Host Chat: Celebrity Look-Alikes

In New York, it's common to run into celebrities on the street.  Just this summer, I've had sidewalk encounters with Robin Williams, Tina Fey and Katie Couric.*  So naturally, I did a double-take today when I thought I spotted Rhea Perlman (otherwise known as Carla on Cheers).  Turns out, it was just a short woman with an overgrown perm.  If we all have a doppelgänger out there, I wonder how she feels that hers is Carla from Cheers, and not, say, Cindy Crawford?**

Jill Dobson & Courtney Friel, looking extra-similar
for an April Fool's Day prank.  4/1/09.

One TV personality with whom I'm often compared, appearance-wise, is FNC correspondent Courtney Friel.  In fact, just this week,  Red Eye's Bill Schulz took to Twitter to say, "Jill, you're the poor/blind man's Courtney Friel." I retorted with the overused-because-it's-awesome joke that Bill is a dead-ringer for Billie Jean King.  
Which leads to the question, when is a celebrity comparison not a compliment?  I believe if you tell a guy he's sexy like Bruce Willis, all he'll think is, "Oh, God, how bald am I?!"  And here's some advice for the guys out there: If a girl has the same big brown eyes and warm smile as lovely actress America Ferrera, don't tell her she reminds you of Ugly Betty.  All she'll hear is the word "ugly," I promise you! 
Perhaps the best celeb comparison happened to my friend Alicia, who has the porcelain skin and wavy hair of Elisabeth Shue.  Here's the conversation she had with a guy who approached her one evening.
Guy: You know who you look like?
Alicia: No, who?
Guy: Whoopi Goldberg.
We all wish we were as successful as Oscar/Grammy/Tony/Emmy winner Whoopi, of course, but being compared to her physically when you look absolutely nothing like her - well, it's so off-the-wall that it just might be the most ridiculous and yet the best opening line ever.  Have at it, fellas! You're welcome.

Elisabeth Shue                               Whoopi Goldberg
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*For each of those encounters, I was in workout clothes with my hair in a messy ponytail.  For someone who LOVES makeovers, I sure spend an inordinate amount of time looking like a "before" photo.
**Cheers, Cindy Crawford... am I stuck in the 1980s/1990s today?  Watch out, or I'll pop in an old tape and start grooving to The Humpty Dance!