Ready for their close-up. Slate is running a name-that-celebrity contest. Feel free to co-solve in the comments.
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30 Comments
…And I’ll get things started.
1: Angela Lansbury
2: Michael Richards
3: ???
4: Jason Lee, perhaps?
5: ??? (Speed Racer?)
6: Erkle, whatever his name is.
7: Lucille Ball, I’m guessing.
8: Cosby?
9: ???
10: ???
11: ???
12: ???
13: Man I suck at this…
14: Lassie. Duh. This one must be a joke.
15: ???
3 – Could be Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
6 – Could be Urkel but could also be Gary Coleman (Urkel usually wore glasses)
9 – Jennifer Aniston
11 – Sam Waterston??
No, wait: 3 is Hervé Villechaize.
I think 4 is Ian McShane from Deadwood.
Also, I think 6 is more likely Emmanuel Lewis, and 13 might be Angelina Jolie.
15: Mike Tyson?
These are supposed to be television stars, guys, so I think that rules out Angelina Jolie and Mike Tyson.
15 – How about Yaphet Kotto? (Homicide)
Oh, sure, Eric, ASK me to read the instructions rather than just dive into the puzzle.
5: Milhouse Van Houten
6: Looks more like Gary Coleman than Emmanuel Lewis to me
11: If I didn;t know it was a TV puzzle, my first guess would have been Martin Scorcese — but Sam Waterson sounds good
12: maybe Will Sasso from MadTV
15: It’s not Mike Tyson: his eyes are squintier
Recap:
1: Angela Lansbury
2: Michael Richards
3: Hervé Villechaize
4: Ian McShane?
5: Milhouse Van Houten (I don’t see it, but if you can’t trust Toonhead on this, who can you trust?)
6: Gary Coleman, says the consensus
7: Lucille Ball (anyone disagree?)
8: Bill Cosby?
9: Jennifer Aniston
10: ???
11: Sam Waterston
12: Will Sasso? (Never heard of him, myself.)
13: ???
14: Astro
15: Yaphet Kotto?
Oh it’s definitely Lucy — how can there be any question?
http://www.nndb.com/people/558/000024486/lucy-with-knives.jpg
And now that I look at it, it’s not Milhouse: it’s Marge. Milhouse’s hair doesn’t go below his ear, but hers does. Sorry about that! Please don;t lose thy faith in Toonhead! O:)
Oh yeah, Marge:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/C-marge.png/222px-C-marge.png
Also, if that isn’t Will Sasso in 12, MAYBE it’s Kevin James. But Sasso popped in my head immediately when I saw it, and even the teeth look right.
12 could also be James Gandolfini. The face seems a little too rectangular but the smile is right.
how about Geraldo Rivera for 4?
Here we go, Eric:
01 – ???
02 – Michael Richards
03 – Herve Villechaize
04 – ??? – Tom Selleck?
05 – Marge Simpson
06 – Gary Coleman
07 – Lucille Ball
08 – ???
09 – Jennifer Aniston
10 – ???
11 – ???
12 – ???
13 – Geena Davis
14 – Lassie (duh)
15 – ???
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- Kevin
13. Geena Davis?
I vote Gandolfini for 12, or maybe Sasso. Definitely not Kevin James.
I agree with most of the recaps:
4. Jason Lee (in his My Name is Earl mode) is the choice I like most so far — will have to hunt around for a confirming image
5. Marge Simpson
10. With a schnoz like that, why not Sarah Jessica Parker (after too little sleep and too much partying)?
12. Gandolfini sounds like a much better choice
13. drawing a blank
14. ! er, no
15. Looks like Bernie Mac. Check out this photo — he’s got that same scar/eyeglass arm mark by his eye:
http://www.staciwilson.com/Bad_Santa/BernieMac_BS72.jpg
If 13) is not Geena Davis I’ll eat my hat. Thankfully, I don’t have a hat. Still, it’s her. No doubt about it.
I think the only one we’re missing is 10. Although I wish I was a little more confident about Bill Cosby at 8.
8 definitely looks like Cos to me…
Uh-oh. Peter Gordon e-mails that his wife thinks that’s not Geena Davis but Jennifer Garner. I think she may have a point.
But we do have 10: see above. I’m tellin ya, it’s Sarah.
Strong support here for Jason Lee. Just watched Earl and he really looks just like that. Cosby seems like a definite to me too.
Yeah, I agree those look more like Garner dimples. My husband is always good at IDing celebrity facial features: right off the bat, he said 1 Lansbury, 2 Richards, 3 Villechaize, 4 Lee, 5 Marge, 6 Coleman, 7, Ball, 8 Cosby, 9 Aniston, 12 Gandolfini, 14 Lassie. He doesn’t disagree with 15 Mac and 11 Waterston, or 13 Garner. I looked at Toonhead’s link for Sarah Jessica Parker and I’d call that a match for 10.
All right, I am declaring us victorious. Someone feel free to enter our answers, if you want. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
And we have to buy Kevin a hat.
Hats is tasty.
I don’t want to repeat any earlier answers, so I’ll only share one thought.
4) Robert DeNiro (from “The Mission”, 1986)
But the copyrights below the images clearly attribute that one to NBC. It’s gotta be Jason Lee.
3. Is DEFINITELY Herve Villachez. De plane!