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marty(r)
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beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 7, 2004 - 08:53pm PT
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With the success and breadth of the posts about Valley nick-names, I got out my book of "separated at birth" comparisons culled from some down time in Bishop a few years back. The project started when a friend and I started playing "Who'd ya rather do? Ginger or Mary Ann?" We quickly ran out of ladies, then we started thinking of really grim pairings of guys and gals (the woman from the 80s band Romeo Void or Rodney Bingenheimer.) Anyhow, that morphed into the following list. Note: this takes both knowledge of pop culture and more-or-less well known climbers. Add at will:
John Bachar and John Voight
Steve Edwards and Peter North
Doug Robinson and 1970s Bill Walton (or Grizzly Adams)
Jay Smith and Sam Shephard
Walt Shipley and Bill Ny the Science Guy (PBS)
Kurt Smith (mullet-era) and Eddie Munster
Clark "Cordless" and Munch's "Scream" painting
Lisa Rands and the Gelfling from Dark Crystal
Wills Young and Trent Reznor
Larry Arthur and Gallagher
Chris Sharma and (young) Prince William
Hatchett Brothers and Nelson
Tim Steele and Quentin Tarrentino
Jason Cambell and Woody Haroldson (sp?)
Greg Loh and Odd Job (Dr. No)
Pete Takeda and Tsulu from Star Trek
Erik Erikson and John Holmes
Mick Ryan and Adam Ant ("Friend or Foe" era)
Jerry Moffett (young) and George Michael (80s "butch" era)
Jerry Moffett (flavor-saver era) and George Michael (90s
comeback, undercover cop shagger-era)
Kevin Daniels and John Denver
Fred Beckey and Burgess Meredith (as Paulie in Rocky)
Marc LeMenestral and Gary Numan (of "Cars" fame)
John Middendorf and K.D. Lang
Paul Pritchard and "Miller" from Repo Man (..."he (Duke
Wayne) came to the door in a dress...")
(blonde) Ben Moon and either a thin Rutger Hauer or
Max Headroom)
Ian Vickers and Ed Begley, Jr.
John Long and either Bruce Willis or Hewell Hauser
John Mireles and Joey Ramone
Jim Holloway and Lemmy from Motorhead
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marty(r)
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beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 7, 2004 - 08:55pm PT
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oh yeah, a few slipped by...
Michael Paul and "Pruneface" from Dick Tracy
Todd Gordon and the balding Gibb Brother (Bee Gees)
Joe Simpson and John Wayne Bobbit
Rick "Don't call me Linda" Lovelace and Flea
(Red Hot Chili Peppers)
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Eric Coomer
climber
Colorado
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>Paul Pritchard and "Miller" from Repo Man (..."he (Duke
>Wayne) came to the door in a dress...")
Hey, a lot of guys like to watch their buddies f*#k. I know I do."
Cheers
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moabbeth
Trad climber
Los Angeles/Moab
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"Steve Edwards and Peter North"
Awww, Steve's the only one on the list to be separated at birth from a major porn star?
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Demented
climber
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beth, you missed this classic duo.
"Erik Erikson and John Holmes"
hilarious...
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moabbeth
Trad climber
Los Angeles/Moab
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D'Oh!!! You got me. How could I have overlooked the Wad.
Was that separated at birth from their looks or from how they were um....equipped?
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2004 - 01:04am PT
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"How could I have overlooked the Wad. Was that separated at birth from their looks or from how they were um....equipped?"
beth,
uh, dunno. but erikson's climbed an 8000m peak and holmes's had (at least) 8000 partners...
i think the "middendorf/k.d.lange" may have been the impetus for it all. either way it's a rough ride...
the aforementioned clark "forcep head" cordless got so psyched by the project that he holed up on a couch at a house party i had, and wouldn't let anyone near him or the book for hours! true story. anyhow, the photos/slides are even better than the written description.
jim bridwell and gandolf (lord of the rings)
charles cole and kurt russell (maybe "escape from nyc" era)
russ walling and slim pickens in dr. strangelove
mike lechlinski and the oldest Hanson brother
kauk and fabio
derryl hensel (sp?) and sonny bono
bob gaines and jessie jackson (i 've heard, third hand, that skip guerin is responsible for that one)
bill mcbride (ex-wilson's guy) and yanni
kurt albert and albert einstein
tom frost and ray walston ("my favorite martian")
shelly presson and connie cellica
tucker tech and the skipper from "gilligan's island"
jeff shoen and david koresh
dave altman and captain cave man
tommy caldwell and howdy doody
peter mayfield and patrick duffy (dallas/dynasty)
t.m. herbert and timothy mcveigh
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yo
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NOT Fresno
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Gelfling from Dark Crystal. Good God.
Speaking of porno, I've heard Coiler called a svelter Ron Jeremy.
Mr. Way and the dude on the Dutch Boy paint cans.
Huber's got a serious Fabio thing going on.
Cedar Wright and Chester from Linkin Park.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2004 - 02:55pm PT
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Beth,
The other porn connection would actually be John Wayne Bobbit, who did a terrible little flic--with actual suregery footage included--called "FrankenPenis" shortly after having his sewn back on (did I mention they actually show the surgery and augmentation--it comes out like three fists and a tip.) And Ice-T makes an appearance.
um, I think Steve Schenider and Hans Florine may actually be the illegitmate children of (albino) bluesman Johnny Winter. (http://www.johnnywinter.net/gallery.html);
as for the gelfling, check: http://www.geocities.com/faeryqueenofhearts/
oh, and we need to add dean potter and perry farrel (janes addiction/porno for pyros--eek, another porno connection.)
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moabbeth
Trad climber
Los Angeles/Moab
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"Speaking of porno, I've heard Coiler called a svelter Ron Jeremy."
BWHAHAHA!!!! No way, Coiler doesn't have near the amount of head to toe body hair that Ron has. Well, I can't say for sure cause I've never seen Coiler nekkid, but he looks even less like Ron now that he cut his hair and looks so presentable :)!
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ricardo
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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"kauk & fabio"
.. there really are several climbers who got separated at birth from fabio ..
The Huber Bros. & Fabio
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poop*ghost
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Heinz Zak and Christopher Lloyd
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Coiler is nothing close to Ron Jeremy.
PTPP needs to be John Holmes' 8001 partner.
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Matt
Trad climber
SF Bay Area
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2004 - 04:28pm PT
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steve schneider and max headrom
greg murphy and crusty the clown
a younger hans florine and jeff schoen(sp) and hall and oates
tommy caldwell and the carton dood on the cover of mad magazine
stanley and gilligan
spaz and peter brady
the leader of the mole people and slim shady (the real one)
shaggy and shaggy
karl baba and the dood from "welcome back kotter"
http://www.tradingcards.co.nz/images/kotter.jpg
platnum rob and jeff spicoli
john dickey (w/ beard) and matthew mcconaughey (same)
EDIT
nothing could top dave altman and capt. caveman...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Bishop is DEAD, long live JT
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Jul 13, 2004 - 03:22am PT
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russ walling and slim pickens in dr. strangelove
Ouch..... also heard I was a cross between Carrot Top and ...? (forgot)
not sure if these were on the list:
Add: Kevin Thaw and Alan Thicke
Big AL Bartlett and the Skipper from Gilligans Island.
Dean Potter and a young Frank Zappa
Wolfgang Gullich and Alexander the Great or Mark Anthony of Cleopatra fame.
Kurt Smith and Eddie Munster (sorry Kurt!)
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steelmnkey
climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Jul 13, 2004 - 03:04pm PT
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>> Fred Beckey and Burgess Meredith (as Paulie in Rocky)
Not to nitpick...(well, maybe just a little) but Burgess Meredith played Mickey, not Paulie in Rocky.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Bishop is DEAD, long live JT
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Jul 14, 2004 - 12:52pm PT
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remembered another one:
Dick Cilley and Harvey Keitel (Bad Leutenant or Taxi Driver)
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 15, 2004 - 03:26pm PT
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My bad on the Mickie/Paulie error.
* The Altman/CaveMan one is priceless (though Adam Ant and Mick Ryan isn't half bad!)
Some others from the files:
Sean Miles and a Bazooka Joe gum wrapper comic character
Galen Rowell and Calvin Klein
Peter Croft and Alvin of the Chipmunks
Dreadlocked Ben Moon and Milli or Vanilli
Mike Aldridge and Joey Bonaduce
Julie De Jesus and Pocahontas
Katie Brown and Shirley Temple
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jul 15, 2004 - 05:30pm PT
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I made a post similar to this one the other day, but apparaently it didn't take.
so here goes again;
the Fish said- russ walling and slim pickens in dr. strangelove Ouch..... also heard I was a cross between Carrot Top and ...? (forgot)"
- Mr T, Russ,
But, as we all know, Russ was undoubtly seperated at birth from Dr Who, (the Tom Baker one)
As for a Dick Cilley S.A.B., Rick Derrick said it best, right after seeing Star Wars (the very first one)."Lucas cast Han Solo by saying, "Get me a Dick Cilley type!""
Another one, though farther removed and not really involving a climber, but still unavoidable if you live in a ski town with RSN on local cable; Glenn Plake (Mohawk coiffed skier who laughs a lot)and Bugs Bunny. I'm absolutely certain of this one; I'm into old cartoons and even channel Mel Blanc,still, I have never seen Glenn and Bugs together.
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