Tiny Tim:The Last Hurrah

First class dvd about the last 10 years of Tinys life,you get to see around the Bay Queen etc.and his manager Gill Morse is a star.

This is, (as far as I know,) the only documentary of Tiny Tim, therefor it's importance to Tiny's fans. It is unfortunately a very amateurish effort with little to no explanation of the clips, scenes and interviews. Poor video and audio throughout. But until something better is produced this is an absolute must for anyone who has an interest in this true American eccentric talent.

For the casual listener Tiny Tim was a brief novelty act. This DVD shows that he was in fact a versatile and outstanding performer who really impressed the audience. The material here was taken mostly from the last ten years of his life when he was touring the US and Canada with Robbin Lynn and her country and western band. In addition to Tin Pan Alley songs Tiny sings bits of "You Call Everybody Darlin'" and "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life", a truly great song written by George M Cohan and performed by Tiny on his first LP but otherwise totally unknown. A complete version of "Remember Your Name an Address" sung by Tiny at the opening of a fleamarket is another highlight. I hope they make a sequel with More Tiny Tim and less narration.

I guess I was looking for something with more substance. I would have liked to have seen more footage of Tiny Tim. Even the footage Tim was in was too short or unclear. I felt I was watching more of a home movie. But, the effort is appreciated. There's not too much out there celebrating the life of this sweet, talented man who was taken from us way too soon.

Very good.

"Tiny Tim - The Last Hurrah" is an amateur documentary produced by associates from Tiny's final decade: his manager Gil Morse, and philanthropist friend Alan Shawn Feinstein. This is primarily composed of interview segments with friends and associates who knew and worked with Tiny from 1986-1996. The main focus is his manager, Gil Morse, and his touring companion, country singer Robbie Lynn. We also meet about ten other characters (venue owners, friends, a bodyguard, et cetera). They share recollections of Tiny, and it is quite interesting. The footage of Tiny performing is sparse, incomplete, and used more as a background to narration than a focus of the documentary. The footage of Tiny Tim is good to see, but it is very amateurishly shot and the audio is of a lower quality. There is a small amount of television footage... the very beginning features about a minute of Tiny Tim performing "Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight" on the Tonight Show in 1968; later we witness a brief snippet of Tiny renewing his vows with second wife Miss Jan, broadcast live from Spooky World in the late-80's. (Ironically, they split up a few days after the broadcast.) The post-production is... odd. There are animated sequences that feel very out of place, and certainly contribute nothing. At one point a photo of Tiny is shown shaking back and forth, with "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Ha" by Napoleon XIV playing. This has nothing to do with the documentary and is not even relevant (i.e., if they were talking about Tiny having a breakdown, it MIGHT have made sense...) Also, footage from the horror film "Blood Harvest" (starring Tiny Tim) is shown, seemingly at random, with absolutely no explanation of what it is, or why it's there. So, for $19.95 you get a DVD-R (this is apparently duplicated on somebody's computer) of interviews, interspersed with occasional footage of Tiny Tim performing and talking to fans. I would not recommend this for the casual Tiny Tim fan, but completists and die-hard fans will certainly find the interviews interesting, and enjoy watching the live footage. There are no "secrets" to be learned, but overall, one gets the impression that this documentary was assembled by people who genuinely admired Tiny Tim, and the effect is that of good-intentioned sincerity.

interesting release from an underappreciated recording artist

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