Man in the Mirror

I have a thing for doppelgängers. I get way more entertainment than I should when someone tells me I look like, say, Perfect Strangers actor Bronson Pinchot:

Or, perhaps, Moroccan distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj:

(I wrote this post about how kids notice this one because of The Guiness Book of Records)

Or even Costa Rican national team soccer player Bryan Ruiz:

Hell, I even tried to find doppelgängers for children’s lit authors and illustrators for Children’s Literature, The Movie:

And the sequel:

I think people love it when someone comes up to them and tells them they look like someone else. (for comparison, here’s me – I’m on the left)

Yesterday, I learned this love of doppelgängery runs in the family when may daughter noticed that the green sweater wearing, 5 o’clock shadow sporting, Cat Facts book grabbing librarian from her reading workbook looked familiar:

(illustrations by Apryl Stott)

I can’t disagree.

Who do people say you look like?

Filed under: Articles