It’s been noted to me that I was not the first person to come to the conclusion that Axl Rose is beginning to look like Paul Williams. Well, that’s fine. However, I do believe that, on the Internet at least, I am the first person to note the similarity between Paul Williams in his current ‘do:
And Eddie Izzard:
It’s uncanny, it is.
And now my work is done.
I call it the “Ricky Gervais” effect: http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Ricky-Gervais_20110521030352.jpg
wow, i can admit i did not notice it until just now that is rather a similarity between them now isn’t it lol.
Mr. Izzard, whoever that is, has much better hair.
BTW, this is quickly turning into That old 90s game based on a play “Six degrees of Separation”.
Just another manifestation of the fact that there are really only around 200 people, the rest are just special effects, time echoes, and the like.
Scorpius, a search on Youtube for Mr. Izzard may prove entertaining.
Also, what a difference accessories and a haircut make. Paul Williams barely even looks like the same guy here vs his 1970s self, and the difference is a startling improvement.
-E @12:40 pm – I completely agree, There is something slightly disturbing about that 1970′s picture!
@Captan Button,
We’re all just delusions of Mr. Scalzi. In reality he’s the Last sentient being in existence, trapped on an FTL ship trying to escape the shockwave of the Universe destroying itself, having gone mad from the loneliness.
Ok, so when do we get a t-shirt with Axl Rose, Paul Williams, and Eddie Izzard in front of a full moon?
I LOVE Paul Williams. And he’s looking really GOOD in that shot. *swoon*
Maybe, but how does Paul Williams look in drag?
Thank God you are here to make sense of the work to all of us. Please continue.
That should have read “sense of the world,” not work. Damn my typing skills.
Here’s to Mr. Paul Williams, the pride of Bennington, Nebraska (population roughly 875)! And while he is remembered there, like most talented small town heroes, he got out of there at an early age.
John is reversing this trend. thanks for the pictures, by the way.
And I mean no insult to Mr Williams. The Town was small, his fame is great.
Lila at 12.00, British understatement?
I’d say Eddie Izzard is closer to Orson Welles: http://www.eskimo.com/~noir/directors/welles/welles4.jpg
Paul Williams always looked to me like himself, unless in costume for the Planet of the Apes movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE2m355-JRo
But I will agree that Eddie Izzard and Paul Williams are wonderful elves. Cake or death!
Oops, I didn’t know it would implant the video above; I thought it would just be a link to the video. If problem, please remove and sorry about that.
Wow, we’re all being replaced by clones, aren’t we?
Um…I don’t think anybody’s gonna mistake one for the other.
Scorpius @ 10:45am Google did a study recently; they’re claiming now it’s only 4.5 degrees of separation.
I personally think Eddie Izzard looks more like Mark Schlereth. But then I watch a lot of ESPN.
And since I’m not savvy enough to post a picture, here’s a link:
http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/03/03/schlereth_mark/
Izzard in a suit and tie – hell, Izzard in men’s clothes – never fails to freak me out.
Scorpius says:December 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm
@Captan Button,
We’re all just delusions of Mr. Scalzi. In reality he’s the Last sentient being in existence, trapped on an FTL ship trying to escape the shockwave of the Universe destroying itself, having gone mad from the loneliness.
Which in turn means Scalzi is just a Ben Bova Character.
(“Stars, Won’t You Hide Me?”)
I think that picture of Paul Williams looks like Alton Brown, only with a goatee, so he would be the evil Alton Brown from Earth-666. He probably uses science and cooking to create meals of pure malevolence
I think that’s the first time I’ve seen a picture of Eddie in a men’s suit.
Very interesting…a photo of Paul Williams who doesn’t look like the Paul Williams we remember, and a photo of Eddie Izzard who doesn’t look like the Eddie Izzard we’ve seen on stage. It’s cognitive dissonance day!
That said, where did Paul Williams get those glasses? I’d like a pair of those.
Eddie’s in Melbourne this weekend, I shall go and hold a photo of Paul next to him to compare, hang on a tick and I’ll be right back…
Is it just me, or does Paul Williams look like he’s beginning to grow a mullet?
And the question must be asked, have they ever been seen in the same room together? Are we looking at the real life version of Clark Kent/Superman here? Just take off those glasses and. . .
Wow! That picture of Eddie Izzard had me thinking that I was thinking of another guy named Eddie Izzard.
Thom Marrion, I think the evil Alton Brown comparision is also apt, though I’m thinking along the lines of Star Trek’s “Mirror Mirror”. “You have been defeated by the challenger yet again. The chairman is displeased. Your agonizer please, Mr. Symon.”
Googling Izzard turned up a note that he was warned by the UK Dept. of Trade & Industry for recycling material from his DVDs in his standup act. Really?
I admit I’m one of the Americans who doesn’t quite get this.
http://thecomicscomic.typepad.com/thecomicscomic/2009/10/believe-in-eddie-izzard-film-reflects-on-the-comedians-life-and-career-ambitions.html
When Monty Python reused some of their TV material for “Live at the Hollywood” were we being cheated?
I will contest this not.
> When Monty Python reused some of their TV material for
> “Live at the Hollywood” were we being cheated?
No. But iirc when Monty Python did an episode on TV where they slowly turned the volume down throughout the episode, and then quickly returned the volume to extremely loud, the British
version of the FCC told them that would be the last time they would do that.
Also:
This one wet. This one is wet. This one is wet.