See Hear Podcast Episode 77 - Interview with Johan Von Sydow about Tiny Tim: King For a Day

There are singers who perform covers.   There are song
interpreters.   And…..there’s Tiny Tim.   Welcome to
episode 77 of See Hear Podcast.   (Not Tiny) Tim, Bernie and
Maurice welcome film maker Johan Von Sydow to the show to talk
about his new documentary Tiny Tim: King For a Day. If you only
know Tiptoe Through The Tulips, be prepared to discover a whole lot
more about the man known mainly for falsetto singing and ukuleles.
Johan’s excellent film reveals the story of a man who was defined
in the public eye more by his (undeniable) eccentricities than by
his talents. The film follows the difficult home and social life
of Herbert Butros Khaury until he evolved into Tiny Tim,
a walking jukebox of tin pan alley songs. The contradiction is that
he appeared to embrace the perception of him as “freak” as much as
it hurt him personally.   Our gratitude to Johan for talking
to us about his wonderful film and Tiny in general. It is getting
cinema screenings and will make its way to a VOD / streaming
platform in due course. We talk about Tiny’s religious conflicts,
his very public marriage on the Carson show, the range of music he
interpreted, the wonderfulness of his debut album, and the process
it took to assemble this film including having the voice talents of
Weird Al Yankovic to read from Tiny’s diaries.   Warning:
Maurice does a terrible Tiny Tim impersonation at the show’s
start….he has no shame.   You can download the show by
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whatever podcast app you favour.   Keep up with any
information about screenings of the film by going to the
Facebook page for the
film, https://www.facebook.com/Tinytimkingforaday   If
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