Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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jude law and ethan hawke (thanks a lot, gattaca)

Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 22 January 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

Yo momma and a bowling ball

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 22 January 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

(xpost to self: obviously this is not due to similarity of names, but I still mix them up so I say it counts)

Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 22 January 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Enrique and Esteban

g00blar (gooblar), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

Rebound Man and Transition Man

Hard like armour (Hard like armour), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

Like all of them.

Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

If you think my typing is bad you should hear me TALK. I am a sentence mangling Spoonerism making free association confusion machine, to both myself and others.

Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

High five!

Hard like armour (Hard like armour), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:41 (nineteen years ago)

Tim Hopkins / Tim Ellison / Tim Finney

Same here.

The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

Just to clarify: I mean which name goes with which poster; it's not like they write the same way or anything. It's like I used to mix up the names Felt and The Fall.

The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't the Paxton/Pullman thing kind of a cliche by now, even if true?

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...) (webmail), January 19th, 2007 10:05 AM. (jaymc) (later) (link)

Yes. I was justabout to post that this has been covered by "Third Rock from the Sun". Lithgow: "One's a little beefier."

Charlie Brown (kenan), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

This is something every Duran fanbeing does at least once: Accidentally say "I'll cross that bridge when I find it," instead of "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it." Confusing to little girl me: Donald Regan and Ronald Reagan. Confusing to preteen me: Roger Taylor of Queen and Roger Taylor of, oh, you know. Can't think of anything else.

Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 04:35 (nineteen years ago)

He-man and Fabio

Hard like armour (Hard like armour), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood.

Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

Are they not the same person?

Shoes and Shoegazeability (kate), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

That's Jake Gyllenhall you're thinking of.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

vahid & fezaffe

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:50 (nineteen years ago)

Juoda and syödä! They mean TO DRINK and TO EAT in Finnish but I always get them confused and thus told my teacher that I drink a lot of meat. This is the sort of thing we learn in class. Hmm.

You study Finnish? Dare I ask the reason for this?

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:59 (nineteen years ago)

don juan & don knotts

estela (estela), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:02 (nineteen years ago)

jeremy piven and all the other piven-like douches

tom mix-a-lot (get bent), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

rip torn and rip taylor

tom mix-a-lot (get bent), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:08 (nineteen years ago)

rip van winkel and r.i.p.

estela (estela), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:14 (nineteen years ago)

joanna newsom & regina spektor

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:17 (nineteen years ago)

Van Halen & Van Morrison & Los Van Van

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:28 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff Goldblum & Michael Keaton
Burt Reynolds & Tom Selleck

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

Patrick Swayze & Kurt Russell

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:38 (nineteen years ago)

Which of them was in Stargate and which in Donnie Darko?

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

Burt Reynolds & Tom Selleck

OMG, I used to get those two mixed up as well! The thing that helps me out is knowing that Reynolds is a nobody now and Selleck is the guy who played "Magnum P.I.", as well as helped Kevin Kline's character get out of the closet in In & Out (so Selleck obv wins). OH, nearly forgot when he was Monica's older boyfriend in "Friends", too! So the '90s obv made Selleck stand out a bit more, thankfully....

And Patrick Swayze is the dude in "Donnie Darko". Kurt Russell I remember as being the guy who started out as a child actor.

I used to be confused by Dorothy Hamill and Mary Lou Retton when I was a little kid, too. Just remembered. And the names of the two families on "Charles In Charge" -- the Powells and the, gee, can't remember the other one. I used to, though, and eventually figured out the Powells were from the latter part of the series and that other family were the first ones, the one without the grandfather.

Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges

nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:52 (nineteen years ago)

More serious answers:

Brian Dennehy and Charles Durning
Kevin Kline and Kevin Spacey
Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton (when they were just getting known)

nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:55 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Tucker & Chris Rock. Were they both in Bad Boys, or just one of them?

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Tucker & Chris Rock

OTM

You study Finnish? Dare I ask the reason for this?

I am willing to bet that the word 'Moomin' is involved somewhere.

joanna newsom & regina spektor

I call bullshit on this, no-one in the history of the world sounds like Joanna Newsom.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 09:12 (nineteen years ago)

I've always mixed Tobey McGuire and Jake Gyllenhaal too, maybe because they've both played angsty teenagers.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

but jake's such much cuter!

I always confuse "nausated" and "nauseous"

Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think he's cuter, a bit too clear-cut and masculine for my tastes.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

The way to tell rip torn and rip taylor apart is that the names go to the opposite of who you'd expect- the serious actor is torn and the comedian is taylor.

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

joanna newsom & regina spektor

I call bullshit on this, no-one in the history of the world sounds like Joanna Newsom.

insofar as they are (a) contemporary female musicians i haven't listened to (b) whose names have the same rhythmic scansion (amphibrach trochee), you can keep that bullshit call. nyah.

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Rip Taylor is obviously the more comedic name. "Rip Tailor" -- get it??

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah. Then THAT's the way to tell them apart.

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

wow, I had been mixing those guys up and didn't even realize it.

Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

I used to get these guys confused
Louis Hayes and Roy Haynes

Then I got these guys confused for a second
Jason Mraz and Jason Lindner

And I still haven't got these guys straight
Avishai Cohen (Trumpet) and Avishai Cohen (Bass)

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Also
Sam Rivers and Sam Jones

(apparently there is also a Sam Rivers in miccio's favorite band)

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

I confuse lots of things (mainly people). Por ejemplo:

Ed Begley Jr. / Gary Busey

Kiefer Sutherland / Kenneth Branagh

molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Tucker & Chris Rock

Oooh, that reminds me: Chris Rock/Kid Rock/Kid out of Kid 'n Play.

=== temporary username === (Mark C), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and Rumsfeld/Cheney

=== temporary username === (Mark C), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, the two Rips have been a source of confusion for me as well.

So the '90s obv made Selleck stand out a bit more, thankfully....

What about Reynolds's much-heralded "comeback" circa Boogie Nights?

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Sheldon Leonard/Sidney Sheldon

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Okay LOL at confusing Chris Rock and Chris Tucker.

The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I always confuse Matt Damon and Matt Dillon.

The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)


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