Monday, February 11, 2008

Double Takes

Inspired by a post over at our companion sports-only blog (hat tip to the esteemed Richard J. Long), I figured it was high time when embrace the true purpose of this blog - by engaging everybody in lunatic conversation over who has the coolest celebrity resemblance among us. Herewith, the nominees...

Mike Devitt
















Celebrity Doppelgänger

Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) from "The Office"



Not like anybody would mistake them for twins, mind you. But it takes a rare gift to pull off the American Badass-in-glasses look as well as these two, which makes me think a least a cousinly link could exist.









Aly Baumgartner















Celebrity Doppelgänger

Natalie Zea, "Dirty Sexy Money"





Although Ms. Zea is apparently a natural blonde, which puts a bit of a dent on what is otherwise about a 9.7 on the similarity Richter scale.











Joe McKenna



















Celebrity Doppelgänger
New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada




It's a little scary, to tell you the truth. If you're interested to see what Surls will look like at the age of 36, watch a Yankee game this season.











Lauren Bugos




















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Chronicles of Narnia actress Anna Popplewell





Conversely, if Ms. Popplewell wants to know what she'll look like after graduating college, Lauren can be reached in Dallas, TX.












Angelo Suozzi


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York)



The real test is, "Can Angelo morph his appearance so completely as DDL does for his one movie every six years?"









Sean Calloway




















Celebrity Doppelgänger
New York Giants QB Eli Manning





Different hair styles (Sean has some natural curls, Eli must use a straight-iron) throw people off, but you can't disguise a mutual ability to be in your 20s and still look about six years from puberty.











Paul Jacobs


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
World famous psychiatry expert Tom Cruise




Also: Cruise's height, 5'7". Could these two be separated at birth?













Luke Maher



















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko




Luke would need to spike his hair to complete the duplication. Also considered renown Soviet pugilist Ivan Drago, but since Kirilenko is a Drago clone only one could be picked.










Pat Girouard


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
European travel expert/PBS personality Rick Steves




No explanation necessary.












Meghan Charlebois

















Celebrity Doppelgänger
TV star Angie Harmon (Law & Order, Women's Murder Club)




Ms. Harmon is also married to a football player (Jason Sehorn, aka The Last White Cornerback), so Meg could exploit the resemblance as a way to get close to Tom Brady.











Katie Jackson



















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Actress Bridget Moynahan



Not to be outdone, Katie could probably pull off the act of not just getting close to Tom Brady, but convincing him that she carried his child. Probably need to straighten the hair, though; Tom picks up all the little details (unless it's the New York Giants pass rush).











Emmanuel Zervoudakis

















Celebrity Doppelgänger
TV & Film actor Hank Azaria




But can he replace Hank as the voice of Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Superintendent Chalmers, and Duffman on The Simpsons?










Lisa Fetta


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
"Friends" star and ex-Mrs. Brad Pitt Jennifer Aniston



Reportedly the citizens of Chicago (especially Vince Vaughn) got the two of them confused dozens of times during the filming of The Break-Up.











Kevin Braun




















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Oscar-winning writer/director Paul Haggis




Once Kev goes bald and makes a movie commemorating how much Los Angeles sucks, that is.















Thomas McCall


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
MSNBC pundit Tucker Carlson




Also eerily similar in political philosophy and sartorial style (now that Tucker has ditched the bow-ties).












Sebastian Lara



















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Pioneering country/gospel singer Tennessee Ernie Ford




If you thought they broke the mold with Sebastian Lara...remember they thought they broke the mold with ol' Tennessee Ernie Ford.













Brian Fallon


















Celebrity Doppelgänger
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre




If that last throw in the NFC Championship game was truly your last......."WHAT THE
F&*K WERE YOU DOING?!?!?"













So there you have it, folks. In terms of an overall winner, I think you all know where my vote goes. Drop your own in the comments section. And Brian, if you're reading this, just know that you have to come back for one more year. Retiring after throwing a game-sealing pick in overtime when you're one drive from the Super Bowl would be the equivalent of Chuck Norris ripping his own heart out. Terrible way for it to end, not to mention possibly against the laws of physics.

4 comments:

Surls said...

Just think of the battery the Metropolitans would have had every time Santana took the hill this year if they had picked up Posada in the offseason. Effective, explosive, erotic.

Surprised Suozzi has yet to comment on his comparison to an Irish citizen.

asuozzi said...

I'm 1/4 Irish. But 100% as rougishly handsome as Daniel-Day. There you have it.

kbraun said...

rougishly? is that what they teach you in law school?!?

George said...

At first my reaction was similar to Kev's, but upon reflection, that probably IS what they teach in law school - the art of skillfully re-shafting the language to say whatever you want it to say. How else could Bubba Clinton have convincingly argued about what the definition of 'is' is?