# Famous people unintentionally imitating a comedic look **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052 "2021-02-16T16:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/1 "2021-02-16T16:52:30Z")
The topic is a person whose clothes style, hairstyle, facial hair, etc. seems to be based off an actor or comedian, where the latter’s is intended to be somewhat humorous, but the former seems unaware or oblivious to the comedic aspect of their appearance. The homage does not need to be intentional, but it must be chronologically after the comedic original. And it should be an intentional choice by the person, not just an accidental facial resemblance. Examples: Adolph Hitler’s toothbrush moustache which was previously sported by comedians like Oliver Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. Or [Kim Jung Un’s hairstyle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Kim_Jong-un_April_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg), which seems reminiscent of [Vir Cotto’s Centauri crest](https://mutantreviewers.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/vircotto2.jpg?w=229&h=300) on Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/2 "2021-02-16T17:12:25Z")
Raiders owner [Mark Davis](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-89faab6a082ac24b5ea9b4a0ed5da81c-c) drives over 400 miles to have his hair cut like [Lloyd Christmas from _Dumb and Dumber_](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dumbanddumber/images/3/37/Lloyd_Christmas.Image.jpeg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20180507074936). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/3 "2021-02-17T06:01:01Z")
There was a stretch in the oughts when half the male contestants on _American Idol_ sported an Ed Grimly hairdo. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/4 "2021-02-17T15:39:01Z")
[Sergei Eisenstein’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein#/media/File:Sergei_Eisenstein_03.jpg) most famous photograph reminds me of [Harpo Marx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Marx_Brothers_1931.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/5 "2021-02-17T16:23:30Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > There was a stretch in the oughts when half the male contestants on _American Idol_ sported an Ed Grimly hairdo. Along the same lines, George Clooney rocked [the Caesar haircut](https://www.google.com/search?q=george+clooney+caesar+haircut&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&sxsrf=ALeKk00N7aZPLz-l4Fm2uHAvyQdy4E5L9g:1613578800554&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=wTdu1mWvypMB3M%252CFqjNFREWcVe6_M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRnKrbfHNfPdHenxT9YMCku7RX7Bw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSgeW5qfHuAhVDQjABHVm2BskQ9QF6BAghEAE&biw=1242&bih=545#imgrc=wTdu1mWvypMB3M) It did not look good. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/6 "2021-02-17T16:30:03Z")
[Mark Zuckerberg](https://i0.wp.com/www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mark-Zuckerberg-Spooks-the-Internet-With-Too-Much-Sunscreen-on-His-Face-in-Hawaii-01.jpg?crop=557px%2C82px%2C896px%2C471px&resize=1200%2C630&ssl=1&quality=86&strip=all) as [Marcel Marceau](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTI5OTk2NDc0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDQ2MzU1._V1_UY1200_CR85,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/7 "2021-02-17T16:31:32Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > [Sergei Eisenstein’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein#/media/File:Sergei_Eisenstein_03.jpg) most famous photograph reminds me of [Harpo Marx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Marx_Brothers_1931.jpg) Harpo’s hair on Zeppo maybe. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/8 "2021-02-17T18:44:18Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > [Sergei Eisenstein’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein#/media/File:Sergei_Eisenstein_03.jpg) most famous photograph reminds me of [Harpo Marx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Marx_Brothers_1931.jpg). > **[IFC Center - Eraserhead](https://www.ifccenter.com/films/eraserhead/)** > > David Lynch once described his stunning debut feature simply as “a dream of dark and troubling things,” but the unclassifiable ERASERHEAD is so much more: an expressionistic headtrip, a Grand Guignol nightmare, a pitch-black comedy of manners, and... ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-unintentionally-imitating-a-comedic-look/933052/9 "2021-02-17T20:56:12Z")
[Ted Cruz as… whatever this is.](https://twitter.com/TheDoctorCarson/status/1360317610085257218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1360317610085257218%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fpolitics%2Farticle%2FWhat-the-hell-is-going-on-with-Ted-Cruz-s-hair-15946987.php) Joe Dirt maybe?