Tiny Tim's TV Debut
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- The most iconic character ever introduced to the American Television Viewing Audience, was named Tiny Tim. He looked weird, sounded strange and had bizarre mannerisms. He made his TV debut 50 years ago on the series premiere of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In on January 22, 1968.
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TINY TIM WAS GREAT!!!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS!!!!!! He was a gentle soul and really had talent. Rest In Peace, man. Thanks for the smiles that you put on so many faces.✌❤
I thought he was a freak until I learned of him, everyone that new him said their was no one like him, awsome dude.
@@branDS2480 👍👍👍...✌
God took the man too soon the world needed more of him he was a kind gentle soul
Tiny Tim's act has aged well, with much of Laugh-Ins audience being like Dan Rowan, a WW2 vet, you knew you were going to get a little smarm ," kept him out of the army, heh, heh" But let's face it, if his act wasn't unique, he wouldn't have been there. That said, Dick Martin acting like he was in actual pain, was funny. But the one most in on the joke, was as always Tiny Tim himself.
Totally!
This dude had more vocal range than anyone living now or then, he was Elvis with comic ability, and apparently a slanted sense of humor.
bruhhh you actually compared this guy to Elvis 🤣🤣
@@SirTibzy not compared, vocally if you’ve ever heard his vocal range on the low end, he sounds just like Elvis, a haircut and wardrobe, who knows? No, not compared to Elvis, but I bet some in the music biz that heard his low end thought so.
@@SirTibzy He actually does a better Elvis impression than Elvis himself, not even joking. Listen to his live version of "Earth Angel"
@@tomstricklin3409 not really hes just singing in falsetto i can do that its izi he was talented though
He was Elvis if Elvis crashed into a brick wall and then had acid poured on his face
i was a kid watching this live in the late sixties. yes, i too watched with my jaw on the floor.
You were not alone...
Man those were the days. I remember that goon.
Everyone was dumstruck! America was collectively shocked and people weren't politically correct back then so you know what they were calling him! Even Rowan and Martin couldn't hold back the homophobic asides.
My jaw was on the floor over Goldie Hawn, and Judy Carne dancing in bikinis and body paint 🤪🤪🤪😉😉😉
Same here Steve.
By all accounts he had a truly prodigious knowledge of old-time songs. A unique act, to be sure, and real talent.
If I'm not mistaken he was the only new talent time contestant on the show who went on to have a successful career.
He used to be managed by Hugh Romney, a/k/a Wavy Gravy, of Woodstock fame.
Goldie Hawn, Richard Dawson, and Lily Tomlin are three others that did quite well from Laugh-In.
@@leonardd.hilleyii7554 Dawson was well known from Hogan's Heroes, however.
@@mystic7splace oh wow! I had no idea. What I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall for a conversation between Tiny Tim and Mr. Gravy :0
Bob Dylan in Chronicles 1 says he lived in an artistes flop house in NYC in 1960 alongside Joan Rivers and Tiny Tim, are TT had the hair and act way back then.
I saw Tiny Tim headlining a small circus years ago. When he came out in a colorful suit and started singing & playing his ukulele, the kids in the audience went nuts. They loved him! Many were standing and dancing along with the music.
He was pretty much the Weird Al of that generation oddly enough. He loves and knows everything about music.
I think that Weird Al and Tiny Tim are both cool!
@@melissacooper4282 Indeed!
Yeah but Weird Al made parody of popular songs and Tiny tim wasnt known for that.
Yesss
@@alexbraun2189 True but Weird Al's look was inspired by Tiny Tim. And they both have a different but quirky and sometimes misunderstood comedic personality.
From that moment on I loved Tiny Tim. He was a genius.
Little did the host know tiny Tim would be more famous than he ever would be
It was an ACT! But I would still say...creepy character. This thought comes from outside of your (USA) culture. ; )
He played at the Newport Pop Festival with The Doors!
@@oldtimer7635 what does this have to do with the original comment?
Actually Dick Martin was VERY famous. Probably even more so than Tiny Tim who I loved BTW so don't think I'm hating on him.
Ari Tuhkanen people in America people have different cultures also USA isn’t a cutler so don’t act like you know everything about Americans also I could be Mexican, Russian, or somebody not from America and you just assume I’m American
Tiny Tim was fantastic. His enormous talent is so underappreciated.
Got to agree, I totally underappreciate him.
Se veía un tipo gentil y adelantado a su época un verdadero prodigio
I can barely remember imitating Tiny Tim in school much to the joy of my classmates in grade 2! in 1968, he was pretty popular on tv. Had a bunch of my classmates laughing.
They wanted to make fun of him but the way he introduced himself he seemed like he wanted to bait them. Nice
These two presenters are pricks who needed a good kicking
Crisc78 That’s Dick Martin and Dan Rowen’s Laugh In. That’s what the show was all about! I guess you’re too young to understand.
@@Ticklebiscuit You just don't understand the premise of the show and you're looking at it through 21st century goggles where everyone seems to get butt hurt at the slightest little comment. This was the late 1960's. EVERYONE got made fun of no matter who you were. Even President Nixon made a guest cameo appearance once and HE got it! But the greatest generation did it in a way that everyone knew no one was serious. My parents LOVED this show and never missed an episode.
@@retroguy9494 Before, ships were wooden and people made of steel. Today it's other way around.
@@nurkenrustem6044 Ain't it the truth dude!
verdaderamente es una leyenda el hombre si que tenía un talento singular.
es extraordinario.. lastimas los dos payasos que estaban estorbando.
Concuerdo con usted!
Completamente de acuerdo
¿No te parece correcto entablar antes una conversación con el anfitrión del programa, presentarse ante el público y luego cantar?. Si eso no te parece raro, es que eres raro. Además, los 2 presentadores eran COMEDIANTES en aquella época y tenían ese PROGRAMA DE COMEDIA
Se cagaron de risa del tipo. Si eso no te parece irrespetuoso el raro sos vos @@luisp.c.2679
The Host did not say one word to interrupt the song....... Respect was given to Tiny Tim.
The entire routine was probably rehearsed or at least outlined beforehand.
They were all in on the act. The slightly homophobic humor was not uncommon for that day.
@@kensolar69EXACTLY!!!!!.
@@briancordova1299EXACTLY!!!!!!
Actually Tim was a walking encyclopedia of the great American songbook!
For all his zaniness, his musicianship and comic timing were absolutely impeccable.
Tiny Tim era diferente de los demás, porque sencillamente era genuino de un alma inocente y soñador, lástima la escoria de público y sociedad que lo rodeó.
I'm a musician, believe me this guy had talent,he has perfect pitch and his phrasing and timing are excellent!
I'm also a musician, and here's a story you can probably relate to. My brother (drums) and best friend (bass) did a gig with Tiny Tim at a local hotel back in the 90's. They rehearsed with him for a couple of hours and learned a bunch of songs (old, obscure ones from the 20's & 30's - no sheet music, by the way, just all by ear). Then after rehearsal, he tells them "I might play these songs, but then again, I might not", which scared the sh*t out of this pick-up band, especially considering the place would be packed with 500 people! So, they go on stage that night, and Tiny Tim is just launching into obscure song after song - few of which they rehearsed - sort of stream of consciousness! Talk about sweating it out! (The band had very good ears, luckily.) They said he was really a very nice guy, but a genuine weirdo. But, yes, he was a talented guy.
@@321snoot so fascinating - thank you for sharing the story. I’m a big fan of the 70s and Rowan and Martin laugh-in, and Tiny Tim was a part of it. Now, at 64, I still like to look back and say, “ that’s entertainment.”
@@aquaman7356 Glad you got a kick out of my story. You and I are exactly the same age, so we both can relate to Mr. Tim and all the wackiness of that era. It was a great time to be alive and, to a degree, I still "live" there! Stay young, my friend!
@@321snoot indeed, the high school years of the 70’s, and growing up in California was some of the best memories of my life. Now however it is a much different story. I’m content living in rural NC for 14 years. I believe much of America 🇺🇸 and the world is circling the toilet 🚽 Happy New Year🥳
@@aquaman7356 I hear you, Aquaman, but keep the faith, as we used to say. Thank you! A Happy New Year to you, too!
Tiny Tim is the visual form of how music makes you feel inside.
Es como ver dos personas de diferentes eras. Llegó un viajero del tiempo con un ukelele a trolear a todos.
Estamos muy de acuerdo, que alucinante
I saw this guy in a grocery store. I was literally sickened by the sight of him. I left without buying groceries.
Es como cuando Marty mcFly toca Johnny b. en "volver al futuro"
Exacto, un adelantado para su epoca
@@jeffreystrain2651thats a shame, he was a very nice dude, just a bit strange
This was great, the host played it perfectly. Tiny Tim was such a fascinatingly complex person
Tiny Tim earned a Grammy Award in 1969!
The king of falsetto.
Before Chris Martin!
@@jimmybuffet4970 Don't forget Barry Gibb!
Tiny Tim was great from his first public second to his last public second.
He also dropped dead of a heart attack during his last performance.
@@richardparsons614 Yes, indeed. His last public second was his last second completely. He was not just a performer, he was an artist.
Tiny tim was so underrated he didn't get hardly enough credit
I was still 13 and I haven't forgotten the night. You laughed so hard you had to lay down on your side in front of the TV because it hurt so much. I don't know about watercoolers, but it sure was the No. 1 topic in junior high the next morning.
Supongo que Tiny al comienzo de las risas se sintio incomodo, luego se animo a mitad de video a seguirle el juego al animador por que el sabia que próximas interpretaciones llegarian mas hondo en el corazón de las personas, su voz es única y no volvera a nacer otra voz así por mucho tiempo una lastima que se nos fuera de este plano, Dios lo tenga en la gloria.
At this time, with psycodelia flowering everywhere, to have him show up, was a jarring anachronism. I appreciate him because he was real. And he was talented. So bizarre but so different.
👍✌
I guess it all depends on what you define as talent.
Not many people are aware that a lot of his more famous songs are from the 1920s.
"I'll bet the army burned *his* draft card" was actually quite a good line.
And if said today the “woke police” would fire/cancel them all!
@@KongKingman Probably because today you can be whatever you want and still fight for your country
@@homosauce444 luckily I served in military under Reagan
@@KongKingman why? I don’t think so. I’m a staunch leftist (not liberal, way further left) and I thought it was funny
@@KongKingman What? It’s a reference to draft burning which was often done by people against the war. Seems like it would offend right-wingers more than anything.
God bless you Herb. Hope you’re having fun in the great beyond.
I'm surprised that his first TV appearance wasn't "TIP TOEEEEE THRU THE TULIPSSSSSSSSS"
That was on his second appearance
Smoking while hosting.
God I love the good old days.
ok
That's another lvl of swag
And in airports, on planes, in restaurants, cafés, etc. Great for the smokers, NOT great for anyone else.
We were at our peak right about this time in America. Too bad, but glad to have seen it.
And dropping his ashes on the floor. Yea I know they had people to clean up but still, it was a demonstration of rude behavior.
Holy crap smoking on tv during a "talk" show. The wild times. XD
Laugh In wasn't a talk show; it, and other shows like it, were called variety shows. More specifically, Laugh In was a "sketch comedy" program
@@seikibrian8641 Thanks, couldn't find the word. not a native english speaker.
And smoking is still legal. And now so is smoking pot. What’s your point?
@@anthonythomas6593 Well, if you can't figure it out on your own, then you might want to lay down the pot for a while.
ColdieHU, yeah, wild times indeed! Also,I remember being a child when there were still smoking areas in restaurants....I was in my late teens/early 20s when they started doing away with all that....and im glad too.😁👍
what an absolute legend-once seen never forgotten-tip toe on Tiny Tim!!!
. . . L A S S I E I S A B O Y . . .
he would've been a good character in the addams family
Tiny Tim had actually been around for awhile, starting out in the 50's "beatnik" scene. He collaborated with a guy named Hugh Rommney back then doing performance art with another guy who was a musician. Hugh Rommney became the leader of an artist collective called the Hog Farm and then went by the name Wavy Gravy. He's very present in the Woodstock documentary. Tiny Tim went on to marry Miss Vickie on the Tonight show with Johnny Carson.
Thank you for that information, Ed.
For those dont know this, Wavy Gravy ran Camp Winnarainbow for kids of musicians on tour; his partner in this used to open for the Grateful Ded as a clown and was the drama teacher at Sonoma Valley High School when I was the debate coach there.
I believe Tiny played quite a few Village hootenannys in the early 60s with another little-known artist Robert Zimmerman!
I saw that on the Tonight show 😃
He also knew Andy Warhol as well as Bob Dylan in 1963
Dick Martin's reaction is priceless. 😄
He Was Having Fun 😂😂😂
1:28-King of the comb overs.
Laugh-In; One of the greatest variety shows on television ever. I remember when TT married Miss Vickie on The Tonight Show. Yes I absolutely saw that landmark episode when it was aired.
I did too (and can't believe my mother let me stay up on a school night to see it😅).
Largest viewing audience of any Tonight Show episode.
@@jeffreyb8770 I remember when that wedding was supposed to take place And I decided to watch something else. At the time I thought all they were going to do was make fun of him. Who would have guessed that that would end up being a classic TV show Episode.
I saw this when it first aired. Most of you probably have no idea how popular Laugh In was then. It was so much faster and more adult than other shows at that time. It aired Monday night, and Tuesday mornings everyone at work would talk about it. Despite Rowan and Martin's attitude toward him the show made Tim wildly popular too and we tuned in every week hoping he'd be on. Before all that he'd worked in little Greenwich Village clubs for years. I had the chance to see him then and still regret not doing so.
Wonder if he ever had a duet with the girl who sang, “I got a pair of brand new roller skates...”? Would probably open a portal into another dimension
Melanie
Rowan & Martin. Waaaay ahead of their time
Surprised he didn’t sing his signature song.
Not to be rude but this was before Tip Toe, and technically a lot of his songs weren't his.
He did sing it later on in this episode
@@Nerkin610 I didn't know it was the same episode, I thought he just came back on the show after his debut.
@@theresnomich5954 get real
@@jerrysmith8624 Beg your pardon?
T T such a wonderful soul and he could care less about what the other 2 thought
Because he understood being made fun of was part of the show’s premise.
I think TT would have LOVED being featured in Spongebob, especially since he and SB have similar personalities and share a childlike love of people.
It's funny how the guy with the quite obvious comb-over is trying to make fun of a man with great long hair!
They were all in on the joke, it was part of the show’s entire premise.
I saw that too, I was going to call it the 1970 comb over And he is trying to make fun of tiny tim.
@@tommyno24No He Is Not Trying To Make Fun Of Tiny Tim.
I have one of Tiny Tim's albums and to me, it's really great. I thought it was going to be completely silly, but it really wasn't.
Back then I was too young to appreciate Tiny Tim's talent and humor.
Parece que nos estamos equivocando , a el no le desagradaba que la gente se estuviera riendo de el al contrario eso lo emocionaba aun mas a seguir actuando
Pensé lo mismo como un personaje como mr bean...
@@eliizamendoza2092 Pero con una pequeña diferencia, Rowan Atkinson(Mr. Bean) triunfó, a este el pobre, la mujer lo abandonó, estuvo amenazado de muerte y lo llamaban feo, y ojo este hombre tenía un dominio de la voz asombroso, tiene una canción que cuando la canta sin falsete su voz es muy similar a la de Elvis Presley, busca Tiny Tim Earth Angel y alucina con su voz primero usando una voz tremenda similar a la de Elvis y luego usando el falseto con vibrato pero de manera asombrosa para después terminar la canción en plan cómico tirándose al suelo de rodillas pero encadenando vibratos en voz normal con vibratos en falsete, algo que no es nada sencillo .....
This old head didn't understand the wave. RIP TINY TIM!
I’ve heard nothing but complimentary things about him. When he toured with Great American Circus, my boss was show manager and they were good friends. Said he was a legit guy and a great showman
Everyone talking about "the host" and his combover.
You all kids?
It's Dick Martin and the show is legendary.
EXACTLY!!!!!
Utterly superb, Tiny Tim had a genius talent. He is the only musician to hold his own unique niche in musical history.
WTF. The only musician with a unique niche in history? Did you just arrive from Mars or something, lol.
They wanted to make fun of him
IKR imma kill then or throw them down a hole I hope they heard that!!!!;3
@@witch4244 everyone in this clip has been dead for a while now. Super ballsy comment though, you must be really hardcore.
@Proud Straight White Christian Conservative damn you really went overboard with the joke
@Proud Straight White Christian Conservative you must be on somethin i swear. I can't tell if you're memeing me either cause you sound just like a weird boomer
@Proud Straight White Christian Conservative Since when was this a debate lmao you typed out a whole paragraph and every sentence was the punchline. im not the one offended so idk why you callin me cupcake
Loved him . ♥️♥️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great talent , great man . Rest In Peace , Tiny Tim 🤗♥️😔
He really looks interesting like a character from courage the coward dog, very weird but with personality he's very amazing and he had a beautiful voice and great talent!!
I saw this when aired.
Them roasting Tiny Tim afterwards was actually pretty funny.
People enjoy to dislike what they don't understand ... we'll nobody really understood this man . But he was gentle and harmless but somewhat entertaining . God bless you Tiny Tim .
He was leaps and bounds ahead of his time.
So was Jonathan Edwards.
Tiny Tim is a legend
I watched this show when it first aired in '68. I was 7 years old, all 7 kids loved Tiny Tim. I really miss variety shows, Laugh In was an institution of counter culture during the Vietnam War.
Saw Tiny Tim in concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. It was fun, magical and downright wonderful!
Why does everyone here think the other two guys don't like Tiny Tim? Literally everyone in this video is doing a bit
EXACTLY!!!!!!
They Liked Him
I truly believe that the scene of the Joker going to Live Television was based on Tiny Tim's treatment on this show
Check out the video of Tiny Tim with Bing Crosby, couldn’t poke fun at him at all on that one. He was so very Intelligent, his knowledge of music and film was extensive, even so Bing was blown away!!
Hey, where can I find this video ?
The host's comb-over is like a piece of finely-crafted sculpture with every single hair strategically placed for maximal baldness concealment.
Dick's or Dan's?
😆😆😆😆😆
It is funny how they laughed at him but by the end they wanted more. He really knew how to win over a cynical crowd.
Even know he had a scary voice singing tip toe through the tulips he was An amazing man he loved putting smiles on people faces when my dad on 1996 when he found out he died my dad was broken 😞 rip love u tiny Tim u put a smile on my face 😊❤️🖤👏
Tiny Tim inspires me. He was a performer who separated himself from the crowd with his makeup and falsetto, but his life's work was his curation of the Great American Songbook. Bless you, Tiny Tim!
RIP tiny
He's a legend ... 🌟
He wasn't that great
The great thing about this is once you know Tiny Tim's background you know that he understood the humour of the moment and played into it fully and was really playing up "the character". This is even more evident when you watch the anniversary video where he appeared with other Laugh-In Cast Members who were interviewed about the show. Much like how Goldie Hawn played the "dumb/scattered brained blonde".
this man makes me smile fr
ear to ear every time what happened to amazing voices and talent like this
I'm so happy that I discovered tiny tim from the first spongebob episode, I'm really glad my generation experienced him
Wow, that Fire Island joke must have flown 10,000 feet over the heads of the television audience.
No, it didn't. I watched this live a few weeks before my tenth birthday and even I got the reference.
Folks this was in the act, Tiny Tim did the stint to get attention, he actually had a deep voice, this was part of his comedy act so don't get mad at the show, this was pre planned. The people who think that this was mean to Tiny Tim, are all wet, this was part of his act, and he got well paid from earning nothing, to public exposure and more fame. Tiny Tim was actually an expert on old music from the 1920s on, married had one child Tulip, he later on went on Johnny Carson, Howard Stern, etc. interesting personality and was in fact married 3 times last wife had money.
Finally, someone gets it. When this aired, I never missed a show, it was pure genius.
EXACTLY!!!!!. IT WAS ALL AN ACT
His first album on Reprise/Warner Brothers… GOD BLESS TINY TIM is an excellent selection of music beautifully produced by Richard Perry.
Laugh-In brings back such great memories.. I was ten when it came out, never missed it...
It's a shame we don't have talent like this anymore. Music back then was so much better.
Despite Tiny Tim’s questionable history, I feel like the public was way too hard on him. He just wanted to entertain people.
I've heard he was raised listening to music from the 20s and that's kinda the way it sounded
We watched Laugh In every week. My dad was drinking a beer and took one look and called him a fruit. I learned that night what a fruit was, my old man was old school.
Laugh In was such a great variety show.
I believe the Decades channel has this.
laugh in was the top rated show back in its day. they made fun of everything and everyone. people wanted to appear on that show because it was a boost for their career. they made a joke out of everything but it was not mean spirited. everybody got the humor and it was no big deal. now everyone is walking on eggshells and if you joke about someone, and it is not politically correct you run the risk of having your career ruined. and you must make all sorts of apologies. most of today's humor is ugly and mean spirited. only certain groups of people can be ridiculed but it's hands off for others. that's why young people of today don't understand where the "laugh in"show was coming from.
Laugh-in was one smoking show.
Just casually smoking while presenting a tv show…the good old days!
Dick Martins roll on the ground laughing reaction to Tiny Tim was a classic too & Arte Johnson at the end!...LOL....They couldn't have done it any better....What a hilarious show laugh in was & I was lucky to be growing up at that time...
We shall not see his like again.
No we won't all we have now is the crap like Miley Cyrus!
Sad
Saw him live in the 90's, he did a GREAT patriotic medley...
On Laugh-In, it is so unusual seeing Dick Martin playing the straight man, it's usually Dan Rowan who's the straight man.
The expressions on Mr. Martin's face are PRICELESS! And the wisecrack about the draft board 🤣🤣
He was on talk shows late night a lot and even got married on TV. To Miss Vicky!
On The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
"Tiny Tim was a character who played around Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 60s. A lot of people just think that he was a joke. But I tell you - no one knew more about old music than Tiny Tim did. He studied it and he loved it. He knew all the songs that only existed as sheet music. When he passed away, we lost a national treasure." - Bob Dylan
The humor was appropriate for the time. Laugh-in has historical interest. Tiny Tim, on the other hand, lives on because he was a true artist who transcended fads and the humor and artistry of the 60s and 70s.
The way the crowd laughs at him pisses me off. As a kid he scared me but as an adult and the more I’ve learned about him, seemed like an amazing human and the more I like him.
THIS IS MY THIRD VIDEO OF TINY TIM AND I LOVE HIM💖❤️
He has very good voice
I wouldn't be surprised if Boy George 's look wasn't influenced by Tiny Tim
as odd as he was he was devoted to the old songs he performed & he perforned them relatively straight.
I loved tiny Tim 💓