A tortured soul that felt the weight of religion/God on his shoulders with the thought of everything crashing down around him giving him constant anxiety. We are then witness to one of the greatest meteoric rises the entertainment industry has ever seen including a moment in time where his wedding on the Johnny Carson show was the second most seen television program only behind the moon landing.īy the end of the film I had more of an understanding of the person more than the act. Considered a freak and an outcast Tim pursued relentlessly night after night playing shit gigs with the crowd not knowing what to make of his act. We get a true sense of what a young Herbert yearned for and that was to be a star at all costs at a time where not even his parents showed any love or compassion. However, the biggest impact I felt were by the diary passages narrated by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic written by Tiny Tim.
The latter of interviewees, Justin Martell, was also the inspiration for this film with his novel Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim. The film pulls the curtain back from the enigma that was this musical oddity with interviews from family, friends, musical partners and his biographer. The film is filled with these great eerily sketched animations that only add to the overall presentation and paints a very surreal picture of Tiny Tim’s mental/emotional state. His story however should be reveled as it shows what can come from true passion and persistence when no one is behind you.ĭirector Johan von Sydow’s film Tiny Tim: King for a Daypresents one of the biggest underdog stories ever in someone that caught lighting in a bottle and I believe so rare if not for the time it took place in could ever be duplicated. I simply associate the name from pop culture references and to me Tiny Tim was merely an odd looking person who sang in a high pitch voice that played the ukulele an impression I am certain I am not alone with. This was not the case for a young Herbert Khaury better known to the world as Tiny Tim. Going back almost 50 years such feats were few and far between with it seeming more like an impossible dream. In today’s society it is a lot easier to be get recognized and be spotlighted for your accomplishments or talents. Others – about his sleazier side – might best be left unanswered.) All that said, it’s highly recommended.We can always admire the story of an underdog the individual no one gave a chance but they still found a way to beat the odds. (Some – such as why the priest at his funeral called him “the kindest person I ever met” – are intriguing. It could have done with more explication of what was great about his work and his extraordinary singing style, and it does leave a few questions unanswered. This one is arguably not quite in the same league, but it’s still very good. The great pop artist and Tiny Tim superfan Martin Sharp made an excellent film about him called Street of Dreams, but it’s very hard to find. The interviewees include an ex-wife, his daughter and his former manager – but also various luminaries of the old underground like Wavy Gravy and Jonas Mekas. The career, and the complex personality, are presented here through an effective combination of masses of archival footage (a lot of it rare), animation, diary entries (read by Weird Al Yankovic) and interviews.
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(His marriage, on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, attracted more viewers than any other TV show in American history apart from the moon landing.) Though his career slumped, he struggled indefatigably for the rest of his life to regain the limelight, while never compromising. It’s easy to forget now just how famous and successful the man was for a couple of brief years in the late Sixties.
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Tiny Tim (real name Herbert Khaury) was an absolute one-off: walking archive of popular song, phenomenal interpreter, eccentric… This documentary, inspired by the book Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim, is about as substantial a portrait as you could cram into 78 minutes.
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