Lester Napoleon Green, better known by his
stage name Beetlejuice, is a frequent guest
on The Howard Stern Show and a member of Stern's
Wack Pack.
He has appeared in feature films as well as
performed voice-over work.
Beetlejuice has performed with various Howard
Stern Show related comedians, including those
that perform under The Killers of Comedy Tour
banner.
Biography
Personal life
Beetlejuice was born in Jersey City, New Jersey
to Christopher Palid and Laura Green.
Christopher, whose brother earned $200,000
a year working as a circus freak, tried to
get Lester hired by the Ringling Brothers
circus in 1975, but Laura opted to provide
a proper education for her son.
The couple divorced in 1976 and Laura married
Kevin Bourque, a local evangelical preacher
and radio host.
They had three children together and are still
married.
Beetlejuice is a dwarf, standing about 4 feet
3 inches tall.
He also has microcephaly, which gives him
his characteristic small head relative to
his already small body.
He had to be taught how to bathe himself by
his manager while working on The Howard Stern
Show.
Beetlejuice's original manager, Sean Rooney,
died in July 2009.
Beetle moved to Georgia circa 2012.
Lester's nickname was given to him by children
in Marion Garden projects in Jersey City,
New Jersey, where he lived with his sister
Lisa.
The children used to pick on him because of
a scene in the film Beetlejuice featuring
a character's shrunken head.
On the October 2, 2007 broadcast of The Howard
Stern Show, Jerry O'Connell revealed that
he knew Lester while he was growing up.
O'Connell's mother was Beetle's special-ed
teacher, and Beetle was such a good student
that he did special work as her "assistant".
Music career
"This Is Beetle", also known as "The Beetlejuice
Song", was sung by Beetlejuice for The Howard
Stern Show in late 2004.
The song was recorded by Stern show producer
Richard Christy, who then wrote music to accompany
Beetle's raw vocals and engineered it into
the full song.
The key lyrics to the song are "This is Beetle,
he's bad as can and he knows he's the best."
The song, which Beetle created spontaneously
in the recording studio, has been covered
by the rock group Staind, 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.
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.
Stern and his producing 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.
Beetlejuice appeared in the 2002 N.O.R.E.
music video "Grimey" and was featured on three
tracks of the hip hop group Smut Peddlers'
debut album Porn Again on the tracks "Beetlejuice
Intro", "Pimpology by Beetlejuice", and "Beetlejuice
Outtakes" on Rawkus Records.
Filmography
Television
See also
The Wack Pack
References
External links
Beetlejuice at the Internet Movie Database
Beetlejuice's Official Website at jollydwarf.com
