Tiny Tim was born to parents in the tiny hamlet of Manhattan, in the country of New York. The window of Tim’s tiny apartment overlooked the decrepit and seedy Tin Pan Alley, which was to have major consequences on Tim’s life. Tim spent all of his time listening to the alley’s denizens and their bizarre feral calls and chants. This greatly influenced his formative years. Aside from his odd obsession with the strange creatures who lived below his window, Tiny Tim was a largely unremarkable child in every way. His parents did not even realize they had a son until he was age 14, when he came out of his room one day and asked when dinner would be ready.