Tiny Tim

 Tiny Tim  is a cat with a broken leg that appears in A Special SESAME STREET Christ mas. Maria finds the cat in the alley behind 123 SESAME Street -- the injured cat had slipped on an icy f i r e escape. Maria dresses the cat up wit h a red ribbon, & puts a cast on its broken leg.

Maria introduce s the cat to Leslie Uggams, & the pair decide to call it " Tiny Tim " in honor of the character Tiny Tim from A Christ mas Carol.

They both show the cat to  OSCAR THE GROUCH , who accuses it of breaking into his   TRASH CAN  on November 1 9 th & stealing 2 fish.

At the end of the special,  OSCAR  has a change o f heart & takes t he kitten in , declaring " Are you people gonna stand around singing while that poor cat freezes ? Hey , hand him up here . "

TV / Movies / Specials

 * A Special SESAME STREET Christ mas ( 1978 )