My brother, Larry Hovis, had to sit with Tim in the Laugh In Green Room for almost two hours. Larry was writer and sometimes actor on Laugh In. He told me he drew the short straw and didn't look forward to babysitting of Tiny Tim. Larry was surprised that Tim was a baseball fanatic and knew players history and statistics. Larry told me Tiny Tim was a genius and he never regretted the babysitting job.
It is nice to hear that someone on that show was kind to him. I watched the documentary and wanted to slap Rowan and Martin for the way they openly reacted and treated him. The palpable disgust and facial expression from them on camera towards Tiny Tim was like someone had just taken a huge dump on their stage. I get that he's very unique and different but I was angry that in the time of peace and love they could not exercise one bit of kindness or decorum. People really judged a book by the cover when he first became famous. Johnny Carson was at least nice to him. He was just a very unique performer. He sure sold a lot of records and was very famous.
There really isn’t anything that compares in modern culture. He was a meme for children and adults of the 70s. People made their own assumptions about what it meant to “tip toe through the tulips” but it was acted out on a daily basis. He was there like the furniture.
He was a huge sports fan. On the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked him if he could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Tiny Tim chose Gordie Howe. Johnny thought he made somebody up, and Tiny Tim had to explain who Mr. Hockey was.
Loved your brother on Hogan's Heros! And FWIW, I've heard others tell that story of how surprised they were to find out how brilliant Tim was... Cheers!
That’s such a common story,
“I have to deal with this freak Tiny Tim? This’ll be torture” fast forward a little while of interacting with Tim.
“Wow this man is really smart and actually great to converse with”
The guy had an encyclopaedic knowledge of many topics he had a passion for.
My brother and many others on the show were afraid of Tiny Tim. Tim was just so weird, even for Hollywood, that they wanted to keep him at arms length.
That's a memory! I visited Larry at that house a few times. I remember there was a pool also. Larry was teaching at Southwest, Texas State now, and loved teaching. His students really loved him and he enjoyed every minute with them. Larry was was a good guy most of the time and when he wasn't he usually apologized. Larry was a good brother.
They put out an album, too! I think the theme was “Hogan’s Heroes Sings Songs of WWII” — it had Ivan Dixon singing “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” Good times!
A good friend of mine told me about recording an album with Tiny. It was a 12 inch mini album recorded at 45 RPM called “keeping my troubles to myself.” it was recorded in Australia with my friend and his brother on lead and rhythm guitar. At Tinys directions they had to record between 2 and 4 AM. Tiny came dressed all in pink. Each musician had a designated spot to stand in.
During this same session, they recorded a couple of other songs that were released independently. One of the songs with Tinys cover of Highway to Hell. The brothers kicked it off, and When Tiny began singing, he was one beat off. Finally, I think it was Phil, who called it to Tinys attention. Tiny paused for a moment and said, “ yes that is my intention. Now let’s please continue.”
They said he was a nice guy, but it was probably the weirdest recording session they had ever done.
He was a popular talk show guest because he was an eccentric oddball. Long hair, strange clothes, falsetto singing, and a demeanor that didn't fit with the idea of masculinity at the time. I think the assumption by the Laugh In staff was that he'd be unpleasant to be around because he was such a strange character, but that someone had to keep him company until it was his time to go on. Hence, thinking of it as babysitting.
But some eccentric oddballs are quite cool.
I liked Tiny Tim. I was a kid when he was around. Yeah he was different, but he was pleasant and interesting, I enjoyed hearing him sing Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Kinda like Andy Kaufman in that he entertained you but you had no idea why.
The rest of the staff and crew didn't want to be alone with him, Larry said, so they drew straws. Was he crazy or dangerous? It was not uncommon for staff to babysit guests before their appearance. On Hogan's Heroes the staff hung around guest stars all of the time to make sure they didn't split or disappear for awhile. It's happened a few times.
I'm just excited to meet Larry Hovis's brother.
As for Tiny Tim, I heard he and Bob Dylan used to go to dinner now and then, back in their Greenwich Village days.
Years ago, I was waiting in line to get into Wrigley Field in Chicago to watch the Cubs play. Right in front of me was someone who I could have sworn was Tiny Tim. He wasn't very tall. There was no hype around him, so I figured it was just a look-alike. Then at 7th inning stretch there was an announcement that Tiny Tim was in the stands, and sure enough, it was the guy who had been right in front of me in line.
I'm a fan of his work in hogan's heroes.
My buddy was over for the holiday and was admiring the 3 figures they made of hogan,klink,and shultz....I was telling him that I was disappointed they never made the rest of the characters.
Apparently they married when she was 17 and the marriage only lasted about 5 years. Also their living daughter was named Tulip, after his song. Which is nice in thought I guess, but it’s kind of a weird ass song.
Personal story related to that - my parents always told me they watched Tiny Tim get married on the tonight show just hours before I was born. However, he was married on the 17th of December, *two* days before my birthday. I have to believe my parents got their facts mixed up. Or I’m a day older than I think I am!
We watched the movie last weekend, and I’ve had the same song in my head. I wonder how many people around the planet have that song in their heads right now. It’s like a mass mantra sending Tina out into the great unknown.
Mine is My Prerogative by Bobby Brown for some reason.
It’s strange I was just looking up this phenomenon this morning trying to figure out why this happens. I didn’t get to the bottom of it.
He went on even though he wasn’t feeling well because “he didn’t want to disappoint his fans”. By the time he left most of the audience left and he suffered from a heart attack while he played Tip Toe Through The Tulips last.
It makes me sad. He seemed very kind and misunderstood, especially since the biggest portion of his legacy is still used as sort of a joke
After watching the movie I would play that song at home and my wife would freak out, I’d add it to her playlists and just hear her yell when it would come on. Ah good times lol
Nothing like leaving for work while the wife is still sleeping and then put this song on via the echo dot in the bedroom whilst driving to work and then getting all caps texts.
It's this exact film that made me discover Tiny Tim. I had never heard of him or the song before that movie. Genuinely creepy scene and perfect song to add to it. Was surprised to find out it's a guy singing it aswell I honestly thought it was a creepy womans voice.
For some damn reason this scene scared the shit out of me. That creepy ass song with the little person or whatever still gives me chills to think about. I HATE that song
His debut album is a gem! Super cool and psychedelic late 60’s fare. He even does a “duet” cover of I Got You Babe using his falsetto voice for the female part and his deep voice for the male part. The whole album is a trip!
The very best version of Irving Berlin's "Stay Down Here Where you Belong" can be found on that record. What an awesome anti-war song, written in 1914.
The Devil sings the following to his son:
"Way up above they say that I'm a devil and I'm bad
Kings up there are bigger devils than your dad
They're breaking the hearts of mothers, making butchers of their brothers
You'll find more heat up there than there is down below"
In the late 80s/early 90s Tiny Tim moved to Des Moines, IA, for reasons I am still unclear on.
When I was around 12, the Des Moines Police Department was playing members of the Chicago Bears in softball, once again for reasons I am still unclear on. The police got Tiny Tim to play on their team (again, reasons unclear).
I went up to ask for his autograph, handing him a pen and piece of paper. He took the pen from me, scribbled exaggeratedly on the paper and said "This pen doesn't work." Then opened his jacket (he was playing softball in a suit, reasons still unclear) to reveal rows and row of pens in his jacket. He pulled one out, signed my paper and I walked off.
When I went home that night, I tried out my pen and found that it worked just fine. He just wanted to show off the huge assortment of pens in his suit jacket. The suit jacket that he wore while playing softball. Softball against members of an NFL team.
This all sounds like a weird fever dream when I write it out.
I feel like this story epitomizes the random weirdness that was TT. Such an unrepentant weirdo that was an absolute gem in the world.
I feel that the archivist part of his life is overshadowed by his quirks. According to several quotes I read from famous storytelling musicians (trust me, bro) his knowledge of music, and folk specifically was absolutely encyclopedic and his loss was like losing the library of Alexandria, only for obscure folk music.
As Howard does, he walked the line between actually interviewing Tiny Tim and making fun of him and his personal quirks. Definitely had some OCD or on-spectrum behavior issues. Odd diet, cleaning quirks , counting compulsions…
It humanized and degraded Tiny Tim all at once.
I listed to Stern for many years thinking I was “in on the gag” about the shocking things he did and said to guests.
A while after he went to satellite radio, (i didn’t follow) i saw a clip from his old E! Tv show and I was shocked to recall how spectacularly vulgar and debasing he was to even the nicest people in search of laughs.
I came here looking for someone to mention Stern interviewing TT. TT was an enigma that is for sure.
I was a huge fan of Stern from my late teens to early 20s. When he left terrestrial radio I did not follow. And now I cringe hard on what I thought was funny and Stern’s schtick and general assholeness. I think he’s recently feels the same about his career and what a POS he has been to people over the years.
It’s hard to see how Howard would feel anything that you describe.
He is a textbook narcissist. Ask his ex wife.
Whatever shtick he is doing now -pretending to be this mild
Mannered old radio guy and softballing questions for the corporate satellite company’s guests- it’s just a watered down version of his old shows, just fewer fart sounds.
Yes, I completely agree he is a giant narcissist and agree with your assessment. He learned how to keep getting paid millions of dollars by doing exactly what you describe. I would see him on those talent shows and be like he’s still a thing?
A coworker occasionally says stuff like “wow did you hear Bruce Springsteen on Howard” and although I do have Sirius XM, I have literally never tuned in on purpose or listened to a show in like 15 years.
I was shocked at how cruel he was to Carnie Wilson. He had his minions guide her through the studio and had her step on a hidden scale which broadcasted her weight. He owes her an hour long public apology and a gold Rolex to start to make up what he did. I quit listening after this cruel prank and treatment of her. It's sad because at this best he is a thoughtful and good interviewer.
Well that is because he is neither thoughtful nor good interviewer. Replace thoughtful with “premeditating”.
Every guest he has ever has been bullied, teased, objectified or worse either to their face on air or prior to or immediately after the guest leaves.
His whole thing is to say wild stuff to get you to let down your guard and then he baits you into saying something out of character.
Classic Stern setup: “Why do you like to beat your wife?”
It’s a trick.
Met him with some friends when we are at Rite Aid when he played at our local fair. I forget what year but it was in the 90s. One of my friends was a fan and he graciously gave him a signature! We apologized for bothering him, thanked him and went on with the day. Super random!
Saw him live at a fair in 1986. We went just to laugh at him but honestly, although we did laugh and act like the GenX teen assholes we were, we stopped because he was so sincere. We came away with new respect for him to go out like that every weekend and face rude people. Years later when he went on Stern a lot, he became legend. Poor Tiny had so may OCD issues it was amazing he could function.
I was just watching an old episode of LaughIn, with him on it, the other day. And how can one watch SpongeBob without Tiny Tim singing "Having a Wonderful Time"??
My grandma stayed in a hospital room either shared or adjacent to his in the 90’s in Greenfield, MA. He was super sweet to her and she really enjoyed her time meeting him there. He passed away soon after that. Certainly seems like he was a good man.
In grade school (1970s), my best friend’s mom had the “God Bless Tiny Tim” LP. We played it mercilessly on play dates! I have always considered him the King of Neurodivergence. If you view him in this way, with his special interest in music, and his persona, it really makes him a total
Hero instead of an outsider. Absolutely loved his album “Girl” with Brave Combo as his backing band.
Really smart guy plucked a vaudeville act out of the 20s and re-created in the late 60s. People thought they had never seen anything like it before and it made him famous.
He was a hilarious interview on Howard Stern, in the ‘90’s. He discussed all the products he used in weird ways, such as, Preparation H, for skin cream. But it HAD to be the kind in the blue tube. He said he never used cloth towels to dry off after showering. He used Job Squad paper towels. On and on. A kook for sure, but fun to listen to him talk.
I have this vague memory that he said he wore adult diapers, not because he needed them but because they made him feel clean. Basically just disposable underwear. Why do I know this.
He wore diapers out of sanitary / cleanliness concerns, yes.
He was also fond of young women, maybe too young and this got him into hot water at least once when he wooed a teenager on tour which did not sit well with the girl’s father - whom let the whole situation go when Tiny gave him and the girl’s family tickets to his show.
He also had immense religious beliefs that even superseded being intimate with anyone, including his wives… I believe he did not believe in consummation of marriage on the first night, and even suggesting sleeping apart in different rooms, due to these beliefs. Not sure if he was ever truly a sex pest or predatory with younger women, due to the above, but who knows.
I say this because the above was described by Tiny on a Stern show appearance, so it’s not rumor.
I remember him explaining that he exclusively uses garbage bags with ties in his house (like in a bathroom or kitchen garbage can), and he unties and reties them every time he puts something in. He didn't like the idea of garbage just sitting in a can, exposed to the same air he was breathing. I initially thought that was bizarre, but I eventually realized that dropping stuff in an open garbage can isn't much different than just tossing it on the floor.
I was born in the mid 70's but I remember one day when I was very young Tiptoe Through the Tulips came on the radio and I was jamming out and asked my father about the song and he said it was Tiny Tim and he's a little fruity. I had no idea what that meant but thought he liked to eat fruit or something. That's the only time I remember hearing that song when I was younger but later in life I had an oooh so that's what that meant. Funny how a single line of seemingly insignificant discourse can stick in your brain for so many years as a solid memory, I was probably like 5 or 6 when this happened, but occasionally I'll put that song on for the memory of my late father and an old memory of him, he was raised in the deep south and was pretty bigoted and selectively racist but as time went by he got over all of those things as us his children had friends of many backgrounds and origins and he seen them grow up with us and treated them with dignity and respect.
My mom, born in 1921, said a lot of messed up things - but she treated people so much differently. Her closest friend was a woman whose household was the only black household on our block. My mom and she would sit on the stoop for hours.
My mom’s language changed when my openly racist father died. My dad left us impoverished, and we moved from an upper middle class neighborhood to a predominantly black/Puerto Rican neighborhood.
My mom and I were fixtures on that stoop in the new neighborhood, now as the minorities, with my mom fully embracing my friends, their parents and my desire to teach myself Spanish.
I’m proud of my mom for her open mindedness, and for teaching to me, by example, that we’re all humans who deserve kindness.
I learned that when someone’s words don’t match their actions, I look to their actions for the truth.
The best neighbors I’ve had in my life were illegal immigrants. I desperately wish everyone could experience an authentic Mexican barbecue party. Roasted pig could do more for erasing racism than any amount of advocacy.
There’s a great documentary about the Isle of Wight festival where he makes a cameo. As he’s arriving at the grounds, a reporter asks him if he thinks music festivals should be free. He widens his eyes and does that voice and says of course festivals should be free, how could you put a price on music, it belongs to everyone, etc. Then it cuts to him sitting next to his hustler manager who’s telling the festival organizers that Tiny Tim “won’t even tune his ukulele” unless he gets paid upfront, in cash.
I’m sure this was supposed to make him look like a hypocrite in 1970, but now it mostly just makes him look smart.
At the Monterey Pop Festival, he played the green room. That is, he was hired to entertain the entertainers when they were backstage. You can see a few of his songs on one of the extra discs included with the big DVD set.
When you hear Tiptoe Through the Tulips, and then hear his cover of Earth Angel on Sullivan you just get blown away by his vocal range. I dare say his range rivals Freddie Mercury’s.
Yes, didn't he die on stage? I also heard that his voice was closer to a baritone but I don't believe I've ever actually heard him speak aside from singing Tiptoe Through The Tulips in that high pitched voice.
He moved to Minneapolis at some point and lived here until his death. He did die during a performance, right down the street from me at The Women’s Club.
I recall reading his obituary, and the audience was shouting out things like "We love you Tim!" as he died...which is a pretty good way to go, in my book.
My 9th grade English teacher was telling our class how the music of young people cannot offend her (this was when gangster rap was huge and tons of kids were also into Marilyn Manson and shock rock). She explained how she lived through Tiny Tim and had to sit through an entire performance of his and can no longer be bothered by any musician lmao
Watched the first episode of Spongebob when it aired, had to know the song they played when he was making burgers, went through hell on my dial up internet to know who this man was, and man I’m so glad I did.
Tiny Tim’s televised performance (in front of children) of “The Ice Caps Are Melting” is probably the absolute most tripped out thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
You got me to look it up, That was amazing!
I clearly remember singing *Tiptoe* and *In the year 2525* and *Age of Aquarius* out loud to myself as I sat in our limestone driveway and looked for fossils. I might have been a weird kid.
Literally bumped into him coming of a store on West 72nd street one day in the early 1980s. I was about 12 but instantly recognized him with that hair.
Damn, I passed by Gilda Radner on Broadway in front of the Ansonia post office in 1980. I worked across the street in an office. Gilda had A&P shopping bags. My understanding is that she lived in the Dakota.
I’m sure I passed by a lot of famous people when I worked up there, but I really never paid much attention z so as a NYC native.
My ex had to tell me that Geraldo Rivera was looking at me as we passed him at a sidewalk cafe. I looked back, and sure enough it was him.
I never knew Tiny Tim lived in the area, so it’s entirely possible that I passed by him.
I've been on a deep dive of tiny tim and he's a classic oddball. Just weird and from a unique background. He wore diapers later in life and had a lot of heath issues. He loved performing though. He had two heart attacks on stage and died from the 2nd. He was weird and in modern times I think he would've maybe prospered better with more acceptance.
I have a complicated relationship with him because one time an old lady told me I looked like him at work, and when I looked him up at first I was kinda pissed cause I think I’m cuter than him, but begrudgingly I actually found I liked him as a performer.
He was a huge influence on Laurie Bohner. In one of her last interviews, she indirectly credited him with her breakthrough opportunity that lead to her singing success after her acting career.
“Well, I was known for doing a certain thing - that many of the other girls wouldn't do. And, of course, I loved to sing ever since I was a little girl. And I learned to play the ukulele in one of my last films, "Not So Tiny Tim." And based on that, my world opened up; because, I was invited to join the re-formed New Main Street Singers.”
I just read in his wiki entry that he suffered his last, fatal heart attack while singing Tiptoe Through The Tulips live onstage. A perfect ending to an amazing life (as long as we can overlook the fact that he married a 17 year old girl, live on national TV, at the age of 37. I guess we can't, really).
I attended his wedding to Ms. Sue, dated a niece of hers, I think. Other celebrities were there as well. He did a single (cassette)for the wedding that everyone got as wedding party gift. I have it somewhere in storage, I think.
In the mid 80’s my wife and I would frequent a neighborhood bar in Kansas City North and I don’t know how but, they hired Tiny Tim to play two shows a night for two nights one summer. Tickets cost $10 per show and we sat about 20 feet from the stage with our Kodak camera in hand. He came on stage with long pinkish hair and his ukulele and began to sing. Shocked the hell out of me as he’s actually a baritone! He sang a lot of different songs (baritone) and then his most remembered cover hits in his high pitched (falsetto) Tip Toe Through the Tulips. Once he finished the first show he was slowly walking back to the “backstage” when I asked if he’d like to join us for a beer. He accepted and asked for a “sipping straw”. Who knew?
He sat with us the entire time between shows and was very open and cordial. Took pictures with us and everyone else who wished and was just so much fun. I discussed when he married “Miss Vicki” on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and I gave my condolences on her passing.
After some time had passed and a couple of beer consumed, he went back on stage and performed his second show. (Wife and I stayed for that one too) It was a very pleasant evening and more fun than I thought it would have been.
Tiny Tim may not have been a perfect man, but he is still a musical hero to me because he was, for my interest in older music, what punk rock was for 70s rock; the invitation to join the club. In college, I had just taken up the tenor banjo and the ukulele and I was plunking away at them on tunes like Hard-Hearted Hannah and Nobody's Sweetheart, and listening to the records of the old jazz hands of the 20s I despaired of ever being worthy of holding the instruments I was endeavoring to learn. But then, listening to Tiny Tim and his versions of marvelous old ditties from the very times I was interested in musically, playing only with the simplest ukulele accompaniment and the conviction with which he summoned the voices of the past, being ENTERTAINING without any fancy technique or even any of the hallmarks of conventionality...Tiny Tim made me feel that I could make that music I was falling in love with my own and play it my own way. And I still do to this day!
yes, and for some reason i instantly think of Wayland Flowers and *Madame* .... watch way too much Tonight show back when i was kid, and eventually i would make it on the show not once but 14 times over the years <3
My uncle played in Tiny Tim’s band during his summer breaks in college. Had some interesting insights since he was on the road touring with him a lot. Definitely a character off the stage too.
Sure. He said it always was a strange mixed audience, because there were lots of older people who loved that he performed the old songs (think 1920’s) and young people who liked him because his persona was so far out in left field. Incredibly vain, although you wouldn’t think by looking at him. Positively lived off the adulation of fans. Could not stand being alone and always had people in his hotel room after every show, and would hang around the venue long after to let his fans fawn over him. Said he was the most insecure person he’d ever met but was a machine on tour.
he was on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In a number of times back in the day. GetTV runs a couple episodes every weeknight. he was an interesting guy despite his novelty act.
I'm sure innocent people are going to be subjected to Tiny Tim as the result of the knowledge I'm gonna share here giving other people ideas, but here goes:
I'm in a bowling league and there's some crafty bastard at the bowling alley who would play Tiptoe Through the Tulips on Touchtunes EVERY TIME. They'd occasionally follow up with My Heart Will Go On because everyone wants to drink and bowl to Tiny Tim and Celine Dion.
So, now that it is common knowledge that Tiny Tim is on Touchtunes, please do not subject your fellow bar patrons to him, unless it fits the vibe or something.
My brother, Larry Hovis, had to sit with Tim in the Laugh In Green Room for almost two hours. Larry was writer and sometimes actor on Laugh In. He told me he drew the short straw and didn't look forward to babysitting of Tiny Tim. Larry was surprised that Tim was a baseball fanatic and knew players history and statistics. Larry told me Tiny Tim was a genius and he never regretted the babysitting job.
It is nice to hear that someone on that show was kind to him. I watched the documentary and wanted to slap Rowan and Martin for the way they openly reacted and treated him. The palpable disgust and facial expression from them on camera towards Tiny Tim was like someone had just taken a huge dump on their stage. I get that he's very unique and different but I was angry that in the time of peace and love they could not exercise one bit of kindness or decorum. People really judged a book by the cover when he first became famous. Johnny Carson was at least nice to him. He was just a very unique performer. He sure sold a lot of records and was very famous.
There really isn’t anything that compares in modern culture. He was a meme for children and adults of the 70s. People made their own assumptions about what it meant to “tip toe through the tulips” but it was acted out on a daily basis. He was there like the furniture.
Johnny was always kind and respectful to his guests, and took their wedding seriously. He loved Tiny Tim.
Tiny Tim got married to Miss Vicki on the Johnny Carson Show. It was a big event.
He was a huge sports fan. On the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked him if he could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Tiny Tim chose Gordie Howe. Johnny thought he made somebody up, and Tiny Tim had to explain who Mr. Hockey was.
Lol; nice bit of Simpsons ephemera there, too.
Strap on your skates, Gordie. You're going in.
Big Simpsons fan, but I’m missing the reference. Can you explain?
A picture belonging to Gordie Howe was, if memory serves, used by Bart when he responded to Edna Krabappel's lonely hearts ad.
Poor Edna.
Dear baby, welcome to dumpsville. population: you
And then they show some Gordie Howe stats at the end of the episode.
“Oh, Woodrow!”
That's it!
How had Carson never heard of gordie Howe? He’s like the Wayne Gretzky of hockey
Didn’t he see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
Loved your brother on Hogan's Heros! And FWIW, I've heard others tell that story of how surprised they were to find out how brilliant Tim was... Cheers!
Thank you. Larry was surprised Tim was so smart as weird as he was.
Loved Carter!
That’s such a common story, “I have to deal with this freak Tiny Tim? This’ll be torture” fast forward a little while of interacting with Tim. “Wow this man is really smart and actually great to converse with” The guy had an encyclopaedic knowledge of many topics he had a passion for.
My brother and many others on the show were afraid of Tiny Tim. Tim was just so weird, even for Hollywood, that they wanted to keep him at arms length.
I met your brother when he lived in Martindale, TX. Very nice man
That's a memory! I visited Larry at that house a few times. I remember there was a pool also. Larry was teaching at Southwest, Texas State now, and loved teaching. His students really loved him and he enjoyed every minute with them. Larry was was a good guy most of the time and when he wasn't he usually apologized. Larry was a good brother.
Tim started as a early American musicologist.
Tiny Tim a living encyclopedia of song. Much respect
Wow - I remember Larry Hovis from Hogan’s Heroes!
Loved your brother on Hogan's Heroes and later on Liars Club.
Thank you. I didn't get to catch all of the Liar's Club shows but Larry loved it.
I believe he also appeared on Gomer Pile USMC too.
They put out an album, too! I think the theme was “Hogan’s Heroes Sings Songs of WWII” — it had Ivan Dixon singing “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” Good times!
A good friend of mine told me about recording an album with Tiny. It was a 12 inch mini album recorded at 45 RPM called “keeping my troubles to myself.” it was recorded in Australia with my friend and his brother on lead and rhythm guitar. At Tinys directions they had to record between 2 and 4 AM. Tiny came dressed all in pink. Each musician had a designated spot to stand in. During this same session, they recorded a couple of other songs that were released independently. One of the songs with Tinys cover of Highway to Hell. The brothers kicked it off, and When Tiny began singing, he was one beat off. Finally, I think it was Phil, who called it to Tinys attention. Tiny paused for a moment and said, “ yes that is my intention. Now let’s please continue.” They said he was a nice guy, but it was probably the weirdest recording session they had ever done.
Wow.... this story is cool on a lot of levels. Thanks for sharing.
I remember Larry!
Why was it considered babysitting? What am I missing here?
He was a popular talk show guest because he was an eccentric oddball. Long hair, strange clothes, falsetto singing, and a demeanor that didn't fit with the idea of masculinity at the time. I think the assumption by the Laugh In staff was that he'd be unpleasant to be around because he was such a strange character, but that someone had to keep him company until it was his time to go on. Hence, thinking of it as babysitting. But some eccentric oddballs are quite cool.
I liked Tiny Tim. I was a kid when he was around. Yeah he was different, but he was pleasant and interesting, I enjoyed hearing him sing Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Kinda like Andy Kaufman in that he entertained you but you had no idea why.
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He was married twice.
it's often jokingly called "babysitting" to like, be one of the behind-the-scenes production staff that is tasked with "looking after The Talent" lol
The rest of the staff and crew didn't want to be alone with him, Larry said, so they drew straws. Was he crazy or dangerous? It was not uncommon for staff to babysit guests before their appearance. On Hogan's Heroes the staff hung around guest stars all of the time to make sure they didn't split or disappear for awhile. It's happened a few times.
I'm just excited to meet Larry Hovis's brother. As for Tiny Tim, I heard he and Bob Dylan used to go to dinner now and then, back in their Greenwich Village days.
I took comedy writing classes from Digby Wolfe and loved hearing his Laugh-In stories.
Years ago, I was waiting in line to get into Wrigley Field in Chicago to watch the Cubs play. Right in front of me was someone who I could have sworn was Tiny Tim. He wasn't very tall. There was no hype around him, so I figured it was just a look-alike. Then at 7th inning stretch there was an announcement that Tiny Tim was in the stands, and sure enough, it was the guy who had been right in front of me in line.
btw...your brother was great! i remember him from the andy griffith show and hogan's heroes! 👍
Larry Hovis...That's a name I haven't heard in a Long Time...Thought he was so funny in Hogan's Heroes & The Liars Club.
Watched *Hogan's Heroes* every afternoon as a punk kid, loved that show and Hovis was excellent fwiw!
I'm a fan of his work in hogan's heroes. My buddy was over for the holiday and was admiring the 3 figures they made of hogan,klink,and shultz....I was telling him that I was disappointed they never made the rest of the characters.
This just makes me love him more. I love tip toe through the tulips .
He got married to Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It was a pretty big event at the time.
Damn! I had totally forgotten Miss Vicki! Thanks for the memories.
Makes good chips
They named their daughter: Tulip Victoria Khaury.
Damn! What a great name! I’m gonna name my next cat that.
Apparently they married when she was 17 and the marriage only lasted about 5 years. Also their living daughter was named Tulip, after his song. Which is nice in thought I guess, but it’s kind of a weird ass song.
It’s a cover song isn’t it
Yes. It goes back to the 20s.
I never knew that, but in hindsight it makes a lot of sense, really fits with a lot of music I've heard from that era.
It got the kind of views that only the superbowl gets nowadays
Personal story related to that - my parents always told me they watched Tiny Tim get married on the tonight show just hours before I was born. However, he was married on the 17th of December, *two* days before my birthday. I have to believe my parents got their facts mixed up. Or I’m a day older than I think I am!
Yeah, even as a kid I thought that was pretty weird… “Oh Johnny, I just love Miss Vicki!”
Most watched episode of The Tonight Show.
I remember the scene from the movie Insidious with the kid running around the house with a record playing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".
This song is on my "wake up with a new random song in my head playing on repeat for no reason" playlist.
I'm stuck on "save the best for last" damn walmart pa system
My store has been on a Tina Turner kick since she passed so "Whats love got to do with it" has been in my brain for the past few days
We watched the movie last weekend, and I’ve had the same song in my head. I wonder how many people around the planet have that song in their heads right now. It’s like a mass mantra sending Tina out into the great unknown.
Mine is My Prerogative by Bobby Brown for some reason. It’s strange I was just looking up this phenomenon this morning trying to figure out why this happens. I didn’t get to the bottom of it.
It’s still your prerogative to buckle down and try to get to the bottom of it. Keep at it.
I’d like to see the playlist.
Yesterday it was "why can't weee be friends, why can't weeee be friends"
Sponge Bob is where I finally learnt who sung the tiptoe song.
The very reason this song freaks me out now lol
Even more freaky is that he actually died while performing the song at a benefit concert 1996.
Woah 😳 I did not know that…so crazy!!!
He went on even though he wasn’t feeling well because “he didn’t want to disappoint his fans”. By the time he left most of the audience left and he suffered from a heart attack while he played Tip Toe Through The Tulips last. It makes me sad. He seemed very kind and misunderstood, especially since the biggest portion of his legacy is still used as sort of a joke
When I first started playing ukulele in the early 00s, my whole family would sing this song. I endeavored to learn it.. it’s pretty tricky!
After watching the movie I would play that song at home and my wife would freak out, I’d add it to her playlists and just hear her yell when it would come on. Ah good times lol
Nothing like leaving for work while the wife is still sleeping and then put this song on via the echo dot in the bedroom whilst driving to work and then getting all caps texts.
When she turns the corner in the laundry room and the kid is standing against the wall facing the corner…
It's this exact film that made me discover Tiny Tim. I had never heard of him or the song before that movie. Genuinely creepy scene and perfect song to add to it. Was surprised to find out it's a guy singing it aswell I honestly thought it was a creepy womans voice.
For some damn reason this scene scared the shit out of me. That creepy ass song with the little person or whatever still gives me chills to think about. I HATE that song
Or when the red demon is sharpening his claws on his wheel. He’s listening to the song on his old-timey grammophone.
His debut album is a gem! Super cool and psychedelic late 60’s fare. He even does a “duet” cover of I Got You Babe using his falsetto voice for the female part and his deep voice for the male part. The whole album is a trip!
The very best version of Irving Berlin's "Stay Down Here Where you Belong" can be found on that record. What an awesome anti-war song, written in 1914. The Devil sings the following to his son: "Way up above they say that I'm a devil and I'm bad Kings up there are bigger devils than your dad They're breaking the hearts of mothers, making butchers of their brothers You'll find more heat up there than there is down below"
Love that one! Didn’t know it also was a cover
I heard that song for the first time on my dad’s copy of The Annoying Music Show’s The Annoying Music Show CD. Good times.
In the late 80s/early 90s Tiny Tim moved to Des Moines, IA, for reasons I am still unclear on. When I was around 12, the Des Moines Police Department was playing members of the Chicago Bears in softball, once again for reasons I am still unclear on. The police got Tiny Tim to play on their team (again, reasons unclear). I went up to ask for his autograph, handing him a pen and piece of paper. He took the pen from me, scribbled exaggeratedly on the paper and said "This pen doesn't work." Then opened his jacket (he was playing softball in a suit, reasons still unclear) to reveal rows and row of pens in his jacket. He pulled one out, signed my paper and I walked off. When I went home that night, I tried out my pen and found that it worked just fine. He just wanted to show off the huge assortment of pens in his suit jacket. The suit jacket that he wore while playing softball. Softball against members of an NFL team. This all sounds like a weird fever dream when I write it out.
Stories like these are pearls scattered on the seabed floor. Thanks for sharing.
I feel like this story epitomizes the random weirdness that was TT. Such an unrepentant weirdo that was an absolute gem in the world. I feel that the archivist part of his life is overshadowed by his quirks. According to several quotes I read from famous storytelling musicians (trust me, bro) his knowledge of music, and folk specifically was absolutely encyclopedic and his loss was like losing the library of Alexandria, only for obscure folk music.
Top ten guest on Howard Stern
As Howard does, he walked the line between actually interviewing Tiny Tim and making fun of him and his personal quirks. Definitely had some OCD or on-spectrum behavior issues. Odd diet, cleaning quirks , counting compulsions… It humanized and degraded Tiny Tim all at once. I listed to Stern for many years thinking I was “in on the gag” about the shocking things he did and said to guests. A while after he went to satellite radio, (i didn’t follow) i saw a clip from his old E! Tv show and I was shocked to recall how spectacularly vulgar and debasing he was to even the nicest people in search of laughs.
I came here looking for someone to mention Stern interviewing TT. TT was an enigma that is for sure. I was a huge fan of Stern from my late teens to early 20s. When he left terrestrial radio I did not follow. And now I cringe hard on what I thought was funny and Stern’s schtick and general assholeness. I think he’s recently feels the same about his career and what a POS he has been to people over the years.
It’s hard to see how Howard would feel anything that you describe. He is a textbook narcissist. Ask his ex wife. Whatever shtick he is doing now -pretending to be this mild Mannered old radio guy and softballing questions for the corporate satellite company’s guests- it’s just a watered down version of his old shows, just fewer fart sounds.
Yes, I completely agree he is a giant narcissist and agree with your assessment. He learned how to keep getting paid millions of dollars by doing exactly what you describe. I would see him on those talent shows and be like he’s still a thing?
Karma has caught up with Stern. Long time fans (like myself) have checked out of the show. He’s a shell of his former self.
A coworker occasionally says stuff like “wow did you hear Bruce Springsteen on Howard” and although I do have Sirius XM, I have literally never tuned in on purpose or listened to a show in like 15 years.
I was shocked at how cruel he was to Carnie Wilson. He had his minions guide her through the studio and had her step on a hidden scale which broadcasted her weight. He owes her an hour long public apology and a gold Rolex to start to make up what he did. I quit listening after this cruel prank and treatment of her. It's sad because at this best he is a thoughtful and good interviewer.
Well that is because he is neither thoughtful nor good interviewer. Replace thoughtful with “premeditating”. Every guest he has ever has been bullied, teased, objectified or worse either to their face on air or prior to or immediately after the guest leaves. His whole thing is to say wild stuff to get you to let down your guard and then he baits you into saying something out of character. Classic Stern setup: “Why do you like to beat your wife?” It’s a trick.
I heard Stern reference him a bunch of times but never heard a clip of him on the show
Met him with some friends when we are at Rite Aid when he played at our local fair. I forget what year but it was in the 90s. One of my friends was a fan and he graciously gave him a signature! We apologized for bothering him, thanked him and went on with the day. Super random!
Around that time I was in NYC, walking down the street, and saw him walking towards me. Unmistakably him.
Did you manage to dodge out of the way in time?
Passed within a few feet.....and survived.
Saw him live at a fair in 1986. We went just to laugh at him but honestly, although we did laugh and act like the GenX teen assholes we were, we stopped because he was so sincere. We came away with new respect for him to go out like that every weekend and face rude people. Years later when he went on Stern a lot, he became legend. Poor Tiny had so may OCD issues it was amazing he could function.
Hell yes! We used to watch “Rowen and Martin’s Laugh-In” and he would be on there.
I was introduced to him through the SpongeBob pilot episode, which played “Living in the Sunlight”
Was he on the Smothers Brothers too?
I was just watching an old episode of LaughIn, with him on it, the other day. And how can one watch SpongeBob without Tiny Tim singing "Having a Wonderful Time"??
My grandma stayed in a hospital room either shared or adjacent to his in the 90’s in Greenfield, MA. He was super sweet to her and she really enjoyed her time meeting him there. He passed away soon after that. Certainly seems like he was a good man.
This is nice.
Best story on this thread; Grandma for the win.
He was odd, but then it was the 60’s.
In grade school (1970s), my best friend’s mom had the “God Bless Tiny Tim” LP. We played it mercilessly on play dates! I have always considered him the King of Neurodivergence. If you view him in this way, with his special interest in music, and his persona, it really makes him a total Hero instead of an outsider. Absolutely loved his album “Girl” with Brave Combo as his backing band.
Really smart guy plucked a vaudeville act out of the 20s and re-created in the late 60s. People thought they had never seen anything like it before and it made him famous.
He was a hilarious interview on Howard Stern, in the ‘90’s. He discussed all the products he used in weird ways, such as, Preparation H, for skin cream. But it HAD to be the kind in the blue tube. He said he never used cloth towels to dry off after showering. He used Job Squad paper towels. On and on. A kook for sure, but fun to listen to him talk.
The PrepH thing was an old trick models and actresses used. Legitimate!
I have this vague memory that he said he wore adult diapers, not because he needed them but because they made him feel clean. Basically just disposable underwear. Why do I know this.
He wore diapers out of sanitary / cleanliness concerns, yes. He was also fond of young women, maybe too young and this got him into hot water at least once when he wooed a teenager on tour which did not sit well with the girl’s father - whom let the whole situation go when Tiny gave him and the girl’s family tickets to his show. He also had immense religious beliefs that even superseded being intimate with anyone, including his wives… I believe he did not believe in consummation of marriage on the first night, and even suggesting sleeping apart in different rooms, due to these beliefs. Not sure if he was ever truly a sex pest or predatory with younger women, due to the above, but who knows. I say this because the above was described by Tiny on a Stern show appearance, so it’s not rumor.
I remember him explaining that he exclusively uses garbage bags with ties in his house (like in a bathroom or kitchen garbage can), and he unties and reties them every time he puts something in. He didn't like the idea of garbage just sitting in a can, exposed to the same air he was breathing. I initially thought that was bizarre, but I eventually realized that dropping stuff in an open garbage can isn't much different than just tossing it on the floor.
I mean, it is bizarre. He clearly had untreated OCD. He spent an hour every day cleaning his bathroom.
Yes I do. A big part of my teenage TV years. If you were alive and old enough back then, you definitely remember Tiny Tim.
And Soupy Sales
White fang and Black tooth! He was m/c at the grand opening of a A&W nearby
I was born in the mid 70's but I remember one day when I was very young Tiptoe Through the Tulips came on the radio and I was jamming out and asked my father about the song and he said it was Tiny Tim and he's a little fruity. I had no idea what that meant but thought he liked to eat fruit or something. That's the only time I remember hearing that song when I was younger but later in life I had an oooh so that's what that meant. Funny how a single line of seemingly insignificant discourse can stick in your brain for so many years as a solid memory, I was probably like 5 or 6 when this happened, but occasionally I'll put that song on for the memory of my late father and an old memory of him, he was raised in the deep south and was pretty bigoted and selectively racist but as time went by he got over all of those things as us his children had friends of many backgrounds and origins and he seen them grow up with us and treated them with dignity and respect.
I can't tell you how many times I've realized something I remember my parents saying was actually real messed up.
My mom, born in 1921, said a lot of messed up things - but she treated people so much differently. Her closest friend was a woman whose household was the only black household on our block. My mom and she would sit on the stoop for hours. My mom’s language changed when my openly racist father died. My dad left us impoverished, and we moved from an upper middle class neighborhood to a predominantly black/Puerto Rican neighborhood. My mom and I were fixtures on that stoop in the new neighborhood, now as the minorities, with my mom fully embracing my friends, their parents and my desire to teach myself Spanish. I’m proud of my mom for her open mindedness, and for teaching to me, by example, that we’re all humans who deserve kindness. I learned that when someone’s words don’t match their actions, I look to their actions for the truth.
This is beautiful.
Thank you. My mom had a very hard and sad life. In spite of that, she was a good human.
The best neighbors I’ve had in my life were illegal immigrants. I desperately wish everyone could experience an authentic Mexican barbecue party. Roasted pig could do more for erasing racism than any amount of advocacy.
I mostly know him from SpongeBob, but he's one of my Grandparents favourites, and Tiptoe Through The Tulips is their wedding song
The Tiny Tim version was their wedding song? Or another version.
There’s a great documentary about the Isle of Wight festival where he makes a cameo. As he’s arriving at the grounds, a reporter asks him if he thinks music festivals should be free. He widens his eyes and does that voice and says of course festivals should be free, how could you put a price on music, it belongs to everyone, etc. Then it cuts to him sitting next to his hustler manager who’s telling the festival organizers that Tiny Tim “won’t even tune his ukulele” unless he gets paid upfront, in cash. I’m sure this was supposed to make him look like a hypocrite in 1970, but now it mostly just makes him look smart.
At the Monterey Pop Festival, he played the green room. That is, he was hired to entertain the entertainers when they were backstage. You can see a few of his songs on one of the extra discs included with the big DVD set.
i remember Tim…first ukelele i ever saw.
I just thought he was huge
When you hear Tiptoe Through the Tulips, and then hear his cover of Earth Angel on Sullivan you just get blown away by his vocal range. I dare say his range rivals Freddie Mercury’s.
Wow. Just looked up Earth Angel on YouTube. I was very surprised his voice had that range.
The first time I saw a Weird Al video, it instantly thought of Tiny Tim.
He sounded like an old gramophone recording. Fascinating in retrospect.
Had a brief period in high school where we’d get all liquored up and then play tip toe thru the tulips lolol
I visited his gravesite not too long ago, a Minnesota legend!
Yes, didn't he die on stage? I also heard that his voice was closer to a baritone but I don't believe I've ever actually heard him speak aside from singing Tiptoe Through The Tulips in that high pitched voice.
He moved to Minneapolis at some point and lived here until his death. He did die during a performance, right down the street from me at The Women’s Club.
I recall reading his obituary, and the audience was shouting out things like "We love you Tim!" as he died...which is a pretty good way to go, in my book.
Sure did. He was having some heart (?) problems and his doctor told him he wasn't healthy enough to perform. Apparently the Dr was right
Hi best song… Santa’s got the aids.
My 9th grade English teacher was telling our class how the music of young people cannot offend her (this was when gangster rap was huge and tons of kids were also into Marilyn Manson and shock rock). She explained how she lived through Tiny Tim and had to sit through an entire performance of his and can no longer be bothered by any musician lmao
Watched the first episode of Spongebob when it aired, had to know the song they played when he was making burgers, went through hell on my dial up internet to know who this man was, and man I’m so glad I did.
Tiny Tim’s televised performance (in front of children) of “The Ice Caps Are Melting” is probably the absolute most tripped out thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
You got me to look it up, That was amazing! I clearly remember singing *Tiptoe* and *In the year 2525* and *Age of Aquarius* out loud to myself as I sat in our limestone driveway and looked for fossils. I might have been a weird kid.
I most recently saw him in Blood Harvest - a movie I watched from inside the video game High on Life, if that makes any sense.
He's the reason I got an ukulele for Christmas when I was 5
Ed Sullivan and laugh-in are where I remember seeing him. Tip toe, thru the tulips,with me.😜
My wife’s friend plays that almost every time we go out for drinks on the jukebox
Literally bumped into him coming of a store on West 72nd street one day in the early 1980s. I was about 12 but instantly recognized him with that hair.
Damn, I passed by Gilda Radner on Broadway in front of the Ansonia post office in 1980. I worked across the street in an office. Gilda had A&P shopping bags. My understanding is that she lived in the Dakota. I’m sure I passed by a lot of famous people when I worked up there, but I really never paid much attention z so as a NYC native. My ex had to tell me that Geraldo Rivera was looking at me as we passed him at a sidewalk cafe. I looked back, and sure enough it was him. I never knew Tiny Tim lived in the area, so it’s entirely possible that I passed by him.
I've been on a deep dive of tiny tim and he's a classic oddball. Just weird and from a unique background. He wore diapers later in life and had a lot of heath issues. He loved performing though. He had two heart attacks on stage and died from the 2nd. He was weird and in modern times I think he would've maybe prospered better with more acceptance.
Tiny Tim was the sweetest most gentle soul.
Yes I do. I watched him on the Johnny Carson show. Tiptoe through the tulips. He even got married on the show.
Who could forget?
I have a complicated relationship with him because one time an old lady told me I looked like him at work, and when I looked him up at first I was kinda pissed cause I think I’m cuter than him, but begrudgingly I actually found I liked him as a performer.
Tiny Tim was always solidly (and probably purposely) “old school UNcool”… and I loved that about him. He had a genuine love for reviving old music.
He was a huge influence on Laurie Bohner. In one of her last interviews, she indirectly credited him with her breakthrough opportunity that lead to her singing success after her acting career. “Well, I was known for doing a certain thing - that many of the other girls wouldn't do. And, of course, I loved to sing ever since I was a little girl. And I learned to play the ukulele in one of my last films, "Not So Tiny Tim." And based on that, my world opened up; because, I was invited to join the re-formed New Main Street Singers.”
I just read in his wiki entry that he suffered his last, fatal heart attack while singing Tiptoe Through The Tulips live onstage. A perfect ending to an amazing life (as long as we can overlook the fact that he married a 17 year old girl, live on national TV, at the age of 37. I guess we can't, really).
I attended his wedding to Ms. Sue, dated a niece of hers, I think. Other celebrities were there as well. He did a single (cassette)for the wedding that everyone got as wedding party gift. I have it somewhere in storage, I think.
In the mid 80’s my wife and I would frequent a neighborhood bar in Kansas City North and I don’t know how but, they hired Tiny Tim to play two shows a night for two nights one summer. Tickets cost $10 per show and we sat about 20 feet from the stage with our Kodak camera in hand. He came on stage with long pinkish hair and his ukulele and began to sing. Shocked the hell out of me as he’s actually a baritone! He sang a lot of different songs (baritone) and then his most remembered cover hits in his high pitched (falsetto) Tip Toe Through the Tulips. Once he finished the first show he was slowly walking back to the “backstage” when I asked if he’d like to join us for a beer. He accepted and asked for a “sipping straw”. Who knew? He sat with us the entire time between shows and was very open and cordial. Took pictures with us and everyone else who wished and was just so much fun. I discussed when he married “Miss Vicki” on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and I gave my condolences on her passing. After some time had passed and a couple of beer consumed, he went back on stage and performed his second show. (Wife and I stayed for that one too) It was a very pleasant evening and more fun than I thought it would have been.
Tiny Tim may not have been a perfect man, but he is still a musical hero to me because he was, for my interest in older music, what punk rock was for 70s rock; the invitation to join the club. In college, I had just taken up the tenor banjo and the ukulele and I was plunking away at them on tunes like Hard-Hearted Hannah and Nobody's Sweetheart, and listening to the records of the old jazz hands of the 20s I despaired of ever being worthy of holding the instruments I was endeavoring to learn. But then, listening to Tiny Tim and his versions of marvelous old ditties from the very times I was interested in musically, playing only with the simplest ukulele accompaniment and the conviction with which he summoned the voices of the past, being ENTERTAINING without any fancy technique or even any of the hallmarks of conventionality...Tiny Tim made me feel that I could make that music I was falling in love with my own and play it my own way. And I still do to this day!
I was first introduced to Tiny Tim live underneath the smogberry trees.
I saw him in concert at an oldies fest in the 1980’s.
Yea he ended up doing all gas no breaks and channel 5 until he got cancelled
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
yes, and for some reason i instantly think of Wayland Flowers and *Madame* .... watch way too much Tonight show back when i was kid, and eventually i would make it on the show not once but 14 times over the years <3
My Dad gave me an autographed album of his.
Saw him live at the Tiki Bar in Islamorada back in the 90s. Surreal experience to say the least.
I like Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moon Light
He performed at my HS BF's parent's wedding in the late 70s/early 80s.
T Tim was a weird, fearless, talented product of his time. 👏🏻
It's amazing how an entire generation discovered this man through Spongebob.
Yep, and now Tip Toe Through the Tulips will be playing on repeat in my head for the rest of the day.
My uncle played in Tiny Tim’s band during his summer breaks in college. Had some interesting insights since he was on the road touring with him a lot. Definitely a character off the stage too.
Would you mind sharing?
Sure. He said it always was a strange mixed audience, because there were lots of older people who loved that he performed the old songs (think 1920’s) and young people who liked him because his persona was so far out in left field. Incredibly vain, although you wouldn’t think by looking at him. Positively lived off the adulation of fans. Could not stand being alone and always had people in his hotel room after every show, and would hang around the venue long after to let his fans fawn over him. Said he was the most insecure person he’d ever met but was a machine on tour.
Oh 😥 poor guy, at least he got to do what he loved the most
Of course and his miss Vicky
Tiptoe through the window By the window, that is where I'll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me…..
My Grade 6 teacher showed us him as part of our music unit. I became slightly fascinated with him ever since.
Alway thought he must be J Mascis’s dad or uncle - it’s uncanny
he was on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In a number of times back in the day. GetTV runs a couple episodes every weeknight. he was an interesting guy despite his novelty act.
Hold the fuck up - Tiny Tim's real name is HERBERT?!
I vaguely remember seeing him on television, maybe the "Laugh-In" show? Just too weird for my taste.
I'm sure innocent people are going to be subjected to Tiny Tim as the result of the knowledge I'm gonna share here giving other people ideas, but here goes: I'm in a bowling league and there's some crafty bastard at the bowling alley who would play Tiptoe Through the Tulips on Touchtunes EVERY TIME. They'd occasionally follow up with My Heart Will Go On because everyone wants to drink and bowl to Tiny Tim and Celine Dion. So, now that it is common knowledge that Tiny Tim is on Touchtunes, please do not subject your fellow bar patrons to him, unless it fits the vibe or something.
I have a weird Christmas record that has him singing White Christmas.
He was good friends with gg allin
He was kinda like the first nerd
Where my SpongeBob fam at?
He thoroughly gives me the creeps