Old beatles xmas albums, kenny everett radio caroline broadcasts, & other surreptitious tapes will illustrate both the fabs enjoyment of said tim, and also the real respect of attempting very good parodies, which can be found here & there (lenn0n yelling do tiny tim do tiny time i mean at first you think it's a joke but he's great, you know--then mcartney w/uke embarks on "nowhere man."

In "the rolling stone rock and roll reader" circa 1971 there's an account of tim visiting dylan in woodstock, etc., where the latter found him to be the real mccoy, & one cd suppose vice versa. there are also rare recordings of this session.

Highlight: Sungby lennon: "tiny tim for president, tiny tim for queen!" typical '68 lennon.

rudy vallee was resurrected, and some strange cat with talent made novelty money, but the big shots peers were arguably serious