I just told her I was living in Des Moines in October, and I haven’t heard from her since. She married a guy so I can say it legitimately now. And so she’s hid in Burlington Heights, having her second kid. SCRAM: (Laughing) You have to learn through the tabloids? TINY: She’s in Burlington Heights, New Jersey, from what I read in The Enquirer. I had one with Miss Vicki and we lost one, then she took the pill. The thing is that the young ones can have kids easier. Finally, two weeks ago she admitted that she met this guy in ’91 and I asked her, "How many times did you kiss him? I’ve got to kiss the lips that kissed…" And when I married her, she took the pill. But she cheated on me every year, came back when it was over and then would leave and start all over again. She has the greatest mind I’ve ever seen for a beautiful woman. We lived alone anyway, two blocks apart in New York. The only reason she’s not here -is that my fears were justified. She’s a very beautiful girl, only thirty-four, now forty-two. She got the divorce, I never signed anything.
I married Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show in 1969, when she was seventeen, and she left me in 1974. About two days later I told her I would love to have her come down, but my manager told me I could not, being that I’m still married. She wanted to come out to see me when I was in Sacramento. She is only fifteen and I talk to her every night. Even right now I will tell you that I just met on July 28th, at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, this lovely girl, Miss Eva. He then proceeds.) Let me get something straight in here. (At this point Tim begins recalling names of young girls who stayed at the bungalow colonies where he sang during the summer, adding that he was in love with a beautiful girl who was just ten years old. In those years 20th Century Fox had all the musicals.
I was singing all the hits from the musicals. SCRAM: Were you playing the ukulele at this point? I sang songs like (sings) "Playmates/ Come out and play with me," and in ’41 (sings) "I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle."
TINY: I was performing live in the Catskills in the ’40s, during the summer when my parents were vacationing there. I didn’t want to look, but nevertheless I did. Backed by musicians who had no conception of what he was trying to present, his performance at the time of this interview left me feeling as if I was viewing a horrible accident. He continues performing whenever he can, although to some extent his appearances have taken on the characteristics of a freak show. Since this interview Tiny has divorced Miss Jan and has gone on to wed his precious Miss Eva, who is now seventeen years old.
But this reporter remained a loyal fan, and when he visited Los Angeles in 1993, we had a chance to talk of his career before and after the fame of those heady two years. One thing remains certain: Tiny Tim is the novelty act that won’t go away! The success of ‘Tip-Toe Thru’ the Tulips With Me", Tiny’s cover of a 1929 Nick Lucas’ hit, combined with his marriage on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson thrust him to national prominence in 1969. While his show business career has lasted eons, true fame was his for only the better part of two years. Tiny Tim was born Herbert Khaury sometime between 19.
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