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By: ALiCe__M

ALiCe__M — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:55:34 +0000

“Tiptoe Through the tulips” beautiful title, a poem in itself, really.
Tiny Tim is very touching and funny : thanks for the article on “camp”, for the video, and for the poem.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:51:59 +0000

I remember watching the Laugh In from the conformity of suburban London – everything seemed alien to me , i had no cultural reference, but i loved it and that man Mr martin seemed like my friend.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:05:42 +0000

Picking up on every little thing and responding like a trusting and involved and bewildered and completely dedicated dog. Dick Martin’s hair, his suit, his everything… They’re just such a perfect contrast.

I found this in the Wikipedia write-up of Laugh-In (1968-73):
“Tiny Tim was Herbert Khaury, a serious scholar of Tin Pan Alley tunes… Thanks to appearances on the show, he recorded a piercing version of the 1920s song “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” which became a Top-40 hit. … Martin would often refer to Tim’s appearances by asking Rowan with some concern, ‘You’re not gonna bring back Tiny Tim, are you?’”

By: chris

chris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:30:07 +0000

You gotta love Dick Martin too!

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:38:31 +0000

Hi Gina,

Thanks so much. I agree, the ukelele is essential. But in fact, I don’t think you can do a “hilarious performance” of Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim’s art is true camp. He can’t be ridiculed (which is what Krause did) without it being pathetic, insulting and stupid. A camp artist loves what he does, and loves the fun in it.
Christopher Isherwood put it best in The World in the Evening, 1954: “You can’t camp about something you don’t take seriously. You’re not making fun of it; you’re making fun out of it. You’re expressing what’s basically serious to you in terms of fun and artifice and elegance.”
More in the great Wikipedia article on Camp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

By: Gina Wilhelm Actress

Gina Wilhelm Actress — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:30:18 +0000

Now, see, THAT’S how that song should be sung: With a ukelele. Not like that Brian Krause guy on “American Idol” (though I appreciate them bringing Tiny Tim TO “American Idol.”)