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"Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 06 2011 12:07 PM

My most common/memorable answers? If the person bringing it up is a meathead, toxically drunk, or a drunken meathead: Bruce Lee If the person bringing it up is toxically drunk and more than a little racist: Jackie Chan If the person bringing it up is toxically drunk and old: Buddy Holly If the person's a music head/hipster chick with an eye for halfies/metirish: Sean Lennon If the person's about to become one of my best friends: "A retarded Dean Cain, sorta" What's the best/funniest/oddest celebrity-doppelganger you've had someone stick on you? Anyone ever spring one on you at a funny/odd/inopportune moment? Anyone ever change your opinion of them by giving you a bad one?

seawolf17 May 06 2011 12:34 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

When I had hair in high school, I got Elvis a bit, along with the occasional Kurt Russell. Now? Kevin James, mostly, and that's pretty dead-on.

Vic Sage May 06 2011 12:38 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

"Al Borland" (played by Richard Karn), from HOME IMPROVEMENT. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3004799488/nm0439781 http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak ... 2693_n.jpg

sharpie May 06 2011 01:03 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I went to Barcelona about 13 years ago. Three things happened: 1. My wife and I are outside of the Segretti Familia and a beautiful woman came up to me and said wasn't I the guy who she had met in Mallorca the year before. Mrs. sharpie being present I reluctantly said that no I wasn't that guy. 2. We went to see Van Morrison and got to the venue early. We were sitting in our seats talking when a young woman (not the one from before) started urgently asking me something which, with my very limited Spanish (or maybe Catalan), I couldn't understand. Finally, her boyfriend turned around and said "she thinks you are Quentin Tarantino." I told them that no, I wasn't Quentin Tarantino, but for the rest of the evening I pretended I was. 3. I was getting on the plane to return when the flight attendant at the gate said "Aren't you the guy who was on the flight to London last week?" I am very familiar in Barcelona.

metsguyinmichigan May 06 2011 01:04 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Before I lost the weight, and the show just became popular, I was stopped several times and people compared me to Greg Grunberg from "Hero." Since losing the weight, I hear that I look like Jon Cryer. I don't see it. But an older couple stopped me on the street in Chicago, and the people in my Speedway all call me "Alan." I had no idea why, and then they told be it that was the name of the guy on "Two and a Half Men."

metirish May 06 2011 01:05 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

for me it's usually associated with Ireland... Gabriel Byrne probably the most , big nose I suppose.....Colin Farrel in his long hair days , if the person is bad with accents them I get Russel Crowe ......the hot one form Gladiator or the current fat one I ask :) , as I see patients everyday it is often old and older women who say such things.... funniest and I must admit it makes me laugh is Neil from the Young Ones

Frayed Knot May 06 2011 01:05 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?" Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 06 2011 01:09 PM

I used to get Chuck Norris occasionally, but almost exclusively from black bike messengers. I guess, to them, the cliche is that all blond, bearded guys look alike.

Methead May 06 2011 01:07 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

When the movie "Stand By Me" came out, I looked EXACTLY like Wil Wheaton. There were times people stopped and gawked at me... it was weird. I was in 7th grade or something. I still looked enough like him several years later during "Star Trek: The Next Generation" that my nickname was Crusher during my freshman year in college.

The Second Spitter May 06 2011 01:21 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Willets Point = Mikey P Gwreck = Justin Turner metirish = someone who I'd wish to avoid a physical confrontation with at all costs.

metsguyinmichigan May 06 2011 01:32 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

for me it's usually associated with Ireland... Gabriel Byrne probably the most , big nose I suppose.....Colin Farrel in his long hair days , if the person is bad with accents them I get Russel Crowe ......the hot one form Gladiator or the current fat one I ask :) , as I see patients everyday it is often old and older women who say such things.... funniest and I must admit it makes me laugh is Neil from the Young Ones Lorcan looks like he is ready to kick some serious butt. I wouldn't mess with him!

seawolf17 May 06 2011 01:47 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

The Second Spitter wrote: Willets Point = Mikey P My gut was to say "no way," but thinking about it, I can see it.

Willets Point May 06 2011 02:01 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

If you've ever been to Colonial Williamsburg, you've probably seen the 25-minute introduction film Williamsburg:Story of A Patriot. When I was in college a friend of mine saw the movie and said "That guy in movie looks just like you!" and was like "Whatever, dude." Flash forward a couple of years to when I was working as an historical interpreter working at CW and on a weekly basis, some tourist would come up to me and say "Hey, you were that guy in that movie!" Not only did they they think I looked like the guy in Story in the Patriot they thought I was the guy. This despite that fact that the movie was made in 1957 and the star was a young Jack Lord. For a while I tried to explain the impossibility of my starring in this movie, but after a while I just responded "Book 'em, Danno!"

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2011 02:09 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

You totally should have parlayed that likeness into a gig in Hawaii.

RealityChuck May 06 2011 04:46 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Jerry Garcia Ernest Hemingway Kenny Fucking Rogers

Willets Point May 06 2011 07:01 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

RealityChuck wrote: Kenny Fucking Rogers Flashback to October 19, 1999.

seawolf17 May 06 2011 07:16 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Yeah, but you look like REAL Kenny Rogers, not Kenny F. Rogers.

Willets Point May 06 2011 07:25 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Actually, I remember that RealityChuck used to have an avatar that was a dead ringer for William Gaines, the publisher of Mad magazine. I don't know if that was supposed to look like the real RealityChuck though.

MFS62 May 06 2011 08:33 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

As I posted before, I was stopped by some guys at Logan Airport in Boston who thought I was ex-Senator (and more recently baseball drug investigator) John Mitchell. But customers I speak with over the phone say I sound like Alan Alda. Later

RealityChuck May 06 2011 08:52 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Actually, I remember that RealityChuck used to have an avatar that was a dead ringer for William Gaines, the publisher of Mad magazine. I don't know if that was supposed to look like the real RealityChuck though. You mean this? You be the judge: The "Kenny Fucking Rogers" was how I was described when I saw The Amazing Johnathan in Vegas; the show started with videos of the audience with captions.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 06 2011 09:43 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

2 words: Bobby. Brady.

metsmarathon May 06 2011 09:47 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

i get clark kent a lot. well, i used to. then i started wearing contacts and the comparisons dwindled. i think they're all being coy about knowing my secret identity. on a strange day, i once got a howie long. on another, tom glavine. weird. nowadays though, i just get told i look like minimm. which is almost certainly a good thing.

Ceetar May 06 2011 09:54 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I can't recall the last time anyone said I looked like anyone. I guess i'm rather nondescript and would make a good spy.

Edgy DC May 06 2011 11:00 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I used to look like everybody. Good-lookin' guys too. Now I don't look like anybody. Neil is a good one.

Benjamin Grimm May 07 2011 04:31 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Me, I get Liza Minnelli, Hervé Villechaize, Redd Foxx, and Beyonce. Now that I think of it, that's rather strange, isn't it?

metirish May 07 2011 07:03 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

In JCL's wedding pic from years ago I thought he was Ray Liotta...which is really cool for bucket........now he gets Andy Martino a lot.

cooby May 07 2011 07:32 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I used to think Widey looked like Marc Anthony

MFS62 May 07 2011 07:50 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Me, I get Liza Minnelli, Hervé Villechaize, Redd Foxx, and Beyonce. Now that I think of it, that's rather strange, isn't it? Not strange. You look like Lon Cheney, who would have looked like all of them - without any makeup. Later

Willets Point May 07 2011 12:06 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I thought Lunchbucket looked like Tom Glavine or Kris Benson.

Fman99 May 07 2011 01:22 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I don't think I look like anyone famous. I can't recall ever being told so, anyway.

DocTee May 07 2011 05:18 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Brad Pitt Antonio Sabato, Jr. Pinnocchio

The Second Spitter May 08 2011 08:02 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Fman99 wrote: I don't think I look like anyone famous. I can't recall ever being told so, anyway. During dinner at the FHouse: Second Spitter: "When I first saw a photo of you, I thought you were African-American" Fwife: "He wishes..."

Rockin' Doc May 08 2011 05:59 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I can't recall ever being told that I look like someone famous.

soupcan May 08 2011 06:39 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

My nickname 'soupcan', originated at a Halloween party where I was not in costume but wearing my usual (at the time) black mock turtleneck and black wire-rimmed, round frame glasses. At that time I also wore my hair (blonde) spikey. Some random person congratulated me on my 'great' Andy Warhol outfit. The friend I came to the party with spit his drink out in hysteric laughter and a nickname was born. I also sometimes get William Hurt. My wife agrees with that - moreso now these days that my hairline seems to be receding - but personally I don't see it.

Fman99 May 08 2011 07:04 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

The Second Spitter wrote: I don't think I look like anyone famous. I can't recall ever being told so, anyway. During dinner at the FHouse: Second Spitter: "When I first saw a photo of you, I thought you were African-American" Fwife: "He wishes..." I don't recall this exact conversation but it sounds genuine.

themetfairy May 08 2011 07:21 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

3D's memory for detail rivals G-Fafif's at times; it's truly scary/impressive.

HahnSolo May 09 2011 12:40 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Simon Cowell. When younger, I got Charlie Sheen a bit.

HahnSolo May 09 2011 12:41 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

DocTee wrote: Brad Pitt Antonio Sabato, Jr. Pinnocchio If this were 15 years ago, Mrs. Solo might have hacked my account to send you a PM.

TransMonk May 09 2011 12:52 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

When I was a small child, I would get confused for Messy Marvin or Ralphie from A Christmas Story (both Peter Billingsley). I don't think I've been told I look like anyone in recent years. The last one I can remember was Kevin Bacon, but I don't see it in the least.

TheOldMole May 09 2011 01:50 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

I used to get Neil Young a lot, when we were both younger and had similar hair. We've aged differently. I've heard Nick Nolte. But it's in folk music clubs that people come up to me and ask for my autograph, and I have to tell them, "No, I'm not Guy Clark." But he can't do the shing-a-ling like I do.

Number 6 May 10 2011 12:46 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

People might mistake me for Frayed Knot's avatar. Seriously, it's a little spooky, if that's supposed to be you then I might be your doppelganger. My hair's longer, though. I've gotten Ice T twice, so I guess that's a pattern.

Frayed Knot May 10 2011 07:53 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Number 6 wrote: People might mistake me for Frayed Knot's avatar. Seriously, it's a little spooky, if that's supposed to be you then I might be your doppelganger. That picture's about 8 years old, and the funny thing about it is that's it's a drawing from a professional artist, one who was not only related to me but done from a photograph of me. Now the weird part is that I've never actually worn a goatee. The artist somehow unknowingly transformed the full beard I was wearing at the time into the partial one when creating the sketch, which means you might look more like me than I look like me. My hair's longer, though. Mine is too at times (like now) depending on last trip to the barber. I hate getting haircuts and so tend to put them off.

metirish May 10 2011 07:55 AM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Number 6 wrote: I've gotten Ice T twice, so I guess that's a pattern. would I mistake you for an OG?

Number 6 May 10 2011 02:48 PM Re: "Hey, You Know Who You Look Like?"

Frayed Knot wrote: Mine is too at times (like now) depending on last trip to the barber. I hate getting haircuts and so tend to put them off. You and me both. Mine's actually long enough to pull into a small ponytail (again, Ice T). Desperately need a change though, my hairstyle is due pretty much entirely to a lack of creativity and a fear of change. metirish wrote: would I mistake you for an OG? Definitely. I could be the first OG to wear knee socks and play competitive dodgeball.