You know those old episodes of Scooby Doo when a baddie is dressed up as Scooby, and Shaggy has to guess which is the good Scooby and which is the bad Scooby? Well, it’s happening in real life with Robin Williams (DVDs).
The actor is suing his doppelganger, a man called Michael Clayton, who keeps passing himself off as Williams. The real actor is upset because Clayton is using his likeness for evil! Or for making a bit of money, at least.
Imagine being trapped in a lift with Robin Williams going full-tilt.
It’s be like the most schizophrenic barrage of psychological abuse, all
funny voices and incomprehensible blabbering. Now, imagine being
trapped in a lift with two versions of Robin Williams going full tilt.
See? That’s why this doppelganger needs to be stopped.
Michael Clayton is a comedian with a show entitled Rockin’ Robin,
where he performs impersonations of Tom Jones, Roy Orbison and other
singers, all while being the "clone" of Robin Williams.
He’s also apparently fooled newspapers into interviewing him, and
once charged a charity $2,500 for a show starring ‘Robin Williams’,
according to fundraiser Shirley Collins.
This is all well and good, but it relies on one tiny piece of
fact-ette – that Michael Clayton looks identical to Robin Williams. If
he, say, didn’t look anything like Robin Williams, the whole plan
should fall apart, right?
Michael Clayton has a website. There are pictures on the website.
And they prove one thing: he’s a rubbish doppelganger! He looks nothing
like Robin Williams! How he managed to fool anyone is completely beyond
us.
But, sadly, he did. And now Robin Williams wants to stop him fooling
people. hecklerspray thinks he could take this a bit further, and blame Clayton for starring in Patch Adams as well.
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Megan says
ROCKIN’ ROBIN!
hhahahahahahahaha…priceless.
on a more general note, I LOVE HECKLERSPRAY. i check it at least 3 times a day and i laugh hysterically every time. thank you, guys!
Some girl says
I used to be friends with Michael Clayton’s daughter. His wife (I think ex-wife, now) was a masseuse and gave facials and used to give my mom massages. I remember his old house. This is funny. He totally looked like Robin Williams.