Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

This is more like an Oh! I Know I'll Always Get Those Two Mixed Up post. I've seen both My Cousin Rachel and Lady Macbeth the past month, and they've already merged in my mind.

Ed Walsh/Eddie Plank/Ed Reulbach

Their careers were almost simultaneous. The first two are in the HOF; Walsh had the ridiculously low ERA, Plank 300+ wins. Reulbach's not in there, but his ERA fell between the two, and his W-L record was very similar to Walsh's.

Rube Waddell/Rube Marquard

These two are easier to sort out. They're both in the HOF, but Marquard got started just as Waddell's career was winding down. Marquard looks like a really specious HOF pick; Waddell was the better pitcher, though he did have a short career. No stories that I know of about Marquard; Waddell, according to one of the first baseball books I ever read, liked to chase trains--he was, depending upon what era was describing him, either eccentric or crazy or, according to Bill James, most likely developmentally challenged.

Reading Jay Jaffe's HOF book right now.

waddell also liked to chase firetrucks iirc :D

Checked his Wikipedia page soon after I posted, and yeah, I evidently had him mixed up with Superman there. And the much simpler explanation for his behaviour seems to have been alcoholism.

the dollop podcast devoted an episode to him & it’s very good & bizarre & funny if you are ever inclined to listen

23andMe and Theranos. Always have to look up which one is legit and which is fraudulent.

Alison Brie
Brie Larson

Richard Price/Richard Powers kinda

Frankie Rose
Frankie Cosmos

Kurt Eichenwald
Kurt Schlichter

Mission of Burma
Minor Threat

I used to confuse Mission of Burma and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. I'm not sure I've ever even heard anything by the latter.

And I see from wiki that Roger Miller of BotM went on the form MoB.

House of Cards
House of Games
Game of Thrones

I've watched all three, so obviously I don't mix up the actual content, but whenever I'm supposed to say the name of one of them, I often mix it up with the other two, leaving my spouse confused... "Can't wait to watch the next episode of House of Cards and seen who the zombies will kill this time!"

Paul Schrader
Paul Scheer
Paul Rust

There might be another Paul in there as well.

Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Fierstein

lol just came here to post that ^

I was like "wait, he harassed women?"

I was legit thinking “are ppl saying ‘Ashley Judd’ when they mean… I don’t know, I guess Paul Rudd?” for a while

The Cars and Gary Numan

Gary Numan and Thomas Dolby (may have listed this one before).

Caroline Flint and Caroline Flack. One's a Labour MP and the other does TV stuff (I think).

Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Fierstein

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yup

Tim Pope and Tim Burton who I thought were the same person (named Burton) until I was reading the Lol Tolhurst book.

Gk Chesterton and Kingsley Amis, for some weird reason.

Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Fierstein

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yup

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I just forgot which one was which AGAIN

prosecco, prosciutto

Tubeway Army and New Model Army

drummers Matt Chamberlain, Jimmy Chamberlin and Matt Cameron

Made more difficult by the fact that the Matts have both played in both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden!

andrew gold
gilbert o sullivan

Gilbert O’Sullivan
Leo Sayer

you make me feel alone again naturally

you make me feel like a lonely boy again naturally

I get Andrew Gold mixed up with John Stewart, for the stupidest, most obvious reason.

But funny enough, never John Stewart and Jon Stewart!

Kehlani
Kaleida
Kelela

maybe others...

shallots
scallions

Kelis and Steve Scalise

jared leto and jaron lanier

If I think about it for more than five seconds, I can figure it out, but I still get James Franco and Jared Leto confused.

Jessy Lanza
Jessie Ware

― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:33 PM (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

add Katy B to this group

Symone Sanders, Sarah Huckabee Sanders (neither of whom are related to Bernie Sanders, even though the former worked for his campaign!)

Rose McGowan
Rose McDowell

Carl Sagan
Carl Andre

Bradley Walsh
Brian Conley

Conley married Anne-Marie on 4 August 1996, in a ceremony at a Stoke Poges chapel, Buckinghamshire.[6] Conley had proposed eight months earlier, while wearing a suit of armour.[6] The wedding day itself also had comic elements, causing celebrity guest Linda Lusardi to remark that it was "the funniest wedding I've been to" — Conley made several memorable quips during the event, and the couple left the church in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car.[6] The couple have two daughters.

Rose McGowan
Rose McDowell

otm

The sleazeball Hollywood director / the robot from Star Trek

Recently: Deerhoof and Deerhunter
― Paul in Santa Cruz, Monday, January 14, 2008

You can add Deer Tick to the list now. (Deerhunter is the one I know and like, but I still have to pause for a couple of seconds to remind myself which one they are; have never heard the other two.)