Detroit Strip Clubs: Dwarf-tossing: controversial event at Windsor strip club draws 1000 fans
January 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsDwarf-tossing: controversial event at Windsor strip club draws 1,000 fans
by Victoria Rose Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 12:00 pm Posted in News
Bradley “Tripod” Kalbefleisch, dressed in a baby outfit, flies through the air in a dwarf-tossing competition Saturday night at Leopard’s Lounge and Broil in Windsor, Ont. LARRY KAPLAN PHOTO
By Sonya Bell Special to the Toronto Star Published on Mon Jan 25, 2012
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The encouragement is hardly necessary. Before the strip club’s doors even opened for the night, the reservation list was seven pages long. People had come for this — a chance to win a trophy engraved “Dwarf-Tossing Champion.”
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At the end of the evening, as Da Silva heads out for the casino, he assesses where his moral compass landed. “I feel no more socially guilty than when I normally come out of a strip club.”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Super memories and moments
January 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsFavre talked about how he relieved pressure during timeouts by singing in the huddle.
It was funny stuff, off the cuff, which was typical of Favre. The story made headlines the next day.
Unfortunately for the Packers, the Broncos had a better punch line – a 31-24 victory.
Bare facts
: The Patriots got their second Lombardi Trophy for their 32-29 win over the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII, but Janet Jackson stole the show with her halftime performance.
In a duet with Justin Timberlake, Jackson’s bodice popped open, momentarily exposing a naked body part. It created a national uproar, and Jackson later apologized.
Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson reacted with a sense of humor. When asked a couple months later what he thought about the halftime show, Wilson replied quickly: “You mean the stripper?”EngleEE
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Detroit Strip Clubs: Dwarf-tossing makes reappearance in Windsor
January 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsHundreds cheered loudly at a Windsor strip club on the weekend as a local dwarf dressed in a baby costume was repeatedly catapulted through the air.
The event, that took place at a packed Leopard’s Lounge and Broil, was popular with hundreds signed up to participate.
The dwarf, a Windsor resident whose stage name is Tripod, refused an interview.
In pairs, participants took hold of a harness that was attached to the dwarf and threw him as far as they could. The boisterous crowd laughed, clapped and applauded while the four-foot, eight-inch man was chucked across the stage. Five air mattresses were laid out to ensure a safe landing.
The competition has drawn a swarm of negative comments, with critics citing issues of human rights and dignity. But Leopard’s general manager, Barry Maroon, said he sees nothing wrong with the event.
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A 32-year-old stripper, Kahlua, said the toss was similar to her job.
See the full article from “The Province”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Windsor bar’s dwarf toss sends man, fur flying
January 29, 2012 at 4:48 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsWINDSOR, Ont. â Hundreds cheered loudly at a Windsor strip club Saturday night, as a local dwarf dressed in a baby costume was catapulted through the air, over and over again.
Both locals and out-of-towners took part in the dwarf-tossing competition at Leopard’s Lounge & Broil, a bar in Windsor’s west end. This was the second time in a decade the club hosted the event that has created international hype and hundreds signed up to participate.
The dwarf, a Windsor resident whose stage name is Tripod, refused an interview and was not interested in disclosing any details of his life.
In pairs, participants took hold of a harness that was attached to the dwarf and threw him as far as they could. The club was packed to capacity and the boisterous crowd laughed, clapped, and applauded while the four-foot, eight-inch man was chucked across the stage. Five air mattresses were laid out to ensure a safe landing for Tripod.
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A 32-year-old stripper, who only wanted to be referred to by her stage-name, Kahlua, said she was excited about the event and said it was similar to her job.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Dwarf-tossing lands in Ontario strip club
January 29, 2012 at 4:48 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… Indian athletes Barkath Ali (L) and Derada More prepare for the final of the 100 meter sprint at the World Dwarf Games in Belfast July 27, 2009. The games, which attracted competitors from all over the world.Photograph by: Cathal McNaughton, Reuters
WINDSOR, Ont. â Despite repeated calls for its ban, the sport of dwarf tossing has once again landed in Canada.
Windsor, Ont., strip club Leopard’s Lounge & Broil is hosting the Saturday event, in which competitors vie to see who can throw a little person the farthest.
“There’s nothing provincially, and no bylaws here, that would prevent this from going on,” said Windsor city councillor Ron Jones, who was alerted to the upcoming event by an angry constituent.
The event is being promoted on a sign outside the club.
Detroit Strip Clubs: No cost to toss
January 29, 2012 at 4:48 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsBoth locals and out-of-towners took part in the dwarf tossing competition at Leopard’s Lounge & Broil, a strip club in Windsor’s west end. This was the second time in a decade the club hosted the event that has created international hype. Hundreds signed up to participate.
“We look for different forms of entertainment that will get the interest of our customers and to make things different,” said Leopard’s general manager Barry Maroon. “There’s no harm or foul here. This is a business guy that’s set up his own little business.”
A poster advertising a dwarf toss is pictured in the men’s washroom at Leopard’s Lounge and Broil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
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A 32-year-old stripper, who only wanted to be referred to by her stage name, Kahlua, said she was excited about the event and said it was similar to her job.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Heads Up: The Leisure Society
January 28, 2012 at 10:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsWhat are we talking about?A starry new West End production of François Archambault’s satire, a dark comedy in which a yuppie dinner party spirals out of control.
Elevator Pitch
A supermodel comes to tea ….
Prime Movers
Actor and director Matthew “Harry” Burton takes the latter job for this; a friend and somewhat of a protégé of Harold Pinter’s, he had a debut directorial hit with the playwright’s The Dumb Waiter, also at the Trafalgar Studios.
The Stars
The big celebrity news is that it will star supermodel Agyness Deyn. The chisel-boned Brit will be making her stage debut, although she has acted on screen as a strong-willed stripper in the movie Pusher, soon to be released. She’s joined by Ed Stoppard, making a return to theatre after stints in TV, including Upstairs Downstairs.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Windsor strip club invites you to come toss a dwarf
January 28, 2012 at 3:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsWindsor strip club invites you to come toss a dwarf
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An Ontario strip club that was the impetus for a law against so-called dwarf-tossing is at it again. The law never passed, so Leopard’s Lounge & Broil, in Windsor, is holding another dwarf-tossing contest Saturday.
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The event at Leopard’s Lounge & Broil is evidently pretty much exactly what it sounds like. They hire a little person, dress him up in a Christmas elf costume, and then drunk customers pick him up and toss him onto a mattress on the floor. It’s not really clear how this is supposed to complement the club’s routine stripping business, but presumably on the venn diagram of life there’s at least some overlap between people who are interested in visiting a strip club in Windsor and people that would want to lift and throw a little man.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Dwarf-tossing lands in Ontario strip club
January 28, 2012 at 8:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsDespite repeated calls for its ban, the sport of dwarf tossing has once again landed in Canada.
The Leopard’s Lounge & Broil, a strip club in Windsor, Ont., is hosting the event tonight, in which competitors vie to see who can throw a little person the farthest.
“There’s nothing provincially, and no bylaws here, that would prevent this from going on,” said Windsor city councillor Ron Jones, who was alerted to the upcoming event by an angry constituent.
The event is being promoted on a sign outside the club.
With Ontario government showing no interest in restricting or regulating the small-person toss, he sees no reason the municipality should intervene.
Jones notes that, far from being forced to participate, the human projectile in question has his own agent.
“A person has a right to make a living,” he said. “If the person being tossed was being tossed against his will, then it’s a human rights issue, and I’d be all over it.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Dwarf tossing returns to club
January 28, 2012 at 8:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsAfter an absence of nearly a decade, and to the outrage of some, the controversial sport of dwarf tossing is making its return to Windsor tonight.
“By throwing little people through the air for money, the event objectifies and degrades an entire class as lesser people,” said Windsor’s Jennie Berkeley.
The competition at Leopard’s Lounge & Broil, a west-side strip club, is an “offence against human dignity and decency,” she said.
WIN00729265_1_1 Berkeley protested to her ward city councillor after seeing a sign outside the Wyandotte Street business promoting this weekend’s event, but Ron Jones said there’s little the municipality can do.
“There’s nothing provincially, and no bylaws here, that would prevent this from going on,” said Jones.
It was nearly a decade ago that former Windsor West MPP and then-deputy Liberal leader Sandra Pupatello failed to get a law passed that would have prohibited such competitions.
See the full article from “Windsor Star”
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