Beetlejuice (entertainer)

Lester Green (born June 2, 1968), better known by his stage name, "Beetlejuice", is an American actor, comedian, and frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show. In addition to his appearances on such feature films as Bubble Boy and Scary Movie 2, Green was a member of Stern's Wack Pack, and was named the greatest Wack Packer of all time by Stern in 2015.[2] Beetlejuice has performed with various Howard Stern Show-related comedians, including those who perform under The Killers of Comedy Tour banner.[3]

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice in 2004
Born
Lester Green

(1968-06-02) June 2, 1968
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
Years active1999–present
Height4 ft 3 in (130 cm) [1]
Websitejollydwarf.com

Personal life

Beetlejuice was born with microcephaly,[4] which gives him his small head relative to his small body.[5]

On the October 2, 2007, broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, Jerry O'Connell revealed that he knew Beetlejuice while he was growing up. O'Connell's mother was Beetlejuice's special education teacher at PS 31 in Jersey City, NJ, and Beetlejuice was such a good student that he did special work as her "assistant".[6]

Career

Beetlejuice made his debut on The Howard Stern Show in 1999, making an appearance with Frank "Third Degree" Burns, another little person. Beetlejuice sang "This Is Beetle", also known as "The Beetlejuice Song", on The Howard Stern Show in late 2004.[7] Stern Show producer Richard Christy recorded the song, wrote music to accompany Beetlejuice's raw vocals, and then engineered it into the full song.[8] The key lyrics to the song are, "This is Beetle, he's bad as can. He knows he's the best."[9] The song, which Beetlejuice created spontaneously in the recording studio, has been covered by the rock group Staind,[10] who included the song on special editions of their album Chapter V. On September 19, 2005, Blues Traveler played their version of "This Is Beetle" on The Howard Stern Show.[9][11]

Initially, Stern was unable to broadcast this recording on his Sirius Satellite Radio program because CBS Radio owned the copyright to all of Stern's shows from K-Rock.[12] Stern and his production staff recreated many of the more popular segments from his days on K-Rock, but attempts to recreate "This Is Beetle" were unsuccessful. However, in May 2006, Stern, Sirius, and CBS reached an agreement to sell the rights for all his K-Rock broadcasts to Sirius, thus enabling Stern to play the song.[12] There was also a controversy around the share of potential profits from the song, and Beetlejuice's manager at the time, Sean Rooney, got into an argument with Gary Dell'Abate, the executive producer of The Howard Stern Show, regarding the percentage share of the profits between Beetlejuice and Christy.[13]

In 2002, Beetlejuice appeared in rapper N.O.R.E.'s music video for the song "Grimey"[14] and was featured on three songs on the hip-hop group Smut Peddlers' 2001 debut album, Porn Again, on the tracks "Beetlejuice Intro", "Pimpology by Beetlejuice", and "Beetlejuice Outtakes"[15] on Rawkus Records.[16]

Filmography
YearTitleRole
2012Girls Gone DeadHimself
2005True Crime: New York City (Video Game)Zeke (Voice)
2004Beetle UncensoredHimself
2001Scary Movie 2Shorty's Brain/Himself
Bubble BoyLil' Zip

Television
YearTitleRole
2009This is BeetleHimself
2003Doggy Fizzle TelevizzleHimself and Super Juice
2000WCW Monday NitroHimself

See also
  • The Wack Pack

References
  1. "Sixteen People In Howard Stern's Universe, From Robin Quivers to Crackhead Bob". Rolling Stone. March 16, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. http://www.howardstern.com/howard-on-air/howard-100-101/2015-03-18
  3. "The Killers of Comedy". The Killers of Comedy. Ego Logic Creations. 2007-02-03. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  4. "Bio (Beet)". Jolly Dwarf. JollyDwarf.com – The Official Beetlejuice Website. 2006-03-29. Archived from the original on 2006-03-07. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  5. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2005-06-16). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  6. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2007-10-02). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  7. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2004-12-03). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  8. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2005-06-17). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  9. Kaufman, Gil (2005-10-28). "Stern's Beetlejuice: The Jolly Dwarf With Staind, Blues Traveler In His Corner". MTV News. MTV. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  10. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2005-08-10). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  11. Kaplan, Jason; Thomas Panasci (2005-09-19). "The Rundown". The Howard Stern Show. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  12. "Stern Gets Old Tapes, CBS Gets $2M". CBS News. 2006-05-25. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-26.
  13. "The Beetle Song Controversy (Part 3 – Sean Straightens Things Out)". Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  14. Jake, Paine (2007-06-27). "N.O.R.E: Hood Dreams". AllHipHop.com. Infinity, Allhiphop.com, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-04. AllHipHop.com: To close on a funnier note: one of my favorite rap video moments from of yours is in 'Grimey', when Beetle Juice throws the cereal boxes off the shelf. Tell me, was that your idea to put him in the video? N.O.R.E: Yo, man, let me tell you somethin': nobody got my idea of Beetle Juice first off.
  15. "Smut Peddlers: Porn Again" (MP3). Eastern Conference (Amazon.com). 2001. ASIN B000QR38N8. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  16. "Shabooty Interview Series: Cage (Chris Palko)". shabooty.com. 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
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