I’m starting this thread because I thought that in
this thread they were talking about impersonations rather than inspirations.
So who are you really good at impersonating?
My list is as follows:
I do Eric Cartman and Beaky Buzzard like you wouldn’t believe.
I’m fairly talented at impersonations when I take the time to learn them, but I’ll never be Rich Little.
Peter North.
Body Doubles don’t count!
I can do a good Richard “I am not a crook” Nixson.
Also, Starscream from the Transformers: OS.
And Cobra Commander. His voice was basically the same as Starscream’s.
Sean Connery
Elvis
William Shatner (a dangerous combination with The Complete Shakespeare, let me tell you…)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - but only from Conan the Barbarian. With the exception of one line from True Lies ("Da bridge iss OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWT!!!)
I can do Zorak (from Space Ghost), Little Nicky, and Beetlejuice.
I do frighteningly good impersonations of Jean Harlow, Lyda Roberti, Kate Smith, Katharine Hepburn. Only the latter is readily appreciated.
Every so often, a friend will see a Jean Harlow or Lyda Roberti movie on the teevee, and I’ll get a call: “Wow, you really DO do a great impersonation of her!”
—Eve (who does a damn good Ida McKinley, too)
I can get my wife laughing hysterically when I do my impersonation of Beavis (from Beavis and Butthead) impersonating Emril from the food network.
BAM!..hehhehheh…BAM!..hehheh, that’s cool…BAM!BAM!..heh yeah, kick it up a notch…BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!
I’m told my Sean Connery ish pashable ash well. My niecshe ashksh me to demonshtrate it often.
Mostly I do generic accents: Irish (town and country), English (several variations, but my best is Liverpool–I can’t get the slang down for Cockney), Aussie, Chinese, Indian…
Funnily enough I pull the Eddie Izzard impression of pretty well. Mind you, I seem to do it all the time, tho, so is that an impression or is it just being like him (apart from the cross dressing tho, I must add!)?
I can do pretty much any Simpsons character, but my best are Ralph Wiggum, the Comic Book Guy, and Monty Burns.
Oh yeah. I forgot. I can do Monty Burns pretty good as well as Smithers. Often times I’ll do the both of them having a conversation. It cracks people up.
Rodney Dangerfield
Jimmy Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Stimpy the Cat is the only one that I do well - to bad that he seems to have receded from pop culture. Al Pacino’s Scarface (Caracicatriz) is my favorite one to try to do.
Hmmm, I can do a few…
Bobcat Goldwaith (sp?)(This one usually ends up sending everyone into gales of laughter, esp when I do it in a public place)
Ross Perot
George H. Bush
Jimmy Stewart
Marvin the Martian
Barney the Dino
Micky Mouse
Foghorn Leghorn
Worf
and assorted others I’m still working on. Some think I have WAY too much time on my hands.
But it’s a good laugh taking Micky or Barney and just going off on some sick twisted tanget, that those characters would NEVER go on.
Oooh, I just remembered—I also do a really good Greta Garbo. This guy I worked with at another magazine did Jimmy Stewart, so when things were slow we used to entertain/annoy our coworkers with our version of “Green Acres” starring Jimmy Stewart and Greta Garbo (“Oleeverrr . . . de peeg . . . eet depresses me . . .”).
Doohh - no no no nope …
Beaky & Dudley DoRight (but only “Oh Nell!”) are about it for me…
[does Marcel Marceau count?]
Joe Mantegna (esp. as Fat Tony Salerno)
Christopher Walken (passable)
Hi Opal
Barney Gumble
Comic Book Guy
Roy Orbison (singing)
Jimmy Stewart
Bullwinkle J. Moose (passable)
Professor Frink (the voice-sometimes I can do the “guh-hey-hey” stuff but not always)
Ed Norton
Droopy(?) Dog
Roger Rabbit (haven’t done him for awhile though)
A sane person (been doing this one for 30 years now) 
Zap!
Zappo, you almost became my new best friend when you posted this:
Then I realized you weren’t referring to Edward Norton of “American History X” fame.
Crud.