# What is your IMPERSONATION du jour? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114 "2001-11-02T13:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/1 "2001-11-02T13:16:35Z")
I’m starting this thread because I thought that in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=96553) they were talking about impersonations rather than inspirations. So who are you really good at impersonating? My list is as follows: 1. Jimmy Stewart 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Hi Opal! 4. The Church Lady (From SNL) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/2 "2001-11-02T13:28:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/3 "2001-11-02T13:40:19Z")
Peter North. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/4 "2001-11-02T13:43:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*Peter North. > > 😃 \*\* Body Doubles don’t count! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/5 "2001-11-02T13:56:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/6 "2001-11-02T14:05:05Z")
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!!!) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/7 "2001-11-02T14:08:06Z")
I can do Zorak (from Space Ghost), Little Nicky, and Beetlejuice. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/8 "2001-11-02T14:28:49Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/9 "2001-11-02T15:44:49Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/10 "2001-11-02T16:21:15Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![Izzardesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@Izzardesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzardesque)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/11 "2001-11-02T16:47:58Z")
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!)? ---
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/12 "2001-11-02T17:09:11Z")
I can do pretty much any Simpsons character, but my best are Ralph Wiggum, the Comic Book Guy, and Monty Burns. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/13 "2001-11-02T17:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aztec \* > \*\*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. ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/14 "2001-11-02T17:13:28Z")
Rodney Dangerfield Jimmy Stewart Humphrey Bogart Richard Nixon Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/15 "2001-11-02T17:49:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Grimace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@Grimace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grimace)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/16 "2001-11-02T18:53:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/17 "2001-11-02T19:15:11Z")
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 . . .”). ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/18 "2001-11-02T19:40:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*I do Eric Cartman and Beaky Buzzard like you wouldn’t believe. \*\* Doohh - no no no nope … Beaky & Dudley DoRight (but only “Oh Nell!”) are about it for me… [does Marcel Marceau count?] ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/19 "2001-11-02T20:01:13Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114/20 "2001-11-03T00:33:24Z")
**Zappo** , you almost became my new best friend when you posted this: > [@](#): > > Ed Norton Then I realized you weren’t referring to Edward Norton of “American History X” fame. Crud. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-impersonation-du-jour/91114.md?page=2)