I’ll cop to being a co-viewer of Grey’s Anatomy (mostly at the behest of my wife, Jenn) but it is an entertaining show.

While the music used to be a lot better, and there have certainly been more cringe-inducing, shark-jumping moments as the melodrama has wound its way through 6 seasons (and a spin-off), I do enjoy seeing a new cast of characters joining the ensemble every season.

Jenn & I were also fairly devout viewers (fans is too strong a term) of Dawson’s Creek. Early WB shows were like Crack and Dawson & Company were the biggest pushers. This explains my still-lingering attraction to Joey Potter (aka Mrs. Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes).

One of the better characters in that series was Gretchen Witter played by Sasha Alexander. She was a good older sister counterpoint to the delinquent Pacey and was a nice non-Joey love interest for Dawson.

Ok. I’m far to familiar and invested in the fictional lives of the people in the Dawson-verse. Backing away from the keyboard now.

Anyhow, I just figured that Grey’s Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) and Dawson’s Gretchen (Sasha Alexander) looked (and sounded) very similar.

Hence the post.

YMMV.

Details below.

	Sasha Alexander	Jessica Capshaw
	Sasha Alexander	Jessica Capshaw
	Sasha Alexander	Jessica Capshaw
Date of Birth	May 17, 1973	August 9, 1976
Hair	Wavy	Curly
Height	5′ 7″	5′ 5″
Television Drama	Dawson’s Creek, where her character slept with Dawson (even though she played his best friend’s older sister).	Grey’s Anatomy, where she plays the lesbian lover of Callie Torres

Happy Monday!

Full Disclosure: Sasha Alexander stars in the new TNT Series Rizzoli & Isles (premiering July 12th). Since I work for TNT I figured I’d share.

First, a firm grasp of the obvious:

I have a blog with “Muppet” in the title.
I do the whole “Separated at Birth” schtick. A lot.
I have great friends & commenters.

Second, a perfect storm (using MATH):

This comment:

Christopher Meloni looks abit like Bert from Sesame(not sure how u spell that) Street, in a kind of cute way.

Plus this email:

I’m sure you’ve already seen it, but I’m assuming this is up your alley on multiple fronts…

Multiplied by my Tumblr entry:

Telly as Zack Braff is my favorite.

Which leads us, logically, to point #3: TMZ’s Celebrity Puppets — Sesame Street Edition

There are a ton of dupes here and a few more misses than hits than I could manage with similar source material, but it’s still worth a look if, you know, Muppets OR “Separated at Birth” shit is your thing. [HINT: they're both mine].

YMMV, but still, enjoy.

Also, I don’t know that I’ve got this whole “blogging” thing down pat yet or if I’ll ever figure it out but for now I’m putting some things on the wackiness that is Tumblr, some dreck here and even more superfluous linkage and ephemera on Twitter, Flickr and the like. Follow or don’t.

(How’s THAT for an upsell?)

Humpday!

Previous incarnations of Separated at Birth:

Jeri Ryan & Cynthia Watros
Peter Lorre & Evan Handler
Lauren Ambrose & Hillary Tuck
Chuck Liddell & Sloth Fratelli (John Matuszak)
Dave Foley and Vicent Kartheiser
Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Maria Bello and Mary McCormack
Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
Christopher Meloni and Elias Koteas
Lisa Rinna and Nicholson’s Joker
Janine & Mariska

Here’s a fun one that dawned on me yesterday after two meetings.
In the first my co-worker couldn’t come up with Ron Perlman’s name.
In the second I ended up singing Tom Waits’ “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”

The tale of the tape (now with extra pictures!):

	Ron Perlman	Tom Waits
	Ron Perlman	Tom Waits
	Ron Perlman	Tom Waits
Date of Birth	April 13, 1950	December 7, 1949
Hair	Wavy	Curly
Facial Hair	Mustache	Soul Patch
Voice	Gravelly	Growl
Smokes	Cigars	Cigarettes
Headgear	Movie makeup/prosthetics	Hats
Romeo Is Bleeding	Film	Song

I don’t think they’re dead-on ringers or anything, but their voices and personalities seem awfully close.

Minor connections/coincidences: As noted above Perlman was in the movie Romeo Is Bleeding (starring Gary Oldman) which took its name from a Waits song. Oldman and Waits appeared in Dracula one year prior to the release of the film version of Romeo Is Bleeding.

Maybe I should have included Oldman as well. He looks a bit like Waits.

Gary Oldman

Thoughts?

Previous incarnations of Separated at Birth:

Jeri Ryan & Cynthia Watros
Peter Lorre & Evan Handler
Lauren Ambrose & Hillary Tuck
Chuck Liddell & Sloth Fratelli (John Matuszak)
Dave Foley and Vicent Kartheiser
Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Maria Bello and Mary McCormack
Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
Christopher Meloni and Elias Koteas
Lisa Rinna and Nicholson’s Joker
Janine & Mariska

I’m not sure there’s enough here, quite frankly, but I’m willing to put (digital) pen to (virtual) page and see who agrees and who dissents.

Both blonde actresses who’ve been on a few popular/cult TV shows, this is basically a comparison of characters: Ryan normally portrays sexy, unattainable women and Watros portrays sexy, attainable, girl-next-door characters.

At least that’s my reading of things. Feel free to agree, disagree or ignore at your leisure.

Tale of the tape:

	Jeri Ryan	Cynthia Watros
	Jeri Ryan	Cynthia Watros
DOB	February 22, 1968	September 2, 1968
Height	5′ 8″	5′ 7″
Eyes	Blue	Hazel
Hair	Blonde	Blonde
Brush with infamy	Rumors & innuendo during her divorce	Drunk driving

Happy Monday!

This isn’t a Jack Handy-esque deep thought or anything like that, but I think I’ve been working for TCM a little bit too much/too long.

I now think that Evan Handler – he of “Sex and the City”, “Lost” and “Californication” fame – bears a striking resemblance to the inimitable (and oft-parodied) Peter Lorre.

Visual evidence and all, since obviously the two weren’t separated at birth seeing as how they’re separated by literally decades.

They’re both character actors specializing in slimy and unsavory folks, for sure.
They’ve both suffered from maladies – in the case of Lorre an addiction to morphine and in the case of Handler, Leukemia.
They’re both of Jewish descent.

Still, though, those bald heads both give me pause.

Peter Lorre

Evan Handler

You are now free to go about your business.

Happy Tuesday!