Short and Sweet: The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin (Paperback)

Jerry Maren is perhaps the most famous little person alive. When he came from Boston to California's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios to work as the Lollipop Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, he was just over three feet tall. Short and Sweet is his memoir of a sixty-plus-year career -- from The Adventures of Superman to Seinfeld -- in which he carved his own niche in Hollywood.

Short and Sweet is a lavishly illustrated treasury of old Hollywood that will amaze and entertain anyone who loves popular culture. It features candid commentary, mostly unpublished photographs, and a tell-all attitude. Maren writes of:

• How he ended up in Hollywood to make The Wizard of Oz while still in his teens
• Life on the set with Judy Garland and 120 little people
• The truth about rumors of drunken orgies and wild parties at the Culver Hotel
• What it was like to work with the Marx Brothers and to have dinner at Groucho's home
• USO tours during World War II with the midget wrestling act
• Being hired to dress up as a baby and pee on Jimmy Stewart at the actor's bachelor party
• Touring as Little Oscar in the Weinermobile
• His experiences as Buster Brown on television in the 1950s
• Working in television and radio in the Our Gang comedies and with Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Lucille Ball, Edgar Bergen, Andy Williams -- even Tiny Tim
• Performing at the White House dressed as Freddy the Frog