The only other people on the German plane were several shady-looking KGB fellows and a plump perspiring man selling Bibles. On arrival at Minsk airport, I was escorted into a little dim plywood room, lit with one bare light bulb hanging from a wire, where a skinny, young, pale soldier with bad skin and wearing a short, thick, blue, woollen coat, adorned with one red star on its breast pocket, asked to see my passport. He read it carefully and then his face brightened, showing a few gold teeth, and he asked me one question: “You know famous hockey player Wayne Gretzky?”
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Weird Al Yankovic speaks for Tiny Tim in documentary trailer
UPI News Service, 04/01/2021
Juno Films released a trailer for the documentary Tiny Tim: King for a Day. Weird Al Yankovic reads the late Tiny Tim s diaries and letters in the film.
ADVERTISEMENT Director Johan von Sydow collected archival footage of Tiny Tim and interviewed those close to him, such as wife Miss Sue and producer George Schlatter. Footage highlighted in the trailer includes a live performance of Tip Toe Through the Tulips and cover of The Doors When You re Strange.
Born Herbert Khaury, the singer adopted the persona Tiny Tim and played ukulele while singing in a falsetto voice. The trailer features quotes from celebrities such as John Lennon saying, Tiny Tim for president, Tiny Tim for Queen and Johnny Depp saying, We need to bring Tiny Tim back.