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Do You Uke?

Ah, the ukulele. Visions of Hawaii, Steve Martin, Tiny Tim ... hmmm ... how to get that one out of the ether? Oh! George Harrison belonged to the Ukulele Society of Great Britain. Eddie Vedder did a whole album called Ukulele Songs. Zooey Deschanel. William H. Macy. Tony Blair. (Tony Blair?!?) The point is, we may make fun of it and it may have its dips in popularity, but the ukulele (which apparently means "jumping flea" in Hawaiian) always comes bouncing back, as it is doing now (story, videos): http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/though-it-be-little-the-rise-of-the-ukulele/384453/
   This is the least creepy video I could find of Tiny Tim singing his memorable "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." View at your own risk: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8130616/Tiny_Tim_Tiptoe_Through_The_Tulips_1968

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