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Sh*t Lookalikes: Mario Gomez and Crispin Glover in ‘Willard’

July 29th, 2009

Three cheers (at least) to Sasha for this Premier League-quality suggestion. Great spot, Sasha. Got a lookalike for Pies? Email me with your tip, no matter how shit it is.

Sh*t Lookalikes: Jan-Moritz Lichte and Malcolm Gladwell

July 28th, 2009

We got ourselves a couple of Sideshow Bobs here. Lichte is the assistant coach for SC Paderborn (of Bundesliga 2 fame), and Gladwell is the cult author of best-sellers ‘Blink’ and ‘Tipping Point’. PS. Many thanks for all the Lookalikes you emailed in while Pies was inactive. Keep em’ coming!

Sh*t Lookalikes: Gabriel Obertan and a parsnip

July 18th, 2009

Thanks to the Crazy World of Chringle for this leftfield suggestion. I kind of see what he means, but I probably haven’t smoked enough jazz cigarattes to fully appreciate it. Got a lookalike for Pies? Email me with your suggestion.

Sh*t Lookalikes: Sylvie van der Vaart and Sarah Alexander

July 17th, 2009

A rare WAG lookalike to mix things up a bit: Sarah Alexander is a comedienne/actress best known for her roles in Green Wing and Smack the Pony. Sylvia van der Vaart is – of course – the wife of Real Madrid star Rafael. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? You know you have… Email me [...]

Sh*t Lookalikes: Carlos Bianchi and Larry David

July 16th, 2009

Carlos Bianchi is the coach of Boca Juniors. Larry David is the co-creator of Seinfeld and the brains behind the brilliant Curb Your Enthusiasm. Pretty… pretttty… pretttttttty good work by Andres Lopez. Thanks for the suggestion, Andres. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Email me with your nomination(s).

Sh*t Lookalikes: Rene Higuita and the cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

July 15th, 2009

The hair, the hair! Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Email me with your shout. Thanks for all of the ones you guys have already sent in. I will get around to posting up the best ones in the next couple of weeks. But keep ‘em coming…

Sh*t Lookalikes: Pavel Nedved and Ken from Street Fighter

July 14th, 2009

Hadouken! Pub quiz ammo: Ken’s surname is Masters. Got a shit lookalike for Pies? Email me now with your shout.

Sh*t Lookalikes: Landon Donovan and Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z

July 13th, 2009

OK, this is shit, but shit meaning good - Landycakes needs bigger hair and a meaner glare, but he’s not far off. And any time I can squeeze a pixelated game character into Shit Lookalikes, I leap at the chance. If you’ve never played Dragon Ball Z, there’s more on Vegata here. Got any more videogame [...]

Sh*t Lookalikes: Fabricio Coloccini and Matt Bowman, lead singer of The Pigeon Detectives

July 10th, 2009

Two very ugly men with wonky faces and indisputably shit hair. That is all. ‘Nuff respect to Pies reader Kit Sheppard, who emailed us with this fine suggestion. Think you can do better than Kit? Email Pies with your lookalike(s).

Sh*t Lookalikes: Eduardo and Sally-can’t-Dance, the transvestite from Con Air

July 9th, 2009

A thousand thanks to Pies reader Nick Dennon for this suggestion. SUCCESS. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Email me with your suggestion.

Shit Lookalikes: Diego Forlan and Kristine Lilly

July 8th, 2009

One is a gentleman footballer. One is a lady footballer. Can you tell who is who though? Think you have a better Shit Lookalike than this? I highly recommend that you Email Pies with your suggestion. This isn’t Diego’s first appearance in SLALs: Shit Lookalikes: Diego Forlan & Fenella the witch from Chorlton and the [...]

Sh* t Lookalikes: Gabriel Obertan (Man Utd’s new signing) and President Barack Obama

July 7th, 2009

On the left, we have Man Utd’s latest signing (well, provided he passes his medical). On the right is some dude with a tie who looks a little bit like Man Utd’s latest signing. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Email me with your tip. If you don’t know anything about Obertan, he’s a French [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Man Utd’s new training top and a Nazi uniform

July 6th, 2009

Probably not the look Nike was going for… Chringle, you should be proud er, ashamed of yourself. Man Utd’s new home kit for 09/10

Shit Lookalikes: Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves

July 3rd, 2009

Now Fergie has two crocked Owens to play with. Boom boom.

Shit Lookalikes: Samir Nasri and Carla Suarez Navarro

July 2nd, 2009

Carla Suarez Navarro of is Spain’s hottest female tennis talent. Samir Nasri… well, you know exactly who he is. Now this is what I call a first-class Shit Lookalike. They don’t really look much like each other, but at the same time I see exactly what Paul Beatty (the reader who suggested it) means. Good [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Jimmy Bullard and Roger Taylor

July 1st, 2009

Mere seconds after I had posted about Hull City’s retro new kit, a lightbulb went on over my head: Jimmy Bullard’s pose is spookily similar to that struck by Queen’s Roger Taylor for the band’s groundbreaking video for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. So thanks to me. I’m amazing. Also: Bullard v Boni Got a lookalike for Pies? [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Chad Marshall and John C. Reilly

June 30th, 2009

Chad Marshall is a defender for Columbus Crew. John C Reilly is a character actor - you might recognise him from his fine work in such movies as Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Step Brothers, The Gangs of New York, Hard Eight, Talladega Nights and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Thanks to Harrington Weihl for the tip. [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Rowen Fernandez and Richard Farleigh

June 25th, 2009

Today’s lookalike is a bit obscure, but you get two points for knowing that Fernandez is one of South Africa’s Confed Cup goalkeepers (he plays for Arminia Bielefeld in the German Bundesliga), and that Farleigh is an entrepreneur who used to sit on the panel of BBC’s Dragon’s Den. Email Pies with your lookalikes.

Shit Lookalikes: Charlie Davies and Terrence Howard

June 24th, 2009

One is a striker for the US national team (he scored the opener against Egypt at the Confed Cup), the other is a B-list actor who starred in Crash and Iron Man. They could be brothers. Almost. Got a lookalike (must be a bit shit) for Pies? Email us with your suggestion.

Shit Lookalikes: Essam El-Hadary and a Chinese Fu guardian dog

June 22nd, 2009

Chringle, the undisputed king of reader-nominated Shit Lookalikes, is back in town and he hasn’t lost his magic touch. More Chringle classics: Peter Crouch and the Special K logo Mikel Arteta and Scott Baio Sulley Muntari and a puffer fish (a personal favourite) Jimmy Bullard and Boni from kids’ TV show Trapdoor Think you can [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Fabio Grosso and Alex Shelley

June 19th, 2009

A thousand thanks to Mark Ashworth for emailing in this superbly shit lookalike. (For those of you over the age of 14, Alex Shelley is a professional wrestler.) Think you can do better? Email Pies with your suggestion. More lookalikes here

Shit Lookalikes: Phil Brown and Hugh Laurie

June 18th, 2009

One is a maverick medical genius, the other a maverick managerial… er, well he’s not a genius. A permatanned knobhead, perhaps. More Shit Lookalikes Do you have an even shitter lookalike than this? Email Pies with your suggestion(s).

Rio Ferdinand wears denim hot pants on holiday in Israel. My eyes are on fire

June 16th, 2009

One of my favourite Shit Lookalikes of all time, I think (to non-Scorese fans, that’s Jodi Foster in Taxi Driver on the left). I mean, yikes! What the hell was Rio thinking (click on image of him to enlarge, if you dare)? It will take him decades to live this down. [More pics @ The [...]

Shit Lookalikes: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Andy Serkis (aka Gollum)

June 12th, 2009

Many thanks to the improbably named Tucker Markus for this gem. Do you have an even shitter lookalike up your sleeve? Email Pies with your suggestion(s).

Shit Lookalikes: William Gallas and Marcus Banks

June 10th, 2009

Arthur Lemarcus Banks III (aka Marcus Banks) plays basketball in the NBA for Toronto Raptors. He does indeed look a bit like Billy Gallas. That is all. Thanks to Pies reader Ben for sending in this SL. Good spot, sir. Think you can do better than Ben? Email Pies with your unlikely lookalikes.