All the elevator buttons
So incredibly high
I stand today for the midget
At the size of a regular guy

Let me hold you little man
As the parade passes by
Let me hold you little man
We'll make believe you can fly

You shout for me to put you down
But I'm marching today for your cause
I'm bangin' the drum, your big day will come
When they remake the wizard of oz

So let me hold you midget man
Pretend that you're flyin' in space
Let me hold you midget man
So the dog will stop licking your face

Little shoes, little pants
Little song, little dance
Little heart, little mind
But your rights are as big as mine

Thank God I'm tall, I won't let you fall
We're all midgets, for one and for all
Thank God I'm tall, I won't let you fall
We're all midgets and some are just small

Stand up for the little people

For some reason I thought the article would be short.

It's official

He was assassinated by the Lolipop Guild, I tell you! You gotta watch out for those sugar pushers!

Short people got....

FTFA:

Slover was born Karl Kosiczky in what is now the Czech Republic and he was the only child in his family to be dwarf sized.

"In those uninformed days, his father tried witch doctor treatments to make him grow," Fricke said. "Knowing Karl and his triumph over his early life, you can't help but celebrate the man at a time like this."

He was buried in the backyard, immersed in heated oil until his skin blistered and then attached to a stretching machine at a hospital, all in the attempt to make him become taller. Eventually he was sold by his father at age 9 to a traveling show in Europe, Fricke said.



I....... Uh....... Well, I just don't know what to say.

Wee mourn.

RIP Wizard of Oz Lunch Tin

/hot like fire, scarecrow

...Fark: His father tried to "cure" his height "problem" with "witch doctor" cures before selling him to a traveling show at age 9. (Yep. Read the article. Thought they'd mistakenly pasted in a paragraph from a turkey fryer fire story.)

/didn't keep him in Czech, though.
//goodnight, funny diminutive man.

...eh, serves me right for actually taking time to read the article.

/shakes tiny fist

Ponzholio: There will be a short service followed by the procession.

Stole my line! I'm suing!

Peter Dinklage will play him in a little tribute film.

and right after his birthday. but that's a long life for ANYONE, much less for somebody who usually only gets 1/3 of the average human lifespan with such a condition. Godspeed, fella.

He is hiss - he is hiss- he is his-to-ry

I always wondered if Munchkin actors had a bitter rivalry with the Oompa Loompa actors, a la Star Wars Vs Star Trek fandoms.

sad to hear this. he came to my home town severla years ago during a special screening of the movie after our theater was renovated after being closed for about a decade. Wizard of Oz is probably one of the few untouchable classics that havent been remade (although its has been "reimagined" a billion times) I think it's great that he was able to exploit his role in the movie by making these appearances.

/csb... I bench pressed a little person in highschool around the same time

Awww. One less munchkin at the yearly festival.

Worst.Fark handle. ever.: I always wondered if Munchkin actors had a bitter rivalry with the Oompa Loompa actors, a la Star Wars Vs Star Trek fandoms.

when i heard they were remaking charlie and the chocolate factory i thought every midget in hollywood was going to get work.... and then they only hired ONE... i was kinda pissed off about that until i saw the cinematic abortion and realised they were better served by not being associated with that crap.

Trance750: daffy: Ponzholio: There will be a short service followed by the procession.

Stole my line! I'm suing!

Go to small-claims court

You people are tiny minded.

One of the Munchkins used to live in my neighborhood. (Adam Koziicki). His cousin came by to show me his wedding album. Short but sweet.

FredaDeStilleto: One of the Munchkins used to live in my neighborhood. (Adam Koziicki). His cousin came by to show me his wedding album. Short but sweet.

So you're saying it's a small world?

Is he merely dead, or really most sincerely dead?

His regular sized life partner is said to be inconsolable. He was nuts over him.

I hope subby misspelled "visits" and its not actually a misspelled "fists".
Actually, since this is Fark, I'm ok with either.

FTAOnly three remain of the 124 diminutive actors who played the beloved Munchkins

Who will get the Flying Hellfish Monkey treasure

Let the sad, sad news be spread
The Munchkin Man at last is dead.

Trance750: firemothicc: I hope subby misspelled "visits" and its not actually a misspelled "fists".
Actually, since this is Fark, I'm ok with either.

Who's your Wizard

Pay no attention to the man behind me. CURTAIN. I meant curtain.

netringer: The Czech was a little short.

Now it's a cancelled Czech.

You know, he was very good on the trampoline.

Czechs bounce.

PYROY: It's funny how God gave him massive ears.

I hear one's ears never stop growing.

Has anyone mentioned how he's morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead?

You're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified.

It's amazing how many of them lived to a very old age. I met Jerry Maren, the one who handed Dorothy the lollipop, at the Oz Festival in Chesterton, IN a couple years ago. I had to meet at least one of them before they all died.

About 25 years ago I worked at a very expensive, small department store (Jacobsons) in the Children's Shoes dept. He was on of our regular customers, very nice man. Our children's shoes back then were upwards of $100 and very chic. He is one of my sweet memories of working in retail in my youth.

I was the pallbearer at a midget funeral, once.

Mr. Potatoass: I was the pallbearer at a midget funeral, once.

once.