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'''Eric Lynch''' (born [[March 11]], [[1975]]), better known as '''Eric the Midget''', is a frequent caller of the ''[[Howard Stern]] Radio Show'' and a reluctant member of [[The Wack Pack]]. Due to his small lungs which prevent him from completing a sentence without taking 4 or 5 breaths, he sometimes can not get through three and four syllable words without taking a breath. Lynch also suffers from [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]], a disease of the [[connective tissue]]. He says that he has outlived every doctor's predictions. He is 3' 5" tall and weighs 85 pounds and uses a motorized [[wheelchair]] to get around.

A self-styled "expert" on ''[[American Idol]]'', Lynch is known for his obsession with ''American Idol'' winners [[Kelly Clarkson]], and [[Carrie Underwood]], and runner-up [[Katharine McPhee]]. Lynch has repeatedly and unrealistically asked Howard Stern to use his influence to get him dates with Clarkson or Underwood. He refuses to get behind Stern's "Vote For Sanjaya" campaign, much to the annoyance of Howard and the audience. He was ridiculed by [[Gary Dell'Abate]] for writing [[Ryan Seacrest]] and informing him of Stern's plot. Despite often disagreeing with Howard and the cast, Stern helped Lynch land a guest starring role on one of his favorite television shows, ''[[American Dreams]]'', for which Lynch remains ungrateful.

Because of the guest role, he is known, by his own request, as "Eric The Actor," although he is rarely referred to as such. This is because he finds the word "[[midget]]" offensive to a "[[little person]]": he equates it to referring to an [[African American]] as a "[[nigger]]".<ref>This has also led to Artie Lange of the Stern Show to refer to Lynch as "Eric the Freakishly small actor", which Lynch considered equally offensive.</ref> He was also for a brief time jokingly referred to as "Eric the Astronaut," because he is as much of an astronaut as he is an actor. Lynch has countered this nickname with "Eric the Idol Expert".