"But even with the miracles of movie technology, there is a limit to how
 cute and frail they can make Tiny Tim. There are physical maximums on how
 big his eyes can be and how waifish he appears and how sweet his sad
 little voice is. And eventually theatre is going to reach a point where,
 in order to avoid being outstripped by the rest of the production, and to
 continue to appear even more pathetic than before, Tiny Tim will need to
 be played by a three-legged basset hound puppy wearing a floppy hat with
 a sprig of holly on the brim."    -- ladysprite