# Distinctive Walks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746 "2004-05-18T12:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/1 "2004-05-18T12:23:07Z")
I need a list of people with distinctive walks – the kind where you could see them walk from a block away and know who it was. 1. Groucho 2. Mae West 3. John Wayne 4. … ? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/2 "2004-05-18T12:59:46Z")
[Monty Python?](http://guardian.curtin.edu.au/cga/art/tv.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/3 "2004-05-18T13:01:46Z")
Marilyn Monroe “It’s like a sack full of kittens!” ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/4 "2004-05-18T13:12:36Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I love Phil Mickelson, but the guy looks like a caveman when he walks. His shoulders are all hunched over, and he seems to look dejected no matter how happy he is. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/5 "2004-05-18T13:21:47Z")
Jim Aitken. You weren’t just wanting famous people were you? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/6 "2004-05-18T13:32:36Z")
> [@Arch Trout](#): > > Jim Aitken. > > You weren’t just wanting famous people were you? Well, if we’re including the infamous – er, un-famous – Joe Abhold would have to top the list. But, yeah, I was thinking more of people we’ve heard of. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/7 "2004-05-18T15:11:40Z")
Peggy Lee Fat Albert and Shaggy If you include hand waving, spitting, dog dropping, and banging head: George W. Johnny Carson and David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/8 "2004-05-18T15:29:41Z")
Cary Grant - although it was actually more of a skip. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/9 "2004-05-18T16:54:27Z")
Me I’ve been mocked for my walk for all my life. Well, not before I started walking but ever since then. I tend to walk up on the balls of my feet so my heels stay up so I kind of bounce when I walk. It’s like I have tacks in my shoes under my heels. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-walks/245746/10 "2004-05-18T17:02:53Z")
Jacques Tati