Fox Dwarf-Dating Show Sparks Mixed Emotions Thu January 29, 2004 06:23 PM ET By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Critics may roll their eyes at Fox television's upcoming dwarf-dating contest "The Littlest Groom," but the head of the advocacy group Little People of America says the show could end up giving his members a boost. While some audiences may snicker at the spectacle of a dozen dwarf women competing with average-sized females for the affections of a 4-foot-5-inch bachelor, LPA president Matt Roloff said the Fox show may benefit people of short stature by depicting them as regular folks "just being themselves." In other words, a person's size doesn't matter. "Yes, the radio jocks will have a field day," Roloff told Reuters in a telephone interview. "(But) hiding us behind closed doors or in funny costumes will never give us the exposure needed to desensitize society to us." [...]Fox said this week that it would air the show, essentially a dwarf version of ABC's "The Bachelor," as a two-part special next month on Feb. 16 and Feb. 23.
Thu January 29, 2004 06:23 PM ET By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Critics may roll their eyes at Fox television's upcoming dwarf-dating contest "The Littlest Groom," but the head of the advocacy group Little People of America says the show could end up giving his members a boost. While some audiences may snicker at the spectacle of a dozen dwarf women competing with average-sized females for the affections of a 4-foot-5-inch bachelor, LPA president Matt Roloff said the Fox show may benefit people of short stature by depicting them as regular folks "just being themselves."
In other words, a person's size doesn't matter.
"Yes, the radio jocks will have a field day," Roloff told Reuters in a telephone interview. "(But) hiding us behind closed doors or in funny costumes will never give us the exposure needed to desensitize society to us." [...]
Fox said this week that it would air the show, essentially a dwarf version of ABC's "The Bachelor," as a two-part special next month on Feb. 16 and Feb. 23.
oh, if their cross-marketing experts were on the ball and had Paris Hilton as one of the contestants, the world would be finer.
― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chris V (Chris V), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)
That strategy hasn't worked for breasts. Maybe they'll have better luck.
― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Huck If I Know (Horace Mann), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)