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- This is army sergeant Bob Martin

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on the scene of Beat
Club in Bremen Germany,

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and I have with my today,
god bless, Tiny Tim.

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- Going through the city
for almost 10 years,

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13 years, at least, being as a freak.

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It was really the challenge
I tried to overcome,

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because in all fairness, by 1962,

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every friend of mine and every relative

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had given up on me.

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They would come into my mother's house

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and just shake their head when they saw me

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and walk the other way.
- That's amazing.

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- That's why I believe you're talking

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to the biggest miracle perhaps ever

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in the history of show business,

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because while there were
people who did suffer

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hard and starve and went through all this,

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they never had to go through the art

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of being a freak,

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and make it at the same time.

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I don't know anyone who has done it.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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Mr. Tiny Tim!

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Ladies and gentlemen--

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- The one and only--
- New York City's own--

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- Tiny Tim!
- Tiny Tim!

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Tiny Tim!

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Dear Lord,

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today I had an awful day.

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I am the biggest star in the country.

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What I have is desired by almost everyone,

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and yet, oh blessed Lord,
my soul is dwelling in Hell,

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and I cry out for help, oh Jesus.

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Tiny Tim's on next!

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- Who is this?

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Where did he come from?

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Who dropped him here?

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- His sexual ambiguity,
political ambiguity,

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ethnic ambiguity, it's all
ambiguous with Tiny Tim.

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- I feel like someone
from Mars come to Earth.

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- He took all the male female adult child

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and just kind of put it into a blender

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and hit the button.

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And then I immediately thought

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that's the man I want to marry.

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- Tiny's widow is here.

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My name is Johnny Pineapple.

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I was Tiny's closest friend,

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and we're actually in the middle

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of shooting a documentary.

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Oh my gosh.

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- So this is very exciting

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that in the time of your loss,

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you know, are here for a funeral,

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but God bless you, decided to come down

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and just see where Tiny is resting.

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Let me show you.

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Come on in.

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He was born Herbert Butros Khaury.

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And of course everybody
knows him as Tiny Tim.

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Is he from here?

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- Good question.

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Actually he was a New York City guy,

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born and raised in New York City in 1932.

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- When you look at where
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and Tiny Tim ends, nothing was ever normal

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from top to bottom, from start to finish.

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So why should his birth be normal?

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- If they had waited to do that cesarean

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another minute or two, he
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in the rehabilitation
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or in bed.

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- His mother Tillie is from
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and his father, Butros,

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is from a Lebanese Christian family.

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That was unheard of, especially
a Jew marrying an Arab

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in those days was pretty unusual.

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He had a violent
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They had him, they took care of him.

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I don't think they ever loved him.

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- Tiny described to me many times

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my parents' room had no door.

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There was no door on their room.

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No door.

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And he was agitated.

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And he couldn't leave his room

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without walking into their private space.

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- He had Russ Columbo, Bing
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and his ukulele.

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He would play them 30 times a night,

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and it would turn him on so.

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Herbert!

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- His parents were elderly,
and they really tolerated him,

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but they didn't understand him,

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so he locked himself in his room,

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and in his imagination, with another life,

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invented his reality,

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invented people in his loneliness

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to take him away from that spot.

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Had a
violent clash with my mother.

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She broke my records and my mandolin.

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I was thrown out of the house

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and stood in the cold
rain for three hours.

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- Was a particularly
rough time in his life.

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His parents are getting ready
to throw him out of the house.

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He wasn't making any money.

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He decided he had to do something,

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so he took the subway down
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sat on the sidewalk with a sign

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help save classical music.

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You prick!

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- The first time I saw Herbert

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was when he was standing on the street

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with his ukulele.

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He really enjoyed it.

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Fuck you!

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They got mad
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and all they wanted to do was kill him,

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throw eggs at him, garbage cans, anything.

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Get fucking wrecked, you faggot!

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Another wasted day

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of my life has passed.

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All in all, today was just
another day of thinking.

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Will I be a success in singing?

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What is my future?

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However, my main objective is to be

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self-confident with girls.

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My father insisted today
that I see a psychiatrist,

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but I said Jesus Christ is my doctor.

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What Jimmy didn't know

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was that Ralph was sick,

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a sickness of the mind.

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You see, Ralph was a homosexual.

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- Tiny was what I call half-gay,

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which means that his problem

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had more to do with identity

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than with sexual preference,

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and he had when he was young

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a relationship for about
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and it was just a romanticized friendship.

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Bobby Gonsalves came in.

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Praise the Lord.

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And of course, I was
admiring his body, muscles,

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using myself as a punching
bag, which is wonderful.

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This is good and bad points

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about Bobby Gonsalves

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from the diaries.

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Bobby
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his kind heart, his sincerity,

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his honesty, his tender
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his always telling the truth,

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his warm smile of love.

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- Well what is the bad points?

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Bad points.

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Zero.

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You didn't know
that he saw so much in you?

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- No.

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No, I really didn't.

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Hmm.

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What do you think about it?

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- I'm a little shocked.

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Bobby Gonsalves came.

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He said he was sleeping over.

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He took his pants and
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I closed the light and
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I massaged his back.

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He fell asleep.

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Dad came into my room,

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put the lights on, and almost blew a fuse

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when he saw Bob, who was still asleep.

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I tried to assure him,
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saw Bob, and boom!

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That was it.

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Out he went, and I got
hit, yelling, et cetera.

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I went to the pastor to tell him my views

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on my belief in Christ.

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He told me to see a psychiatrist.

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Then I was kicked out
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for being a smart Alec.

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Everyone is against me.

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His biggest conviction
was you gotta do something

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to get noticed.

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- There's a great photo of Tiny Tim

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by Diane Arbus that really
has the genesis of the look.

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It's beautiful and shocking.

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It has so many elements of what
really makes something last.

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It's a unique beauty, his character.

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It's not typical beauty, by any means.

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But it's beautiful in that
he created it, you know.

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It's a miracle, really.

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The fellows kidded me

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about my sissy-ish appearance,

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but the girls looked at me.

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- And then one day he
says he prayed to Jesus

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and he woke up with the high voice.

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Today I tried my new style

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at the old Alliance Club.

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It worked.

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Praise the blessed Lord
Jesus, they screamed.

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I must sing the sissy way.

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God told me to sing the sissy way.

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Thanks ever so much for
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that you've given me.

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Today I had to be taken to safety

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by two cops and a fireman.

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I believe, however, this is the start

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of a great success.

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- So Tiny basically went through the 50s

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playing at all these
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and all these little dive bars,

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maybe making a few dollars here and there,

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but actually didn't land his
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and that was at Hubert's
Museum and Flea Circus,

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which was essentially a freak show

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located in Times Square.

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I don't like
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so I'll just use the oddities of nature,

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and the main act was fleas dance to music.

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- How do you train them?

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- Well, we have to form habits in them.

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Larry is Napolean
bonafide with his cannons

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and Caesar with their Roman chariots.

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All right, boys.

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- And he found himself billed alongside

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the armless wonder, the
handless sharp shooter,

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elephant man, and whatever
else they had in there.

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And he was billed as Larry
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It was no doubt humiliating in some way.

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I mean, people came through
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but to gawk at them.

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- A lot of the prescribed routes for us

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to live and interact with one another

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were considered artificial,
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as if people were
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and playing roles.

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And this is the way women
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and this is what being a man is about.

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- There had to be a break,

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like a new generation was coming in

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with completely different ideas.

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- People who were reaching to be

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something individual were valued

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and appreciated for being just that.

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And in that sense, Tiny Tim
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and therefore he was a trailblazer.

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Praise the Lord.

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I was mentioned in the Village Voice

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under the name Tiny Tim.

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We have a
different kind of music

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for you right now.

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A different kind of personality.

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This gentleman is very, very quickly

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picking up a following.

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And let's have a great big hand

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for Mr. Tiny Tim.

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- I was wandering by this
club in the West Village,

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and in there I saw Tiny Tim.

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Who cooked my brain.

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And there was
some women and some men,

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and lights went out.

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I hope
you'll approve this song,

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my dear friends, because if you don't

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I'm very sorry, because these
are one of these numbers

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that catch me at this time of night.

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- And in that silence and darkness

268
00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:17,799
suddenly you could hear ukulele.

269
00:17:46,759 --> 00:17:47,920
Who is this?

270
00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,039
Where did he come from?

271
00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:50,400
Who dropped him here?

272
00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,000
He's not from here.

273
00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:55,599
That voice is also not from here.

274
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:07,119
Speaking with the world's

275
00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,880
greatest entertainer today, Mr. Dylan,

276
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,960
and his wanting me for
a movie, Lord willing.

277
00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,240
Thank you for the wonderful
talent he sees in me.

278
00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,000
To be a close friend of
him, to stay and sleep

279
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,839
in his house, well this was too much.

280
00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:24,920
And to top it all, he is paying me for it.

281
00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,839
Thanks as I also sang for
his beautiful wife and kids.

282
00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:31,839
- Dylan was sort of
interested in doing a film,

283
00:18:31,839 --> 00:18:35,200
I kind of was involved in it,

284
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,559
in which we were gonna do a circus,

285
00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:40,279
and Tiny Tim was gonna be the guy

286
00:18:40,279 --> 00:18:42,480
with the top hat and the whip.

287
00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,400
People were talking about it a lot

288
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,720
but it never got off the ground.

289
00:18:50,599 --> 00:18:53,359
He was a complete outlaw.

290
00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:54,880
A complete outlaw.

291
00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,440
So it made him very vulnerable,
but very interesting.

292
00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:00,960
You really liked him a lot.

293
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:28,599
Thanks for a great night

294
00:19:28,599 --> 00:19:31,680
at The Scene where the in crowd goes.

295
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,640
I will be a star.

296
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,839
The biggest star of our times.

297
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,799
- The Scene was one of those places

298
00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:46,359
where all musicians would get together

299
00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,519
and see another musician.

300
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,880
- Oh!

301
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,279
They're playing our campaign!

302
00:19:58,279 --> 00:20:00,720
- Everybody thought that
he was just a homeless guy

303
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,039
who wandered into the club.

304
00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:05,559
We're watching him, and the audience

305
00:20:05,559 --> 00:20:07,799
is kind of aghast.

306
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,559
- I know you're impatient waiting for it,

307
00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:15,799
but I have to find the words for you.

308
00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:18,480
Suddenly the
audience, all of us,

309
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,079
sort of at the same time, realized

310
00:20:21,079 --> 00:20:22,799
this guy's not kidding.

311
00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:25,000
This guy's for real.

312
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,359
Then they started laughing
in a different way.

313
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,599
- I may make the world think I'm merry,

314
00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:50,599
but I can't hide the truth from myself,

315
00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:54,279
so no matter what happens,
I must go on acting,

316
00:20:54,279 --> 00:20:56,799
acting, acting!

317
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:07,720
Today I signed a contract

318
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,839
with Reprise Records, Mr.
Frank Sinatra's company.

319
00:21:10,839 --> 00:21:13,799
They want me in LA on
Monday for recordings.

320
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,200
You're going now to
the west coast, to Hollywood?

321
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,119
Yes Bob, thanks again.

322
00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,720
Can I just sing one last thing?

323
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,759
Nighty-night to all in radio land!

324
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,519
Well Tiny Tim,
I hope that Hollywood

325
00:21:38,519 --> 00:21:40,039
doesn't make you affected.

326
00:21:40,039 --> 00:21:42,039
You won't go Hollywood on us, will you?

327
00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:43,359
Bye-bye Tiny.

328
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,799
Hello my dear friends!

329
00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:06,160
Well, here I am on record at last,

330
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,200
and it feels so wonderful
to be here with you

331
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,640
on my first album.

332
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,880
- We put out the God Bless Tiny Tim album,

333
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,599
and the timing was right for it.

334
00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:24,039
People were ready to accept him.

335
00:22:24,039 --> 00:22:26,519
- We didn't treat him cartoony.

336
00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:29,680
We treated him like a real pop
singer, like Frank Sinatra.

337
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,880
A real singer, like a real artist.

338
00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,400
- Tiny showed up at our office one day

339
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,440
with a shopping bag and with his ukulele

340
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,880
underneath his arm, and I did
not know what to make of him.

341
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,079
The only thing he kept doing was this

342
00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:45,200
oh, Mr. Deblasio, Mr. Deblasio,

343
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,960
thank you, thank you.

344
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,680
And I couldn't figure it out.

345
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,480
And I was told by Roy,

346
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,039
he said to me, now listen,

347
00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:54,240
this one is crazy.

348
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,079
And I said well, you know,
they're all sort of crazy.

349
00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:57,920
Every one of them.

350
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,440
He said no, you don't understand.

351
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,799
This one is truly wacko.

352
00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,119
I said wacko?

353
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,640
And he said wacko.

354
00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:16,599
- I was in the middle
of a writer's meeting

355
00:23:16,599 --> 00:23:17,960
and Richard Perry walked
in with Digby Wolfe

356
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,400
and said we wanna
introduce you to somebody.

357
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,799
And I said not now, I've got
the room full of writers.

358
00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:24,000
I don't have time for that right now.

359
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,799
They said we must insist.

360
00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:28,079
And they walked in with Tiny Tim

361
00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:31,920
and the shopping bag,
and I said what the hell?

362
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,519
- I got a surprise for you.

363
00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:34,480
- Oh, you're kidding.

364
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,640
You got a goodie for me

365
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,920
so early in the evening?

366
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,079
- Wait'll you see this.

367
00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:39,559
- So we brought him out onstage

368
00:23:39,559 --> 00:23:43,000
and we introduced him, Dan
introduced him to Dick,

369
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,799
and Dick had never seen
anything like Tiny Tim.

370
00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,240
- The toast of Greenwich Village

371
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,759
in his first appearance
anywhere, Tiny Tim.

372
00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:02,039
- NBC said you can't put this guy on,

373
00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:02,880
he's like a freak.

374
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,240
I said he's a big star.

375
00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:14,039
He's a star.

376
00:24:14,039 --> 00:24:15,279
Listen to this, you know.

377
00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:16,720
The man's a star.

378
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,480
This is my favorite,
watch this right here.

379
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,240
- Ooh!

380
00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:37,640
That was it.

381
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:38,960
And they fell in love with him.

382
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,519
- Once he hit laughing,
he was playing everyone.

383
00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,400
- This album right here, I
understand people like Bob Dylan,

384
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,240
Peter Paul and Mary, predict
that this next gentleman

385
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,240
is gonna be the biggest record seller

386
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,200
I guess of this coming year.

387
00:25:01,599 --> 00:25:05,039
- Thousands of letters poured into CBS

388
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:08,160
asking who is this guy, but very quickly,

389
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,519
he was on the cover of
every major magazine,

390
00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:12,400
merchandising was popping up,

391
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,079
and God Bless Tiny Tim, miraculously,

392
00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:18,079
pierced the top 10 of
the US Billboard charts.

393
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,440
- It was unlike anything else.

394
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,359
- We just thought he was it.

395
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,359
- The audience loved him
when he walked out there.

396
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,680
- Your appearance here,
your last appearance here,

397
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,839
we received more mail about you

398
00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:44,000
than almost anyone else
we've ever had on the show.

399
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,680
- Oh thank you, out
there in television land!

400
00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:54,839
- A lot of our fans wanna know

401
00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:56,559
how old are you, Tiny Tim?

402
00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:58,319
- Oh, mystery!

403
00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:02,640
I feel so young!

404
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,720
- I also know that you
admire the astronauts,

405
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,519
or was it that you would like to be one?

406
00:26:06,519 --> 00:26:08,319
- Well, not really an
astronaut, Mr. Cavett.

407
00:26:08,319 --> 00:26:09,559
I've always been--

408
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,759
It's not an astronaut I wanna be.

409
00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:16,599
I'd love to go to the
planets and stay there.

410
00:26:16,599 --> 00:26:20,720
- The man who made tulips the
national flower, Tiny Tim!

411
00:26:38,559 --> 00:26:40,880
Years ago, I told my parents

412
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,640
that one day they would
be in the front row

413
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,119
when I did the Ed Sullivan show.

414
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,079
No one believed it then.

415
00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:49,519
Today, it happened.

416
00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:50,319
- Take a bow.

417
00:26:50,319 --> 00:26:52,000
Where are your parents?

418
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,359
I'd like them to stand up, please.

419
00:27:16,519 --> 00:27:19,160
- Now, if my mother, for
example, were to write you

420
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,799
and say that her son wears long hair

421
00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:23,680
and sings in a falsetto voice,

422
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,519
and it bothers her, now
what would you write back?

423
00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:29,240
Assuming that I haven't
made the grade yet.

424
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,720
- What is your mother's feeling?

425
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,640
Well--

426
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,599
Well before I made it, she
asked who in her family

427
00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,039
was like it.

428
00:27:41,039 --> 00:27:42,920
And then my father asked the same thing,

429
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,799
because there was no answer to that.

430
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:47,880
So her feelings were quite bad.

431
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,599
- And as we move into the summer of 1968,

432
00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:17,680
Tinymania reaches its climax.

433
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,279
He tours across the continental US,

434
00:28:20,279 --> 00:28:23,000
including Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas,

435
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,119
then he moves across the
Atlantic to the UK and Europe.

436
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,279
Everyone wants to meet him.

437
00:28:28,279 --> 00:28:31,039
- Mr. Lennon called up and he said gee

438
00:28:31,039 --> 00:28:34,240
he'd love to have me at Albert Hall.

439
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,559
One eye is brown.

440
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:49,680
The other eye,

441
00:28:50,559 --> 00:28:51,400
is brown.

442
00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,200
- Sounds strange to say
well Tiny Tim arrived

443
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,519
at a time when the
country needed a Tiny Tim.

444
00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,359
We did, because the world was screwed up

445
00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:02,359
nothing like it is today.

446
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,440
And the seagull flies

447
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,839
in search of land.

448
00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:45,799
The children hide beneath the sand

449
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,440
while floating toys--

450
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,839
- We needed somebody that was that sweet,

451
00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:54,920
that vulnerable, and that kind,

452
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,640
and Tim walked in there, and
he became a national hero.

453
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:23,799
Thanks for the most

454
00:30:23,799 --> 00:30:25,640
fantastic happenings.

455
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,559
People stop me wherever I
go, and I sign autographs.

456
00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:30,880
I am invited to parties

457
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,359
with all the great stars of Hollywood

458
00:30:33,359 --> 00:30:35,200
and with beautiful girls.

459
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,119
- Yes, he was a cartoon character,

460
00:31:02,119 --> 00:31:04,160
but that's when you looked
at him with the shopping bag,

461
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,359
but it wasn't the shopping bag singing,

462
00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:08,319
and it wasn't the funny jacket singing.

463
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,359
It was Tiny Tim, and
what he was, and what he,

464
00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:16,279
he added a magic to it

465
00:31:16,279 --> 00:31:19,160
that I had never heard before.

466
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,119
Well, you
broke it up again, Tiny.

467
00:31:42,119 --> 00:31:43,480
- Thank you, Mr. Carson.

468
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,039
- That's a hell of a Russ
Columbo style, right?

469
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:48,319
- Mixed with Mr. Crosby.

470
00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:49,559
- Yeah.

471
00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:51,039
Very good.

472
00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:52,279
I think you took everybody
a little bit by surprise

473
00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:53,640
on that one.

474
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,599
Right?

475
00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:10,640
- He was a great performer,

476
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,759
and he was passionate about his music,

477
00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:17,839
but he was more passionate about girls.

478
00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:19,519
- On the first of January

479
00:32:19,519 --> 00:32:21,519
to the last day of December

480
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:23,240
I give a trophy out

481
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:24,799
to the most beautiful girl of the year

482
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,079
who I've met.

483
00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:27,759
And I like to give a lot of trophies out,

484
00:32:27,759 --> 00:32:29,839
but of course I can only give one.

485
00:32:29,839 --> 00:32:31,839
Usually the girl never knows it.

486
00:32:31,839 --> 00:32:33,079
- Have you ever thought
of replacing the trophy

487
00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:34,599
with a ring, or marriage--

488
00:32:36,759 --> 00:32:37,599
- Never!

489
00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:38,720
Never.

490
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,480
Because I could never get married.

491
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,440
- He'd tell us stories about
girls he had crushes on.

492
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,400
- Yes, which was a lot.

493
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,680
A lot of girls.

494
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:50,039
- And one time he was getting so excited,

495
00:32:50,039 --> 00:32:52,119
I don't know if you remember, Ms. Cleo,

496
00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:53,880
he was telling us all about Ms. Cleo

497
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,160
who was a showgirl somewhere,

498
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,640
and all of a sudden he's
going oh, Ms. Cleo, Ms. Cleo!

499
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,400
And he jumps on the bed on his back,

500
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,680
and he's kicking his feet and his arms,

501
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:04,799
and it's Ms. Cleo!

502
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:07,000
He was going like out of his mind.

503
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,119
- If you could imagine
being like 15 years old

504
00:33:10,119 --> 00:33:12,240
and seeing it, you know.

505
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,640
- I think I was on the second floor,

506
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,920
he was on the third, and
obviously we were close.

507
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,920
He climbed down the balcony

508
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,400
and he snuck in through
the sliding glass doors

509
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,680
and came into my room.

510
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,920
And his road manager,
he just kept calling,

511
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,160
and he said I know Tiny
is in the room with you.

512
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,559
He said this is not wise.

513
00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:31,799
In the meantime, Tiny is
saying don't tell him I'm here.

514
00:33:31,799 --> 00:33:32,960
Don't tell him I'm here.

515
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,119
I was like, what do I do?

516
00:33:35,119 --> 00:33:36,599
But I listened to Tiny.

517
00:33:36,599 --> 00:33:38,039
And then he snuck out the same way.

518
00:33:38,039 --> 00:33:42,839
- People always thought that
he was some kind of lech,

519
00:33:42,839 --> 00:33:47,400
but with us, I mean,
he was just this great,

520
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:48,759
he was great.

521
00:33:48,759 --> 00:33:50,759
He never did anything.
- He was so sweet.

522
00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:52,319
- I thought it was cool.

523
00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:56,200
And it could've been
something else, but it wasn't.

524
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,039
It wasn't.

525
00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:58,000
And he was such the gentleman.

526
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,680
Always, anytime I was with
him, always the gentleman.

527
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,320
- How many times realistically

528
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,599
did he get that close to serious,

529
00:34:08,599 --> 00:34:11,360
serious legal ramifications.

530
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,760
- In certain places he
could've gotten into a lot

531
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:14,599
of trouble just for--

532
00:34:14,599 --> 00:34:16,320
- Hey, no kidding.

533
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,440
- Just for having her
there with no clothes on.

534
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,519
Not that she had much
choice, since she walked in

535
00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:24,119
and took the clothes
off without asking him.

536
00:34:24,119 --> 00:34:25,960
- Remember in Iowa.

537
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,760
Tiny is approached by some, you know--

538
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:28,920
- He told me, that was--

539
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,960
- 13, 14 year old girl in Iowa.

540
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:31,880
- Yeah.

541
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,000
- And unbeknownst to Tiny--

542
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,880
- She's recording the
telephone conversations.

543
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:36,719
- Yes.

544
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:37,599
- And then her dad--

545
00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:38,559
- And it's getting.

546
00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:39,400
Bingo.
- Ugh.

547
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,079
- Dad gets a hold of it.

548
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,719
Dad goes crazy.

549
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,360
But there again was another situation

550
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,880
where there could have
been serious ramifications.

551
00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:52,760
- I don't know whether it's illegal

552
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,840
to talk to a 14 year
old girl on the phone.

553
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,519
You couldn't get in trouble for that.

554
00:34:57,519 --> 00:35:00,480
And the same, like talking
on the phone to a girl,

555
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,679
depends on what they talked about, but--

556
00:35:02,679 --> 00:35:04,440
- It was very sexual.

557
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,280
- Oh.

558
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:07,559
Oh, Tiny.

559
00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:12,639
- I think that Tiny got more
titillated by the temptation

560
00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:16,159
and the fact that this was sinful,

561
00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:18,480
or it was potentially sinful.

562
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,320
I hate to think this, but he was probably

563
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,440
a little bit of a
tortured soul in that way.

564
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,000
Dear
Lord, please forgive me

565
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,880
for the sin I committed with Ms. Candy

566
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,320
here at Caesar's Palace, as I spread honey

567
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,440
and peanut butter on her body.

568
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,280
Kissed Ms. Trisha,

569
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,599
fooled around with Ms. Carol.

570
00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:34,199
Put cold cream on Ms. Iris.

571
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:35,039
Got wet.

572
00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:35,880
Ms. Karen, might marry her.

573
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,000
Temptations were active,
and save me from sin.

574
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,199
In Jesus' name I pray.

575
00:35:39,199 --> 00:35:42,960
I must stop this sin, and
I will with Thy strength.

576
00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:10,480
- We all felt that he
definitely did need an anchor,

577
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,480
and hopefully he would find a nice girl,

578
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,639
maybe develop a relationship.

579
00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:18,039
So when we went on a book tour,

580
00:36:18,039 --> 00:36:21,039
she happened to be there at
Wanamaker's department store.

581
00:36:21,039 --> 00:36:23,559
- I noticed her right
away in her gray dress.

582
00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:25,880
And as soon as I came up there, my eyes

583
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,639
started to swoon.

584
00:36:27,639 --> 00:36:29,280
And then I looked at the
crowd, I looked back,

585
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,639
and there she was again, I looked back,

586
00:36:30,639 --> 00:36:32,800
there she was again, and
she was still smiling.

587
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,320
- It was pretty incredible.

588
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,920
It was like love at first sight.

589
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,079
- Yeah.
- I was there, yeah.

590
00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:39,559
- And the next time I
came back to Philadelphia

591
00:36:39,559 --> 00:36:41,239
two days later, she came down,

592
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:42,679
she asked me for the address.

593
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,599
- She's here now.

594
00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:46,679
Miss Vicki.

595
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,880
Dear Tiny Tim.

596
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,480
I'm lost without you.

597
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,000
I miss you.

598
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,320
There's no one but you.

599
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,199
Dear Miss Vicki,

600
00:37:06,199 --> 00:37:07,920
thank you so much for sending me

601
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,679
the most exciting telegram
I have ever received,

602
00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:13,719
but I am more lost without you

603
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,519
than you will ever be without me.

604
00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:17,480
Tiny Tim.

605
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,320
There's nothing,

606
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,159
just nothing without you.

607
00:37:19,159 --> 00:37:20,440
There can never, ever be anyone but you.

608
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:21,400
Dear Miss Vicki,

609
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,760
I am thinking of you more than
you will ever think of me.

610
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,719
All the silent objects are my witnesses.

611
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,920
This must be the last time

612
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,880
I will be ever be separated from you.

613
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,079
Thanks again, Tiny Tim.

614
00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:37,199
Vicki, was
it love at first sight?

615
00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:38,920
- Um--

616
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,559
- It was really love at first fright.

617
00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:42,559
- No, don't say that!

618
00:37:42,559 --> 00:37:44,039
Although I think so.

619
00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:45,840
Don't mind what he said about fright.

620
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,559
- Tiny Tim, would you sing us a song

621
00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:49,679
that would express how you feel right now?

622
00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:51,360
- Oh, I'd love to.

623
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,519
Yes, I sure would.

624
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,599
Points I must remember

625
00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:14,119
concerning the marriage
situation with Miss Vicki.

626
00:38:14,119 --> 00:38:15,639
Give her gifts everyday.

627
00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:17,039
Glorify her womanhood and praise.

628
00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:18,440
Share every secret.

629
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,800
Welcome her mother and father.

630
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,199
Watch her menstrual cycles.

631
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:22,880
Build her up, especially in public,

632
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,719
in front of others.

633
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,800
Keep lotions near bed at romantic hours.

634
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,000
Not to forget peanut butter, honey,

635
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,840
mustard, whipped cream.

636
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,199
Dress as a teenager.

637
00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:32,039
Eat her constantly.

638
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:33,519
Don't try to change her.

639
00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:35,119
Give her freedom.

640
00:38:41,679 --> 00:38:43,840
- Tiny was talking to Johnny Carson,

641
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,480
and Tiny said something
about yes he had a girlfriend

642
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,320
and said we're gonna get married.

643
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,199
And Carson said, so where
are you gonna get married?

644
00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:52,960
He said, oh I don't know.

645
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,199
And Carson said, why don't you do it here?

646
00:38:57,199 --> 00:39:00,519
And Tiny went, oh, Mrs. Carson.

647
00:39:00,519 --> 00:39:01,400
Oh.

648
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,440
And looked around at me, and I thought,

649
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,480
oh this is interesting.

650
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:10,119
- His wedding was such a big event

651
00:39:10,119 --> 00:39:11,880
that it produced a brownout.

652
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,679
The night that Tiny
was married on the show

653
00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:18,079
highest ratings in the
Tonight Show history.

654
00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,760
- I thought that it was gonna be a circus,

655
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,440
I thought they were gonna make fun of him,

656
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,639
and I didn't want to see him get married.

657
00:39:23,639 --> 00:39:25,840
I couldn't dream of him anymore then.

658
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,960
- Before the word reality television,

659
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,800
this was reality.

660
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,280
- Wait a minute, am I having my hair cut?

661
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,119
No!

662
00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:33,960
- Very little.

663
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,199
- No, no!

664
00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:36,039
I don't want my hair cut.

665
00:39:36,039 --> 00:39:37,679
- Didn't you promise Miss Vicki--

666
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:38,639
- No, no, no.

667
00:39:38,639 --> 00:39:39,480
So we can see your face.

668
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:40,320
- Oh, no, no, no.

669
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,920
Oh, for my fans, I have
to keep the curl for them.

670
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,599
Oh no, I don't know what to say.

671
00:39:43,599 --> 00:39:45,039
You aren't
even gonna get it trimmed

672
00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:46,400
for your wedding?

673
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,000
Oh, we hardly took any off.

674
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:48,840
- Oh, thank god.

675
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:49,760
- They won't even notice the difference.

676
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,360
Aren't you
gonna let him even it up

677
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:52,199
for you though, Tim?

678
00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:53,039
- Oh no, no.

679
00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:56,960
From New York,

680
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,280
the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

681
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,039
- People probably have been kidding

682
00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:03,920
about Tiny Tim being married
on the show, but we are not.

683
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,440
It happens tonight.

684
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,360
- And the Lord bless thee and keep thee,

685
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,480
this day, and unto the end.

686
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:24,320
Amen.

687
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,400
You may kiss the bride.

688
00:40:57,559 --> 00:41:00,719
When I watch
that video of our wedding

689
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,159
and I saw my young self,

690
00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,280
and I went oh my gosh, and it
all came floating back to me.

691
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,559
I had a vision in my head of a home,

692
00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:12,719
with hardwood floors and matching dishes

693
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,840
and children, and cooking
dinner every night,

694
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,519
and that never came to be.

695
00:41:19,519 --> 00:41:23,280
I never cooked one dinner, ever,

696
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,639
ever for him.

697
00:41:24,639 --> 00:41:27,280
Our life was on the road and in hotels

698
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:28,960
and that's what he wanted,

699
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,039
and that's what he liked.

700
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,280
- Here's the rest of the wedding party

701
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,159
to come out and say goodnight.

702
00:41:38,159 --> 00:41:39,960
I thank you for being
with us and letting us

703
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,920
televise this tonight, and wish you both

704
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,360
much, much happiness.

705
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,679
We'll see you tomorrow night.

706
00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:45,519
Goodnight.

707
00:41:46,519 --> 00:41:48,760
Thank
you for the greatest day ever.

708
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:52,119
For this evening, I got
married for the first time,

709
00:41:52,119 --> 00:41:53,880
and the last, I pray,

710
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,280
to the most beautiful girl I know,

711
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,480
Miss Victoria May Buttinger.

712
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,360
I pray I can be worthy of her

713
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,559
and make her happy.

714
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,440
You've played
at the Royal Albert Hall,

715
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,840
you've played at Caesar's Palace,

716
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,440
you've toured the world,
and Tiny Tim gets married

717
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,079
on the Tonight Show,
watched by an estimated

718
00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:15,440
40 to 50 million people.

719
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,320
What do you do?

720
00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:19,679
Where can you possibly go after that?

721
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:22,880
At this moment,

722
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,159
I am the hottest talent
in the whole country.

723
00:42:26,159 --> 00:42:27,760
I am the toast of the city

724
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,360
from Hollywood to New York.

725
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,360
I am praised by everyone.

726
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,280
And yet, with all the
shouting and sinning,

727
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,760
my soul is in Hell, and I
cry out for help, oh Jesus.

728
00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:51,320
And after
so many years of making

729
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,960
his own decisions, Tiny began to resent

730
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,199
people telling him what to do,

731
00:42:55,199 --> 00:42:56,840
so he alienated Richard Perry,

732
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,800
Richard Perry quit,
followed by Ron DeBlasio,

733
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,599
and Tiny was taken over by
less experienced managers

734
00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:06,440
who decided to go down the
route of branding Tiny Tim

735
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,480
and Miss Vicki together as a package.

736
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:25,599
Thank you, as Miss Vicki

737
00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:29,000
gave birth to a baby
girl early this morning.

738
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,440
- Also thanks as Miss
Vicki and the blessed event

739
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,559
are doing fine.

740
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,519
I can see, looking at
them together like that,

741
00:43:40,519 --> 00:43:43,639
I can see how I look like both of them.

742
00:43:43,639 --> 00:43:45,039
I don't think that I'm proud.

743
00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:48,159
And I think the reason why is because

744
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:52,000
from a very young age, I
always had negative stories

745
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,760
about him from my mother,
so because of that

746
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,760
it stuck in my mind.

747
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,559
Maybe at times I even felt embarrassed.

748
00:43:59,559 --> 00:44:02,079
But now that I'm older, I realize

749
00:44:03,639 --> 00:44:06,719
everyone's different, he
was different for his era.

750
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,119
He was really
good at performing,

751
00:44:22,119 --> 00:44:23,920
and that's where he was most comfortable.

752
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,039
But when he was alone with people,

753
00:44:45,039 --> 00:44:46,760
with friends, relatives,

754
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,159
he was so uncomfortable.

755
00:44:49,159 --> 00:44:52,639
He couldn't really relate to other people.

756
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,679
His experiences as a
child with his parents,

757
00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:00,039
it wasn't good.

758
00:45:00,039 --> 00:45:01,880
And I don't think he learned

759
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,599
the capacity to love.

760
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,719
- You know, he signed a
contract with the mob,

761
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,360
and they were controlling him.

762
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,679
- Tiny definitely more
than alluded to that.

763
00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:38,400
He would say I've got the big boys.

764
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,039
He called them the big boys.

765
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,519
- One of these mafia people

766
00:45:43,519 --> 00:45:46,079
said okay that's it, I'm taking it over.

767
00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:48,480
I'm your new manager.

768
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,639
That was mainly it.

769
00:45:50,639 --> 00:45:53,599
- Show business was very
mobbed-up back then.

770
00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,639
Of course, they controlled Las Vegas,

771
00:45:56,639 --> 00:46:00,320
vending machines and
jukeboxes and nightclubs.

772
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:01,880
They had booking agencies.

773
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,239
Everybody was
saying who is this guy?

774
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,159
Including the FBI.

775
00:46:10,159 --> 00:46:11,480
So they launched an investigation,

776
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:12,760
and they were particularly interested

777
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,679
if Tiny was connected
to hoodlum associates

778
00:46:15,679 --> 00:46:18,320
connected to Frank Sinatra, basically.

779
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,639
Night
out at the Whisky A Go Go.

780
00:46:24,639 --> 00:46:26,639
Mr. Kaufman made gesture of threat

781
00:46:26,639 --> 00:46:29,719
when he said even if
your father does not want

782
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,840
you to sign, you're gonna.

783
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:33,400
He is very on edge

784
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,599
after being in prison
for more than a year.

785
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:39,679
I don't know how far my
career will go with them,

786
00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:43,239
but they do take personal
interest in friendship with me

787
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,159
and will be the crutch I
need to fight temptation.

788
00:46:48,039 --> 00:46:48,960
And I got to know them,

789
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,920
and they didn't like me.

790
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,239
They looked like mobsters,

791
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:54,239
but I could hear, he'd be on the phone,

792
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,480
and he'd be like, you
gotta get rid of her.

793
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,840
She's out for this,

794
00:46:58,840 --> 00:46:59,880
like he was so mean.

795
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,079
He hated me.

796
00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:03,320
Then Tiny would come to me
and tell me these things,

797
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,039
like, he said oh you're no good,

798
00:47:06,039 --> 00:47:07,679
and you just want what you can get,

799
00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:09,599
and you just want money,

800
00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:12,519
and I'm like, well did
you stick up for me?

801
00:47:12,519 --> 00:47:14,719
Did you tell him that's untrue?

802
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,840
Well, no.

803
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:18,639
You know?

804
00:47:18,639 --> 00:47:20,159
That was really hurtful.

805
00:47:40,119 --> 00:47:43,239
- If she gets a divorce, I
will never give it to her.

806
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:44,519
The courts may.

807
00:47:44,519 --> 00:47:46,199
This ring stays on the finger.

808
00:47:46,199 --> 00:47:47,800
I love her now more than I did yesterday.

809
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,880
If she wants to be free,
then I will never be free

810
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,599
until death do us part.

811
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:55,760
Sad day.

812
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,199
She leaves.

813
00:47:57,199 --> 00:48:00,079
Dear Lord, Miss Vicki has left me again.

814
00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:03,840
This time she came and told me to my face.

815
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,679
She is tired of this marriage.

816
00:48:06,519 --> 00:48:09,199
She cried a bit and was
amazed that I still could say

817
00:48:09,199 --> 00:48:11,320
I love her and I'm happy with her.

818
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:12,239
I still mean it.

819
00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:15,920
I feel sorry for her, and the baby.

820
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,639
I must now await further developments.

821
00:48:18,639 --> 00:48:20,199
- You're in the Guinness Book of records.

822
00:48:20,199 --> 00:48:21,920
Are you aware of that?

823
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,519
- Mr. Carson, I tell you.

824
00:48:23,519 --> 00:48:24,360
They told me that,

825
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,679
but I never looked it up.

826
00:48:25,679 --> 00:48:27,880
- The second highest rated television show

827
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,079
of all times next to the
man's first walk on the moon,

828
00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:34,880
is the night you were
married on The Tonight Show.

829
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:35,800
It had the second highest rating,

830
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:37,840
but the marriage hasn't gone that well?

831
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:41,320
- Well, unfortunately
Mr. Carson, that's life.

832
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,280
But I can say--

833
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:48,000
I mean, unfortunately,
Miss Vicki left again

834
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,039
this January, and this time
she said goodbye in person.

835
00:48:51,039 --> 00:48:51,880
The first time, she didn't.

836
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,440
She just ran off with somebody else.

837
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,119
But at that time, I'll be waiting,

838
00:48:56,119 --> 00:48:57,119
I don't believe in divorce.

839
00:48:57,119 --> 00:48:59,480
And of course if she comes back

840
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,000
20 years from now, fine.

841
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,559
Under my terms, of course.

842
00:49:02,559 --> 00:49:04,320
And basically--

843
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,000
- Can I ask what the terms are?

844
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,760
- Yes, frankly, some of the terms will be

845
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,920
she has to take a blood test.

846
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:16,920
During this
time, Tiny's management,

847
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,840
they were trying all kinds of new things

848
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:20,679
to jumpstart his career.

849
00:49:20,679 --> 00:49:23,079
- Well we do all benefits for the police

850
00:49:23,079 --> 00:49:24,880
and the firemen all over,

851
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,679
New York area, Massachusets, Connecticut.

852
00:49:27,679 --> 00:49:30,000
And we also bring monkeys, chimpanzees,

853
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,519
and magical acts with us,

854
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:33,519
and jugglers.

855
00:49:33,519 --> 00:49:37,400
And on the road I've also
seen some wonderful talent

856
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:41,599
like Mr. John McCormick,
the toothless opera singer.

857
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:43,199
Ah!

858
00:49:43,199 --> 00:49:45,159
Ah, now that, now you're talking.

859
00:49:45,159 --> 00:49:48,159
- I consider it a very sad story,

860
00:49:48,159 --> 00:49:53,159
because the way he was
introduced and put immediately

861
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,880
like a freak.

862
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,840
- They didn't understand his genius,

863
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,119
and I think they were into something else

864
00:50:02,119 --> 00:50:04,559
that had nothing to do with that,

865
00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:07,280
and it was actually heartbreaking for me

866
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,480
because I knew what he was.

867
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:19,000
Hello, this is Tiny Tim saying

868
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,440
these are not imitations

869
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,639
but spirits as I feel
they are living in me.

870
00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:34,280
Depressing thoughts of failure

871
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,960
and of being and living in fear

872
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,119
and poverty and shame continue.

873
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:42,920
I try to think of what
to do, but no results.

874
00:50:46,679 --> 00:50:49,239
- Finally, Tiny's management
stops wanting to pay

875
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:52,960
for his hotel room, and
Tiny ends up back at 601

876
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,440
West 163rd Street with his mother.

877
00:51:02,159 --> 00:51:04,360
Dear Lord, as I predicted,

878
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,639
I came back to live with my mother

879
00:51:06,639 --> 00:51:09,440
where I left to go to
Hollywood in November '67.

880
00:51:10,519 --> 00:51:13,400
As I look out of my window,
all my father's words

881
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,679
came back to me, and I really felt

882
00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:17,880
what I wasted in the past,

883
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,159
and my shame, and my mother's shame

884
00:51:20,159 --> 00:51:24,239
in me being back, I believe
I have learned my lesson.

885
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,119
Lord willing, I will soon
be back on top again.

886
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,360
This is when
he graduated junior high.

887
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,880
- Notice she said junior high.

888
00:51:36,079 --> 00:51:38,159
This is his
friend, dear little friend.

889
00:51:38,159 --> 00:51:39,079
My cousin.

890
00:51:39,079 --> 00:51:39,880
Oh, his cousin.

891
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:41,360
My dear cousin Hal Stein

892
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,679
who is now the promotion
manager of WKTU FM.

893
00:51:47,679 --> 00:51:49,840
- He took a better position there.

894
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:51,119
Had
a really angry argument

895
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:54,599
with my mother as she again
had a lack of faith in me.

896
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,480
- So long, Mother.

897
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:21,280
- Thus begins I would say
a very tumultuous decade.

898
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,920
- Mister gasoline man, give me some gas.

899
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,599
My tank is almost empty,
so fill her up fast.

900
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,119
- To me it's amazing
that he could get there

901
00:52:49,119 --> 00:52:51,440
to begin with, it's
amazing he could stay there

902
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:52,800
for a year or two.

903
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,159
He would have to do things
that we can't even imagine

904
00:52:55,159 --> 00:52:57,400
to stay there, to keep that being fresh,

905
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,119
to keep being on top,
he would have had to,

906
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:00,639
I can't imagine what he would have done

907
00:53:00,639 --> 00:53:02,559
in the late 70's when disco was a thing.

908
00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:05,280
I can't imagine Tiny in the punk rock era.

909
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:24,719
Miss?

910
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:25,800
Miss Jan.

911
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,679
Miss Jan is Mr. Tim's wife.

912
00:53:28,679 --> 00:53:29,519
- That's right.

913
00:53:29,519 --> 00:53:30,599
Well nice to meet you.

914
00:53:31,519 --> 00:53:33,440
Your life can't possibly be normal.

915
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:37,599
- Well, it really is exciting
and very interesting.

916
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,320
I
pray for my dear wife, Jan.

917
00:53:58,320 --> 00:53:59,840
She is depressed again.

918
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:02,559
I have not done well in recent years.

919
00:54:02,559 --> 00:54:06,639
I am helpless to her
because of my own problems.

920
00:54:06,639 --> 00:54:11,079
Today, Miss Jan met and
chatted with Mr. Donald Trump.

921
00:54:11,079 --> 00:54:13,079
He spoke nicely about me when he learned

922
00:54:13,079 --> 00:54:14,239
she was married to me.

923
00:54:15,079 --> 00:54:17,000
I think my wife loves Mr. Trump.

924
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,840
- At this point in time,
Tiny was willing to pursue

925
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,320
pretty much any angle to make a comeback.

926
00:54:27,159 --> 00:54:29,400
The closest he ever came
was through his work

927
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,400
with Australian pop artist Martin Sharp

928
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:35,400
who invested considerable time and money

929
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,639
in Tiny Tim projects.

930
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,000
- Well, it's really gonna
be a portrait of Tiny.

931
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,760
The basis of it is the World
Non-Stop Singing Record,

932
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:48,920
we did it at Luna Park.

933
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:03,159
- The new world heavyweight
singing champion,

934
00:55:03,159 --> 00:55:06,079
the one and only Mr. Tiny Tim!

935
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:08,760
- And though Tiny did
set the world record,

936
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:10,440
the Guinness Book of World Records

937
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:12,360
never recognized the achievement.

938
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,719
Martin Sharp's film was never released,

939
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,760
and Tiny went back to the States

940
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:18,800
and took a job touring with the circus.

941
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,239
- Who in the hell are you?

942
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,079
And what are you doing in this house?

943
00:55:25,079 --> 00:55:27,800
- I just came to welcome you home, Jill.

944
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:30,519
- Merv?

945
00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:33,039
- Marvelous Mervo, at your service.

946
00:55:33,039 --> 00:55:34,920
Our very special guest star

947
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:37,000
here under the big tarp,

948
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,800
truly one of the entertainment
world's most colorful

949
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:44,800
and unique personalities,
the one and only Tiny Tim!

950
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,199
There
must be changes in my career.

951
00:55:52,199 --> 00:55:55,639
I must make it either in
records, movies, or television,

952
00:55:55,639 --> 00:55:57,400
or not at all.

953
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,280
The way I am handled right
now by people who just want

954
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,880
to grab any engagement they can from me

955
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,920
so they can put a dollar in their pocket,

956
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,960
even at the loss of the talent
you've given me, oh Lord.

957
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:09,599
- Thank you beautiful Mr. Wall

958
00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:10,599
for bringing me out here.

959
00:56:10,599 --> 00:56:12,960
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

960
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,239
so thrilling to be here today

961
00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:16,119
in beautiful--

962
00:56:16,119 --> 00:56:18,239
I'm the first has-been star singer

963
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,360
who has ever sung with the circus.

964
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,119
Elvis Presley sung with the circus

965
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:24,880
but that was before he became a star.

966
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,719
- You say has-been star.

967
00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:30,119
What was it like for
you to go up to the top

968
00:56:30,119 --> 00:56:33,480
and be married on Johnny Carson broadcast,

969
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,079
and then to do whatever's happened to you,

970
00:56:36,079 --> 00:56:37,920
of which I'm not totally familiar.

971
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,360
- Great question.

972
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,960
It's really down, up, and down.

973
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:43,199
It was fantastic.

974
00:56:43,199 --> 00:56:45,400
It was a great trip,

975
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,199
and of course for 17
years I've been trying

976
00:56:47,199 --> 00:56:48,400
to make it back again.

977
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:49,360
- Yeah.

978
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,320
Tim hasn't been doing
much television lately,

979
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,159
but he has been performing
mainly in circus.

980
00:58:31,719 --> 00:58:33,400
Des Moine River rising.

981
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:35,159
Flood getting nearer.

982
00:58:35,159 --> 00:58:36,920
Electricity out.

983
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:38,639
Water contaminated.

984
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,519
How many lives were made more beautiful

985
00:58:44,519 --> 00:58:45,920
because they were broken?

986
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:49,599
God loves you.

987
00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:50,440
He's got a plan.

988
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:54,599
I can't do it alone anymore.

989
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:57,239
Get help.

990
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,519
- I was 12.

991
00:59:08,519 --> 00:59:13,519
And I had 55 pictures of him on my wall.

992
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,920
I had always felt like
I didn't really belong

993
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,119
in this world, and when I was a little kid

994
00:59:22,119 --> 00:59:25,760
I had a fantasy that I
was from another planet,

995
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:29,639
and when I saw him I thought
he's the first person

996
00:59:29,639 --> 00:59:32,039
I've ever seen who's from my planet.

997
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,159
Well, I hadn't much thought
about Tiny for a long time.

998
00:59:48,159 --> 00:59:50,159
I'd heard he was getting a divorce.

999
00:59:51,719 --> 00:59:54,360
And all of a sudden I
realized Tiny travels around

1000
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:57,320
and plays small places,
and I could meet him

1001
00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,199
if I wanted to.

1002
00:59:59,199 --> 01:00:03,079
I just called the hotel that
was mentioned in the article

1003
01:00:04,159 --> 01:00:07,639
and invited myself to meet him.

1004
01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:12,920
He says are you attractive?

1005
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:17,920
And I thought, it's a really
inappropriate thing to say.

1006
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:23,880
And I thought I should
be angry, but I'm not.

1007
01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:28,559
It was just awkward and
just wrong to say that,

1008
01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:30,119
but I just wanted to laugh.

1009
01:00:31,199 --> 01:00:32,599
And I said I suppose.

1010
01:00:32,599 --> 01:00:36,199
And he said, are you slim?

1011
01:00:36,199 --> 01:00:38,079
That's even worse.

1012
01:00:40,599 --> 01:00:44,440
And I was very thin at
the time, and I said yes.

1013
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,679
And he goes, well okay.

1014
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,960
And we set a time and a place,

1015
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:52,199
and I said we'll be there.

1016
01:00:52,199 --> 01:00:54,480
And he goes who's we?

1017
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:55,880
And I said me and my boyfriend.

1018
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,039
He goes, oh honey.

1019
01:00:58,039 --> 01:01:03,039
And I said I've waited
26 years to meet you

1020
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:04,960
and I'm going to be there.

1021
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:08,039
And he says, all right.

1022
01:01:08,039 --> 01:01:09,280
And he hangs up on me.

1023
01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:13,079
And that was our first conversation.

1024
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,880
And my boyfriend said to me
you're still in love with him.

1025
01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:29,360
And I said oh, no.

1026
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:32,480
I said you know, he's
old, and raggedy-looking

1027
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:33,320
in the picture.

1028
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:35,000
And I said it's not gonna be the same.

1029
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,920
And he goes uh-huh, uh-huh.

1030
01:01:42,719 --> 01:01:46,519
And when I met him

1031
01:01:46,519 --> 01:01:48,679
he was to come down from his room

1032
01:01:48,679 --> 01:01:50,880
at the Hotel Fort Des Moine,

1033
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:51,960
and we were gonna have dinner.

1034
01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:54,639
I didn't realize at the time
how little money he had,

1035
01:01:54,639 --> 01:01:58,320
and what a huge sacrifice
it was for him to buy dinner

1036
01:01:58,320 --> 01:01:59,559
for two guests.

1037
01:01:59,559 --> 01:02:02,159
And he says are you Miss Sue?

1038
01:02:02,159 --> 01:02:03,239
And I said yes.

1039
01:02:03,239 --> 01:02:05,400
And he says hi, I'm Tiny Tim.

1040
01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:07,880
And I thought, yes.

1041
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:10,719
I knew that.

1042
01:02:10,719 --> 01:02:13,039
He's looking me up and
down, and he's giving me

1043
01:02:13,039 --> 01:02:17,239
this look like, you really
aren't that attractive.

1044
01:02:17,239 --> 01:02:22,239
And I'm looking at him like you are so old

1045
01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:25,840
and you look a stuffed
animal that some little kid

1046
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:29,360
has been playing with a
lot for about 10 years.

1047
01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:31,840
And then I noticed that
he was looking at me like

1048
01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:33,719
well maybe you're not that bad.

1049
01:02:33,719 --> 01:02:35,639
Maybe you're kind of cute.

1050
01:02:35,639 --> 01:02:38,639
And then within two or three minutes

1051
01:02:38,639 --> 01:02:40,199
the whole deal was done.

1052
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:43,559
Without a word ever being said about it

1053
01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:46,400
it was just like this is obvious.

1054
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:47,599
This is going to happen.

1055
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:50,400
And Dennis said to me, he says

1056
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,519
so that's your dream boy?

1057
01:02:52,519 --> 01:02:55,159
And I just looked at him like, yeah.

1058
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:15,920
That's it.

1059
01:03:17,639 --> 01:03:18,480
Take this ring.

1060
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,159
As a sign of
my love and fidelity.

1061
01:03:21,159 --> 01:03:22,840
- As a sign of my love and fidelity.

1062
01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:25,519
In the name of
the Father and of the Son

1063
01:03:25,519 --> 01:03:27,360
and of the Holy Spirit.

1064
01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:29,079
I'd like to present to you

1065
01:03:29,079 --> 01:03:30,760
Mr. and Mrs. Khaury.

1066
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,760
By the time
he married his third wife,

1067
01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:53,559
Sue Gardner, the national
spotlight had long faded.

1068
01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,039
In recent years, Tim
had found new popularity

1069
01:04:00,039 --> 01:04:02,440
among the retro music crowd.

1070
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:03,599
I don't know how many people

1071
01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:06,400
have ever had an opportunity

1072
01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:09,119
to see a living legend.

1073
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:12,239
Ladies and gentlemen!

1074
01:04:12,239 --> 01:04:13,360
The one and only!

1075
01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,119
Let's have a big round of
applause for Tiny Timbo!

1076
01:04:26,039 --> 01:04:28,960
- The first time he
got looked at medically

1077
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,679
after we met, they said
that they thought he had

1078
01:04:31,679 --> 01:04:33,239
five to seven years.

1079
01:04:33,239 --> 01:04:34,719
And then he started to get worse,

1080
01:04:34,719 --> 01:04:36,880
and they started to talk
about three to five years.

1081
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:39,760
And then they started talking
about one to three years.

1082
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:42,719
And in the end, the doctor
said I cannot guarantee

1083
01:04:42,719 --> 01:04:44,519
that he will walk out of the office.

1084
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:50,280
- Please welcome with me, Mr. Tiny Tim.

1085
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:04,679
- If you hear any
coughing during the show,

1086
01:05:04,679 --> 01:05:06,920
well it's because, you know--

1087
01:05:15,679 --> 01:05:19,039
Is there a doctor in the house?

1088
01:05:24,559 --> 01:05:26,800
- When I heard that he had a heart attack

1089
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:30,079
I tracked him down in the
hospital in Massachusets,

1090
01:05:30,079 --> 01:05:33,320
and we communicated fairly often

1091
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:34,960
the last few months.

1092
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:38,800
It became a very warm conclusion.

1093
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:42,519
- I had wanted him to
stay home for a long time.

1094
01:05:42,519 --> 01:05:44,480
He had promised me.

1095
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,960
But I didn't realize how addicted he was

1096
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:51,440
to performing and to applause

1097
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,320
and the audience and all that stuff.

1098
01:05:58,159 --> 01:05:59,000
Tiny!

1099
01:05:59,000 --> 01:05:59,840
Tiny!

1100
01:06:09,039 --> 01:06:10,440
Control your destiny,

1101
01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:11,920
or someone else will.

1102
01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:17,159
It's not over until I win.

1103
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:25,039
I don't know where
to start with that day.

1104
01:06:25,039 --> 01:06:26,480
He colored his hair that day

1105
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:28,320
and he was in a horrible mood.

1106
01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,599
- Tiny came up these stairs

1107
01:06:34,599 --> 01:06:37,360
proceeded straight ahead

1108
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:40,840
because he was not feeling well that night

1109
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:43,400
and he sat down and rested

1110
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:45,719
to just take it easy.

1111
01:06:45,719 --> 01:06:48,400
- Tiny Tim Khaury.

1112
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:55,840
- A small bandstand was
set up against this wall,

1113
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:59,760
and Tiny was pretty much front and center

1114
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:03,119
which would have put him in
approximately this position.

1115
01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:05,639
- The set was very short.

1116
01:07:05,639 --> 01:07:10,639
He did sing another song
that I had never heard of.

1117
01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:15,880
I'll have you to remember
when I grow too old to dream,

1118
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,039
this song will live in my heart,

1119
01:07:19,039 --> 01:07:21,559
so kiss me my sweet, and so let us part.

1120
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,400
In which I think he was
consciously saying goodbye to me.

1121
01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:28,360
I think he knew that he was not gonna walk

1122
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:30,639
out of that room alive.

1123
01:07:30,639 --> 01:07:34,599
- Miss Sue was sitting way
in the rear of the room.

1124
01:07:34,599 --> 01:07:37,480
And then he
sang a very short version

1125
01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:38,320
of "Tiptoe".

1126
01:07:45,639 --> 01:07:49,719
- So when Tiny all of a
sudden, mm, grabbed his heart,

1127
01:07:49,719 --> 01:07:53,199
and Sue, as I get it,
from the back of the room

1128
01:07:53,199 --> 01:07:58,119
kind of mouthed to him, are you okay?

1129
01:07:58,119 --> 01:08:00,480
He kind of went, no.

1130
01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:04,599
At that point, she got
up, charged forward,

1131
01:08:04,599 --> 01:08:08,679
and that's when he pretty
much knew he was collapsing

1132
01:08:08,679 --> 01:08:10,960
and fell into her arms.

1133
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:14,359
- And he very gracefully knelt down,

1134
01:08:14,359 --> 01:08:16,399
and I think that he was gone right then.

1135
01:08:38,199 --> 01:08:41,000
An icon of
the 60s died this weekend.

1136
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:42,520
He tiptoed
into America's heart

1137
01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:43,680
nearly 30 years ago.

1138
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:45,199
One of a kind entertainer,

1139
01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:48,319
and the last sounds he
heard were applause.

1140
01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:13,600
- Eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, quirkiness,

1141
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:19,640
Tiny was a genuine joyful
pear-shaped celebration

1142
01:09:21,039 --> 01:09:22,399
of all three.

1143
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,560
He was perhaps the kindest man

1144
01:09:28,119 --> 01:09:29,000
I ever met.

1145
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:34,359
Tiny, may your good works never die.

1146
01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:46,800
- Some celebrities walk
around like they're the sun

1147
01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:50,800
and the moon, and he just wasn't that way.

1148
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:53,560
He was wonderful.

1149
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:55,319
- I feel like I'm Tiny when I say this,

1150
01:09:55,319 --> 01:09:57,239
but I feel like his spirit enters me.

1151
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:11,159
He was like
a turtle with no shell.

1152
01:10:11,159 --> 01:10:15,000
He was so honest, he was
so open and out there,

1153
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,399
and he was like a child.

1154
01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:20,199
- I hope that they understand
why I am the way I am

1155
01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:21,880
because I use it as an excuse sometimes.

1156
01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:24,800
I'll say I can't help
it, my dad was Tiny Tim.

1157
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:26,239
It's not my fault.

1158
01:10:27,800 --> 01:10:29,840
- He really should get some credit

1159
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:34,319
as being the first androgynous
rock and roll era star.

1160
01:10:34,319 --> 01:10:36,039
Particularly in the next generation,

1161
01:10:36,039 --> 01:10:39,439
people like David Bowie,
and Prince, and Boy George,

1162
01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:42,520
they must have ingested some of Tiny Tim.

1163
01:10:42,520 --> 01:10:44,399
- People either got it or they didn't.

1164
01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:46,720
There it was.

1165
01:10:48,319 --> 01:10:49,239
He was beautiful.

1166
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,359
Oh, a story I have to tell you.

1167
01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:58,720
Neil Cassidy and I kidnapped
him from the mafia.

1168
01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:01,720
Mr. Rocko fell asleep,
and we snatched him.

1169
01:13:04,319 --> 01:13:07,960
We were driving up the west
side highway in New York

1170
01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:12,880
to the Cloisters with Neil
Cassidy driving the car,

1171
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:17,880
and Neil and Tiny
singing Bing Crosby duets

1172
01:13:18,039 --> 01:13:19,399
as we drove along.

1173
01:13:19,399 --> 01:13:21,880
Every now and then he'd
go, oh Mr. Cassidy,

1174
01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:23,479
not so fast!

1175
01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:26,439
Oh relax, Tiny, everything's cool!

1176
01:13:26,439 --> 01:13:30,359
I'm just gonna roll this
joint and drive with my knee.

1177
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:34,520
Oh god, what a hoot.

1178
01:13:34,520 --> 01:13:38,039
I can't believe I, you
almost didn't get that one.

1179
01:15:05,399 --> 01:15:07,560
- Until we meet again,
this is Tiny Tim saying

1180
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,760
to all of my dear
friends, wherever you are

1181
01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:12,079
in TV land, goodnight!