Tiny Tim may have been misunderstood. But he didn't care whether he was understood or not, he just wanted to play his music -- and I still love that about him
@Daveid Krieger Yeah. He's ok. Hes funny for about 10 minutes. And unless youre talking with him, he gets a little different. I'm sure people say that about me as well.
@Daveid Krieger The thing about the show "Laugh-in" was it was a show where a whole bunch of players did real short skits, most the time they were just one-line jokes. Instead of a few players with big roles. So Tiny Tim filled one of those slots perfectly. He was odd, musical, and his voice was funny. He was perfect for a two minute gig. But outside of that, he kinda sucked. And I dont mean to be mean, but theres really nowhere else to place him. I think he was well aware of it too. Sure, he's a nice guy. Probably very intelligent, but I've only seen one interview with him and that was weird too. He's very quiet. And you can only listen to "Tiptoe through the tulips" so many times before youre ready to kill someone. Weird Al was alot more diversed. And he based his show on parody. But several different ones. Evrryone loved watching Al rip some song a new one. He was an expert at destroying michael jackson tunes. Although it wasnt a Jackson tune, I like "I lost on Jeopardy". (Our loves in Jeopardy)That was funnier than all shit. th-cam.com/video/BvUZijEuNDQ/w-d-xo.html
I'll tell you a story about Tiny. Many years ago, my dad suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and I got leave from the Navy to visit him in my hometown of Atlantic City. I took a red eye flight. Before boarding the plane (I think this was in Chicago), I had walked by Tiny and I guess, his manager. I normally was apprehensive about approaching celebrities (although I later interviewed many famous jazz artists), I grew up with him and also a few sheets in the wind, so I briskly greeted him with "God bless Tiny Tim!". I'll be damned if he didn't smile and blow me a kiss! On board the plane, I looked up, and there he and his companion were, just across from me on the aisle. So, I'm in this pretty empty airplane at 3:30 am. Tiny looked across at me and recognized me from our recent encounter. I asked where he was headed off to (a TV appearance and concert in Philadelphia). He asked about me and when I told him about my dad, he was genuinely concerned. He asked my name and my dad's name and he delivered a beautiful little prayer for "Mr. Michael" and "Mr. Joe" as well as asking God to look over me while I was enlisted. I'm not religious, but was deeply moved. We chatted briefly and I happened to mention I'd been collecting big band records since I was 10 (I was 19 at the time) and how I was into Goodman, Shaw and the other greats while my peers were into heavy rock and all that. At the time, I didn't know that like me, he was deeply invested in songs from a generation before his birth. Well, when I mentioned that, his eyes lit up and he became very animated--he found a "soul brother"! We had a marvelous time discussing our favorites; he loved Dick Haymes, and we talked about the great Bob Eberly (vocalist with Jimmy Dorsey--I was fortunate to meet him twice on our radio show); he was very effusive in his praise for those two performers. I gathered that Tiny TRULY knew his stuff, because normally, when discussing big band vocalists, those " in the know" rarely brought up Sinatra, who at the time, was somewhat surpassed by several male band singers (he flourished a bit later on). The man startled me with his uncanny memory for record titles, artists labels, and even matrix numbers (!!!). From this, I learned that Tiny was an incredible music historian. He was so nice, articulate, funny and charming. When we landed, Tiny reached into his bag (yes, "the bag"!) and handed me a list of his playdates and an autographed 45RPM of "I Saw Elvis Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" and wished me luck. Those two hours went so fast and I wish today it had been recorded somehow. Many years later, we bought a house in Minneapolis. When Tiny passed on, I was stunned to find that he and his wife lived only five blocks away. Had I only known! I'm certain he would have remembered me and I missed out on a potential friendship with him in his final years. Over time, listening to his work, I am delighted to find that he had a tremendous range (I've heard him convincingly sing opera), and was far more versatile than most of the public knew. Even that falsetto was perfect. It was not nasally like most, very open. It's ironic that that very same falsetto he was unfairly knocked for made the Bee Gees famous (and they were nasally!). I'm so very lucky to have met this memorable artist.
Wow what a wonderful recollection of Tiny/Herbert, thanks so much for sharing, I’ve always felt a soul connection to this lovely man who sadly was often made a joke of. It was easy to tell He new his stuff’ The only other artist I feel a deep connection to (still..alive is P J Proby But Tiny is a special soul
I feel like Tiny Tim was ahead of his time but also could only have been successful in his time. internet culture would be more accepting of his alternative eccentricity if he was around today, but I don’t think his legacy would be as special and long-lasting.
@Thora Friganza if only he had some personal straight talking guidance instead of just guiding hands pushing him, i really do think people like him can be whatevers needed most and will be loyal to anybody loyal to him.
If he were around in the internet age he would've been a viral video star, making one stand-out video. Then he'd cash in on his 15 minutes of fame before the public would grow tired of the same gimmick and he'd fade into obscurity. Eventually wavywebsurf would make a video about what happened to him. He definitely wouldn't have made in onto _SpongeBob SquarePants._
Internet culture would have torn him apart. He would have been flooded with mean-spirited trolls telling him to kill himself - that is the world we have made.
I was driving a cab in Northampton MA in the 80's when I looked to my right and there was Tiny Tim walking near the Calvin Theater! I parked the cab and ran up to him, thanking him for all the fun he brought to us during all those years. He was very gracious, smiled and in his Tiny Tim voice thanked me and shook my hand! That was awesome!
I’m jealous. I wish I could have seen him. He was a true weirdo. There aren’t many left. I went to Hampshire College in the 80’s. Ahhhhh so close......R.I.P. Tiny 💖🙏💖🙏
I met Tim at a party in Tampa Florida a few years before his death. He was wearing an old suit, and his ukulele case had a lot of tape on it. Seated on a sofa, he entertained the guests who sat around him on the floor of a big living room. He would sing a song, then chat for a while, then sing another song. He had a six pack of warm beer cans for himself on the floor by his feet. He was friendly, and cheerful, and maybe I imagined it but there seemed to be a hint of sadness in him at times, little flashes, and I remember being struck by how easily you could become fond of him, having just met. Rest in peace. I'm sure there are always tulips where you are.
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Tiny Tim was the only "famous" person I ever met personally and talked to, in my life. He had came down from New York on a Greyhound bus, and I was working at a newsstand in a bus station in Pennsylvania. He came over to buy one of those rag papers, I think it was either Star or the National Enquirer. He started complaining to me about the lies they were saying about him in the rag paper. He gave me his autograph on one of the papers.
@@Deoxys911 No, not at all. In the very brief conversation I had with him, I found him to be quite sociable, down to earth. Not at all arrogant like so many famous people.
Back in the mid 80s, Tiny Tim was scheduled to sing at an island park in Mishawaka IN. He came to my bar before hand, got schnockered and did his concert. After the concert, he saw me packing up and asked me where the party was. Long story short... My house was packed for 3 DAYS 😆 He was SUCH a cool dude!
Wow. Did not expect to see my hometown of Mishawaka being mentioned while I'm going down a Tiny Tim TH-cam rabbit hole 2000 miles away from the Princess City.
Starlove Records . Will you please tell me about him ? Did he have a relationship with his parents ? Did he have Real friends ? Why did his parents just LET him grow up acting so goofy ? Importantly, did he follow his religion ? He seemed like an awfully awfully lonely man .
@@carolcole570 One thing this video left out was his love of Shirley Temple. Part of the hair growth was his admiration for her. And the attention she got. He tried it as an attention getter. There was a lot of new info in this video I didn't know. But truly he was talented. Probably Asperger's we think. And generous. And complicated.
I would like to know about him. He wasn’t in my generation but I think he was absolutely unique. His voice sounds like an old timey recording it’s awesome. Was he a nice person? Was he complex mentally or happy? He was ahead of his tone with his looks and style. He was great and people shouldn’t have mocked him. His voice was amazing really. He was like the 1960s non metal version of Marilyn Manson. Doing whatever he wanted regardless of public opinion. Being bizarre is far easier today. Was he strange really? Or just a unique guy.
@@AKayfabe . I guess you saw the comment above mine about his hair. I don’t know anything about him. Little kids loved him, from what I do remember back then. Maybe there is a story of his life.
My great grandma liked him I was 5 years old in 1970 and I remember my grandma dancing to his music and we laughed singing tip toe song she was born in 1891 so she was pushing 80 at that time but when I hear him it will always remind me of her I miss you grandma she passed when I was 24 in 1989 she was the best grandma and she always made me happy and I felt loved so much I love you grandma I'm passing on what you taught me to my grandchildren with love and happiness I know your with God
Dr. Dimento was Weird Al's main inspiration but I would believe Tiny Tim being up there. And you are certainly correct that he is the closest thing to him as we have today. Also, sadly, the last we'll have. The future of entertainment is very bleak.
@@shaneculkin7124 yeah I know but upon digging a bit further, it was revealed that Tiny Tim was also his inspiration because of the quirkyness of his songs and the aesthetic.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, but Weird Al makes one laugh with glee !! Still remember Like a Surgeon. A great mimic of hmmmmmmmmmmm, certain ones who are a tad too big for their britches? LOL
I visited Australia many years ago, and while driving north from Sydney, I had to pass through a place where the road cut through a mountain. There was a truckers strike on, and the truckers had blockaded the road going south into Sydney. As I arrived at the blockade after sundown, I found an incredible sight. Hundreds of truck drivers in sweaty singlets, (it was summer) were standing in front of a big semi, and in the headlights you could see a lone figure standing on the top of the cab. As I got close, I could see Tiny Tim, with his ukelele, giving an impromptu concert to the burly blokes with tattoos. They liked it too, judging by the roars of approval and applause. (True Story)
I met him when he stayed at a Nashville hotel in the mid-80s. He was so very sweet, and gave me his autograph. He stopped in the dining-room and asked me to have 2 pizzas loaded with onions sent up to his room and placed in the fridge. He went out on the town & came back quite, well, in a very pleasant mood! He sat in the lobby & played his ukulele & sang for everyone who gathered there.
How messed up that most his family looked at him as being a "crazy person"...he was just being himself and I always thought that..Tiny Tim always warmed my heart :0)
@@Hoonozit .. he wasn't any crazier than us.. he stuck to his guns if anything and stayed being himself no matter what misunderstandings came his way.. he was a REAL SOLDIER DEEP DOWN
I think he was Asperger's with his fixation on the old songs and details on them. We have a couple of his albums and he details all the info about the song and the time and singers before each song. And he does an amazing duet taking both male and female parts in "sitting on the front porch". SO yes he's a baritone and this video does not really show that and do him justice.
I can see him having an "Ed Wood" style biopic, something about him gives off an almost Capra-esque optimism despite the lower points in his life he faced.
I’ve adored Tiny since the 60’s and still do. I have two books all about him and I still miss him. He pops up in my dreams occasionally. What a delightful soul and so full of talent and misunderstood by many, but thankfully it not deter him, he will forever be in my heart.
Great to hear your comment on Tiny, wish loads of others appreciated him, now and when he was alive. He was an intelligent man, he played up to his image, I loved him for being just as he was. Got his LP’s and two biographies written by two people who were close to him, professionally. You can buy all his recordings as MP3’s on Amazon.
Margaret, You are not alone am I very much enjoyed your comment. I have been listening to prisoner of love and God-bless tiny Tim constantly this week and now am watching this documentary.
@@user-xu4ow3bu6f so glad you appreciate TT as I do, I have his LP records, also 2 books about his life. You tubes on his singing and interviews. Also a treasured autograph I wrote and asked him for, found out the hotel in London he was staying at around 1969. X
He was a a performer, a vaudevillian and a performance artist, way up there, way out there. You can never judge someone on their social mores after the fact, as we all know life, life is about that intangible combination of time & place. RIP God bless Tiny Tim
I'm honored that a clip was included from the video that I did with Tiny Tim in 1982 -- it's at 23:38. My idea of recording him with my big band, The Sizzling Syncopators, was to show that Tiny was an honest-to-goodness musical historian and a serious vocalist of period styles. He sings Do Ya Think I'm Sexy in the style of Al Jolson. Working with him was a great experience and one of the highlights of my musical career.
Saw him in concert in FL in the mid 1980's - what a fun show and treat. He was a true entertainer and made the world a better place....... And boy does it need the help.
A freak to the world, it was hard taking him serious because there was not another act this eccentric during that era...but he was an artist alright...and his undeniable belief and love for Jesus Christ and the way he defended Him on the Stern show, speaks for this man more highly than most modern professed christians...from New York stages and Hollywood, thru the record industry and then to a circus, lets me know he was truly genuine..and "nobody really got it"...RIP Tiny
To the citizens of the world... although you feel you have an entitlement and a right to your opinion, that is protected by the law of the land...but, if your talking about God and His Word, there is only His law whether you buy it or not...as a student of His Word, I learned and truly believe in this...(1) that the road is narrow,(2) that there will come a time when EVERY knee shall bow,(3) that in the end, there will be a lot of people disappointed...I won't give you the scriptures because that would be easy...study and research as I do...(this not directed at you Kristy Ann)
@@fuita227 the road is narrow and hard to find, the cross is heavy, you will trip and fall many times along the way, by choosing the road to the summit, it’s a long haul.
@@virginiaviola5097 The road is narrow, because He said it was and that there are few that will find it...but I think it's mostly because we don't seek it...He said "seek and you shall find"...As for the heavy cross, He will ease your burden...and as for tripping and falling, if you truly know right from wrong, able to distinguish and discern good from evil, you won't trip and fall...be good and righteous as you Heavenly Father is...If we did not have the capacity to do it, He wouldn't have told us to...God Bless.
One of the greatest risk takers ever. In league with Hunter Thompson and Andy Kaufman. For Herbert Khaury, life was horrifyingly simple: push with his odd talents or go nowhere. He made up his mind, after nearly dying from a ruptured appendix... He found the faith to be brave and never looked back...
@tom kat she was working at a NJ health food store...but that was decades ago. "Tulips," no surprise, changed her name (sort'a like how "Zowie" Bowie later called himself Duncan Jones.
I had the unique privilege of attending a recording session of Tiny Tim’s in a small private studio in Staten Island, New York in the early 90’s. I had co-written a song with a good friend of mine Elisa Montay. She had met Tiny at a political function about a year earlier. Tiny took a liking to Elisa, and when he heard her sing the tune we wrote, he asked if he could include it on a album he was planning on recording. So I’m introduced to Tiny and I am immediately impressed with his almost Encyclopædic knowledge of the music industry. From the early days of vaudeville to the 60’s and 70’s he could tell you who wrote what tune, who owned the catalogues, the year a tune was recorded etc... his knowledge was astounding. While at the session he would occasionally take breaks and go to the sound board and speak with the engineer. During these breaks he would be receiving phone calls from well wishers and supporters from all around the country and the world, wishing him success on this latest project. Which was to include a medley of Beatles tunes. Along with the Barrett/Montay Song - Don’t Walk Away. A complex and original artist who I will always remember fondly! He was truly loved by so many people all around the world! Unfortunately I believe he passed away before this album was ever released, but those recordings may still exist somewhere!😎
I worked at a club called Steve Paul's Scene on the Westside in NYC in the late 60s and Tim would play almost every night without pay. When we closed the AM I would give Tim a ride home to Washington Hights were he lived with his mother. I moved on but received a Christmas card from him for many years. He was an interesting guy that never was out of character, what you saw on stage was him off.
William Mitchell hi, I was hat-check girl at The Scene in the fall of 1966 and spent many hours talking with Tiny Tim. I guess I fell in love with him. “Nothing before marriage,” I can still hear him say. Miss Betty from Alabama.
I think he was the only man on earth that knew he wasn't a gimmick. Thank you for a very enlightening video. I knew of him all my life, but I clearly never knew him. R.I.P. Herbert.
It just goes to show you never judge a book by it's initial appearance. Tiny Tim was indeed an entertainer. Misconceptions are abundant about this man and that's exactly what they are. The world is richer for having him on our stage. Well done, sir!
How tragically poetic that he literally died while performing that tulip song on stage. I feel like I will die just trying to push out a turd on the toilet someday. I have no right to judge any man that sticks to his guns like that.
Take vitamin C by the gram, until it softens. It does 300 cellular processes, but that's one of them......And there I just gave myself away as Aspergers.
No. But its possible that people inadvertently gave him a false sense of talent by incorrectly identifying his true talent. If you dont know what I mean, go listen to some of his songs, give it an honest rating the ask yourself "Why was he really chosen by laugh-in to start his career, and and what career was it? They didnt choose him as a musician. They chose him because of his peculiarity. Playing an out of tune ukulele was just an enhancement to that role. But people remembered him as a musician, not a comedy fill in. After decades he was trying to fill that role as a musician. That's what's sad about this whole thing. He didnt know what people found entertaining about him. And still to this day there's more people that have miscarachterized him without even listening to him. So was he a musician, or an entertainer of a different catagory. People slow down to see car accidents. What really turns us on?
Tiny Tim was the king of misfits. He was in essence a self made freak, lonely, unhappy, and torn. Ultimately it was his profound inability to fit in that made him famous. He suffered terribly, but by his own hand. He was sublimely pathetic, and anybody with a heart felt sorry for him to some degree, I know I did.
I saw Tiny Tim perform at the circus, he was the headliner. He entered the center ring and began singing songs from the 20's & 30's. The kids in the audience had no idea of his history and earlier fame, but they loved him. They were literally standing up and dancing in the aisles and at their seats. He was a huge hit!
I’d compare him to Andy Kaufman or visa versa. They both did “odd ball” things and people were left guessing as to whether they were serious or joking.
Barry Lyndon I agree, Tim could play an instrument and understood music. But both seemed to entertain with what entertained them. They stood out because they created controversy in some way, especially in the mainstream.
I met Tiny Tim in 1994-1995 in Massachusetts, he used to play a place called Spooky World which was an outdoor Halloween haunted hay ride and haunted house. He would wander around the property between sets and was always gracious and would talk for hours as long as he had someone to talk with. I also saw him at a small club in Walpole MA called Pete’s Dream, he had a remarkable memory for people and names as he remembered everything we talked about when I saw him at SpookyWorld. The person you saw on stage was the same off stage.
He came to my summer camp . Camp Sussex in Sussex N.J 1980 . Hes a big guy 1st I thought he was Andre The Giant when I first seen him . He performed songs like How do you do everybody How do yo do . Then the last song the Ukuele came out and he song Tip toe thru the Tulips .We went wild ! Awesom time Ty Tiny Tim for that once in a life time childhood memory .
A beautiful man, a great video...rewatched this 2yrs after 1st viewing and enjoyed again..anyone who has a interest in tiny should watch 'king for a day' , another great ,sublime documentary. As his album once proclaimed - 'god bless you Tiny Tim'.
I remember seeing him on shows as a kid and, at that time, saw anything out of the norm as really weird. As I got older I did a 180 and realized that the proverbial "normal" life was really weird. I suddenly saw all the writers, painters, poets, musicians, actors, and philosophers, with all their eccentricities and quirks, that they're the one's really living in this life. Tiny was one. They say you can live 90 years or one year 90 times over. Most do the later.
So, it was 1981 during the heydays of Miami Vice when coke was _every_ where, and I walked into a bar one evening by the name of Hemingways, a favorited after work watering hole of white collar office workers populating Hollywood, Florida, and much to my surprise, who sitting at the bar playing their ukelele, was none other than the highly recognizable Tiny Tim. More to follow. To continue...so, it was happy hour, drinks were flowing all around, hors d'oeuvres were being enjoyed, the ambiance was very chill, and a gorgeous young lady of Tiny's entourage and I were simply having a lovely, lovely time as the evening progressed, culminating in wild-n-crazy debauchery as Tiny put down his uke, got up on the small, round stage in front of the dance floor, plugged-in, and rocked the f-in house with AC/DC's *Highway to Hell.* It was one of those times you can't quite remember, or one you'll never forget.
Yeah the script is quality. This guy’s channel needs to ripen though. He reminds me of the golden TH-cam hour. When everyone made a bunch of quality content and wasn’t forced around ads.
@Ja Kooistra ??? No you don’t understand that people used to have total freedom with their script and content. This guy doesn’t have too many ads... it’s just that everyone else forces adverts in their script for a company that doesn’t want to associate themselves with certain words and topics. Thus creators adhere or get demonetized. No one talked cares about the amount of ads, just that videos got shittier and more “kid friendly” since yt decided to demonstrate demonized de·mon·e·ti·za·tion.
Tiny Tim may have had Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He did remarkably well for himself and was known for being a gracious, kind person.
Some of his behaviours seem very autistic and specially his social difference and that he doesn't really seem to realise it. And too his obsession and knowledge about very old music seem typical to someone with Aspergers syndrome (I think it's called autism type 3 now).
For a few years in the mid-2000s, in Maryland, I got to be friendly with a fellow customer in my local coffee shop who used to own a big nightclub in West Palm Beach, I think it was. He would tell stories of acts he used to book regularly. The ones that stand out were Freddie Cole, Buddy Rich, and Tiny Tim. He nearly venerated Tim and spoke of him in hushed tones. He said Tim was incredibly nice, and he had snapshot photos of Tim.
@Obnebur That is a high compliment. You’re welcome. I often marvel at how many phrases and expressions English-speaking people use that make no sense on their own, and must be learned one at a time. Best wishes to you.
Hello Jeff, I traveled with Tiny Tim. We both worked for Alan C. Hill's Great American Circus in the day. He was a walking encyclopedia of pop music going back to the days of Tin Pan Alley. He was always polite even when speaking of people who used him during his career! He lived to sing! God Bless Tiny Tim! Thanks for reminding me again of my friendship with Tiny! Sign me Omar Gosh the clown!
In Kansas City, there was a radio host named Mike Murphy, one of the best. Tiny Tim was on his show one time, talking about older music. I am an amateur WW1 historian, so I called up the show and we talked about the music of the Great War. He was a true musicologist, and it was a pleasure to talk with him. Seriously.
What a class "A" production! Every facet was top-shelf; the writing, the video editing, voiceover! Obviously, you're professionally trained and very talented. I also loved the subject matter as Tiny Tim was a very memorable part of the pop culture as I was growing up in the 60's and 70's.
Definitely one of the most strange and misunderstood entertainers I’ve never ever really understood until perhaps now, maybe, but one thing is for sure, weirdness is contagious and people either like you or reject odd balls, but dying on stage doing what he loved most, entertaining, Is poetry, like tip toeing into another world, where finally one can rest in peace! Peace
What strike me after watching various interviews with Tiny is how he is often able to recall the exact date that things happened in his life, even small, somewhat inconsequential things. His retention was remarkable.
@Wallace Christensen A good Christian? No, he was a womanizing drunk. That high voice is coming in handy now, as he screams in the pit of hell while demons rip his flesh.
Actually people like him are far more to be accepted now then they were back then. I have autism too and I wear makeup, I'm almost 30. I was telling a few of the kids I work with about the bullying I went through when I was their age and they were appalled. They couldn't believe someone with autism could be routinely beaten up just for being different.
I met Tiny Tim while living on Weyland Square in Providence RI in 1991. I was walking my Cocker Spaniel Shiney when he walked up to me introduced himself and ask to pet Shiney. He told me that whenever he walked near my apartment Shiney would bark at him out the window and called her the Weyland Square concierge. I met him a dozen times while walking Shiney and they both loved each other. He was a good man.
One of the worlds unique people. Whilst most of us are like sheep this man was a one off. He needs a statue erected to remind people that human beings can be totally original and amazing. Bravo Tiny Tim.
Me and my friends have been playing his music, partially as a joke, partially because we liked his music, I learned of him from Spongebob, but he always seemed so mysterious to me, thank you for making this.
Well jeff... i never thought I'd sit thru a thirty one and a half minute long video about Tiny Fucking Tim but you sir have just earned a new subscriber. Awesome video.
I grew up when tiny Tim was at his peak and I remember everyone thinking he was gay in a very meek flamboyant way but it was kinda hush hush we didn’t want to judge him but everyone did they made fun of him for being different and strange , he was very courageous because he was made fun at his whole life.
Thank you for this video. Clean, unbiased presentation. I read a lot of really nice stories of people meeting Tiny Tim and finding him a kind, gentle man. I also saw a side of him that is also described here as inflexible, critical and headstrong. A human I guess. Aries. RIP Mr Kaurny.
My autistic ass loves this guy for doing what pleased him, regardless of all the odds. Never heard of him, me growing up in Germany. So glad I discovered his legacy. Thank you so much for making this splendid video!
This man,Tiny Tim, had the SHEER GUTS to have super-long hair back in the 50s(not just 'over the ears' but to the shoulders!) and as soon I was able I stopped cutting my hair and grew out my mane...until the years and genetics took it away, LOL! ......good man Tiny and a true scholar of early songs.
If anyone happens to see this comment: there once was a video interview of Tiny at the Hotel Savery in Des Moines, sadly that video has been removed or made private. If anyone would happen to have a copy of this interview please get in touch!
@@occultbooks1176 Tiny was at his greatest! talking about the old crooners, life in the hotel, what he'd been up to in his old age, run ins with other stars and musicians, and of course singing the great old songs of the 20s and 30s!
Thank you. I was 10 in 1965 and unable to appreciate him as anything beyond a novelty act. Since then I've learned a lot more about the times he represented, I can appreciate much better the music he tried to make. There's very little left of the early twentieth century, in the light of modern technology it all seems so faded.
Few people know that he was actually the original Undertaker. And he once beat the hell out of Scott Steiner. He was so over. And he paid his taxes on time.
Realistically, life is a skill. You gotta be good at it. No matter how talented and wealthy you are, you still need to be able to deal with this messed up world. And many artists just aren't good at it and don't wanna learn life skills. Also cool thing is how his folks are from Lebanon and Belarus.
I’m sure that Tiny would agree with me here, but there is something that our shared faith asks of us, and that is to be in this world, but not of it. The skill which you speak of pertains to talent and wealth, but many people, artists in particular are not subject to your version of life, in fact the opposite is true, being in touch with higher powers puts feet less firmly on the ground. Try looking at the world through Van Gogh’s eyes, and you will see what I mean.
Many years back I read an article by a Seattle Times sports reporter who had discovered Tiny Tim sitting in the stands watching a University of Washington Baseball practice. This was years after his unusual popularity had waned. He must have still loved the game.
Dang, that sucks re: the threatening email. Just stopping by the re-upload to say great job on the vid! This doc is such high quality, man, and I've always wanted to see something like this on Tiny Tim, especially. Keep it up, dawg. *thumbs up*
When I still lived in central Iowa, I walked into the bar at the Hotel Fort Des Moines and there he was...sitting at the bar. Thought I was hallucinating at first. But no...there was Tiny Tim sitting at a bar in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
Rest in peace, Mr. Corey. You're sorely missed. I remember hearing about your passing in middle school. You made it seem more than ok to be defiantly different. Thank you for posting this video! I haven't thought about this man in quite a while. I greatly appreciate being reminded!
I remember hearing about his passing in high school. Mostly I overheard a couple of classmates talking about him. I was more shocked that my classmates have actually heard of him!
I was born in New Orleans in 1958. My Dad laughed at how upset people were about Tiny Tim. He would have just been another screwball where we lived. Still, he always appeared to be a very sad man.
Why did the world look so more social and fun back then, i mean I understand that the internet didnt exist back then but just how more, like happy and enjoyable back then.
Great job on making this video essay. Tiny was such a complex person, and my first real mentor. Thank you for using my photos and clips of my recordings of Tiny, from the album 'I've Never Seen A Straight Banana - Rare Moments Vol. 1'. Folks can find that album, and a second one, 'Tiny Tim's America', on Apple Music, Spotify, and all online services. All my best to all ~ Richard Barone
Oh this brings back memories - dad driving the four of us kids somewhere and all of us begging him to turn up the volume for “Tip Toe Through The Tulips.” Everyone please stay safe and well. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌏❤️💕
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Tiny Tim may have been misunderstood. But he didn't care whether he was understood or not, he just wanted to play his music -- and I still love that about him
Same!
I can't believe that his own mother misunderstood him!
Of course he's nice. Who's gonna make a buck toothed longhaired fruitcake with a ukulele and an attitude famous?
@Daveid Krieger
Yeah. He's ok. Hes funny for about 10 minutes. And unless youre talking with him, he gets a little different.
I'm sure people say that about me as well.
@Daveid Krieger
The thing about the show "Laugh-in" was it was a show where a whole bunch of players did real short skits, most the time they were just one-line jokes. Instead of a few players with big roles. So Tiny Tim filled one of those slots perfectly. He was odd, musical, and his voice was funny. He was perfect for a two minute gig. But outside of that, he kinda sucked. And I dont mean to be mean, but theres really nowhere else to place him. I think he was well aware of it too. Sure, he's a nice guy. Probably very intelligent, but I've only seen one interview with him and that was weird too. He's very quiet. And you can only listen to "Tiptoe through the tulips" so many times before youre ready to kill someone.
Weird Al was alot more diversed. And he based his show on parody. But several different ones. Evrryone loved watching Al rip some song a new one. He was an expert at destroying michael jackson tunes.
Although it wasnt a Jackson tune, I like "I lost on Jeopardy". (Our loves in Jeopardy)That was funnier than all shit.
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I'll tell you a story about Tiny. Many years ago, my dad suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and I got leave from the Navy to visit him in my hometown of Atlantic City. I took a red eye flight. Before boarding the plane (I think this was in Chicago), I had walked by Tiny and I guess, his manager. I normally was apprehensive about approaching celebrities (although I later interviewed many famous jazz artists), I grew up with him and also a few sheets in the wind, so I briskly greeted him with "God bless Tiny Tim!". I'll be damned if he didn't smile and blow me a kiss!
On board the plane, I looked up, and there he and his companion were, just across from me on the aisle. So, I'm in this pretty empty airplane at 3:30 am. Tiny looked across at me and recognized me from our recent encounter. I asked where he was headed off to (a TV appearance and concert in Philadelphia). He asked about me and when I told him about my dad, he was genuinely concerned. He asked my name and my dad's name and he delivered a beautiful little prayer for "Mr. Michael" and "Mr. Joe" as well as asking God to look over me while I was enlisted. I'm not religious, but was deeply moved.
We chatted briefly and I happened to mention I'd been collecting big band records since I was 10 (I was 19 at the time) and how I was into Goodman, Shaw and the other greats while my peers were into heavy rock and all that. At the time, I didn't know that like me, he was deeply invested in songs from a generation before his birth. Well, when I mentioned that, his eyes lit up and he became very animated--he found a "soul brother"! We had a marvelous time discussing our favorites; he loved Dick Haymes, and we talked about the great Bob Eberly (vocalist with Jimmy Dorsey--I was fortunate to meet him twice on our radio show); he was very effusive in his praise for those two performers. I gathered that Tiny TRULY knew his stuff, because normally, when discussing big band vocalists, those " in the know" rarely brought up Sinatra, who at the time, was somewhat surpassed by several male band singers (he flourished a bit later on). The man startled me with his uncanny memory for record titles, artists labels, and even matrix numbers (!!!). From this, I learned that Tiny was an incredible music historian.
He was so nice, articulate, funny and charming. When we landed, Tiny reached into his bag (yes, "the bag"!) and handed me a list of his playdates and an autographed 45RPM of "I Saw Elvis Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" and wished me luck. Those two hours went so fast and I wish today it had been recorded somehow.
Many years later, we bought a house in Minneapolis. When Tiny passed on, I was stunned to find that he and his wife lived only five blocks away. Had I only known! I'm certain he would have remembered me and I missed out on a potential friendship with him in his final years. Over time, listening to his work, I am delighted to find that he had a tremendous range (I've heard him convincingly sing opera), and was far more versatile than most of the public knew. Even that falsetto was perfect. It was not nasally like most, very open. It's ironic that that very same falsetto he was unfairly knocked for made the Bee Gees famous (and they were nasally!).
I'm so very lucky to have met this memorable artist.
Thank you for sharing this
This comment is a great journey
Damn brother write a novel😂
Incredible story thanks for sharing
Wow what a wonderful recollection of Tiny/Herbert, thanks so much for sharing, I’ve always felt a soul connection to this lovely man who sadly was often made a joke of.
It was easy to tell He new his stuff’
The only other artist I feel a deep connection to (still..alive is P J Proby But Tiny is a special soul
Apart from his presentation of himself, his ability to sound like an old gramophone record when singing was absolutely unique.
ailblentyn , I was thinking the. Same thing ! He was unique !
RIH 1 OF A KIND LEGENDARY TINY TIM❤💜🙏✌
I feel like Tiny Tim was ahead of his time but also could only have been successful in his time. internet culture would be more accepting of his alternative eccentricity if he was around today, but I don’t think his legacy would be as special and long-lasting.
Well you are obviously wrong, he ahs lasted since 2020 may be longer
I think he'll be going a long time, unstoppable.
@Thora Friganza if only he had some personal straight talking guidance instead of just guiding hands pushing him, i really do think people like him can be whatevers needed most and will be loyal to anybody loyal to him.
If he were around in the internet age he would've been a viral video star, making one stand-out video. Then he'd cash in on his 15 minutes of fame before the public would grow tired of the same gimmick and he'd fade into obscurity. Eventually wavywebsurf would make a video about what happened to him. He definitely wouldn't have made in onto _SpongeBob SquarePants._
Internet culture would have torn him apart. He would have been flooded with mean-spirited trolls telling him to kill himself - that is the world we have made.
I was driving a cab in Northampton MA in the 80's when I looked to my right and there was Tiny Tim walking near the Calvin Theater! I parked the cab and ran up to him, thanking him for all the fun he brought to us during all those years. He was very gracious, smiled and in his Tiny Tim voice thanked me and shook my hand! That was awesome!
Scott McGinn you’re very lucky to meet him ❤️☺️
Very cool
My mom. Loved him.
I’m jealous. I wish I could have seen him. He was a true weirdo. There aren’t many left. I went to Hampshire College in the 80’s. Ahhhhh so close......R.I.P. Tiny 💖🙏💖🙏
It's amazing how many of us bumped into Tiny! The man was everywhere and every place.
I knew him. He was a brilliant and knowledgeable man . Strange indeed but always polite and very caring . He cared very much about others feelings.
He seems like the kind of guy I would have liked to know and be friends with. Eccentric and different but kind
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@@hoss-lk4bg I think the key word is, maybe…
@@OwnYourBaldSpot the key word is douche bag. As in: Ball Lick is one. And a tax cheat.
SO SWEET RIH TINY TIM LEGENDS ARE FOREVER RIH ❤💜💙🙏✌
I met Tim at a party in Tampa Florida a few years before his death. He was wearing an old suit, and his ukulele case had a lot of tape on it. Seated on a sofa, he entertained the guests who sat around him on the floor of a big living room. He would sing a song, then chat for a while, then sing another song. He had a six pack of warm beer cans for himself on the floor by his feet. He was friendly, and cheerful, and maybe I imagined it but there seemed to be a hint of sadness in him at times, little flashes, and I remember being struck by how easily you could become fond of him, having just met.
Rest in peace. I'm sure there are always tulips where you are.
Sure you did.
DEfinitely in heaven and praise God for that. We will meet him someday.
Dave Mojarra 2 you seem salty.
@@ryansmith4494 Dude acts like Tim wasnt a real person or something. He had a social life. Its not unusual to meet people. But, whatever.
This comment section is so surprisingly nice. It makes me happy for 'Tiny Tim'.
He would've made a hell of a Penguin in a Batman movie.
Maybe an Adam West batman movie or show back in the day.
I've always viewed Tim as being a great Joker in the style of Caesar Romero. Just look at his cover for Chameleon
I'm surprised that Tiny Tim never guest starred on the Batman TV series! I bet he would've made a terrific villian!
His mother's photo looks very much like Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire
Omg yes!
In a botanical garden near to where I live there is a Tulip garden with a sign that says
"Please don't tiptoe through the Tulips"
Epic lol
favorite song he sang .. now in my 70s ,, i sent this to my kids . lol i think he must have been brilliant in unique ways ,, r i p .
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Tiny Tim was the only "famous" person I ever met personally and talked to, in my life. He had came down from New York on a Greyhound bus, and I was working at a newsstand in a bus station in Pennsylvania. He came over to buy one of those rag papers, I think it was either Star or the National Enquirer. He started complaining to me about the lies they were saying about him in the rag paper. He gave me his autograph on one of the papers.
That's interesting thanks for sharing
Did he seem to mind that he was being asked to sign a paper he was just complaining about?
@@Deoxys911 No, not at all. In the very brief conversation I had with him, I found him to be quite sociable, down to earth. Not at all arrogant like so many famous people.
I saw tiny Tim in the 80's near Detroit. He toured with Franzen brothers circus and my neighbor was their midwest promoter.
You still have the autograph?
Back in the mid 80s, Tiny Tim was scheduled to sing at an island park in Mishawaka IN. He came to my bar before hand, got schnockered and did his concert.
After the concert, he saw me packing up and asked me where the party was. Long story short... My house was packed for 3 DAYS 😆 He was SUCH a cool dude!
Thanks so much for this. This comment section is so nice. Thanks for making us part of that history.
Mishawaka! I lived there for a while, was the concert at Kamms island at the 100 center?
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I grew up in Niles and there are still drum circles in island park
Wow. Did not expect to see my hometown of Mishawaka being mentioned while I'm going down a Tiny Tim TH-cam rabbit hole 2000 miles away from the Princess City.
Tiny was a personal friend of mine. He was one of the most genuine people I have ever known. I will never forget him!
Starlove Records . Will you please tell me about him ? Did he have a relationship with his parents ? Did he have Real friends ? Why did his parents just LET him grow up acting so goofy ? Importantly, did he follow his religion ? He seemed like an awfully awfully lonely man .
I enjoyed him and his humor! Genuine and unique!
@@carolcole570 One thing this video left out was his love of Shirley Temple. Part of the hair growth was his admiration for her. And the attention she got. He tried it as an attention getter. There was a lot of new info in this video I didn't know. But truly he was talented. Probably Asperger's we think. And generous. And complicated.
I would like to know about him. He wasn’t in my generation but I think he was absolutely unique. His voice sounds like an old timey recording it’s awesome. Was he a nice person? Was he complex mentally or happy? He was ahead of his tone with his looks and style. He was great and people shouldn’t have mocked him. His voice was amazing really.
He was like the 1960s non metal version of Marilyn Manson. Doing whatever he wanted regardless of public opinion. Being bizarre is far easier today. Was he strange really? Or just a unique guy.
@@AKayfabe . I guess you saw the comment above mine about his hair. I don’t know anything about him. Little kids loved him, from what I do
remember back then. Maybe there is a story of his life.
hey he is proof that being gawky and awkward can still be a winning combination if you play it just so...
My great grandma liked him I was 5 years old in 1970 and I remember my grandma dancing to his music and we laughed singing tip toe song she was born in 1891 so she was pushing 80 at that time but when I hear him it will always remind me of her I miss you grandma she passed when I was 24 in 1989 she was the best grandma and she always made me happy and I felt loved so much I love you grandma I'm passing on what you taught me to my grandchildren with love and happiness I know your with God
This comment makes me very happy.
So funny! Grandma tip toeing through the tulips 🌷 to Tiny Tim! I remember watching him on T.V.! I was a kid and was he so funny!
Grandmas really are the best are they not? I was Blessed to have my great granny for 33 years. I still love,and miss her.
That was beautiful ❤️
god lord you're a puppy son
tiny tim is a timeless being, he has and will always exist
barry benson yes
George Bad nice brofile pic 😎
remember: "Weird Al' Yankovic was inspired by this person and he's the closest we have to Tiny Tim in our generation.
Dr. Dimento was Weird Al's main inspiration but I would believe Tiny Tim being up there.
And you are certainly correct that he is the closest thing to him as we have today. Also, sadly, the last we'll have. The future of entertainment is very bleak.
@@shaneculkin7124 yeah I know but upon digging a bit further, it was revealed that Tiny Tim was also his inspiration because of the quirkyness of his songs and the aesthetic.
And yet, I love one and can't stand the other.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, but Weird Al makes one laugh with glee !! Still remember Like a Surgeon. A great mimic of hmmmmmmmmmmm, certain ones who are a tad too big for their britches? LOL
Lol why just because they both have long curly hair? They've got nothing else in common.
I visited Australia many years ago, and while driving north from Sydney, I had to pass through a place where the road cut through a mountain. There was a truckers strike on, and the truckers had blockaded the road going south into Sydney. As I arrived at the blockade after sundown, I found an incredible sight. Hundreds of truck drivers in sweaty singlets, (it was summer) were standing in front of a big semi, and in the headlights you could see a lone figure standing on the top of the cab. As I got close, I could see Tiny Tim, with his ukelele, giving an impromptu concert to the burly blokes with tattoos. They liked it too, judging by the roars of approval and applause. (True Story)
nice
Do they have tulips in Australia? If you don't know, don't try to tiptoe around it.
indeed
@@voodoo49 lmfao
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I met him when he stayed at a Nashville hotel in the mid-80s. He was so very sweet, and gave me his autograph. He stopped in the dining-room and asked me to have 2 pizzas loaded with onions sent up to his room and placed in the fridge. He went out on the town & came back quite, well, in a very pleasant mood! He sat in the lobby & played his ukulele & sang for everyone who gathered there.
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No. I’ll dig out the autograph if you want, although there’s no way to show it to you.
He lived ten times the life of his detractors, no need to feel sorry for him..he was waving not drowning.
Nice reference.
How messed up that most his family looked at him as being a "crazy person"...he was just being himself and I always thought that..Tiny Tim always warmed my heart :0)
Well... he was crazy.
@@Hoonozit But in a nice way
@@Hoonozit .. he wasn't any crazier than us.. he stuck to his guns if anything and stayed being himself no matter what misunderstandings came his way.. he was a REAL SOLDIER DEEP DOWN
@@marliorubik6305 Yea, I reckon you have a point. Tiny Tim did remain true to himself through the course of his life.
At least they don't call me wacko Jacko anymore
He’s a mix between Weird Al and Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker. He was one of a kind, a true original. Would be a great movie.
Would make a better penguin. Already has the beak.
That is probably the best way that you could describe tiny tim
He gives me Seinfeld vibes even he talks
Uh NO he came BEFORE them HE was the blue print for BOTH OF THEM he’s not a mix of them THEY ARE DERIVATIVES OF HIM
@@nocap8881 Uh, I'm pretty sure they know that, they were just making a comparison.
I am impressed that all the many people in the comments that remember their encounters with Tiny Tim only have good memories of him.
I think he was Asperger's with his fixation on the old songs and details on them. We have a couple of his albums and he details all the info about the song and the time and singers before each song. And he does an amazing duet taking both male and female parts in "sitting on the front porch". SO yes he's a baritone and this video does not really show that and do him justice.
Hands down aspergers. One of us! 😂😁
He definitely was but people still don't get it. They think it's an act.
Loved the video, can't believe there is not a tiny Tim biopic too be honest as he seems like a perfect artist to portray on the big screen.
I can see him having an "Ed Wood" style biopic, something about him gives off an almost Capra-esque optimism despite the lower points in his life he faced.
Marylin Manson should play him.
I’ve adored Tiny since the 60’s and still do. I have two books all about him and I still miss him. He pops up in my dreams occasionally. What a delightful soul and so full of talent and misunderstood by many, but thankfully it not deter him, he will forever be in my heart.
He was truly delightful. I'm glad I got into his music, and I wish my friends appreciated him too.
Great to hear your comment on Tiny, wish loads of others appreciated him, now and when he was alive. He was an intelligent man, he played up to his image, I loved him for being just as he was. Got his LP’s and two biographies written by two people who were close to him, professionally. You can buy all his recordings as MP3’s on Amazon.
Margaret, You are not alone am I very much enjoyed your comment. I have been listening to prisoner of love and God-bless tiny Tim constantly this week and now am watching this documentary.
@@user-xu4ow3bu6f so glad you appreciate TT as I do, I have his LP records, also 2 books about his life. You tubes on his singing and interviews. Also a treasured autograph I wrote and asked him for, found out the hotel in London he was staying at around 1969. X
You know if we pops up in your dreams he's staring at you while you're sleeping.
He was a a performer, a vaudevillian and a performance artist, way up there, way out there. You can never judge someone on their social mores after the fact, as we all know life, life is about that intangible combination of time & place. RIP God bless Tiny Tim
He marched to the beat of a different drummer. RIP Tiny Tim.
thx son
I'm honored that a clip was included from the video that I did with Tiny Tim in 1982 -- it's at 23:38. My idea of recording him with my big band, The Sizzling Syncopators, was to show that Tiny was an honest-to-goodness musical historian and a serious vocalist of period styles. He sings Do Ya Think I'm Sexy in the style of Al Jolson. Working with him was a great experience and one of the highlights of my musical career.
Don't you mean 22:38?
Saw him in concert in FL in the mid 1980's - what a fun show and treat. He was a true entertainer and made the world a better place....... And boy does it need the help.
prove it
At least he stood up for what he believed in.
A freak to the world, it was hard taking him serious because there was not another act this eccentric during that era...but he was an artist alright...and his undeniable belief and love for Jesus Christ and the way he defended Him on the Stern show, speaks for this man more highly than most modern professed christians...from New York stages and Hollywood, thru the record industry and then to a circus, lets me know he was truly genuine..and "nobody really got it"...RIP Tiny
Professed Christians are known by their actions not false speech. Their own churches are corrupt.
To the citizens of the world... although you feel you have an entitlement and a right to your opinion, that is protected by the law of the land...but, if your talking about God and His Word, there is only His law whether you buy it or not...as a student of His Word, I learned and truly believe in this...(1) that the road is narrow,(2) that there will come a time when EVERY knee shall bow,(3) that in the end, there will be a lot of people disappointed...I won't give you the scriptures because that would be easy...study and research as I do...(this not directed at you Kristy Ann)
@@fuita227 the road is narrow and hard to find, the cross is heavy, you will trip and fall many times along the way, by choosing the road to the summit, it’s a long haul.
@@virginiaviola5097 The road is narrow, because He said it was and that there are few that will find it...but I think it's mostly because we don't seek it...He said "seek and you shall find"...As for the heavy cross, He will ease your burden...and as for tripping and falling, if you truly know right from wrong, able to distinguish and discern good from evil, you won't trip and fall...be good and righteous as you Heavenly Father is...If we did not have the capacity to do it, He wouldn't have told us to...God Bless.
The path to righteousness is narrow. Meaning, don't go with the flow. Don't follow the easy path.
One of the greatest risk takers ever. In league with Hunter Thompson and Andy Kaufman. For Herbert Khaury, life was horrifyingly simple: push with his odd talents or go nowhere. He made up his mind, after nearly dying from a ruptured appendix... He found the faith to be brave and never looked back...
I never thought the day would ever come when I would witness Tiny Tim singing, "Highway To Hell".
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I remember when he married Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson’s show.
Greg White I watched it too. It was crazy! Everyone was talking about it! Those were the days.
I watched it with my best friend on the phone so we could discuss.
I once worked w/ Ms. Viki's niece!
@tom kat she was working at a NJ health food store...but that was decades ago. "Tulips," no surprise, changed her name (sort'a like how "Zowie" Bowie later called himself Duncan Jones.
I watched that too.
(In black & white) lol
I had the unique privilege of attending a recording session of Tiny Tim’s in a small private studio in Staten Island, New York in the early 90’s. I had co-written a song with a good friend of mine Elisa Montay. She had met Tiny at a political function about a year earlier. Tiny took a liking to Elisa, and when he heard her sing the tune we wrote, he asked if he could include it on a album he was planning on recording. So I’m introduced to Tiny and I am immediately impressed with his almost Encyclopædic knowledge of the music industry. From the early days of vaudeville to the 60’s and 70’s he could tell you who wrote what tune, who owned the catalogues, the year a tune was recorded etc... his knowledge was astounding. While at the session he would occasionally take breaks and go to the sound board and speak with the engineer. During these breaks he would be receiving phone calls from well wishers and supporters from all around the country and the world, wishing him success on this latest project. Which was to include a medley of Beatles tunes. Along with the Barrett/Montay Song - Don’t Walk Away. A complex and original artist who I will always remember fondly! He was truly loved by so many people all around the world! Unfortunately I believe he passed away before this album was ever released, but those recordings may still exist somewhere!😎
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I worked at a club called Steve Paul's Scene on the Westside in NYC in the late 60s and Tim would play almost every night without pay. When we closed the AM I would give Tim a ride home to Washington Hights were he lived with his mother. I moved on but received a Christmas card from him for many years. He was an interesting guy that never was out of character, what you saw on stage was him off.
William Mitchell hi, I was hat-check girl at The Scene in the fall of 1966 and spent many hours talking with Tiny Tim. I guess I fell in love with him. “Nothing before marriage,” I can still hear him say. Miss Betty from Alabama.
@@bettytyler3045 wow what a small world 🌎🙂
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I think he was the only man on earth that knew he wasn't a gimmick. Thank you for a very enlightening video. I knew of him all my life, but I clearly never knew him. R.I.P. Herbert.
I've, known about Tiny Tim, most of my 45 year's. This was the most comprehensive content....an enjoyable experience and I thank you!
45 yrs huh lol. you're a puppy son
It just goes to show you never judge a book by it's initial appearance. Tiny Tim was indeed an entertainer. Misconceptions are abundant about this man and that's exactly what they are. The world is richer for having him on our stage. Well done, sir!
How tragically poetic that he literally died while performing that tulip song on stage. I feel like I will die just trying to push out a turd on the toilet someday. I have no right to judge any man that sticks to his guns like that.
Tiptoe through the tulips is the only song I've ever heard him play. Not sure he plays anything else
Take vitamin C by the gram, until it softens. It does 300 cellular processes, but that's one of them......And there I just gave myself away as Aspergers.
No. But its possible that people inadvertently gave him a false sense of talent by incorrectly identifying his true talent.
If you dont know what I mean, go listen to some of his songs, give it an honest rating the ask yourself "Why was he really chosen by laugh-in to start his career, and and what career was it?
They didnt choose him as a musician. They chose him because of his peculiarity. Playing an out of tune ukulele was just an enhancement to that role. But people remembered him as a musician, not a comedy fill in.
After decades he was trying to fill that role as a musician.
That's what's sad about this whole thing. He didnt know what people found entertaining about him. And still to this day there's more people that have miscarachterized him without even listening to him.
So was he a musician, or an entertainer of a different catagory. People slow down to see car accidents. What really turns us on?
@@siggyretburns7523 he played several songs during this video. His cover of "people are strange" was pretty interesting. He sings in two voices
@@whisperingsage 😂😂😂
Tiny is a true outsider and complicated icon. He left behind so much excellent music and a fascinating legacy.
Tiny Tim was the king of misfits. He was in essence a self made freak, lonely, unhappy, and torn. Ultimately it was his profound inability to fit in that made him famous. He suffered terribly, but by his own hand. He was sublimely pathetic, and anybody with a heart felt sorry for him to some degree, I know I did.
Dear Rob; How kind of you to have put it that way.
IT... was actually.... among us. Steven King. IT.
My mother worked for his father in law. He was truly himself up until the moment he died. What a bizarre guy.
He died while performing... Should have taken insulin. Ignored the doctors...
Quiet Lightning he died of a heart attack.
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@@hoss-lk4bg so straightforward
I saw Tiny Tim perform at the circus, he was the headliner. He entered the center ring and began singing songs from the 20's & 30's. The kids in the audience had no idea of his history and earlier fame, but they loved him. They were literally standing up and dancing in the aisles and at their seats. He was a huge hit!
I’d compare him to Andy Kaufman or visa versa. They both did “odd ball” things and people were left guessing as to whether they were serious or joking.
I thought the same thing. I only wish Jim Carry would have won an oscar for his "channeled" performance of Andy Kaufman. It was inspired.
Except Tim had actual talent.
Barry Lyndon I agree, Tim could play an instrument and understood music. But both seemed to entertain with what entertained them. They stood out because they created controversy in some way, especially in the mainstream.
Oh i can not stand that guy! His voice annoys me. Everything about him is just gross.
Kaufman was a no talent Hack !!! Tim was very talented. Sorry, your comparison is way off base.
I met Tiny Tim in 1994-1995 in Massachusetts, he used to play a place called Spooky World which was an outdoor Halloween haunted hay ride and haunted house. He would wander around the property between sets and was always gracious and would talk for hours as long as he had someone to talk with.
I also saw him at a small club in Walpole MA called Pete’s Dream, he had a remarkable memory for people and names as he remembered everything we talked about when I saw him at SpookyWorld. The person you saw on stage was the same off stage.
He came to my summer camp . Camp Sussex in Sussex N.J 1980 . Hes a big guy 1st I thought he was Andre The Giant when I first seen him . He performed songs like How do you do everybody How do yo do . Then the last song the Ukuele came out and he song Tip toe thru the Tulips .We went wild ! Awesom time Ty Tiny Tim for that once in a life time childhood memory .
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A beautiful man, a great video...rewatched this 2yrs after 1st viewing and enjoyed again..anyone who has a interest in tiny should watch 'king for a day' , another great ,sublime documentary.
As his album once proclaimed - 'god bless you Tiny Tim'.
Tiny Tim was certainly one of a kind-He's truly missed.
I remember seeing him on shows as a kid and, at that time, saw anything out of the norm as really weird. As I got older I did a 180 and realized that the proverbial "normal" life was really weird. I suddenly saw all the writers, painters, poets, musicians, actors, and philosophers, with all their eccentricities and quirks, that they're the one's really living in this life. Tiny was one. They say you can live 90 years or one year 90 times over. Most do the later.
So, it was 1981 during the heydays of Miami Vice when coke was _every_ where, and I walked into a bar one evening by the name of Hemingways, a favorited after work watering hole of white collar office workers populating Hollywood, Florida, and much to my surprise, who sitting at the bar playing their ukelele, was none other than the highly recognizable Tiny Tim. More to follow.
To continue...so, it was happy hour, drinks were flowing all around, hors d'oeuvres were being enjoyed, the ambiance was very chill, and a gorgeous young lady of Tiny's entourage and I were simply having a lovely, lovely time as the evening progressed, culminating in wild-n-crazy debauchery as Tiny put down his uke, got up on the small, round stage in front of the dance floor, plugged-in, and rocked the f-in house with AC/DC's *Highway to Hell.*
It was one of those times you can't quite remember, or one you'll never forget.
Do tell
Crazy!!!
This is such a good video man Netflix type Quality
Netflix wishes they could
Yeah the script is quality. This guy’s channel needs to ripen though. He reminds me of the golden TH-cam hour. When everyone made a bunch of quality content and wasn’t forced around ads.
@@ricebanda6213 yessss
@@ricebanda6213 You know what happens when a channel blows up? More ads. Please top misunderstanding how this stuff works.
@Ja Kooistra ??? No you don’t understand that people used to have total freedom with their script and content. This guy doesn’t have too many ads... it’s just that everyone else forces adverts in their script for a company that doesn’t want to associate themselves with certain words and topics. Thus creators adhere or get demonetized. No one talked cares about the amount of ads, just that videos got shittier and more “kid friendly” since yt decided to demonstrate demonized de·mon·e·ti·za·tion.
Tiny Tim may have had Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He did remarkably well for himself and was known for being a gracious, kind person.
THIS!!!! yes, i strongly agree ❤🩹
He doesn't seem autistic
Some of his behaviours seem very autistic and specially his social difference and that he doesn't really seem to realise it. And too his obsession and knowledge about very old music seem typical to someone with Aspergers syndrome (I think it's called autism type 3 now).
Yeaaa
omagad same
I had the pleasure of meeting Tiny Tim back in the 70's. He was cool.
I love Tiny Tim, I have his Albums and his Pictures
For a few years in the mid-2000s, in Maryland, I got to be friendly with a fellow customer in my local coffee shop who used to own a big nightclub in West Palm Beach, I think it was. He would tell stories of acts he used to book regularly. The ones that stand out were Freddie Cole, Buddy Rich, and Tiny Tim. He nearly venerated Tim and spoke of him in hushed tones. He said Tim was incredibly nice, and he had snapshot photos of Tim.
@Obnebur That is a high compliment. You’re welcome. I often marvel at how many phrases and expressions English-speaking people use that make no sense on their own, and must be learned one at a time. Best wishes to you.
Hello Jeff, I traveled with Tiny Tim. We both worked for Alan C. Hill's Great American Circus in the day.
He was a walking encyclopedia of pop music going back to the days of Tin Pan Alley. He was always polite even when speaking of people who used him during his career! He lived to sing!
God Bless Tiny Tim!
Thanks for reminding me again of my friendship with Tiny!
Sign me
Omar Gosh the clown!
We do need a Tiny Tim more than ever.
Jon Does
Sadly there will never be another, so dear and unique as he
@@margaretrobertson4695 There will be others, there are others, not the same, but not everything needs to be the same.
Weird Al Yankovic was inspired by this person and he's the closest we have to Tiny Tim in our generation.
we don't need the jesus freak version though, we have enough of those.
Here I am
Great job on this video!
You did the man a great honor I am certain Tiny would have loved this.
God bless tiny Tim is a sad album
Phew, it's back. I thought I'd missed my chance.
Legends never die.
....alright... I guess they do.. but you know what I mean.
The person dies yes. But their works and legacy lives on.
@@melissacooper4282 i hope the legacy wont die off soon
In Kansas City, there was a radio host named Mike Murphy, one of the best. Tiny Tim was on his show one time, talking about older music. I am an amateur WW1 historian, so I called up the show and we talked about the music of the Great War. He was a true musicologist, and it was a pleasure to talk with him. Seriously.
His talking voice is so close to Peter Steeler’s talking voice I’m so blown away. How they say “because”🤯
What a class "A" production! Every facet was top-shelf; the writing, the video editing, voiceover! Obviously, you're professionally trained and very talented.
I also loved the subject matter as Tiny Tim was a very memorable part of the pop culture as I was growing up in the 60's and 70's.
Definitely one of the most strange and misunderstood entertainers I’ve never ever really understood until perhaps now, maybe, but one thing is for sure, weirdness is contagious and people either like you or reject odd balls, but dying on stage doing what he loved most, entertaining, Is poetry, like tip toeing into another world, where finally one can rest in peace! Peace
I love Tiny Tim and the entirety of 60s music in general. There's a lot of really bizarre gems like Tiny Tim from back then
What strike me after watching various interviews with Tiny is how he is often able to recall the exact date that things happened in his life, even small, somewhat inconsequential things. His retention was remarkable.
He was a gentle soul. Today's crudity would not be kind to him.
@Wallace Christensen A good Christian? No, he was a womanizing drunk. That high voice is coming in handy now, as he screams in the pit of hell while demons rip his flesh.
Actually people like him are far more to be accepted now then they were back then. I have autism too and I wear makeup, I'm almost 30. I was telling a few of the kids I work with about the bullying I went through when I was their age and they were appalled. They couldn't believe someone with autism could be routinely beaten up just for being different.
@@liberalguy513 .. I'll pray for your condemning & unloving slander against another human.. you are anti-christ clearly..
They weren't very kind to him even in the 60's
@@liberalguy513 racist
For more than 40 years, I thought he was British.
I met Tiny Tim while living on Weyland Square in Providence RI in 1991. I was walking my Cocker Spaniel Shiney when he walked up to me introduced himself and ask to pet Shiney. He told me that whenever he walked near my apartment Shiney would bark at him out the window and called her the Weyland Square concierge. I met him a dozen times while walking Shiney and they both loved each other. He was a good man.
One of the worlds unique people. Whilst most of us are like sheep this man was a one off. He needs a statue erected to remind people that human beings can be totally original and amazing. Bravo Tiny Tim.
The expressions on Dick Martin's face are just unforgettable.
Dick Martin was great !
Me and my friends have been playing his music, partially as a joke, partially because we liked his music, I learned of him from Spongebob, but he always seemed so mysterious to me, thank you for making this.
Well jeff... i never thought I'd sit thru a thirty one and a half minute long video about Tiny Fucking Tim but you sir have just earned a new subscriber. Awesome video.
decided to visit his tomb once, very lonely aura... table in front of it was covered in cob webs. RIP 🖤
Where is his tombstone?
I grew up when tiny Tim was at his peak and I remember everyone thinking he was gay in a very meek flamboyant way but it was kinda hush hush we didn’t want to judge him but everyone did they made fun of him for being different and strange , he was very courageous because he was made fun at his whole life.
If they ever make a movie about his life Russell Brand should play him.
How perfect! I couldn't agree more!
Very true, but as i was watching this, i was thinking how much he reminded me of Alice Cooper...the hair, the nose...
Bet he will hate to think he could play this guy.
Nah, the role needs someone with the sensitivity to understand him.
He would be so perfect!
So I consider myself a pretty huge metalhead/listener of many genres of music. But tiny tim is a guilty pleasure of mine.
Thank you for this video. Clean, unbiased presentation. I read a lot of really nice stories of people meeting Tiny Tim and finding him a kind, gentle man. I also saw a side of him that is also described here as inflexible, critical and headstrong. A human I guess. Aries. RIP Mr Kaurny.
This is so excellent. Poignant and respectful.
My autistic ass loves this guy for doing what pleased him, regardless of all the odds.
Never heard of him, me growing up in Germany. So glad I discovered his legacy. Thank you so much for making this splendid video!
I used to love it when he'd appear on the Johnny Carson show, I'd watch it with my dad some nights growing up.
This man,Tiny Tim, had the SHEER GUTS to have super-long hair back in the 50s(not just 'over the ears' but to the shoulders!) and as soon I was able I stopped cutting my hair and grew out my mane...until the years and genetics took it away, LOL! ......good man Tiny and a true scholar of early songs.
The video did say he was very desperate for attention.
If anyone happens to see this comment: there once was a video interview of Tiny at the Hotel Savery in Des Moines, sadly that video has been removed or made private. If anyone would happen to have a copy of this interview please get in touch!
What did you find so precious about this particular interview may I ask?
@@occultbooks1176 Tiny was at his greatest! talking about the old crooners, life in the hotel, what he'd been up to in his old age, run ins with other stars and musicians, and of course singing the great old songs of the 20s and 30s!
Such a great video. He sings and sings and talks and talks. He speaks from his heart in that video as he usually does. Great man.
@@daphnedews Absolutely fabulous thank you for the reply
Thank you. I was 10 in 1965 and unable to appreciate him as anything beyond a novelty act. Since then I've learned a lot more about the times he represented, I can appreciate much better the music he tried to make. There's very little left of the early twentieth century, in the light of modern technology it all seems so faded.
A HUGE man and one of the greatest underground MMA-fighters ever.
REALLY! Do tell!!!
Few people know that he was actually the original Undertaker. And he once beat the hell out of Scott Steiner. He was so over. And he paid his taxes on time.
@@whisperingsage A smelly Babytroll, that is my guess......look it
up yourself, Teh Googles exists for a reason.
@@i.r.s9494 PKYS!
Realistically, life is a skill. You gotta be good at it. No matter how talented and wealthy you are, you still need to be able to deal with this messed up world. And many artists just aren't good at it and don't wanna learn life skills. Also cool thing is how his folks are from Lebanon and Belarus.
I’m sure that Tiny would agree with me here, but there is something that our shared faith asks of us, and that is to be in this world, but not of it. The skill which you speak of pertains to talent and wealth, but many people, artists in particular are not subject to your version of life, in fact the opposite is true, being in touch with higher powers puts feet less firmly on the ground. Try looking at the world through Van Gogh’s eyes, and you will see what I mean.
Many years back I read an article by a Seattle Times sports reporter who had discovered Tiny Tim sitting in the stands watching a University of Washington Baseball practice. This was years after his unusual popularity had waned. He must have still loved the game.
Dude it's insane how fantastic your videos are. They're so well edited. I'm jealous
Dang, that sucks re: the threatening email. Just stopping by the re-upload to say great job on the vid! This doc is such high quality, man, and I've always wanted to see something like this on Tiny Tim, especially. Keep it up, dawg. *thumbs up*
Great video! ❤ There's massive talent in your work.
Lots of fabulous clips you compiled here. Really incredible stuff you put together here
When I still lived in central Iowa, I walked into the bar at the Hotel Fort Des Moines and there he was...sitting at the bar. Thought I was hallucinating at first. But no...there was Tiny Tim sitting at a bar in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
Tiny Tim's heart: "tip toe through the tulips again? Screw you, I'm outa here and i'm taking you with me ukulele boy"
Rest in peace, Mr. Corey. You're sorely missed. I remember hearing about your passing in middle school. You made it seem more than ok to be defiantly different.
Thank you for posting this video! I haven't thought about this man in quite a while. I greatly appreciate being reminded!
Khaury.
I remember hearing about his passing in high school. Mostly I overheard a couple of classmates talking about him. I was more shocked that my classmates have actually heard of him!
I was born in New Orleans in 1958. My Dad laughed at how upset people were about Tiny Tim. He would have just been another screwball where we lived. Still, he always appeared to be a very sad man.
Why did the world look so more social and fun back then, i mean I understand that the internet didnt exist back then but just how more, like happy and enjoyable back then.
Great job on making this video essay. Tiny was such a complex person, and my first real mentor. Thank you for using my photos and clips of my recordings of Tiny, from the album 'I've Never Seen A Straight Banana - Rare Moments Vol. 1'. Folks can find that album, and a second one, 'Tiny Tim's America', on Apple Music, Spotify, and all online services. All my best to all ~ Richard Barone
Oh this brings back memories - dad driving the four of us kids somewhere and all of us begging him to turn up the volume for “Tip Toe Through The Tulips.”
Everyone please stay safe and well. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌏❤️💕