Honestly what was everyone’s opinion about the musician Tiny Tim?

I saw him for the first time on "Laugh In" way back when,and my initial reaction,like that of many others,was what the heck is that..His strangeness was of course part of the act;strumming a ukelele while singing "Tiptoe through the Tulips" in a falsetto voice was pretty incongruous with the late '60s.He also toured here in Australia in later years,and many were surprised at his level of performance,beyond all the earlier weirdness.