# "He reminded me of Peewee Herman." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081 "2015-11-20T15:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/21 "2015-11-20T18:15:12Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > I read a science fiction novel some years ago (about 8?) that had an interesting concept that the police used to get accurate descriptions of possible suspects. Instead of asking “What kind of hair, what did the chin look like, etc.”, witnesses were asked which celebrity the suspect most resembled. (It wasn’t related to the rest of the story, just part of the background.) > > This seemed to me to be a very good way to get a description of a person of interest. > > If you were a Person of Interest, who would witnesses say you looked like? > > My wife says I would be Jerry Garcia, but Richard Dreyfus from “Nuts” would be who I think I most look like. > > (BTW: Anyone know what book that was from?) My memory is that it was from a William Gibson novel. I’m pretty sure it was _Idoru_, but I can’t check right now. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/22 "2015-11-20T18:19:02Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > My memory is that it was from a William Gibson novel. I’m pretty sure it was _Idoru_, but I can’t check right now. I think it was from another book in that series - “Virtual Light” ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/23 "2015-11-20T18:27:39Z")
I remember a website where you gave them a picture to analyze and it would say which celebrity you most resembled. My best match was Dennis Quaid, though Eleanor Roosevelt and Audrey Hepburn weren’t far behind. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/24 "2015-11-20T18:33:55Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I remember a website where you gave them a picture to analyze and it would say which celebrity you most resembled. My best match was Dennis Quaid, though Eleanor Roosevelt and Audrey Hepburn weren’t far behind. Hard to imagine a more diverse set of “lookalikes” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/25 "2015-11-20T18:38:48Z")
Comedian and regular on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, Colin Mochrie. In fact, in the past year, I have, twice, been stopped by people who were certain that I was him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/26 "2015-11-20T18:56:40Z")
I actually think it’s a great idea. I know I constantly, almost involuntarily, try to figure out who people remind me of. It’s like I see a face and I automatically try to match it to another face. Don’t most people do this to some extent? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/27 "2015-11-20T19:10:07Z")
I’ve gotten “Omigod, you totally look like Stephen King!” ever since I was a teen. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/28 "2015-11-20T19:26:23Z")
A past-his-prime Bruce Willis. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/29 "2015-11-20T19:29:05Z")
People have said I look like Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Willis, Patrick Stewart, and Woody Harrelson - you tell me: [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/30 "2015-11-20T19:37:45Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > People have said I look like Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Willis, Patrick Stewart, and Woody Harrelson - you tell me: [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html) It’s hard to say, not having met you in person. I don’t see a resemblance to any of those, except perhaps the hair. The impression I formed in the first split second when I opened the link is, and don’t get mad because it \*is \*just a photo so I can’t really tell, but a younger Gavin McLeod, like in his Captain Stubing days. You also kind of remind me of my brother but he hasn’t been in anything you would have seen 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/31 "2015-11-20T19:38:26Z")
The only person I apparently resemble is Larry Bird, who I’ve been told I look like on two occasions. Both times by African American men. Leading to my brother-in-law’s line, “Oh, so they can’t tell us apart either!” [FTR, I don’t think I look at all like Larry Bird. So it goes.] ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/32 "2015-11-20T20:58:45Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I think it was from another book in that series - “Virtual Light” Here’s an excerpt from “Virtual Light” which mentions the “Celebrity ID” system [Virtual Light - William Gibson - Google Books](https://books.google.com/books?id=HHYUGVbVUZYC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=%22virtual+light%22+tommy+lee+jones&source=bl&ots=ELHe7V8tz9&sig=6MeXdcaG_oVq0nXtKUmGT7y3CKk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLjtuy8p_JAhXIcj4KHflRBdAQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22virtual%20light%22%20tommy%20lee%20jones&f=false) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/33 "2015-11-20T21:31:40Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > The only person I apparently resemble is Larry Bird, who I’ve been told I look like on two occasions. When I was younger, and had much more hair, I got “Larry Bird” a few times, too. Despite being a foot shorter than him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/34 "2015-11-20T21:38:12Z")
I’ve been told I look like Tom Hanks, Weird Al Yankovich, and [Mr. Noodle](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Noodle). I can sort of see the first two, but on the third, all I can conclude is that those kids have never in their lives seen any other man with a moustache. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/35 "2015-11-20T22:21:11Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > People have said I look like Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Willis, Patrick Stewart, and Woody Harrelson - you tell me: [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/14540.html) > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > It’s hard to say, not having met you in person. I don’t see a resemblance to any of those, except perhaps the hair. The impression I formed in the first split second when I opened the link is, and don’t get mad because it \*is \*just a photo so I can’t really tell, but a younger Gavin McLeod, like in his Captain Stubing days. You also kind of remind me of my brother but he hasn’t been in anything you would have seen 😃 I thought a stronger-faced Larry David. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/36 "2015-11-20T22:28:20Z")
If Jonathan Frakes fucked Kevin Smith, then 49 years later the baby would look like me. [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/7980.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/7980.html) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/37 "2015-11-20T22:40:59Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > A past-his-prime Bruce Willis. So…Bruce Willis. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/38 "2015-11-20T22:57:09Z")
Depending on how I’m dressed, Troy Aikman or Ron White. Thanks a lot! At least my wife thinks I resemble Indiana Jones. Not Harrison Ford. Indy. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/39 "2015-11-20T23:24:45Z")
In my pre-beard days I got a couple of Tom Cruise comments; we are about the same age, so that would mean that they were comparing baby faced me to baby faced Tom. I suppose if he grew a beard he would look like me. I can’t recognize faces, so I don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081/40 "2015-11-21T00:16:17Z")
> [@me a few hours ago](#): > > When I was 22 and in fighting shape, I got a lot of “Brandon Lee.” That made sense, as I’m also half Asian, was pretty ripped, and actually did look a bit like him. Plus it was 1995, when he was still a big name on the back of The Crow. > > If he hadn’t died, had let himself go just a bit in his 30s, and were now Dadbod Brandon, I suppose I would still look like him. 🙂 Since I’m not in Arnold’s photo gallery, here I am in all my Dadbod Brandon glory: [2015-11-20\_05-15-05 | Benjamin Duffy | Flickr](https://flic.kr/p/AFKMux) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-reminded-me-of-peewee-herman/738081.md?page=3)