Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Oh, This Is Just Great. More Short People News.

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Oh, This Is Just Great. More Short People News.

    Some of you may know that I don't like short people.
    Now look what's happening. It mocks John Wayne and so many others.

    "Oz" Munchkins get Hollywood star

    By Jill Serjeant
    Tue Nov 20, 5:04 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Yellow Brick Road finally ended on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday as the Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" got their star after a 68-year wait.

    Seven of the nine surviving Munchkins -- thought to be the only living actors from the 1939 movie classic -- traveled from across the United States to see their star unveiled on Hollywood Boulevard.

    Dressed in green and blue costumes and with bunches of green balloons waving behind them, the now gray-haired diminutive performers were driven to their star in a horse-drawn carriage reminiscent of the film.

    "It feels great to be here," said Jerry Maren, 88, waving a lollipop to mark his role in the movie as a member of the Lollipop Guild.

    The Munchkins were the tiny natives of the fictional Munchkin Country in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, on which the movie starring Judy Garland was based.

    A total of 124 people played Munchkins in the movie and were honored with a joint pink terrazzo star inscribed "The Munchkins."

    Tuesday's honor was the result of a campaign led by a Chicago movie theater owner Ted Bulthaup, who became friends with some of the Munchkin actors a few years ago and was amazed to learn that they did not have a star on the Walk of Fame.

    A petition drive and support from Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Garland friend Mickey Rooney helped the Munchkins earn their pink travertine plaque.

    "With their joyous send-off for Dorothy as she began her journey down the Yellow Brick Road, the Munchkins secured their place in Hollywood history and in the hearts of movie fans everywhere," wrote director George Lucas in a letter of support for the nomination.

    Aside from Maren, the other six were Mickey Carroll, the town crier, Margaret Pellegrini, one of the Munchkin sleepy-heads, Karl Slover, the main trumpeter, Clarence Swensen, a Munchkin soldier and Meinhardt Raabe, who played the coroner who certifies that the wicked witch struck by Dorothy's house was dead.

    More than 2,000 stars embedded in the Hollywood sidewalk since 1960 honor contributions to the entertainment industry.
    DIS-gusting.





    68 year wait. Congrats.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
    "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

  • #2
    It was an understandable oversight.
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

    Comment


    • #3
      tbh I thought most dwarves didn't survive that long...
      You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

      Comment


      • #4
        I imagine they are more prone to accidental death.
        "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
        "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

        Comment


        • #5
          7 out of 124 are alive. I think you heard right.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

          Comment


          • #6
            Originally posted by Wezil
            It was an understandable oversight.
            I understand that their application had been rejected numerous times. Then Speilberg and Lucas lobbied to give them a star.

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by Zkribbler


              I understand that their application had been rejected numerous times.
              That was rather shortsighted.
              "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
              "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

              Comment


              • #8
                Erm...I thought walk of fame stars were awarded to the people, not the characters they play???

                This is like Darth Vader or Indiana Jones getting a walk of fame star, isn't it?
                Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

                Comment


                • #9
                  Originally posted by Asmodean
                  Erm...I thought walk of fame stars were awarded to the people, not the characters they play???

                  This is like Darth Vader or Indiana Jones getting a walk of fame star, isn't it?
                  You want to award 124 stars??

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Short People got no reason
                    Short People got no reason
                    Short People got no reason
                    To live

                    They got little hands
                    And little eyes
                    And they walk around
                    Tellin' great big lies
                    They got little noses
                    And tiny little teeth
                    They wear platform shoes
                    On their nasty little feet

                    Well, I don't want no Short People
                    Don't want no Short People
                    Don't want no Short People
                    Round here

                    Short People are just the same
                    As you and I
                    (A Fool Such As I)
                    All men are brothers
                    Until the day they die
                    (It's A Wonderful World)

                    Short People got nobody
                    Short People got nobody
                    Short People got nobody
                    To love

                    They got little baby legs
                    And they stand so low
                    You got to pick 'em up
                    Just to say hello
                    They got little cars
                    That go beep, beep, beep
                    They got little voices
                    Goin' peep, peep, peep
                    They got grubby little fingers
                    And dirty little minds
                    They're gonna get you every time
                    Well, I don't want no Short People
                    Don't want no Short People
                    Don't want no Short People
                    'Round here

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      No...I would rather have awarded...none
                      Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Re: Oh, This Is Just Great. More Short People News.

                        Originally posted by SlowwHand
                        Some of you may know that I don't like short people.
                        Now look what's happening. It mocks John Wayne and so many others.



                        DIS-gusting.





                        68 year wait. Congrats.
                        Gangly freak
                        Speaking of Erith:

                        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          HEY! Watch it, buddy!
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            PH is the one on the left.
                            "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                            "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SlowwHand
                              HEY! Watch it, buddy!
                              Someone has a short fuse.
                              Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

                              When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X