See The Caricature. Pretty Caricature. Think, Think, Think. Who It Is??
I did a post back in March that featured some old caricatures. I challenged readers to guess who they were, and said a prayer that people would actually recognize some of them… : )
The post was well received, and I’m happy to say there were some correct guesses. So it’s time for an encore. See if you can identify the following idiot celebrities.
Answers at end of post.
End of caricatures, scroll down for answers.
Answers:
1. Singer Bob Dylan, and talk show host and comedian, Jimmy Fallon.
2. Movie star Sandra Bullock, who had a big hit as an FBI agent working undercover at a beauty pageant in the film Miss Congeniality.
3. Yoko Ono and John Lennon, and the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011 and was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-un. Like his father, young Kim seems to enjoy playing “nuclear chicken” with South Korea and the West.
4. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (L-R), core members of rock group Steely Dan. In the above drawing, they seem to have encountered a deaf ear.
5. American tennis professionals Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Robby Ginepri, circa 2004. Roddick, who once achieved a World No. 1 ranking, retired in 2012. Blake and Ginepri are still active. The caricatures were for an article which playfully cast the players as certain types: Roddick as a fashion plate; Blake as an intellectual; Ginepri as a hippie.
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Did anyone get Kim Jong-il? That one was tough, since his son, Kim Jong-un, the current ruler, sports the same distinctive haircut. OK, if you just said The North Korea Guy, you get half a point… : )
Did anyone notice the tennis ball globe? Did it make you feel kind of warm and, uh, fuzzy?
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Awesome work! I got John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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Well done, Brandy– congrats on making the first positive ID! Good ol’ John and Yoko– they were certainly a distinctive looking couple. Many thanks for your kind comment! : )
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I did get Kim Jong Il!
Scored a little less than half on the rest.
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Whoa! Quick work, and nicely done, sir! I think that deserves at least two pickles, and I’m gonna send ’em along if I can ever get the lid off this jar!! : )
Many thanks for your support!
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(Dr. C McC got Kim Jong-il!)
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Ah! Why am I not surprised to hear it?? I suspect he’s already angling to play him in Kim Jong: The Musical, which you are no doubt hard at work writing the music for– gonna be a great show!! : )
Thanks a heap, Mia!
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Awesome… Awesome… Awesome. š
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Wow. Never has one word repeated three times sounded so good!! Many thanks for that lovely comment! : )
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Pleasure is all mine! š
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Hey Mark, cool post! Love solving riddles š Bull’s eye – Mr. Nuclear Chicken
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A bull’s-eye?? Wow! That’s high praise coming from a comedy expert like Tutti!! Thank you very much! You’ve also given me a good idea for my lunch today: a nice nuclear chicken sandwich!! Served hot, of course, and char-broiled… : )
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Got half of #1, and then #2 and #3. No pickles for me.
Where do I send those dozen donuts, sir? What’s that? Busted! See, I get notifications of your new posts, and this is what the cache quoted to me:
“11 caricatures. Your job: identify them. If you get all eleven, you win a jar of pickles. If you miss even one, you must buy Mr. Armstrong a dozen donuts. Will you accept the challenge? Then please make sure you have some money on you and proceed…”
So, where do I send your donuts? Krispy Kreme delivers, don’t they? What’s that? Heavenly donuts that will fill you with light? Ah yes, you remember I said I hope heaven has donuts like that, but I don’t think Krispy Kreme has them. Will jelly donuts or bismarks do?
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Ha! You had me laughing on that one, Jak. If I’da been eatin’ a donut, I’da spit it out– close call!
Yes, I’m going to have to have a word with the idiot who writes those foolish new post “teasers” that my subscribers receive. Pickles, donuts– he’s obviously got a screw loose. This is what happens when you delegate tasks when you’re self-employed… : P
Sounds like you did pretty well, I’d say the pickles and donuts cancelled each other out– thanks for your very good-humored comment! : )
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Idiot? Nawwwww… pickles and donuts are good. Maybe not together, though. Bacon and donuts, however…
Have a word and let him persuade you. I’m starting to crave pickles and donuts already… thanks to you, too, for the great humor exchange.
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Ha! Ditto, Jak– thank you kindly! : )
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I only got three – Dylan, Ono/Lennon, and Kim Jong-il. Although I did know the last group were tennis players. But once I saw the answers, I could see them all perfectly! Nice job, Mark. I’m a big Steely Dan/Fagan fan, so I was a bit miffed I missed that one.
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Three?? I’m giving you credit for four! Ono and Lennon might have only had one brain between them, but they still count as two people!! : )
I feel kinda guilty about the tennis guys. Let’s face it: tennis guys as almost as obscure as illustrators!! : (
You did great. Besides, you’re the only person I know who can write a chapter of her latest thriller on a mobile phone while going 100 mph on a motorcycle. Hey, they don’t call you Steely Maddie fer nuthin’!! : )
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It’s not your work – it is my memory! I only got three. Sandra Bullock was so great in that movie.
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The memory’s going? I understand. I was just about to send out a search party to look for mine… : (
Three is very respectable– well done. Yes, that was a very funny idea for that Sandra Bullock movie. I hate to say it, but sometimes you can’t just send in Chuck Norris!! : )
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Hope you can see this Mark š https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151647373532580&set=a.125893237579.104249.821327579&type=1&theater
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Ha!! I laughed so hard my honorary Texas Ranger badge fell off– thanks, Lesley!!! : )
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As did I – š Most welcome of course!
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Well done, I recognized most of them except the tennis players and I thought Fallon was Bruce Springsteen, but probably because you’ve drawn him in the past. Well done especially on Jong-Il.
Warm and fuzzy…..snort. Hopefully the earth doesn’t get delivered by some slobbery dog…..
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Ha! It’s about time that fuzzy remark received a good snort! And Earth trapped in a slobbering maw sounds like a great idea for a horror movie… snort #2!
Always good to see you, Amelie, and many thanks for your good-humored comment! : )
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I’m not great on recognizing celebrities anywhere….except for Yoko Ono and John Lennon. I think I’m showing my age… š
I’m hoping one day you’ll do a piece on culture clashes among different cyclist types: racer/roadies, mountain bikers, fixed speed hipsters, cyclists in heels and chic dresses, etc.
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Ha! I think anyone who recognizes John and Yoko is showing their age– including yours truly! (OK, they could write songs and poetry and pose naked, but could they ride a bicycle for miles and miles? Not that I ever heard of!!)
Clashes among different cyclist types… fascinating concept. I thought there were only two types: the ones who wore bike shorts and $75 jerseys, and everybody else, including the guys with rubber bands on their trouser legs. Cyclists in heels?? I can see I still have much to learn!
Thanks as always, Jean, for stopping by! : )
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Since I know I am no good at who’s who, I am pretty proud of getting four š
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Anyone who gets four of my caricatures is doing great– especially with a bunch of ringer tennis players in there!
Always glad to see you check in, Red– many thanks!! : )
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Lennon-Ono and Kim Jong-Il.
Blake made me think of Agassi even though I knew it wasn’t.
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Excellent! Sounds like you racked up a Give Peace A Chance Trio– and that takes some doing!! : )
I never thought of the Blake-Agassi chrome dome connection. Nothing like a shaved head to start blurring the lines… : )
Many thanks for the visit and your comment!
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Your caricatures are excellent. Without peaking at the answers, I only got Bob Dylan, Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Why I didn’t catch on to the red-faced nuke job, Kim Jong-Il, is beyond me. You are spot-on with him and the others. Great job, Mark.
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Ah, Judy! I’m still laughing over “red-faced nuke job”– I must find a way to work that into my everyday conversation! Perhaps I’ll try ordering it at Kentucky Fried Chicken and see what I get!! : )
Many thanks for all your kind support and good humor! : )
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Thanks, Mark. It feels so good to be appreciated for my rare talent of punsterism. š
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You’re a gifted artist, kudos!
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Coming from a very gifted writer, that means a lot– thank you, Aina!! : )
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Haaa!! These are fabulous!
I especially like the details, like Sandra Bullock’s gun and holster, and the hair on John Lennon’s legs…
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Thank you, my dear Tuna! Yes, one of my great strengths as an artist is knowing that I should put hair on John Lennon’s legs, but not Sandra Bullock’s legs. It takes years to learn these things… : P
Thank you for your wonderful comment and intensely loyal support!! : )
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I love Yoko Ono and John and Sandra Bullock because I was able to recognize them… but over all… they are all great caricatures… Super brilliant! š xoxo
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Ah, my dear Dolly–! You have a great advantage when it comes to recognizing celebrities, because so many of them visit the Lemons R Us CafĆ©. The most famous one being, of course, myself… : P
Thank you for your lovely comment and ongoing support– mmmmwahhh! : )
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Great work at capturing such likeness again, Mark! Last time I only got one, this time I managed to get 2 and a half (Sandra Bullock, John Lennon and Yoko Ono). As for the Kim Jong-il one, how you read my mind! I thought exactly what you wrote! : )
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Two-and-a-half?? Nonsense– we’re giving you credit for three! I was a math major, so I know about these things… : )
Many thanks for your kind comment, dear Fox, and it’s good to know we were in “mental sync” re the Feisty Chicken Gunslinger.
Being in mental sync is always better than being in kitchen sink, especially if one is washing dishes… : P
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