# Erik Estrada isn't a Midget, or, Pure Distillate of MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258 "2001-08-27T01:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/1 "2001-08-27T01:12:11Z")
You want mundane and pointless? I’ve got it in spades, and baby, I gotta share it. About two weeks ago, I had dream about Erik Estrada, former co-star of the hit police drama CHiPs. For some dream-logic reason, Erik Estrada was a midget. Don’t remember anything else about it. I only remember that one fact because, some how, it managed to sneak through a back door into my waking mind and hid out in the “General Celebrity Trivia” file-cabinet of my consciousness. Today I was channel-surfing, and I saw Erik Estrada, full sized, on a Spanish-language channel. For a few moments I expierienced acute cognitive dissonance, trying to figure out if I was deluded (usually the correct answer) or if this was some sort of special effect, or maybe it was Manuel Estrada, Erik’s taller brother, or something. Then I remembered the dream, clapped my hand to my forehead, and said, out loud, “My God, Erik Estrada isn’t a midget!” I mean, obviously, right? How could he have ridden a motorcycle? Thankfully, no one was around to over hear my outburst. The funny thing is, somehow the idea of Estrada being a little person is sticking with me. I know he isn’t a midget, yet somehow, I feel he _should_ be. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/2 "2001-08-27T03:13:43Z")
obviously you have fallen into… _ **The Twilight Zone** _. you are now drifting through a parallel universe, one diffrent from your own… one where Erik Estrada is TALL. \ doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-dee-doo-doo… dum-da-da-dum! ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/3 "2001-08-27T03:24:21Z")
Now here’s MPSIMS for sure: I used to work at a computer store in Studio City, and Erik Estrada used to walk his dog past the store every day. Yeah, he’s short. Short people should not own huge dogs, it makes them look even smaller. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/4 "2001-08-27T05:40:09Z")
Maybe you’re confusing Eric Estrada with Herve Villachez? ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/5 "2001-08-27T05:50:30Z")
Erik Estrada _is_ a midget. He just happens to be an especially tall midget. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/6 "2001-08-27T06:06:29Z")
You probably fell asleep while the TV was still on, and that infomercial with the two midgets pushing a real estate scam came on at 2AM, just as Erik Estrada was entering your dream. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/7 "2001-08-27T13:27:28Z")
According to the IMDb, Erik Estrada is 5’10½". ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/8 "2001-08-27T13:51:24Z")
If Erik Estrada was a midget during the heyday of CHiPs, I’d say he’s definitely grown since then. Width-wise, that is. 😃 I get to see Ponch every so often as he hawks one of those alternate phone services for people that have had their service cut. “Smoke Signal Communications” I think it is. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/9 "2001-08-27T14:15:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arken \* > \*\*Erik Estrada _is_ a midget. He just happens to be an especially tall midget. 😉 \*\* No. He is the World’s Shortest Giant, and you should revere him as such. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erik-estrada-isnt-a-midget-or-pure-distillate-of-mpsims/78258/10 "2001-08-28T04:56:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*The funny thing is, somehow the idea of Estrada being a little person is sticking with me. I know he isn’t a midget, yet somehow, I feel he _should_ be. \*\* You’ve obviously tapped into a profound archetypical image. We’re in Carl Jung/Joseph Campbell territory here. See this [dream diary:](http://hometown.aol.com/clikatowi/dreams.html) > [@](#): > > \*\* > a friend and i each bought houses on the jersey shore for the low, low price of ten grand (a piece). my house came with a a midget bartender who worked at the bar in the second floor indoor pool. upon finding out that i had my own midget, my friend was upset, as her bartender was erik estrada of chip’s fame. after drinking lots of gin and tonics, we decided that we would have our personal man-servants fight to the death, with the winner gaining possession of the midget bartender. i woke up before i found out whose servant won.\*\* Spooky.