Did anyone ever tell you ...?
(This blog was prompted by James Roy mentioning the Robin Williams movie Dead Poets Society in his comment post.)
Do complete strangers ever come up to you and say something like, 'Did anyone ever tell you that you look just like X?' (No, not literally the letter X you dags, but X as in X = some famous person. Geez, what I have to put up with!)
Well about ten years or so ago it happened to me for the first time. I was in some teachers' seminar and a lady from another school came up to me and said,
'Did anyone ever tell you that you look just like Robin Williams?'
Robin Williams!!!!!
'No, on-one has ever told me that in my entire life,' I said with a smile hoping that the guys with the butterfly nets and straight jackets would get there soon and take her away before she turned violent and demanded I play a game of Jumanji with her.
But the thing is, a few months later someone else said the same thing to me. In fact over the past ten years I've been asked this question a dozen or more times. Sometimes it's not even a question, just a statement of pure conviction, 'You look like exactly Robin Williams!'
And there may even be more people out there who think I look like Robin Williams, but are too polite to say anything. Like once when I was on a plane a very attractive air hostess stopped by my seat and looked at me and said, 'Are you someone famous?' . I told her that I didn't think so.
Of course, if I'd been a younger man and single I might have been tempted to say something like, 'Weeeell I don't know about famous ... but you might be familiar with my work in Dead Poet's Society.' (Hey, I needed all the help I could get!)
Anyway to show you how ridiculous this supposed resemblance is, here a side by side comparison of me and Robin Williams.
See, absolutely nothing like each other at all. But hey, what about my amazingly wacky and daggy glasses? Oh ... wait a minute ... that's not me, that's him!
My son Joe on the other hand is convinced that I look exactly like Steven Spielberg! Now I'm pretty sure this has something to do with the fact the Spielberg is one of Joes's big heroes and he's probably suffering from some deep-seated psychological delusion that he is actually Steven Spielberg's son. To refute his claim however here's a comparison of Mr Spielberg and a caricature an artist did of me last year.
Like night and day, right? Exactly!
Now I'm taking the time to tell you all this really just so that I can tell you this ...
One day when I was in a shop getting some photos developed a man came up and stood beside me. After a while I noticed that he was glancing my way a bit and then he said to me, 'Made any good movies lately?'
Inside I was groaning to myself and thinking - here it comes, another Robin Williams sighting - but outwardly I was forcing a smile and saying innocently,'Me? Made any movies? Why do you say that?'
And then he said ... wait for it ... wait for it ...
'Because you look just like HARRISON FORD.'
YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All RIGHT! Indiana Jones! Hans Solo! Dr Richard Kimble! Blade Runner! Now we were talking!
I was so happy, that in my eagerness to give the man a big hug, I almost broke my leg tripping over his white cane!
But how right he was! Below is the undeniable proof. Me on the left, Harrison on the right. The camera doesn't lie!
I tell you it's like looking into a mirror, people! It's uncanny! It's like two faces carved out of the same block of granite by the same hand! It's like we were twins separated at birth, one of which went on to become a famous super-talent, beloved and admired by millions while the other one went on to be ... Harrison Ford. (Yes, an oldie but a goodie!)
Anyway, I've got to go now. I've got some important relics to track down. (da dadumdum! dada dum! dum!! dum!!!)
Cheers
Michael Indie
ps. Like George W. this is my final week in office before I get booted out. My last blog will be this Thursday. (Please, show a little maturity and sensitivity and keep the cheering down to a dull roar!) Anyway, if you're out there and haven't dropped in to say hello yet, I'm just letting you know that I've baked some scones and I'm having open dog for the remainder of the week. So, if you've got the time, pop on in.
Mike: Point taken, but my question is this, do Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and Robin Williams look like each other?
So long as nobody says you look like Robbie Williams I reckon you are doing okay.
Steph: Sounds like those mirrors are just jealous to me.
Luna: Your sister must be pretty cute then. But don't treat her badly she could have hidden powers.
Bianca: Yes my children are always asking me to teach them how to tell cool dad jokes so that they can be cool too just like me!
(and thanks)
anna: Oh, you mean that actor girl from that TV show about those people doing all that stuff. That's one of my favourites!
sarah: You know what's going to happen now that I've posted those photos don't you? Poor old Robin, Steven and Harrison are going to be continually harassed by people saying, 'Hey has anyone ever told you that you look just like that guy, you know the one, the writer guy who wrote those books and did that blog thing for a while.'
you actually do look a little like alll three of them...
i used to get told i looked like lindsay lohan, back in the day when i had red hair
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i have a friend who get called Abby, as in from some TV show... cant remember the name...
I got told i looked like Micha Barton , quite happy cause i thought she was pretty , then she got put into jail :|
Now the harrison ford resemblance , hmm , yeah kind of ,
But the robin williams , sorry to say but yes you do look a tiny bit like him . If you had those same daggy glasses then you probs would look like twins sepperated at birth !
:( thats sad that your leaving ! You were one of the coolest bloggers that there has been on here : ( .
Guest appear on here sometimes , randomly ?
: )
I don't look like anybody - actually, I think I was told I look like J.K. Rowling once, but I can't remember who or when that was.
My little sister gets Matilda (from the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's book).
My nan always tells me I look like Stephanie Rice. And a boy I used to know said I looked like Penelope Cruz.
And it's weird because I look like neither of those people. I'm not even attractive. Seriously, mirrors shatter when I look into them.
Dead Poets Society is an awesome movie.
Hi Alice. Did you ask her if she could be just a little more vague?
"you look like that girl, from that movie..." I got that said to me once by a friend's mum. Weird, huh? Immediately after this she looked thoughtful and walked away.
