New York Dwarf Bowling: a King-Sized Gutter Ball

New York bar owners beware: no more midget bowling tournaments.  Same goes for Florida.  Hosting a good old fashioned dwarf toss is a no go, too.  The Little People of America says these laws protect midgets from exploitation and humiliation.  We think these states are anti-midgets; they're two of the largest states in the union, after all.

What's dwarf bowling?  Adorable little midgets - in headgear, harnesses and protective wear - are rolled on skateboards down makeshift bowling alleys by bar patrons toward smaller-than-usual pins. It's an offshoot of dwarf tossing, the distance-tossing of little people by patrons onto mattresses or up against Velcro-covered walls. Midget participants can earn more than $100 an hour, easily filling their little pockets with large cash.

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But in New York and Florida, state laws prohibit bars and other places licensed to serve alcohol from hosting dwarf bowling and dwarf tossing events. The ban goes back almost two decades, and it's enforced. In 2002, for example, law enforcement officials busted a midget bowling tournament hosted by Beetlejuice (aka Beet, aka Lester Green), a regular fixture on the Howard Stern radio show.

Beet was in the process of organizing a spectacular New York drawf bowling tournament in February when a midget-hating local tipped off police.  Within hours, the event was cancelled.  Poor Beetlejuice.