00:00But first, a man who rose rapidly to fame a few years ago, when his rendering of tiptoe through the
00:05tulips, delivered in a very high falsetto voice, shot up the hit parades around the world.
00:11Now since then, his varying degrees of devotion to his wife, and his abhorrence of the very word S-E
00:18-X, have made him a mystery to most people.
00:21I could only be talking, ladies and gentlemen, about Tiny Tim.
00:40Hello.
00:41Mr. Pirate.
00:42Okay, thank you.
00:43Nice to see you.
00:44It's a pleasure being here.
00:46Good.
00:46Nice show.
00:47Good.
00:47You brought an extraordinary collection of goodies, haven't you?
00:50Yes, well, this is my little bullhorn.
00:54It's not really a megaphone.
00:55A lot of people call it that.
00:56But I was one of the first ones to use this, singing in the States, through this, and here.
01:03And also, this is supposed to bring back the sounds of the old 78 records.
01:08Which we should be hearing.
01:09For electric.
01:10Which we should be hearing before you've finished.
01:12Right?
01:13Oh.
01:13Now, you're here on a little tour.
01:15You're whizzing up and down the north, aren't you?
01:18Yeah, and some parts of the south.
01:20And it's been so pleasant.
01:22You know, I started in Hull, and currently in Sheffield, and then, of course, in Leicester,
01:27and from there to Bristol, and etc.
01:30Now, your marriage has been talked about a lot recently.
01:33I mean, first of all, there was an estrangement, was there?
01:35Yes, I was shockingly separated from my dear wife, Miss Vicky, in 72 of February, from February to May.
01:45But, of course, my dearie came back, thank God for Christ, toward the end of May, and we've been together
01:51since.
01:52Where is she?
01:53Well, right now, she's resting in the hotel room in Sheffield.
01:57I thought she was going to come with you today, and I'm bitterly disappointed that she's going to hear you.
02:00Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Hardy.
02:01I wish she would have come, but apparently, you know, I guess there was some mix-up in the arrangements,
02:07and also, she gets very shy and nervous when it comes to television.
02:13In fact, one time she was on one of the shows in New York, and she really, you know,
02:19gave the interview a very hard time where they had to cancel the show.
02:22Oh, goodness.
02:24Perhaps as well, she's not here, then, is it?
02:26I miss her.
02:27How can she be frightened of television if she agreed to be married on television?
02:31I mean, you were married in full glare of all the cameras, weren't you?
02:34Well, yes, believe it or not, Mr. Hardy, I tell you, she didn't want to be married on television.
02:38She wanted to be married, you know, in her mother's home, you know, in New Jersey.
02:43But, of course, Mr. Carson, at the time, he asked us, you know, on the day we got engaged, you
02:48know,
02:48on his show, if, you know, we'd love to.
02:52And I said, oh, Mr. Carson, I'd love it.
02:54And, besides, NBC was paying the bill.
02:56Oh, my goodness.
02:58So, she had no other thing.
03:00She didn't.
03:00Does that mean that she accedes to all your desires and wishes?
03:06Well, she tries to.
03:07I do believe the woman's place belongs in the home.
03:10And, of course, I don't believe in divorce.
03:12So, if she would have left me, I would have never given her the divorce.
03:16If the courts gave it to her, this ring would still be on my finger until death do us part.
03:20And I would never marry again.
03:22Basically, I believe a woman's place is in the home, according to the scripture,
03:27and that the man is the head of the household.
03:29So, what rocked the marriage?
03:32What caused a rockiness in the marriage?
03:34Well, I would say...
03:35Can you just take your hair out of that eye?
03:37Because I can't see your problem.
03:38That's why I can't go.
03:39Well, I would say, basically, when I married her, she was 17.
03:44And, of course, at the time, at 72, she was 17, 18, 19, about 20.
03:51And, of course, it's hard to be married, no matter...
03:55Especially today in this permissive society, more so than it was years ago,
03:59because we have so much more, and the desires are so much,
04:02and we have less to do with our hands because of automation.
04:05So, basically, you know, she got tired after a while,
04:08and, of course, the traveling was getting to her.
04:11And, of course, I'm not the easiest one to live with.
04:14And so, basically...
04:15Say that again, baby.
04:17And so, basically, you know, she decided to leave.
04:21But, of course, she did come back,
04:23saying Christ in prayer for everything.
04:25And, of course, she saw the light.
04:27Now, it's time we've concluded our little conversation,
04:30because I want you to...
04:31Well, these extraordinary things need using.
04:33You're going to use your bullhorn.
04:35Oh, I'd love to...
04:36I thought that was for calling cattle.
04:37Ah, well, basically, it is...
04:40Or the name of an Indian.
04:40Is there never been Indian chief?
04:42That I don't know.
04:44But the thing is, this is at the airports.
04:48You know, they call for flights, etc.
04:50And, of course, at police stations,
04:52I guess they call for cars or fires.
04:54It won't go off, will it?
04:56Well, there is a siren.
04:57No, I meant it won't.
04:58Explain the siren.
04:59There is a siren.
05:00Yeah.
05:00What's up?
05:08Time for our music.
05:09Keep your sirens to yourself.
05:10Meanwhile, a medley from Tiny Tips.
05:27Oh, tiptoe, by the window, by the window, that is where I'll become tiptoe, through the tulips, over me.
05:43Oh, tiptoe, by the shadow, by the shadow, by the shadow of a willow tree.
05:51Come tiptoe, through the tulips, over me.
05:59Me, dear.
06:02In flowers, we'll stray.
06:06We'll keep the showers away.
06:12And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight,
06:18When you're calling me.
06:21And tiptoe, through the tulips, with me.
06:34And tiptoe, through the tulips, with me.
06:52Introducing the little bullhorn, for the first time being sung through.
06:57This number bringing back the sound of the old 78s,
07:01song written by Mr. Ernest R. Ball,
07:03sung by Mr. Colerall Moore in 1919,
07:06For the sake of old Lang Syne.
07:19The pain will come back tomorrow,
07:25But I want to forget tonight.
07:29So for old time's sake, keep the dream awake,
07:36And bring back love's sunshine so bright,
07:42For the sake of old Lang Syne.
07:47Take me in your arms again,
07:53While my heart pretends to ever save,
07:58Sweet friend, and forgets for a while in pain.
08:05Only kiss me, and I'll remember,
08:10Once again, for a moment, you're mine.
08:14If one smile be, what you are to be,
08:23For the sake of old Lang Syne.
08:28Thank you for pulling away.
08:33Thank you, sir.
08:36Thanks, sir.
08:43Thanks, sir.
08:45Thanks, sir.
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