McCain, Pawlenty — separated at birth?
February 22nd, 2008 – 3:07 PM by Dennis J. McGrathColleague Jill Burcum was watching Leno last night when Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s name was invoked in a head-scratching moment. Here’s her account:
Minnesota’s governor was a surprise - and wrong - answer Thursday night on Battle of the Jaywalk All-Stars, a running skit on Jay Leno’s late night talk show that features regular people duking it out in a gameshow format testing their trivia knowledge.
The gag is that these folks are chosen because they’re really uninformed. On Thursday night, for example, none of the three contestants could identify which Italian city is famous for its canals.
But Contestant #1, Jessica, knew her Minnesota governors. Sort of.
Shown a picture of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Jessica thought hard and came up with this: Puhlenty?
To which Leno responded: Plenty?
No, no, said Jessica. Paw-lenty, accent heavy on the Paw.
Leno didn’t make the connection between McCain and his potential Minnesota running mate.
Jessica didn’t offer up anything else as to why she knew Pawlenty’s name or thought he was McCain. But she went on to win the show, anyway, scoring an impressive comeback by linking Einstein to the theory of relativity.
One response to "McCain, Pawlenty — separated at birth?"
When those two images are juxtaposed against each other the resemblance is striking. McCain appears to be a little more wrinkly, a little more flabby and, of course, a little more silver. Also, McCain appears to be trying a little harder to hide his anger behind a forced smile. Outside of those differences they do share some structural features in the face that could result in them appearing to be related.