Matt Smith vs. The Irredeemable Shag
Doctor Who, personal January 8th, 2009More than a few people have told me that they see a resemblance between Matt Smith (the newly appointed 11th Doctor) and myself when I was younger. Below you’ll find a picture of Matt and a picture of a very young Irredeemable Shag. Other than the fact that we both have really bad hair in these photos and not-small noses, I don’t really see it. You be the judge.
Additionally, I thought a few of you might get a kick out of my 11th grade picture. In case you’re wondering, I don’t look like that anymore. That picture of me was taken 20 years ago. Wow… that means Matt was only 6 years old when I took that photo. Dang… I feel old now.
I was such a fashion victim of the 80’s. This particular picture is like some over exaggerated 1980’s flashback. Check out the Glam Metal hair, long bangs, the puka shell necklace, the hang-loose dangling earring, the Alex P. Keaton knit tie, the vest, and the Hard Rock Cafe pin. If this picture didn’t make me laugh so much, I’d probably be horribly embarrassed.
January 8th, 2009 at 9:46 am
hey, some people would say you look ‘pretty’
January 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wow, could you have been any more of an eighties cliche? Like, gag me with a spoon!
January 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am
No, no resemblance at all. You are much more manly and stud muffinish. He looks anorexic.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
The “surprised-eye” certainly adds to the picture. Gives it an Anthony Michael Hall quality
January 8th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I have one word to settle all this…
Clone
January 8th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Hey, Grab Leadfoot and lets make a Checkers run. Screw 5th period..
January 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Irredeemable photo! I see the semblance!
January 8th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
you certainly did manage to cram an awful lot of 80’s elements into the frame of that single school photo. when i catch an 80’s teen comedy on tv these days – the fashion always seems so overdone. and then i see some of the retro photos being posted on facebook and i realize we looked every bit as over-the-top as the kids in those films.
as for a resemblance – i’ve always thought you looked a lot like this guy: http://images.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2007/02/16/maher/story.jpg
January 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Wow. Just…. wow.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Now that’s the Shag I remember from High School!
January 9th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Hey gang – Thanks for all the comments.
Shockwave – LOL! The ghost of lunch periods past.
Butz – I’m not sure I see the resemblance with Bill, but I think he’s wickedly funny. And he’s in one of the greatest 80s movies of all time – House II: The Second Story!
Shag
January 15th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Wow,is anyone else scared!
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:12 am
Several are victims of the eighties retro phase. Unfortunately, were going to look back one day at the millennium years and gasp at the sight of ourselves again. Its a vicious cycle of fashion folds that will never see an end. Whats worse is what our children say about us when were not present! (I know I thought my parents were weird 20 yrs ago…)
January 5th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I’m scared. Someone hold me!!!!