You know how some people have that strain of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder where they think they unwittingly killed someone with their car so they keep driving back to check?
Well it’s just like that with Bossy, except in her case it’s an obsessive compulsive need to figure out who everyone looks like, which she then shouts to the room at large. Never does this disease rage more out of control than when Bossy is watching TV.
Take Downton Abbey. Please. This PBS miniseries shall serve as an example of what it’s like to sit down in front of a television with Bossy watching the privileged, haughty, manor house elite and the family they serve.
Shall we?
Most of the time the lookalikes are fairly easy to identify:
But sometimes the lookalike takes Bossy a while to figure out, and in the meantime she loses the plot thread, along with her mind:
Sometimes Bossy references people no one knows:
And occasionally the lookalike requires more than an acceptable amount of imagination and faith:
Shelley in CO says
January 30, 2012 at 4:33 pmI dunno, I think that turtle kind of looks like Maggie Smith.
wanda says
January 30, 2012 at 4:47 pmAhh yea, that was spot on! The whole list!
Every time I see Mary….I think who does she look like?
LoVe Downton Abbey with all my heart! I wish it were on daily!
Miz Boo says
January 30, 2012 at 5:11 pmMatthew does NOT look like John Boy.
You take that back.
Katherine says
January 30, 2012 at 5:41 pmThat is how I am at the movies–“who is that?” “What were they in before?” “Don’t they look like . . . you know . . . that guy that was in that movie? “
Lynn says
January 30, 2012 at 8:01 pmMORE PLEASE! You are reeeealllyyy good at this! Hilarious!
Cactus Petunia says
January 30, 2012 at 11:14 pmBill Murray. Totally!
p.j. says
January 30, 2012 at 11:14 pmYou got Carson! Perfect. Much Muppet love. (My son was known as Beaker in high school.) This was lots of fun. You are very good at this, Ms. Bossy.
Little Miss Sunshine State says
January 30, 2012 at 11:21 pmApparently Bossy’s neighbor Martin looks exactly like LMSS’s childhood neighbor Tim. They say everyone has a twin.
Kate says
January 30, 2012 at 11:28 pmAll spot on! But I think O’Brien also looks like Alice from the Brady Bunch.
Cally says
January 30, 2012 at 11:56 pmHm. The second guy looks like Patton Oswalt to me. You are exceedingly good at this game though.
Em says
January 31, 2012 at 3:02 amI have the exact opposite of this. I never recognize anyone, ever. I live in LA and I’m sure I’m surrounded by people anyone in the 21st century would recognize. In fact, I guarantee it because when I’m with other people, seem to recognize people. Not me. (Only voice recognition works with me, but looks? No. So I’ll recognize whoever if they actually say something. Otherwise, no clue.)
And this is why I’m not allowed to be a casting director.
joeinvegas says
January 31, 2012 at 12:12 pmMust be interesting to sit and watch TV with Bossy.
Trisha says
January 31, 2012 at 1:00 pmMy sister has this sickness only she must figure out who each new baby in our family looks like, including all of their features. Such as: “OK, I figured it out. Gavin’s ears look like Grandmas. Except his pinkie toe which looks like Moms. And I was looking through pics and found his ears. They are totally the ears of great-grandpa’s sister. Don’t you think”? It goes on and on…
Wacky Mommy says
January 31, 2012 at 9:56 pmSybil looks like Scarlett Johannsen…
Tootsie Farklepants says
February 1, 2012 at 12:05 amThe handsome woman who resembles C. Thomas Howell also looks a little like John C. Riley.
Alissa says
February 15, 2012 at 2:57 pmI thought that actress was the same one who played Olivia Walton. Although I guess that wouldn’t make any sense because that was 35 years ago and that actress must be over 70 by now.