Some might laugh at this but Tiny Tim was actually a musical prodigy and an expert on 19th Century music (from which he gathered much of his material). He was not the joke that many people, on the surface, thought him to be. In fact, some consider Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury) one of the towering musical figures of the 20th Century.
Right you are, although the joke part was his own idea. The Miss Vicky wedding thing was kind of sad, though.
Historians of American music recognize Herbert "Tiny Tim" Khaury had an encyclopedic knowledge of popular music from the 19th and early 20th centuries that nobody else has matched, much less exceeded. In that respect, he was literally a genius. Among other things, he knew music that had never been written down but had simply been performed a few times in obscure burlesque theaters in random towns on the circuit.