Then there was a duo called Bobby and Ronnie Bobby Mills and Ron Tayloror – two diminutive guys from south London and Scotland, respectively.
Indeed, if Van Gundy, a native of the Bay Area, found out anything this past week, as he returned here as coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars, it is that he is no longer the diminutive, anonymous guy roaming the sideline at Madison Square Garden.
What actor played Mini-Me, the diminutive bad guy in last year's $200million hit The Spy Who Shagged Me Stars can be born overnight, but many remain anonymous or quickly disappear.
The ultimate underdog story of the last 25 years, "Rudy" stars Sean Astin ("Goonies" really do never say die) as Rudy, a diminutive good guy whose told by everyone, including his own family, to forget his lifelong dream: playing football for Notre Dame.
"For example, in Russia, there's no word for 'parking.' So you just conjugate it in Russian — 'Gde ti zaparkoval machinu?' " She continued, "Then there's 'Vassya,' the diminutive of Vassily, which guys call each other instead of 'bro' or 'dude.' " Russians, the producers said, put a lot of stickers on their cars.
The governor of California will be in town to launch an anti-piracy TV campaign alongside the more diminutive scourge-of-bad-guys, actor Jackie Chan.
The 3 million people who've now watched their first video, "Die Antwoord – Zef Side", will be familiar with Yolandi, a diminutive blonde, and Ninja, a tattooed, lanky guy endowed with a sinuous physicality which he puts to good use as he dances and raps in an arresting Afrikaans/English hybrid.
The shaved head, the diminutive stature, the paranoid aspect ― there is no mistaking the guy when you know what you're looking for.
As the gallery around them grew, fans frequently could be heard saying things like, "Who's the short guy in the pink shirt?" and a few even confused Lewis for Ian Woosnam, the diminutive Welshman who won the Masters in 1991.
Unfortunately for our diminutive male friends, society hasn't shaken those vestigial prejudices about their worth to the point that being a short guy can actually contribute to depression.
