“Separated at Birth”

Separated at Birth: Jürgen Klinsmann and Richard Roxburgh

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Another in my continuing series.

Seperated at Birth: Jürgen Klinsmann and Richard Roxburgh

I caught a bit of Mission: Impossible 2 on cable the other night – during another USMNT loss – and the resemblance was both uncanny & apropos. You see, Roxburgh is the villain’s henchman in M:I2 and Klinsmann is the villain of U.S. soccer. ;-p

See the tale of the tape below and feel free to add your comments or point me to better instances.

  Jürgen Klinsmann Richard Roxburgh
 
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh
DOB 30 July, 1964 23 January, 1962
Height 5′ 11 ½” 5′ 10″
Hair Accidentally Tussled Blonde Purposefully Ruffled Blonde
Eyes Blue Blue
Handsomeness “Sportingly” “Rakishly”

Separated at Birth: Murray Saul & S.D. Nemeth

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I’m not going to compare the tale of the tape here – no heights, weights, eye colors, birthdates or such – just the audio tape.

Murray Saul is most famous for being an Ohio businessman, salesperson and for his appearances on WMMS 100.7 FM in Cleveland, Ohio. The ones where he’d scream “It’s Friday!”.

Here’s an mp3 featured on BoingBoing way back when.

For folks (like me) who grew up listening to the old 96 Rock in Atlanta, you’ll remember their usage of this audio in the late 80’s on through the 90’s.

Here’s a YouTube video (picture unrelated) of a similar “rant” delivered by Murray Saul:

Compare/contrast that audio with the character Bixby Snyder (portrayed by S.D. Nemeth) in the Robocop films. You’ll remember him as the “I’d buy that for a dollar” guy.

Here’s a video refresher and a little behind-the-scenes background (if you want to jump down that particular rabbit hole):

Judge for yourself whether or not these two are secretly the same guy or not.

And here’s some more background information on Murray Saul in case you’re interested.

Oh, and, IT’S FRIDAY!/I’D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

Separated At Birth: Jason Heyward & Pedro Cerrano

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In honor of Jason Heyward’s first career grand slam last night against the Chicago Cubs, I thought I’d have a little tongue-in-cheek fun at his expense. It only seems right to do it in a fashion I’m familiar with here on the blog: Separated At Birth.

So, here goes, Separated At Birth: Jason Heyward & Pedro Cerrano.

Here’s the tale of the tape:

  Jason Heyward Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert)
 
Jason Heyward
Jason Heyward
Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert)
Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert)
Height 6′ 5″” 6′ 4″”
Weight 240 230
Bats Left Right
Throws Left Right

Nothing too serious for a late Summer Wednesday, but you can find supporting documentation/stats for Jason Heyward online and I culled the “stats” on Cerrano/Haysbert from an article and several great fansites.

And if you’re itching to see Cerrano hit a homer, here you go.

Cheers!

Previous incarnations of Separated at Birth:

Malin Akerman & Jennifer Morrison
Sasha Alexander & Jessica Capshaw
Ron Perlman & Tom Waits
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

Separated at Birth: Judge Alex & Rob Riggle

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This post is little more than a goof on my normal, regular (and oh-so-serious) Separated at Birth posts.

Running on the treadmill the other day at the gym I noticed the show Judge Alex was on. I wasn’t listening – I had my headphones plugged in to my iPhone – so my first thought was “Is The Daily Show/Saturday Night Live doing some kind of skit about syndicated Judge shows?”

I honestly thought Judge Alex was Rob Riggle. Then again, I only watch TDS/SNL online so I didn’t know Rob was mostly just shilling beer now.

My bad.

Anyhow, here’s a brief look at the “facts” which somehow colluded to cloud my already addled mind:

  Judge Alex (Real name: Alex Ferrer) Rob Riggle
 
Judge Alex
Judge Alex
Rob Riggle
Rob Riggle
DOB 1960 April 21, 1970
Physique/Presence Imposing Intimidating
Hairline Widow’s Peak Rakishly Fraternal
Military/Police Experience Former Police Officer Lt. Col, US Marine Corps Reserves; currently working with as a public affairs officer NYC Public Affairs

YMMV, but I honestly thought they were one and the same. Hey, they’re both on the TV!

Happy Thursday!

Previous incarnations of Separated at Birth:

Malin Akerman & Jennifer Morrison
Sasha Alexander & Jessica Capshaw
Ron Perlman & Tom Waits
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

Separated At Birth: Sasha Alexander & Jessica Capshaw

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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
Sasha Alexander
Jessica Capshaw
Jessica Capshaw
 
Sasha Alexander smirking
Sasha Alexander
Jessica Capshaw smirking
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.