Midget Rednecks
In 1938, movie producer Jed Buell had an epiphany: people just love midgets! This led to his decision to make a movie in the most popular genre of the day (the western) and cast it entirely with these funny little creatures. The result is The Terror of Tiny Town, a flick that has landed on many critics' "worst movies of all-time" list. Well, we here at Midgets and Serial Killers could not disagree more with these condescending pricks.
Now, I have to warn you, this clip has been screwed with a bit. You see, the person responsible for it has apparantly decided that midgets on horseback are best enjoyed while listening to The Dead Kennedys perform "Rawhide." And and after a couple of viewings, I think I agree.
And now, the trivia--
The hero in this film is an actor by the name of Billy Curtis. You may not recognize the name (I sure didn't) but I think you'll remember him from at least one of these roles:
a) the Munchkin City Father in The Wizard of Oz.
b) Mordecai in High Plains Drifter. (Remember, Clint Eastwood makes him sheriff?)
c) Mayor McCheese in all those 70's and 80's McDonald's commercials.
Now, I have to warn you, this clip has been screwed with a bit. You see, the person responsible for it has apparantly decided that midgets on horseback are best enjoyed while listening to The Dead Kennedys perform "Rawhide." And and after a couple of viewings, I think I agree.
And now, the trivia--
The hero in this film is an actor by the name of Billy Curtis. You may not recognize the name (I sure didn't) but I think you'll remember him from at least one of these roles:
a) the Munchkin City Father in The Wizard of Oz.
b) Mordecai in High Plains Drifter. (Remember, Clint Eastwood makes him sheriff?)
c) Mayor McCheese in all those 70's and 80's McDonald's commercials.
posted by Ryan A at 11:14 PM
2 Comments:
His given name was Luigi Curto. Perhaps a distant cousin of the Mario brothers?
There are worst things than being known as mayor of the Emerald City..wait,...wouldn't that be aka Eugene!?!
I always wondered where Eugene got that nickname. The "yellow brick road" of urine downtown where the bums hangout? The dwarfs? That crazy hubcap-selling guy everyone calls the Tin Man?
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