Tiny Tim famously performed “Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips” on the sketch comedy series Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In shortly before it was released as a single. While that was widely thought to be his first TV performance of the song, he later revealed he played it two years earlier on a daytime talk show.
After “Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips” was released as a single, Tiny Tim appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Tiny Tim had a whirlwind career fueled by his single hit song. He also made headlines for his tulip-themed televised wedding to Miss Vicki Budinger on the Dec. 17, 1969, episode of The Tonight Show, which drew in an estimated 40 million viewers, per IMDb.
A darker turn
Decades after it was a Billboard hit, “Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips With Me” took on a darker role when it was featured in the 2010 horror filmInsidious. In a 2025 feature about Tiny Tim's novelty hit, Collider named it “the creepiest song of all time,” echoing the sentiments of the film’s director, James Wan.
The duo found a way to include it in the movie, and the rest is history.
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