[4], On the October 2, 2007, broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, Jerry O'Connell revealed that he knew Beetlejuice while he was growing up. [9] Stern Show producer Richard Christy recorded the song, wrote music to accompany Beetlejuice's raw vocals, and then engineered it into the full song. [3], Lester was born with dwarfism and microcephaly, a condition that caused his small head relative to his small body. [2] He has also appeared in such feature films as Bubble Boy and Scary Movie 2. Beetlejuice made his debut on The Howard Stern Show on July 14th, 1999, making an appearance with Frank "Third Degree" Burns, another little person. "[11] The song, which Beetlejuice created spontaneously in the recording studio, has been covered by the rock group Staind,[12] 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. [11][13], 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. [5], Beetlejuice made his debut on The Howard Stern Show on July 14th, 1999, making an appearance with Frank "Third Degree" Burns, another little person. Beetlejuice - Topic - YouTube This channel was generated automatically by YouTube's video discovery system. [14] There was also a controversy around the share of potential profits from the song, and Beetlejuice's manager at the time, Sean Rooney, got into an argument with Gary Dell'Abate, the executive producer of The Howard Stern Show, regarding the percentage share of the profits between Beetlejuice and Christy. He knows he's the best. O'Connell's mother was Beetlejuice's special education teacher at PS 31 in Jersey City, NJ, and Beetlejuice was such a good student that he did special work as her "assistant". [8], Beetlejuice sang "This Is Beetle", also known as "The Beetlejuice Song", on The Howard Stern Show in late 2004. Lester Green (born June 2, 1968), better known by his stage name Beetlejuice, is a member of the The Howard Stern Show's Wack Pack, who was named the greatest Wack Packer of all time by Stern in 2015. Beetlejuice Speaks Spanish (Howard Stern Show ... - YouTube 's music video for the song "Grimey"[16] and was featured on three songs on the hip-hop group Smut Peddlers' 2001 debut album, Porn Again, on the tracks "Beetlejuice Intro", "Pimpology by Beetlejuice", and "Beetlejuice Outtakes"[17] on Rawkus Records. [15], In 2002, Beetlejuice appeared in rapper N.O.R.E. [14] Stern and his production staff recreated many of the more popular segments from his days on K-Rock, but attempts to recreate "This Is Beetle" were unsuccessful.

[10] The key lyrics to the song are, "This is Beetle, he's bad as can. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. He was given his nickname because of a character in the movie Beetlejuice. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [6][7] He was given his nickname because of a character in the movie Beetlejuice. This channel was generated automatically by YouTube's video discovery system. [18], "Sixteen People In Howard Stern's Universe, From Robin Quivers to Crackhead Bob", https://web.archive.org/web/20150320160649/http://www.howardstern.com/howard-on-air/howard-100-101/2015-03-18, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004025/?ref_=tt_cl_t13, http://www.marksfriggin.com/news99/7-12-99.htm, https://www.howardstern.com/show/2017/03/20/stern-files-declassified-discovery-lester-beetlejuice-green/, "Stern's Beetlejuice: The Jolly Dwarf With Staind, Blues Traveler In His Corner", "The Beetle Song Controversy (Part 3 – Sean Straightens Things Out)", "Shabooty Interview Series: Cage (Chris Palko)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beetlejuice_(entertainer)&oldid=980351973, Wikipedia temporarily semi-protected biographies of living people, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 01:41. Beetlejuice sang "This Is Beetle", also known as "The Beetlejuice Song", on The Howard Stern Show in late 2004. 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.