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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

He's an IMPOSTER! (pick your favourite!)

If you're anything like me, and you spend ridiculous amounts of time picking through Google Images looking for more pictures of Johnny Depp because you'd rather do that than vacuum, sweep, wash dishes, or finish that particularly difficult scene that will undoubtedly tie your whole novel together but you just can't get it right...um...if you look for pictures, you're likely to stumble upon celebrity impersonator sites. There are some really good ones and then there are some downright baaaad ones.

The funny thing is, I suspect these guys all started out as Captain Jack Sparrow impersonators and then branched out. Two reasons for this: Anybody can slap on the disguise, and like, dude man, the chicks are like, totally hot for Captain Jack. Dude. Man.

Today I'm going to show you a few choices and then lovingly ask you to finish this post for me, in the comments section. That way I can free myself from my desk, run some overdue errands, and chop those pesky weedy trees out of my raspberry patch. All while thinking about that difficult and pivotal scene.

Which one do you think is the best? Or worse?

Edit: one of these is not like the others. Extra bonus admiration to you if you figure it out...


#1 THE PROFESSIONAL

This guy is an actual working actor who got a gig as a double on the set of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. I mean, clear winner. If he's good enough for Jerry "Brucksplosion" Bruckheimer he should be good enough for us.

Even the paparazzi were fooled...




#2 THE SO SERIOUS ABOUT IT HE MAKES HIS OWN COSTUMES




I found this guy on a website called SITHCAMARO. Seriously. Just pause for a second. SITH. CAMARO. I don't even know where to start. Just...wow.


I wanted to do that for Halloween but I'm too lazy.

Apparently this guy makes a living going to parties and things and doing his Depp schtick. I gotta hand it to him, his costumes are excellent.



But what I wanna know is, where is the Gilbert Grape costume? Hmm? Hmm? So really how serious can he be?


#3 THE NEIGHBOUR WHO CAN'T RESIST DRESSING UP FOR A PARTY

...and then, Larry decided to go into bizness doing this...


#4 THE BEGINNER

He's working on a repertoire of good piratey faces to go with the outfit.


#5 THE HALLOWEEN PART TIMER



Pfffffffftt. Amateur.



#6 YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOUR WHO THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE JOHNNY



I'm having a hard time with this photo because this guy got one thing very wrong:
Look at the guitar. It's a SQUIER. It's not a Fender. Squier is the affordable line built by Fender. I know this because we have a Squier. We can't afford a Fender Stratocaster. You think Johnny would play anything other than a 40 year old Strat with a few scars and some road rash on it? Not a chance. This guy did not do his homework and therefore I have no patience for him. Moving right along...

#7 CARTMAN


Doing his Captainjacksouthparksparrow thing.



#8 THE GUY WHO REALLY THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE JOHNNY, WANTS YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOOKS LIKE JOHNNY, AND WILL BEAT YOU IF YOU DISAGREE
I don't even know where to start. Does he kinda scare anybody else or is it just me?



Oh yes, a classic Capt Jack pose. (Hey I just squeezed out some sarcasm there!)

Did I go to high school with him? I've got five yearbooks full of guys who looked just like that. Most had a Camaro. I don't know if it would have been a Sith Camaro though.

This guy's out to prove that with a little black eyeliner you too can be in the upper echelon of celebrity impersonators. For true authenticity throw in a plaid shirt:

Me: Honey check this guy out!
Jethro: (snort)YOU look more like Johnny that that guy does.
Me: I look like that everyday.

So as I saved Mr. Really Thinks He Looks Like Johnny for last, here's the grand finale...


Oh wait...there's more...








Excuse me for a second (ggeeeezzzzeeeyyyyeeeecccchhhh)




So please pick your favourite and just as a reference, here's the real thing.

Now don't cop out and pick him as your favourite cuz that's just cheating...

31 comments:

Marni said...

They all give me the skeevies, but since you want us to choose our favorite it would have to be the PRO-fessional.

The other guys just make me want to take a shower to wash the funk off...

dilling said...

they all make my skin crawlie...why would you MAKE yourself into the another person just because you mightmaybeinthe- rightlightkindapossiblybearabitofa-
resemblance....huh? it's creepy. does it get the girls? ickickick.
it's one thing if someone says "hey, you look like..." but to then, upon hearing that, run to the nearest Goodwill and throw together a costume and spend your days actually honing that into a schtick...ugh. Puh-leaze. Ew.
Sorry. Was that too catty?!? Cuz I am sitting here in my Michelle Pfieffer Catwoman Suit, just getting ready to head off to the Farmer's Market and see if anyone recognizes me.....

Timmy said...

I think the first one is obviously the best!

katy said...

ok i go for no 7 Cartman!!! well someone had to!

Balloon Pirate said...

I would like to see Will Ferrell do an impersonation of Johnny Depp.

These guys are all pikers, and you KNOW every effin one of them ('cept maybe the pro), practice their 'Johnny Poses' and their 'j-faces' in the mirror.

So I gotta go with the only one who does this naturally: the southparkjackcartman.

yeharr

millhousethecat said...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape --- one of the best movies ever.

I even reference it in my current book.

Heidi the Hick said...

This is great! Isn't this fun???

This whole world of IMPERSONATORS just seems so 100% weird to me. I can't imagine making a career of it. One guy--are you ready for this??? ---actuallly got the same tattoo on his arm of the sparrow.

Like, even I wouldn't do that. And I'm an obsessed freak.

TALLY SO FAR:

#1 THE PROFESH- 2

THEY ARE ALL CREEPY-1

CARTMANSPARROW-2

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE APPRECIATE GILBERT GRAPE MORE? - 1

ME GIGGLING? YES.

Biddie said...

Ok..I had this worked out then I got side tracked. (Call from the school, we'll talk later)
Number one is the best. Hands down. I also like number five, for personal reasons, of course. Number 8? PLEASE?! What a wanna be!
Am I the only one that likes number 5?

Heidi the Hick said...

DILLING GETS THE COMMENT OF THE DAY AWARD!!!

Was that too catty?!? Cuz I am sitting here in my Michelle Pfieffer Catwoman Suit, just getting ready to head off to the Farmer's Market and see if anyone recognizes me.....

WHOOOOO!!!

by the way I've been told I look like Julia Roberts and uh...let's just say I'm not making a career of it.

dilling said...

meow...number five is nice, biddie.
do you think that Jack Sparrow could someday make it to one of my parties?!? I hope so.

DINK said...

HEY HICK.....DO YOU LIKE JONNY DEPP ER SUMTHIN? TEE HEE......HE`S SO FLIPPIN HOT!

Biddie said...

Dilling, I DO think that Jack could make it to your one of your parties..or you could make it to one of his er hers I mean his..you know what I mean!

Heidi the Hick said...

Oh it's so nice that poor little #5 has gotten two votes.

CindyDianne said...

Not that I am slighting Dilling's comment in the least - but how can it be a comment of the day when the day is not over? huh? tell me! I wanna know!

:-)

Personally, I vote for the Halloween one. That one creeps me out less than the others!

Heidi the Hick said...

Y'know. Cindy has a point.

Heidi the Hick said...

Okay, I've had some time to think about it...I gotta give Dilling the Comment of the Day award just because that Catwoman crack was killer.

Heidi the Hick said...

Evening Tally:

#1 THE PROFESH- 3

THEY ARE ALL CREEPY-1

CARTMANSPARROW-2

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE APPRECIATE GILBERT GRAPE MORE? - 1

#8 IS SCARY- 1

#5 THE AMATEUR IS LESS CREEPY- 3

dilling said...

by the way? my neighbour looks like Cartman...not Johnny.

Doughnut said...

I vote for the professional, but NOTHING replaces the real thing in my opinion!

Jethro said...

OK. I vote #5. That's the only one with believable eyes. All the other ones are creepy. What would possess one to do such a thing?

I mean, what happens after the birthday party / barmmitzvah? Does the guy sign autographs? Just like the gal up here who does the 'Shania Twin' thing... Does she sign her own name?

I wonder if there's any Borat impersonators out there...

Aaarrrgggh...

Heidi the Hick said...

Jethro likes the eyes on #5.

Hmmm.....

CindyDianne said...

I was going to say earlier that the eyes on #5 were very... Hickish. But, I didn't want to skew the vote!

terry said...

#7, hands down.

the guy after him needs some serious help with his eyeliner. sheesh.

dilling said...

Do I get a prize or something?

Heidi the Hick said...

Thursday morning tally:

#1 THE PROFESH- 4

THEY ARE ALL CREEPY-1

CARTMANSPARROW-3

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE APPRECIATE GILBERT GRAPE MORE? - 1

#8 IS SCARY- 1

#5 THE AMATEUR IS LESS CREEPY- 4

VERY ASTUTE BLOG BUDDIES WHO THINK SOMETHING'S UP- 4

Heidi the Hick said...

Gotta be honest...

#5 kinda bugs me.

The hair is the wrong colour. The red bandanna goes all the way over the top of the head and there's no ponytaily/ braidy combo.

And there's no little braided beard danglies.

Odd.

But strangely good lookin...

Heidi the Hick said...

Dilling- your prize is my undying affection and admiration!!!

Anissa said...

I don't know about a favorite, they're all a big sketchy. And the last one looks a heck of a lot more like Colin Farrell than Johnny.

Heidi the Hick said...

Man, this was fun!

Kim said...

Just give me the real thing......

none of these have that "I am so sexy, but I don't want to act like I know that I am so sexy, but all of the women want to jump on and ride..." look.

Apparently, that "look" is what I am into.

Heidi the Hick said...

Yeah the look is what makes or breaks it.