 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,599 - She's here now. 781 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:46,679 Miss Vicki. 782 00:36:46,679 --> 00:36:51,679 (audience applauding) (cheerful music) 783 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,880 - [Vicki Voiceover] Dear Tiny Tim. 784 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,480 I'm lost without you. 785 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,000 I miss you. 786 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,320 There's no one but you. 787 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,199 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Dear Miss Vicki, 788 00:37:06,199 --> 00:37:07,920 thank you so much for sending me 789 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,679 the most exciting telegram I have ever received, 790 00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:13,719 but I am more lost without you 791 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,519 than you will ever be without me. 792 00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:17,480 Tiny Tim. 793 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,320 - [Vicki Voiceover] There's nothing, 794 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,159 just nothing without you. 795 00:37:19,159 --> 00:37:20,440 There can never, ever be anyone but you. 796 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:21,400 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Dear Miss Vicki, 797 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,760 I am thinking of you more than you will ever think of me. 798 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,719 All the silent objects are my witnesses. 799 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,920 This must be the last time 800 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,880 I will be ever be separated from you. 801 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,079 Thanks again, Tiny Tim. 802 00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:37,199 - [Interviewer] Vicki, was it love at first sight? 803 00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:38,920 - Um-- 804 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,559 - It was really love at first fright. 805 00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:42,559 - No, don't say that! 806 00:37:42,559 --> 00:37:44,039 Although I think so. 807 00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:45,840 Don't mind what he said about fright. 808 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,559 - Tiny Tim, would you sing us a song 809 00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:49,679 that would express how you feel right now? 810 00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:51,360 - Oh, I'd love to. 811 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,519 Yes, I sure would. 812 00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:55,239 ♪ If you only knew ♪ 813 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,039 ♪ The dreams that I've been dreaming 'bout you ♪ 814 00:37:57,039 --> 00:37:58,199 ♪ All night through ♪ 815 00:37:58,199 --> 00:38:01,159 ♪ Got the ring and everything is ready ♪ 816 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:04,119 ♪ All you have to do is put it on ♪ 817 00:38:04,119 --> 00:38:07,119 ♪ One week, seven little days ♪ 818 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:10,280 ♪ Wish that they were gone ♪ 819 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,599 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Points I must remember 820 00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:14,119 concerning the marriage situation with Miss Vicki. 821 00:38:14,119 --> 00:38:15,639 Give her gifts everyday. 822 00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:17,039 Glorify her womanhood and praise. 823 00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:18,440 Share every secret. 824 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,800 Welcome her mother and father. 825 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,199 Watch her menstrual cycles. 826 00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:22,880 Build her up, especially in public, 827 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,719 in front of others. 828 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,800 Keep lotions near bed at romantic hours. 829 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,000 Not to forget peanut butter, honey, 830 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,840 mustard, whipped cream. 831 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,199 Dress as a teenager. 832 00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:32,039 Eat her constantly. 833 00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:33,519 Don't try to change her. 834 00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:35,119 Give her freedom. 835 00:38:35,119 --> 00:38:36,000 ♪ But I'll be doggone happy ♪ 836 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,760 ♪ When the preacher makes you mine ♪ 837 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,679 (audience cheering) 838 00:38:41,679 --> 00:38:43,840 - Tiny was talking to Johnny Carson, 839 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,480 and Tiny said something about yes he had a girlfriend 840 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,320 and said we're gonna get married. 841 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,199 And Carson said, so where are you gonna get married? 842 00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:52,960 He said, oh I don't know. 843 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,199 And Carson said, why don't you do it here? 844 00:38:57,199 --> 00:39:00,519 And Tiny went, oh, Mrs. Carson. 845 00:39:00,519 --> 00:39:01,400 Oh. 846 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,440 And looked around at me, and I thought, 847 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,480 oh this is interesting. 848 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:10,119 - His wedding was such a big event 849 00:39:10,119 --> 00:39:11,880 that it produced a brownout. 850 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,679 - [Ron] The night that Tiny was married on the show 851 00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:18,079 highest ratings in the Tonight Show history. 852 00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,760 - I thought that it was gonna be a circus, 853 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,440 I thought they were gonna make fun of him, 854 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,639 and I didn't want to see him get married. 855 00:39:23,639 --> 00:39:25,840 I couldn't dream of him anymore then. 856 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,960 - Before the word reality television, 857 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,800 this was reality. 858 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,280 - Wait a minute, am I having my hair cut? 859 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,119 No! 860 00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:33,960 - Very little. 861 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,199 - No, no! 862 00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:36,039 I don't want my hair cut. 863 00:39:36,039 --> 00:39:37,679 - Didn't you promise Miss Vicki-- 864 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:38,639 - No, no, no. 865 00:39:38,639 --> 00:39:39,480 - [Man] So we can see your face. 866 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:40,320 - Oh, no, no, no. 867 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,920 Oh, for my fans, I have to keep the curl for them. 868 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,599 Oh no, I don't know what to say. 869 00:39:43,599 --> 00:39:45,039 - [Interviewer] You aren't even gonna get it trimmed 870 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:46,400 for your wedding? 871 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,000 - [Man] Oh, we hardly took any off. 872 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:48,840 - Oh, thank god. 873 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:49,760 - They won't even notice the difference. 874 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,360 - [Vicki] Aren't you gonna let him even it up 875 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:52,199 for you though, Tim? 876 00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:53,039 - Oh no, no. 877 00:39:53,039 --> 00:39:55,599 (upbeat jazzy music) 878 00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:56,960 - [Announcer] From New York, 879 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,280 the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. 880 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,039 - People probably have been kidding 881 00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:03,920 about Tiny Tim being married on the show, but we are not. 882 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,440 It happens tonight. 883 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,239 ("Wedding March") 884 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,360 - And the Lord bless thee and keep thee, 885 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,480 this day, and unto the end. 886 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:24,320 Amen. 887 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,400 You may kiss the bride. 888 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:34,719 (joyous organ music) (audience applauding) 889 00:40:46,559 --> 00:40:51,559 ♪ Oh won't you come and love me ♪ 890 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:55,920 ♪ Oh pretty Vicki mine ♪ 891 00:40:57,559 --> 00:41:00,719 - [Vicki] When I watch that video of our wedding 892 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,159 and I saw my young self, 893 00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,280 and I went oh my gosh, and it all came floating back to me. 894 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,559 I had a vision in my head of a home, 895 00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:12,719 with hardwood floors and matching dishes 896 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,840 and children, and cooking dinner every night, 897 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,519 and that never came to be. 898 00:41:19,519 --> 00:41:23,280 I never cooked one dinner, ever, 899 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,639 ever for him. 900 00:41:24,639 --> 00:41:27,280 Our life was on the road and in hotels 901 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:28,960 and that's what he wanted, 902 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,039 and that's what he liked. 903 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,760 (audience applauding) 904 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,280 - Here's the rest of the wedding party 905 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,159 to come out and say goodnight. 906 00:41:38,159 --> 00:41:39,960 I thank you for being with us and letting us 907 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,920 televise this tonight, and wish you both 908 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,360 much, much happiness. 909 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,679 We'll see you tomorrow night. 910 00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:45,519 Goodnight. 911 00:41:46,519 --> 00:41:48,760 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Thank you for the greatest day ever. 912 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:52,119 For this evening, I got married for the first time, 913 00:41:52,119 --> 00:41:53,880 and the last, I pray, 914 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,280 to the most beautiful girl I know, 915 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,480 Miss Victoria May Buttinger. 916 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,360 I pray I can be worthy of her 917 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,559 and make her happy. 918 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,440 - [Justin] You've played at the Royal Albert Hall, 919 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,840 you've played at Caesar's Palace, 920 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,440 you've toured the world, and Tiny Tim gets married 921 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,079 on the Tonight Show, watched by an estimated 922 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:15,440 40 to 50 million people. 923 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,320 What do you do? 924 00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:19,679 Where can you possibly go after that? 925 00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:22,079 (dark atmospheric music) 926 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:22,880 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] At this moment, 927 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,159 I am the hottest talent in the whole country. 928 00:42:26,159 --> 00:42:27,760 I am the toast of the city 929 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,360 from Hollywood to New York. 930 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,360 I am praised by everyone. 931 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,280 And yet, with all the shouting and sinning, 932 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,760 my soul is in Hell, and I cry out for help, oh Jesus. 933 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,280 (sobbing) (panting) 934 00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:51,320 - [Justin] And after so many years of making 935 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,960 his own decisions, Tiny began to resent 936 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,199 people telling him what to do, 937 00:42:55,199 --> 00:42:56,840 so he alienated Richard Perry, 938 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,800 Richard Perry quit, followed by Ron DeBlasio, 939 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,599 and Tiny was taken over by less experienced managers 940 00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:06,440 who decided to go down the route of branding Tiny Tim 941 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,480 and Miss Vicki together as a package. 942 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:14,239 ♪ I love you and you love me ♪ 943 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,440 ♪ We love each other dear forever ♪ 944 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:25,599 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Thank you, as Miss Vicki 945 00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:29,000 gave birth to a baby girl early this morning. 946 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,440 - Also thanks as Miss Vicki and the blessed event 947 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,559 are doing fine. 948 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,519 I can see, looking at them together like that, 949 00:43:40,519 --> 00:43:43,639 I can see how I look like both of them. 950 00:43:43,639 --> 00:43:45,039 I don't think that I'm proud. 951 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:48,159 And I think the reason why is because 952 00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:52,000 from a very young age, I always had negative stories 953 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,760 about him from my mother, so because of that 954 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,760 it stuck in my mind. 955 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,559 Maybe at times I even felt embarrassed. 956 00:43:59,559 --> 00:44:02,079 But now that I'm older, I realize 957 00:44:03,639 --> 00:44:06,719 everyone's different, he was different for his era. 958 00:44:08,039 --> 00:44:11,559 (audience applauding) 959 00:44:11,559 --> 00:44:15,639 ♪ You are the love of my heart, dear ♪ 960 00:44:15,639 --> 00:44:18,280 ♪ You are my sunshine too ♪ 961 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,920 ♪ Sunshine too ♪ 962 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,119 - [Vicki] He was really good at performing, 963 00:44:22,119 --> 00:44:23,920 and that's where he was most comfortable. 964 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,079 ♪ One two three o'clock ♪ 965 00:44:25,079 --> 00:44:26,079 ♪ Four o'clock rock ♪ 966 00:44:26,079 --> 00:44:27,320 ♪ Five six seven o'clock ♪ 967 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,360 ♪ Eight o'clock rock ♪ 968 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:29,800 ♪ Nine 10 11 o'clock ♪ 969 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:30,679 ♪ 12 o'clock rock ♪ 970 00:44:30,679 --> 00:44:35,679 ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ 971 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,039 But when he was alone with people, 972 00:44:45,039 --> 00:44:46,760 with friends, relatives, 973 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,159 he was so uncomfortable. 974 00:44:49,159 --> 00:44:52,639 He couldn't really relate to other people. 975 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,679 His experiences as a child with his parents, 976 00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:00,039 it wasn't good. 977 00:45:00,039 --> 00:45:01,880 And I don't think he learned 978 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,599 the capacity to love. 979 00:45:14,519 --> 00:45:17,599 (fading piano music) 980 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,719 - You know, he signed a contract with the mob, 981 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,360 and they were controlling him. 982 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,679 - Tiny definitely more than alluded to that. 983 00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:38,400 He would say I've got the big boys. 984 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,039 He called them the big boys. 985 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,519 - One of these mafia people 986 00:45:43,519 --> 00:45:46,079 said okay that's it, I'm taking it over. 987 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:48,480 I'm your new manager. 988 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,639 That was mainly it. 989 00:45:50,639 --> 00:45:53,599 - Show business was very mobbed-up back then. 990 00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,639 Of course, they controlled Las Vegas, 991 00:45:56,639 --> 00:46:00,320 vending machines and jukeboxes and nightclubs. 992 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:01,880 They had booking agencies. 993 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,239 - [Justin] Everybody was saying who is this guy? 994 00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,159 Including the FBI. 995 00:46:10,159 --> 00:46:11,480 So they launched an investigation, 996 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:12,760 and they were particularly interested 997 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,679 if Tiny was connected to hoodlum associates 998 00:46:15,679 --> 00:46:18,320 connected to Frank Sinatra, basically. 999 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,639 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Night out at the Whisky A Go Go. 1000 00:46:24,639 --> 00:46:26,639 Mr. Kaufman made gesture of threat 1001 00:46:26,639 --> 00:46:29,719 when he said even if your father does not want 1002 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,840 you to sign, you're gonna. 1003 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:33,400 He is very on edge 1004 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,599 after being in prison for more than a year. 1005 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:39,679 I don't know how far my career will go with them, 1006 00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:43,239 but they do take personal interest in friendship with me 1007 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,159 and will be the crutch I need to fight temptation. 1008 00:46:48,039 --> 00:46:48,960 - [Vicki] And I got to know them, 1009 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,920 and they didn't like me. 1010 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,239 They looked like mobsters, 1011 00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:54,239 but I could hear, he'd be on the phone, 1012 00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,480 and he'd be like, you gotta get rid of her. 1013 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,840 She's out for this, 1014 00:46:58,840 --> 00:46:59,880 like he was so mean. 1015 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,079 He hated me. 1016 00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:03,320 Then Tiny would come to me and tell me these things, 1017 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,039 like, he said oh you're no good, 1018 00:47:06,039 --> 00:47:07,679 and you just want what you can get, 1019 00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:09,599 and you just want money, 1020 00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:12,519 and I'm like, well did you stick up for me? 1021 00:47:12,519 --> 00:47:14,719 Did you tell him that's untrue? 1022 00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,840 Well, no. 1023 00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:18,639 You know? 1024 00:47:18,639 --> 00:47:20,159 That was really hurtful. 1025 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,880 ♪ Oh the standard of morals for woman and man ♪ 1026 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,400 ♪ Has made it a point that she cannot ♪ 1027 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:27,880 ♪ While he can ♪ 1028 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,679 ♪ So who is to blame ♪ 1029 00:47:30,679 --> 00:47:34,280 (audience cheering) (audience applauding) 1030 00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,400 ♪ It's a man's every time ♪ 1031 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,119 ♪ It's a man ♪ 1032 00:47:40,119 --> 00:47:43,239 - If she gets a divorce, I will never give it to her. 1033 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:44,519 The courts may. 1034 00:47:44,519 --> 00:47:46,199 This ring stays on the finger. 1035 00:47:46,199 --> 00:47:47,800 I love her now more than I did yesterday. 1036 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,880 If she wants to be free, then I will never be free 1037 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,599 until death do us part. 1038 00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:54,960 (somber music) 1039 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:55,760 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Sad day. 1040 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,199 She leaves. 1041 00:47:57,199 --> 00:48:00,079 Dear Lord, Miss Vicki has left me again. 1042 00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:03,840 This time she came and told me to my face. 1043 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,679 She is tired of this marriage. 1044 00:48:06,519 --> 00:48:09,199 She cried a bit and was amazed that I still could say 1045 00:48:09,199 --> 00:48:11,320 I love her and I'm happy with her. 1046 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:12,239 I still mean it. 1047 00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:15,920 I feel sorry for her, and the baby. 1048 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,639 I must now await further developments. 1049 00:48:18,639 --> 00:48:20,199 - You're in the Guinness Book of records. 1050 00:48:20,199 --> 00:48:21,920 Are you aware of that? 1051 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,519 - Mr. Carson, I tell you. 1052 00:48:23,519 --> 00:48:24,360 They told me that, 1053 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,679 but I never looked it up. 1054 00:48:25,679 --> 00:48:27,880 - The second highest rated television show 1055 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,079 of all times next to the man's first walk on the moon, 1056 00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:34,880 is the night you were married on The Tonight Show. 1057 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:35,800 It had the second highest rating, 1058 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:37,840 but the marriage hasn't gone that well? 1059 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:41,320 - Well, unfortunately Mr. Carson, that's life. 1060 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,280 But I can say-- (audience laughing) 1061 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:48,000 I mean, unfortunately, Miss Vicki left again 1062 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,039 this January, and this time she said goodbye in person. 1063 00:48:51,039 --> 00:48:51,880 The first time, she didn't. 1064 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,440 She just ran off with somebody else. 1065 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,119 But at that time, I'll be waiting, 1066 00:48:56,119 --> 00:48:57,119 I don't believe in divorce. 1067 00:48:57,119 --> 00:48:59,480 And of course if she comes back 1068 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,000 20 years from now, fine. 1069 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,559 Under my terms, of course. 1070 00:49:02,559 --> 00:49:04,320 And basically-- (audience laughing) 1071 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,000 - Can I ask what the terms are? 1072 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,760 - Yes, frankly, some of the terms will be 1073 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,920 she has to take a blood test. 1074 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:12,840 (audience laughing) 1075 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,000 (audience applauding) 1076 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:16,920 - [Justin] During this time, Tiny's management, 1077 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,840 they were trying all kinds of new things 1078 00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:20,679 to jumpstart his career. 1079 00:49:20,679 --> 00:49:23,079 - Well we do all benefits for the police 1080 00:49:23,079 --> 00:49:24,880 and the firemen all over, 1081 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,679 New York area, Massachusets, Connecticut. 1082 00:49:27,679 --> 00:49:30,000 And we also bring monkeys, chimpanzees, 1083 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,519 and magical acts with us, 1084 00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:33,519 and jugglers. (audience laughing) 1085 00:49:33,519 --> 00:49:37,400 And on the road I've also seen some wonderful talent 1086 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:41,599 like Mr. John McCormick, the toothless opera singer. 1087 00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:43,199 - Ah! (audience laughing) 1088 00:49:43,199 --> 00:49:45,159 Ah, now that, now you're talking. 1089 00:49:45,159 --> 00:49:48,159 - I consider it a very sad story, 1090 00:49:48,159 --> 00:49:53,159 because the way he was introduced and put immediately 1091 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,880 like a freak. 1092 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,840 - They didn't understand his genius, 1093 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,119 and I think they were into something else 1094 00:50:02,119 --> 00:50:04,559 that had nothing to do with that, 1095 00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:07,280 and it was actually heartbreaking for me 1096 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,480 because I knew what he was. 1097 00:50:11,559 --> 00:50:15,400 (dark atmospheric music) 1098 00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:19,000 - [Tiny] Hello, this is Tiny Tim saying 1099 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,440 these are not imitations 1100 00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,639 but spirits as I feel they are living in me. 1101 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:29,079 ♪ It's a sin to tell a lie ♪ 1102 00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:34,280 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Depressing thoughts of failure 1103 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,960 and of being and living in fear 1104 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,119 and poverty and shame continue. 1105 00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:42,920 I try to think of what to do, but no results. 1106 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,519 ♪ Were spoken ♪ 1107 00:50:45,519 --> 00:50:46,679 ♪ I love you ♪ 1108 00:50:46,679 --> 00:50:49,239 - Finally, Tiny's management stops wanting to pay 1109 00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:52,960 for his hotel room, and Tiny ends up back at 601 1110 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,440 West 163rd Street with his mother. 1111 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:02,159 (dog barking) (sad music) 1112 00:51:02,159 --> 00:51:04,360 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Dear Lord, as I predicted, 1113 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,639 I came back to live with my mother 1114 00:51:06,639 --> 00:51:09,440 where I left to go to Hollywood in November '67. 1115 00:51:10,519 --> 00:51:13,400 As I look out of my window, all my father's words 1116 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,679 came back to me, and I really felt 1117 00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:17,880 what I wasted in the past, 1118 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,159 and my shame, and my mother's shame 1119 00:51:20,159 --> 00:51:24,239 in me being back, I believe I have learned my lesson. 1120 00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,119 Lord willing, I will soon be back on top again. 1121 00:51:28,119 --> 00:51:30,880 ♪ Mammy, mammy ♪ 1122 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,360 - [Tillie] This is when he graduated junior high. 1123 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,880 - Notice she said junior high. 1124 00:51:36,079 --> 00:51:38,159 - [Tillie] This is his friend, dear little friend. 1125 00:51:38,159 --> 00:51:39,079 - [Tiny] My cousin. 1126 00:51:39,079 --> 00:51:39,880 - [Tillie] Oh, his cousin. 1127 00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:41,360 - [Tiny] My dear cousin Hal Stein 1128 00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,679 who is now the promotion manager of WKTU FM. 1129 00:51:47,679 --> 00:51:49,840 - He took a better position there. 1130 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:51,119 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Had a really angry argument 1131 00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:54,599 with my mother as she again had a lack of faith in me. 1132 00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,480 - So long, Mother. 1133 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:02,719 ♪ I kiss the dear fingers ♪ 1134 00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:06,400 ♪ So toil-worn for me ♪ 1135 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:11,400 ♪ Oh god bless you ♪ 1136 00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:15,079 ♪ And keep you ♪ 1137 00:52:15,079 --> 00:52:16,320 ♪ Mother ♪ 1138 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:21,280 - Thus begins I would say a very tumultuous decade. 1139 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,920 - Mister gasoline man, give me some gas. 1140 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,599 My tank is almost empty, so fill her up fast. 1141 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,599 ♪ Come tiptoe to the gas pumps ♪ 1142 00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:35,519 ♪ Fill her up ♪ 1143 00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:37,639 ♪ Give me all you've got ♪ 1144 00:52:37,639 --> 00:52:40,599 ♪ Till I scream I've had enough ♪ 1145 00:52:40,599 --> 00:52:43,280 ♪ So you met someone who swept right off your heels ♪ 1146 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,119 ♪ Little girl, so you met someone ♪ 1147 00:52:45,119 --> 00:52:47,440 ♪ And now you know how it feels, very good ♪ 1148 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,119 - To me it's amazing that he could get there 1149 00:52:49,119 --> 00:52:51,440 to begin with, it's amazing he could stay there 1150 00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:52,800 for a year or two. 1151 00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,159 He would have to do things that we can't even imagine 1152 00:52:55,159 --> 00:52:57,400 to stay there, to keep that being fresh, 1153 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,119 to keep being on top, he would have had to, 1154 00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:00,639 I can't imagine what he would have done 1155 00:53:00,639 --> 00:53:02,559 in the late 70's when disco was a thing. 1156 00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:05,280 I can't imagine Tiny in the punk rock era. 1157 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:09,000 ♪ Dance with me, dance with me ♪ 1158 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:13,079 ♪ Dance with me ♪ 1159 00:53:13,079 --> 00:53:16,599 ♪ If I kiss you in the garden ♪ 1160 00:53:16,599 --> 00:53:19,639 ♪ In the moonlight will you follow me ♪ 1161 00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:23,880 ♪ Tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪ 1162 00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:24,719 - [Host] Miss? 1163 00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:25,800 - [Jan] Miss Jan. 1164 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,679 - [Host] Miss Jan is Mr. Tim's wife. 1165 00:53:28,679 --> 00:53:29,519 - That's right. 1166 00:53:29,519 --> 00:53:30,599 - [Host] Well nice to meet you. 1167 00:53:30,599 --> 00:53:31,519 (audience applauding) 1168 00:53:31,519 --> 00:53:33,440 Your life can't possibly be normal. 1169 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:37,599 - Well, it really is exciting and very interesting. 1170 00:53:37,599 --> 00:53:39,800 ♪ Well if you want my body ♪ 1171 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,039 ♪ And you think I'm sexy ♪ 1172 00:53:42,039 --> 00:53:45,679 ♪ Come and get it ♪ 1173 00:53:45,679 --> 00:53:50,679 (singing in high falsetto) (audience cheering) 1174 00:53:52,159 --> 00:53:54,280 (audience cheering) (audience applauding) 1175 00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,440 (sad atmospheric music) 1176 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,320 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] I pray for my dear wife, Jan. 1177 00:53:58,320 --> 00:53:59,840 She is depressed again. 1178 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:02,559 I have not done well in recent years. 1179 00:54:02,559 --> 00:54:06,639 I am helpless to her because of my own problems. 1180 00:54:06,639 --> 00:54:11,079 Today, Miss Jan met and chatted with Mr. Donald Trump. 1181 00:54:11,079 --> 00:54:13,079 He spoke nicely about me when he learned 1182 00:54:13,079 --> 00:54:14,239 she was married to me. 1183 00:54:15,079 --> 00:54:17,000 I think my wife loves Mr. Trump. 1184 00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,840 - At this point in time, Tiny was willing to pursue 1185 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,320 pretty much any angle to make a comeback. 1186 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,239 (bells tolling) 1187 00:54:26,239 --> 00:54:27,159 ♪ Midnight ♪ 1188 00:54:27,159 --> 00:54:29,400 The closest he ever came was through his work 1189 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,400 with Australian pop artist Martin Sharp 1190 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:35,400 who invested considerable time and money 1191 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,639 in Tiny Tim projects. 1192 00:54:37,639 --> 00:54:39,119 ♪ Don't go strolling down lover's lane ♪ 1193 00:54:39,119 --> 00:54:40,320 ♪ With anyone else but me ♪ 1194 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:42,960 ♪ Til I come marching home ♪ 1195 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,000 - Well, it's really gonna be a portrait of Tiny. 1196 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,760 The basis of it is the World Non-Stop Singing Record, 1197 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:48,920 we did it at Luna Park. 1198 00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:51,880 ♪ Because it's a good day ♪ 1199 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:53,119 ♪ For paying your bills ♪ 1200 00:54:53,119 --> 00:54:55,039 ♪ And it's a good day ♪ 1201 00:54:55,039 --> 00:54:56,320 ♪ For curing your ills ♪ 1202 00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,519 ♪ Take a deep breath ♪ 1203 00:54:58,519 --> 00:54:59,880 (audience cheering) 1204 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:03,159 - The new world heavyweight singing champion, 1205 00:55:03,159 --> 00:55:06,079 the one and only Mr. Tiny Tim! 1206 00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:08,760 - And though Tiny did set the world record, 1207 00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:10,440 the Guinness Book of World Records 1208 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:12,360 never recognized the achievement. 1209 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,719 Martin Sharp's film was never released, 1210 00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,760 and Tiny went back to the States 1211 00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:18,800 and took a job touring with the circus. 1212 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,360 (dark ominous music) 1213 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,239 - Who in the hell are you? 1214 00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,079 And what are you doing in this house? 1215 00:55:25,079 --> 00:55:27,800 - I just came to welcome you home, Jill. 1216 00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:30,519 - Merv? 1217 00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:33,039 - Marvelous Mervo, at your service. 1218 00:55:33,039 --> 00:55:34,920 - [Announcer] Our very special guest star 1219 00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:37,000 here under the big tarp, 1220 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,800 truly one of the entertainment world's most colorful 1221 00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:44,800 and unique personalities, the one and only Tiny Tim! 1222 00:55:46,079 --> 00:55:49,960 (audience applauding) (cheery circus music) 1223 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,199 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] There must be changes in my career. 1224 00:55:52,199 --> 00:55:55,639 I must make it either in records, movies, or television, 1225 00:55:55,639 --> 00:55:57,400 or not at all. 1226 00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,280 The way I am handled right now by people who just want 1227 00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,880 to grab any engagement they can from me 1228 00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,920 so they can put a dollar in their pocket, 1229 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,960 even at the loss of the talent you've given me, oh Lord. 1230 00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:09,599 - Thank you beautiful Mr. Wall 1231 00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:10,599 for bringing me out here. 1232 00:56:10,599 --> 00:56:12,960 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, 1233 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,239 so thrilling to be here today 1234 00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:16,119 in beautiful-- 1235 00:56:16,119 --> 00:56:18,239 I'm the first has-been star singer 1236 00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,360 who has ever sung with the circus. 1237 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,119 Elvis Presley sung with the circus 1238 00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:24,880 but that was before he became a star. 1239 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,719 - You say has-been star. 1240 00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:30,119 What was it like for you to go up to the top 1241 00:56:30,119 --> 00:56:33,480 and be married on Johnny Carson broadcast, 1242 00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,079 and then to do whatever's happened to you, 1243 00:56:36,079 --> 00:56:37,920 of which I'm not totally familiar. 1244 00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,360 - Great question. 1245 00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,960 It's really down, up, and down. 1246 00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:43,199 It was fantastic. 1247 00:56:43,199 --> 00:56:45,400 It was a great trip, 1248 00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,199 and of course for 17 years I've been trying 1249 00:56:47,199 --> 00:56:48,400 to make it back again. 1250 00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:49,360 - Yeah. 1251 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,320 Tim hasn't been doing much television lately, 1252 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,159 but he has been performing mainly in circus. 1253 00:56:54,159 --> 00:56:57,000 ♪ Does life seem to me ♪ 1254 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:00,880 ♪ Like a long winter's day ♪ 1255 00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:04,159 ♪ All of my troubles ♪ 1256 00:57:04,159 --> 00:57:08,239 ♪ Just faded away ♪ 1257 00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:11,440 ♪ You're gone from me ♪ 1258 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:14,719 ♪ And the summertime's blue ♪ 1259 00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:18,360 ♪ Came autumn sadness ♪ 1260 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:23,360 ♪ Then love brought me you ♪ 1261 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:28,679 ♪ All day I'm sighing ♪ 1262 00:57:28,679 --> 00:57:33,559 ♪ And longing for you ♪ 1263 00:57:33,559 --> 00:57:37,960 ♪ Life's worth living ♪ 1264 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:42,960 ♪ Since I have met you ♪ 1265 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:48,880 ♪ Each night I'm dreaming ♪ 1266 00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:53,280 ♪ Your face so true ♪ 1267 00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:58,280 ♪ Fate often left me ♪ 1268 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:04,400 ♪ Sighing for you ♪ 1269 00:58:05,719 --> 00:58:10,719 ♪ Fate often left me ♪ 1270 00:58:11,639 --> 00:58:14,480 ♪ Sighing for you ♪ 1271 00:58:19,239 --> 00:58:20,800 (dark atmospheric music) 1272 00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:22,960 (panting) 1273 00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,719 (pen scribbling) 1274 00:58:31,719 --> 00:58:33,400 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Des Moine River rising. 1275 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:35,159 Flood getting nearer. 1276 00:58:35,159 --> 00:58:36,920 Electricity out. 1277 00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:38,639 Water contaminated. 1278 00:58:38,639 --> 00:58:40,880 (gurgling) 1279 00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,519 How many lives were made more beautiful 1280 00:58:44,519 --> 00:58:45,920 because they were broken? 1281 00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:49,599 God loves you. 1282 00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:50,440 He's got a plan. 1283 00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:54,599 I can't do it alone anymore. 1284 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:57,239 Get help. 1285 00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:04,639 (panting) (dark ominous music) 1286 00:59:04,639 --> 00:59:06,480 (phone ringing) 1287 00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,519 - I was 12. 1288 00:59:08,519 --> 00:59:13,519 And I had 55 pictures of him on my wall. 1289 00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,920 I had always felt like I didn't really belong 1290 00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,119 in this world, and when I was a little kid 1291 00:59:22,119 --> 00:59:25,760 I had a fantasy that I was from another planet, 1292 00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:29,639 and when I saw him I thought he's the first person 1293 00:59:29,639 --> 00:59:32,039 I've ever seen who's from my planet. 1294 00:59:32,039 --> 00:59:34,119 (laughs) 1295 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:37,400 (phone ringing) 1296 00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:39,599 (snoring) 1297 00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:44,519 (groans) 1298 00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,159 Well, I hadn't much thought about Tiny for a long time. 1299 00:59:48,159 --> 00:59:50,159 I'd heard he was getting a divorce. 1300 00:59:51,719 --> 00:59:54,360 And all of a sudden I realized Tiny travels around 1301 00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:57,320 and plays small places, and I could meet him 1302 00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,199 if I wanted to. 1303 00:59:59,199 --> 01:00:03,079 I just called the hotel that was mentioned in the article 1304 01:00:04,159 --> 01:00:07,639 and invited myself to meet him. 1305 01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:12,920 He says are you attractive? 1306 01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:17,920 And I thought, it's a really inappropriate thing to say. 1307 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:23,880 And I thought I should be angry, but I'm not. 1308 01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:28,559 It was just awkward and just wrong to say that, 1309 01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:30,119 but I just wanted to laugh. 1310 01:00:31,199 --> 01:00:32,599 And I said I suppose. 1311 01:00:32,599 --> 01:00:36,199 And he said, are you slim? 1312 01:00:36,199 --> 01:00:38,079 That's even worse. 1313 01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:40,599 (laughing) 1314 01:00:40,599 --> 01:00:44,440 And I was very thin at the time, and I said yes. 1315 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,679 And he goes, well okay. 1316 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,960 And we set a time and a place, 1317 01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:52,199 and I said we'll be there. 1318 01:00:52,199 --> 01:00:54,480 And he goes who's we? 1319 01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:55,880 And I said me and my boyfriend. 1320 01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,039 He goes, oh honey. 1321 01:00:58,039 --> 01:01:03,039 And I said I've waited 26 years to meet you 1322 01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:04,960 and I'm going to be there. 1323 01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:08,039 And he says, all right. 1324 01:01:08,039 --> 01:01:09,280 And he hangs up on me. 1325 01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:13,079 And that was our first conversation. 1326 01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:17,559 (gentle banjo music) 1327 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,880 And my boyfriend said to me you're still in love with him. 1328 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:29,360 And I said oh, no. 1329 01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:32,480 I said you know, he's old, and raggedy-looking 1330 01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:33,320 in the picture. 1331 01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:35,000 And I said it's not gonna be the same. 1332 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,920 And he goes uh-huh, uh-huh. 1333 01:01:42,719 --> 01:01:46,519 And when I met him 1334 01:01:46,519 --> 01:01:48,679 he was to come down from his room 1335 01:01:48,679 --> 01:01:50,880 at the Hotel Fort Des Moine, 1336 01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:51,960 and we were gonna have dinner. 1337 01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:54,639 I didn't realize at the time how little money he had, 1338 01:01:54,639 --> 01:01:58,320 and what a huge sacrifice it was for him to buy dinner 1339 01:01:58,320 --> 01:01:59,559 for two guests. 1340 01:01:59,559 --> 01:02:02,159 And he says are you Miss Sue? 1341 01:02:02,159 --> 01:02:03,239 And I said yes. 1342 01:02:03,239 --> 01:02:05,400 And he says hi, I'm Tiny Tim. 1343 01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:07,880 And I thought, yes. 1344 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:09,360 (laughing) 1345 01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:10,719 I knew that. 1346 01:02:10,719 --> 01:02:13,039 He's looking me up and down, and he's giving me 1347 01:02:13,039 --> 01:02:17,239 this look like, you really aren't that attractive. 1348 01:02:17,239 --> 01:02:22,239 And I'm looking at him like you are so old 1349 01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:25,840 and you look a stuffed animal that some little kid 1350 01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:29,360 has been playing with a lot for about 10 years. 1351 01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:31,840 And then I noticed that he was looking at me like 1352 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:33,719 well maybe you're not that bad. 1353 01:02:33,719 --> 01:02:35,639 Maybe you're kind of cute. 1354 01:02:35,639 --> 01:02:38,639 And then within two or three minutes 1355 01:02:38,639 --> 01:02:40,199 the whole deal was done. 1356 01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:43,559 Without a word ever being said about it 1357 01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:46,400 it was just like this is obvious. 1358 01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:47,599 This is going to happen. 1359 01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:50,400 And Dennis said to me, he says 1360 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,519 so that's your dream boy? 1361 01:02:52,519 --> 01:02:55,159 And I just looked at him like, yeah. 1362 01:02:56,360 --> 01:03:00,280 ♪ Once I lived a life of a millionaire ♪ 1363 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:01,639 ♪ Had lots of money ♪ 1364 01:03:01,639 --> 01:03:03,920 ♪ Didn't have a care ♪ 1365 01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:08,039 ♪ Carried my friends out for a good time ♪ 1366 01:03:08,039 --> 01:03:10,320 ♪ Buying bootleg liquor ♪ 1367 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:13,400 ♪ Champagne and wine ♪ 1368 01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:15,920 That's it. 1369 01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:17,639 (heavenly choral music) 1370 01:03:17,639 --> 01:03:18,480 - [Susan] Take this ring. 1371 01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,159 - [Priest] As a sign of my love and fidelity. 1372 01:03:21,159 --> 01:03:22,840 - As a sign of my love and fidelity. 1373 01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:25,519 - [Priest] In the name of the Father and of the Son 1374 01:03:25,519 --> 01:03:27,360 and of the Holy Spirit. 1375 01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:29,079 I'd like to present to you 1376 01:03:29,079 --> 01:03:30,760 Mr. and Mrs. Khaury. 1377 01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:33,960 (audience applauding) 1378 01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,480 ♪ Thou's the one I love ♪ 1379 01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:45,880 ♪ Sweet Sue ♪ 1380 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,880 ♪ That's you ♪ 1381 01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,760 - [Announcer] By the time he married his third wife, 1382 01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:53,559 Sue Gardner, the national spotlight had long faded. 1383 01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,039 In recent years, Tim had found new popularity 1384 01:04:00,039 --> 01:04:02,440 among the retro music crowd. 1385 01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:03,599 - [Host] I don't know how many people 1386 01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:06,400 have ever had an opportunity 1387 01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:09,119 to see a living legend. 1388 01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:10,480 (audience cheering) 1389 01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:12,239 Ladies and gentlemen! 1390 01:04:12,239 --> 01:04:13,360 The one and only! 1391 01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,119 Let's have a big round of applause for Tiny Timbo! 1392 01:04:17,159 --> 01:04:19,159 (audience cheering) 1393 01:04:19,159 --> 01:04:22,119 ♪ Sweet Sue ♪ 1394 01:04:22,119 --> 01:04:24,480 ♪ Sweet Sue ♪ 1395 01:04:26,039 --> 01:04:28,960 - The first time he got looked at medically 1396 01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,679 after we met, they said that they thought he had 1397 01:04:31,679 --> 01:04:33,239 five to seven years. 1398 01:04:33,239 --> 01:04:34,719 And then he started to get worse, 1399 01:04:34,719 --> 01:04:36,880 and they started to talk about three to five years. 1400 01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:39,760 And then they started talking about one to three years. 1401 01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:42,719 And in the end, the doctor said I cannot guarantee 1402 01:04:42,719 --> 01:04:44,519 that he will walk out of the office. 1403 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:50,280 - Please welcome with me, Mr. Tiny Tim. 1404 01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:53,440 (audience applauding) 1405 01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:04,679 - If you hear any coughing during the show, 1406 01:05:04,679 --> 01:05:06,920 well it's because, you know-- 1407 01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:10,159 (audience gasping) 1408 01:05:10,159 --> 01:05:15,159 (all shrieking) (crashes) 1409 01:05:15,679 --> 01:05:19,039 - [Woman] Is there a doctor in the house? 1410 01:05:19,039 --> 01:05:22,440 (distant sirens wailing) 1411 01:05:24,559 --> 01:05:26,800 - When I heard that he had a heart attack 1412 01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:30,079 I tracked him down in the hospital in Massachusets, 1413 01:05:30,079 --> 01:05:33,320 and we communicated fairly often 1414 01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:34,960 the last few months. 1415 01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:38,800 It became a very warm conclusion. 1416 01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:42,519 - I had wanted him to stay home for a long time. 1417 01:05:42,519 --> 01:05:44,480 He had promised me. 1418 01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,960 But I didn't realize how addicted he was 1419 01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:51,440 to performing and to applause 1420 01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,320 and the audience and all that stuff. 1421 01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:58,159 (camera bulbs flashing) 1422 01:05:58,159 --> 01:05:59,000 - [Reporters] Tiny! 1423 01:05:59,000 --> 01:05:59,840 Tiny! 1424 01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:04,320 (soft dark music) 1425 01:06:09,039 --> 01:06:10,440 - [Tiny Tim Voiceover] Control your destiny, 1426 01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:11,920 or someone else will. 1427 01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:17,159 It's not over until I win. 1428 01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:25,039 - [Susan] I don't know where to start with that day. 1429 01:06:25,039 --> 01:06:26,480 He colored his hair that day 1430 01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:28,320 and he was in a horrible mood. 1431 01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,599 - Tiny came up these stairs 1432 01:06:34,599 --> 01:06:37,360 proceeded straight ahead 1433 01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:40,840 because he was not feeling well that night 1434 01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:43,400 and he sat down and rested 1435 01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:45,719 to just take it easy. 1436 01:06:45,719 --> 01:06:48,400 - Tiny Tim Khaury. 1437 01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,280 (audience cheering) (audience applauding) 1438 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:55,840 - A small bandstand was set up against this wall, 1439 01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:59,760 and Tiny was pretty much front and center 1440 01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:03,119 which would have put him in approximately this position. 1441 01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:05,639 - The set was very short. 1442 01:07:05,639 --> 01:07:10,639 He did sing another song that I had never heard of. 1443 01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:15,880 I'll have you to remember when I grow too old to dream, 1444 01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,039 this song will live in my heart, 1445 01:07:19,039 --> 01:07:21,559 so kiss me my sweet, and so let us part. 1446 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,400 In which I think he was consciously saying goodbye to me. 1447 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:28,360 I think he knew that he was not gonna walk 1448 01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:30,639 out of that room alive. 1449 01:07:30,639 --> 01:07:34,599 - Miss Sue was sitting way in the rear of the room. 1450 01:07:34,599 --> 01:07:37,480 - [Susan] And then he sang a very short version 1451 01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:38,320 of "Tiptoe". 1452 01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:41,519 ♪ Tiptoe by the window ♪ 1453 01:07:41,519 --> 01:07:43,639 ♪ By the window ♪ 1454 01:07:43,639 --> 01:07:45,639 ♪ That is where I'll be ♪ 1455 01:07:45,639 --> 01:07:49,719 - So when Tiny all of a sudden, mm, grabbed his heart, 1456 01:07:49,719 --> 01:07:53,199 and Sue, as I get it, from the back of the room 1457 01:07:53,199 --> 01:07:58,119 kind of mouthed to him, are you okay? 1458 01:07:58,119 --> 01:08:00,480 He kind of went, no. 1459 01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:04,599 At that point, she got up, charged forward, 1460 01:08:04,599 --> 01:08:08,679 and that's when he pretty much knew he was collapsing 1461 01:08:08,679 --> 01:08:10,960 and fell into her arms. 1462 01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:14,359 - And he very gracefully knelt down, 1463 01:08:14,359 --> 01:08:16,399 and I think that he was gone right then. 1464 01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:20,680 (sad piano music) 1465 01:08:25,119 --> 01:08:30,119 ♪ It sure is good to see you ♪ 1466 01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:35,399 ♪ But I would have liked to hold you ♪ 1467 01:08:38,199 --> 01:08:41,000 - [Newscaster] An icon of the 60s died this weekend. 1468 01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:42,520 - [Newscaster] He tiptoed into America's heart 1469 01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:43,680 nearly 30 years ago. 1470 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:45,199 - [Newscaster] One of a kind entertainer, 1471 01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:48,319 and the last sounds he heard were applause. 1472 01:08:48,319 --> 01:08:53,319 ♪ Perhaps in the next life ♪ 1473 01:08:54,760 --> 01:08:59,760 ♪ When our roads touch again ♪ 1474 01:09:01,199 --> 01:09:06,199 ♪ I'll be able to love you ♪ 1475 01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:09,359 ♪ The way ♪ 1476 01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:13,600 - Eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, quirkiness, 1477 01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:19,640 Tiny was a genuine joyful pear-shaped celebration 1478 01:09:21,039 --> 01:09:22,399 of all three. 1479 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,560 He was perhaps the kindest man 1480 01:09:28,119 --> 01:09:29,000 I ever met. 1481 01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:34,359 Tiny, may your good works never die. 1482 01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:46,800 - Some celebrities walk around like they're the sun 1483 01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:50,800 and the moon, and he just wasn't that way. 1484 01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:53,560 He was wonderful. 1485 01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:55,319 - I feel like I'm Tiny when I say this, 1486 01:09:55,319 --> 01:09:57,239 but I feel like his spirit enters me. 1487 01:09:58,119 --> 01:10:02,960 ♪ Eternal troubadour ♪ 1488 01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:05,199 ♪ Tiny Tim ♪ 1489 01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:11,159 - [Susan] He was like a turtle with no shell. 1490 01:10:11,159 --> 01:10:15,000 He was so honest, he was so open and out there, 1491 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,399 and he was like a child. 1492 01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:20,199 - I hope that they understand why I am the way I am 1493 01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:21,880 because I use it as an excuse sometimes. 1494 01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:24,800 I'll say I can't help it, my dad was Tiny Tim. 1495 01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:26,239 It's not my fault. 1496 01:10:26,239 --> 01:10:27,800 (laughs) 1497 01:10:27,800 --> 01:10:29,840 - He really should get some credit 1498 01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:34,319 as being the first androgynous rock and roll era star. 1499 01:10:34,319 --> 01:10:36,039 Particularly in the next generation, 1500 01:10:36,039 --> 01:10:39,439 people like David Bowie, and Prince, and Boy George, 1501 01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:42,520 they must have ingested some of Tiny Tim. 1502 01:10:42,520 --> 01:10:44,399 - People either got it or they didn't. 1503 01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:46,720 There it was. 1504 01:10:48,319 --> 01:10:49,239 He was beautiful. 1505 01:10:54,199 --> 01:10:57,399 (audience applauding) 1506 01:11:00,399 --> 01:11:03,279 ♪ Years ago they said I'd never make it ♪ 1507 01:11:03,279 --> 01:11:07,119 ♪ They tried to stick a pin in my balloon ♪ 1508 01:11:07,119 --> 01:11:09,439 ♪ They said I was too strange ♪ 1509 01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,199 ♪ That my dreams were all in vain ♪ 1510 01:11:12,199 --> 01:11:17,199 ♪ But they said the same about man on the moon ♪ 1511 01:11:19,279 --> 01:11:21,000 ♪ I knocked on doors ♪ 1512 01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:24,319 ♪ And I sang my songs and ♪ 1513 01:11:24,319 --> 01:11:27,399 ♪ Each day they'd say hey go away ♪ 1514 01:11:27,399 --> 01:11:29,359 ♪ And don't come back ♪ 1515 01:11:29,359 --> 01:11:32,199 ♪ But I crusaded ♪ 1516 01:11:32,199 --> 01:11:34,800 ♪ Until I made it ♪ 1517 01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:37,600 ♪ Nothing's impossible if you try ♪ 1518 01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:41,239 ♪ So have your dreams ♪ 1519 01:11:41,239 --> 01:11:43,800 ♪ Go on and sing your song ♪ 1520 01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:45,680 ♪ There's nothing wrong ♪ 1521 01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:48,800 ♪ With singing out of tune ♪ 1522 01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:51,279 ♪ If people laugh ♪ 1523 01:11:51,279 --> 01:11:53,800 ♪ And say your dream can never be ♪ 1524 01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:55,800 ♪ Just think of me ♪ 1525 01:11:55,800 --> 01:12:00,039 ♪ And man on the moon ♪ 1526 01:12:00,039 --> 01:12:02,520 ♪ And just a while back ♪ 1527 01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:05,000 ♪ You'd be a bit cracked ♪ 1528 01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:10,000 ♪ If you would talk about a walk out on the moon ♪ 1529 01:12:10,239 --> 01:12:12,720 ♪ And who'd believe it ♪ 1530 01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:15,199 ♪ We've finally reached it ♪ 1531 01:12:15,199 --> 01:12:18,199 ♪ Nothing's impossible if you try ♪ 1532 01:12:18,199 --> 01:12:21,560 ♪ So have your dreams ♪ 1533 01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:24,199 ♪ Go on and sing your song ♪ 1534 01:12:24,199 --> 01:12:26,119 ♪ There's nothing wrong ♪ 1535 01:12:26,119 --> 01:12:29,159 ♪ With singing out of tune ♪ 1536 01:12:29,159 --> 01:12:31,720 ♪ If people laugh ♪ 1537 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:34,239 ♪ And say your dream can never be ♪ 1538 01:12:34,239 --> 01:12:36,800 ♪ Just think of me ♪ 1539 01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:39,239 ♪ Just think of me ♪ 1540 01:12:39,239 --> 01:12:42,399 ♪ And man on the moon ♪ 1541 01:12:47,319 --> 01:12:50,920 (audience applauding) (audience cheering) 1542 01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,359 Oh, a story I have to tell you. 1543 01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:58,720 Neil Cassidy and I kidnapped him from the mafia. 1544 01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:01,720 Mr. Rocko fell asleep, and we snatched him. 1545 01:13:04,319 --> 01:13:07,960 We were driving up the west side highway in New York 1546 01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:12,880 to the Cloisters with Neil Cassidy driving the car, 1547 01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:17,880 and Neil and Tiny singing Bing Crosby duets 1548 01:13:18,039 --> 01:13:19,399 as we drove along. 1549 01:13:19,399 --> 01:13:21,880 Every now and then he'd go, oh Mr. Cassidy, 1550 01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:23,479 not so fast! 1551 01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:26,439 Oh relax, Tiny, everything's cool! 1552 01:13:26,439 --> 01:13:30,359 I'm just gonna roll this joint and drive with my knee. 1553 01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:34,520 Oh god, what a hoot. 1554 01:13:34,520 --> 01:13:38,039 I can't believe I, you almost didn't get that one. 1555 01:13:38,039 --> 01:13:40,640 ♪ Tiptoe through the window ♪ 1556 01:13:40,640 --> 01:13:44,039 ♪ By the window, that is where I'll be ♪ 1557 01:13:44,039 --> 01:13:49,039 ♪ You can tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪ 1558 01:13:52,720 --> 01:13:55,760 ♪ Tiptoe by the garden ♪ 1559 01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:59,199 ♪ By the garden of a willow tree ♪ 1560 01:13:59,199 --> 01:14:04,199 ♪ And tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪ 1561 01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:12,520 ♪ Knee deep in flowers we'll stray ♪ 1562 01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:18,680 ♪ We'll keep the showers away ♪ 1563 01:14:19,159 --> 01:14:21,720 ♪ And if I kiss you ♪ 1564 01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:25,119 ♪ In the garden, in the moonlight ♪ 1565 01:14:25,119 --> 01:14:26,960 ♪ Will you pardon me ♪ 1566 01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:31,600 ♪ And tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪ 1567 01:14:48,399 --> 01:14:53,399 ♪ Knee deep in flowers we'll stray ♪ 1568 01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:59,520 ♪ We'll keep the showers away ♪ 1569 01:15:00,359 --> 01:15:02,920 ♪ And if I kiss you ♪ 1570 01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:04,560 ♪ In the garden ♪ 1571 01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:05,399 ♪ In the moonlight ♪ 1572 01:15:05,399 --> 01:15:07,560 - Until we meet again, this is Tiny Tim saying 1573 01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,760 to all of my dear friends, wherever you are 1574 01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:12,079 in TV land, goodnight! 1575 01:15:12,079 --> 01:15:14,279 ♪ With me ♪ 1576 01:15:18,319 --> 01:15:21,479 (audience applauding)