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It’s been 55 years since Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki captivated American audiences by exchanging vows on Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson .
Given that Tiny Tim had performed on Carson’s Tonight Show 13 times over the preceding 20 months, it makes sense that he would choose the show for his wedding venue.
On December 17, 1969, the eccentric musician and his bride (born Herbert Khaury and Victoria Budinger) drew in over 45 million viewers, who, unlike today’s reality show-saturated populace, had never seen a real wedding on TV before.
“People have thought we have been kidding about Tiny Tim being married on the show,” Johnny Carson said during his monologue that night.
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“We are not. It happens tonight.”
Despite (or perhaps because of) the couple’s age difference (he was 37 while she was just 17), nearly one-quarter of the American population at the time tuned in to see what a TV wedding looked like.
Except for the incorporation of thousands of imported Dutch tulips,