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Friday, April 23, 2004

Meet Kid Rock Lookalike Ron Gilbert
I get a lot of interesting e-mail from people across the globe, none better than from the lookalikes that have found my site from my celebrity impersonators updates in April 2001 and June 2002. So it was with great pleasure finding — among a ton of spam suggesting that I have a small penis, bad credit and a want to work from home — a note from Ron Gilbert, who bares a striking resemblance to Kid Rock.

Here's what must be great about being a Kid Rock impersonator:

• It doesn't cost a lot of money. Wifebeaters go for, what, $5.99? You can walk right out of Wal-Mart and presto! — instant Kid Rock. Compare that to those Elvis impersonators, who must purchase lavish costumes, buy a lot of hair goop and, in at least one case, spend over $5,000 in plastic surgery to look like The King.

• No one will ask you to sing. Those opening bars of "Only God Knows Why" at the 2000 Grammys challenged, for most horrifying singing performance of all time, Axl Rose's surprise tag-team with Elton John on "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the 1992 Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley Stadium. And I thought that was music's 56-game hitting streak, a mark never to be challenged.

• You get to hook up with the Pamela Anderson lookalikes. Sure as shit beats being a Bill Clinton impersonator and getting the same gigs as Hillary, Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones. Yeesh.

• If someone asks you for the real lyrics to "Bawitdaba," just say, "Bawitdaba da dam da monkey loogie mama shake the booger ba wit da hooky." Who's to say you're wrong?

• You can entertain kids, because it's clear no one cares about Kid Rock's lyrics. I'm not saying the NFL was wrong to hire him for the Super Bowl halftime show, but did they not know or not care about stuff like this?

From "WCSR"

I'm on a private jet out of JFK, Sippin' the Beck's and feeling A-OK
Looked across the aisle and who did I see, Bill motherfuckin' Clinton sittin' next to me
We kicked it talked had a couple of laughs, The stewardess walked up and asked us for our autographs
I thought I was mackin' gave her two free shirts, Bill stuck five fingers up in her skirt
So, I stuck five and that made ten, Shit two roosters and only one hen
Billy winked at me, it was all too sweet, We tag teamed that freak at 30,000 feet

Like I've written before, I bet "Abe motherfuckin' Lincoln" never had anyone sing about double-teaming chicks with him. And if someone did, I bet he didn't get hired to perform in front of the largest entertainment audience of the year.

Other Web Finds:

The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time — Everyone's linking to it, so I might as well. What, no Ben Drewton of Hamburger... The Motion Picture? Next thing you're gonna tell me is that thee's no Randy Watson of Coming to America, June Khnockers from Malibu Express or Balbricker from Porky's.

The 50 Worst Songs Ever — Everyone's linking to it ... Sorry, but if you think Five for Fighting's Superman is a worse song than Katrina and the Waves' Walking on Sunshine, we just can't been seen in public together.

Sex Advice From ... Construction Workers — Nerve.com goes straight to the experts at laying pipe.

Recap of The Rock on The Howard Stern Radio Program — Caught a bit of this on TV the other night. Some superfan spun the Wheel of Humiliation for the right to meet The Rock, and the WWE superstar broke a balloon filled with urine on his bare ass.

2004 Webby Awards Nominees — Remember when people gave a shit about website awards? I've told this story before, but one year a friend and I sipped Champagne on the roof of a Madison Avenue Armani store at a party to celebrate the announcement of the Webby nominees. Not even the winners, just the nominees. Man, how times have changed.

Photos: Wet T-Shirt Contests — While trolling around Fotki.com for other users of the service, I came across these T&A pics. File an informal complaint with me if you're offended. I'll give it it's due consideration.

The George W. Bush Presidential Library — Uncle Melon's satirical look at No. 43's resumé.

Mark Cuban Bashes Donald Trump — On his super-successful weblog, now with comments enabled, the Dallas Mavericks owner takes shots at the New York real estate media whore.

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Comments: Meet Kid Rock Lookalike Ron Gilbert

*sigh* the webby awards.
yep - methodfive had a similar champagne party on the roof of our old broadway and bleeker studio... arrrrrgh.

now i am in a fricking black glass building overlooking the GSP in saddle brook. where we go to celebrate is Houlihan's as my boss thinks it's cool to do lemon drop shots because their "messy" and i can't because i have to drive home 70 miles - instead of the m5 celebrations from the roof then going to veruka or the bubble lounge and then me stumbling home to my bed.

nope. i'm not bitter.

really.

gah.

yeah i have to get a job back in the city before i freak.

Posted by erin at April 23, 2004 9:10 AM

That list of 50 worst songs is a joke. I mean, they have The Doors' "The End" at 26??? But no Lou Rawls, "You'll never find another love like mine"; no "Playground of my mind" (my name is Michael); no "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks? C'mon. Anyway, a few minutes of googling let me find a top 10 list of worst songs ever that is waaay more credible:

http://top40.about.com/library/weekly/aa100702worstsongs.htm

Posted by erik at April 23, 2004 10:11 AM

Posting that 10-item worst song list made me feel like a bit of a slacker. So here's an expanded list of 40 songs, each one a prime example of the very worst pop music has to offer:

http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/WORST.html

Posted by Erik at April 23, 2004 10:23 AM

And then there's the 100 characters list...

what a crock.

Dr. Peter Venkman of Ghostbusters doesn't make the list?

Stupid lists.

Posted by gjoe at April 23, 2004 11:02 AM

Thanks for the great write up. I have had a lot of fun as people can see if they click on your link to my web page. I really enjoy meeting a lot of different people and the attention and free stuff is pretty cool. Like I said on my web page, it would be great to be a stunt double or decoy for him. Again, thanks for the great write up.

Ron

Posted by Ron Gilbert at April 23, 2004 5:05 PM

That guy's resemblence to Kid Rock is shocking. I could see him getting mauled in the street.

Posted by whiteboy at April 24, 2004 1:54 PM

There's a reason that the BBC website is nominated so many times, regardless of the relative value of any Web 'award'; it is excellent.

It's like having the very best teacher- with a dry wit, of course- available to you at any time, to answer almost any question.

Abfab.

Posted by lucy at April 24, 2004 9:05 PM

try to understand the music before judging it..
Terry Jacks - Seasons in the sun is one of the best ever..

Posted by jupan at May 8, 2004 3:29 PM
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