Originally he called himself The Little Tichborne, after the then (in)famous claimant to the Tichborne fortune (you'll have to look it up!) , who was rather short and toured the music halls to promote his claim.
The name got shortened to Little Tich (no 't'), and later the word titch (with a 't') came to mean a short person.
The Big Boots film was made some years after he'd dropped it from his act because he was a bit too old to keep it up. Aren't we all?
I know the second clip is from 1900, but do you know when the first clip was filmed? I never knew there was more footage of his Big Boots Dance routine.
Jools Holland sent me here. Didn't know what to expect! I'm not disappointed though!
jamfabulous 10 months ago
Originally he called himself The Little Tichborne, after the then (in)famous claimant to the Tichborne fortune (you'll have to look it up!) , who was rather short and toured the music halls to promote his claim.
The name got shortened to Little Tich (no 't'), and later the word titch (with a 't') came to mean a short person.
The Big Boots film was made some years after he'd dropped it from his act because he was a bit too old to keep it up. Aren't we all?
KasperVeste 1 year ago
puro arte
felixdios 1 year ago
I know the second clip is from 1900, but do you know when the first clip was filmed? I never knew there was more footage of his Big Boots Dance routine.
1947Desoto 1 year ago
To my shame, I never heard of him,However I will check out his work,Many thanks
Pigeon55 1 year ago
@Pigeon55 There's a website called Windyridge CDs which has a whole CD of his comedy routines available.
egapnala65 1 year ago