![On December 17th, 1969, singer Tiny Tim married 17-year-old Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The stage was decorated with 10,000 tulips, a nod to Tiny Tim's hit On December 17th, 1969, singer Tiny Tim married 17-year-old Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The stage was decorated with 10,000 tulips, a nod to Tiny Tim's hit](https://preview.redd.it/on-december-17th-1969-singer-tiny-tim-married-17-year-old-v0-w6j9s5978i6a1.jpg?auto=webp&s=83b986a44e397c0a08d97c585cba61bad3e12fc2)
On December 17th, 1969, singer Tiny Tim married 17-year-old Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The stage was decorated with 10,000 tulips, a nod to Tiny Tim's hit
![30 million people see Tiny Tim wed 'Miss Vicky' on 'Tonight Show' 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 17 1969) - RetroNewser 30 million people see Tiny Tim wed 'Miss Vicky' on 'Tonight Show' 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 17 1969) - RetroNewser](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/44/3c/46/443c464e4e9385a40436f8edd017c80b.jpg)
30 million people see Tiny Tim wed 'Miss Vicky' on 'Tonight Show' 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 17 1969) - RetroNewser
Classic Hollywood | Los Angeles Times - On this date in 1969, some 21 million households tuned into watch 37-year-old falsetto singer Tiny Tim marry 17-year-old Miss Vicki on "The Tonight Show
![Singer Tiny Tim strums his ukulele at New York's Municipal Building on Dec. 9, 1969, as he and his bride-to-be, Vicky Budinger arrive to obtain a wedding license. The 37-year-old entertainer, whose Singer Tiny Tim strums his ukulele at New York's Municipal Building on Dec. 9, 1969, as he and his bride-to-be, Vicky Budinger arrive to obtain a wedding license. The 37-year-old entertainer, whose](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MJ549Y/singer-tiny-tim-strums-his-ukulele-at-new-yorks-municipal-building-on-dec-9-1969-as-he-and-his-bride-to-be-vicky-budinger-arrive-to-obtain-a-wedding-license-the-37-year-old-entertainer-whose-name-is-herbert-khaury-will-marry-miss-budinger-on-dec-17-on-the-johnny-carson-television-show-ap-photoanthony-camerano-2MJ549Y.jpg)