It is possible that the Münchner Kindl was the inspiration for the Munchkins in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Seven surviving Munchkin actors attended the ceremony, including Mickey Carroll, Ruth Duccini, Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini, Meinhardt Raabe, Karl Slover and Clarence Swensen.
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In 2007, all 124 Munchkin actors in Oz were honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
At the time of Slover's death, three other munchkin actors were still alive from Oz: Jerry Maren, Margaret Williams Pellegrini and Ruth Robinson Duccini.
Ojo is a Munchkin who lived with his uncle, Unc Nunkie in the Blue Forest, a remote location in the north of the Munchkin Country.
The artistic director and one of the founders of Out of the Box Publishing, John Kovalic, was also the illustrator for Munchkin and Dork Tower.
In 2011 Ryan directed 'Little Munchkin', a dark Christmas fairy tale where an obnoxious middle family fast-track the adoption process of a cannibal child and starring Gwyneth Keyworth, the short was screened at Fright Fest.