I'm Not Adam Savage

This past weekend, my wife and I went up to Dallas for a couple of days. We had a good weekend, but that’s not the point of my blog. The point of my blog is that twice, on two separate days, at two separate locations, I was told that I look like the guy on MythBusters. For the record, that would be Adam Savage.

This isn’t the first time I’ve been told that I look like him. I usually get that about once a month or so. Even my son and his friends say it, but I figured it was just because they were kids and couldn’t come up with good comebacks when we’ve been verbally sparring.

But I’ve never had it happen back-to-back like this weekend. My wife says that it’s because the last time I got my haircut, the stylist cut it too short. I’m not sure I agree.

I have to admit that I really don’t like it when someone tells me that. Used to be, when I was younger – and thinner – people would tell me I looked like Chuck Norris. What happened? I went from looking like the guy who gets to blow things up in movies like Missing in Action to a guy who gets to blow things up on The Discovery Channel.

Now granted, either way I resemble someone who gets to blow things up, which in-and-of-itself is somewhat cool, but somehow, I feel like I’ve been cheated somewhere.

I mean, Chuck Norris is like, Chuck Norris. There are about a bazillion Chuck Norris jokes floating around the Internet – I’ve even blogged some that I made up. Adam Savage is “that guy on MythBusters.” No one even knows his name. What’s up with that?

Adam played “Jimmy,” the stockroom boy for “Mr. Wipple” in the old Charmin commercials. Bet you didn’t know that, did you? Chuck played Walker, Texas Ranger.

Adam works in the Special Effect industry. Chuck does his own stunts.

Adam was a voice for animated characters in Sesame Street. Well, need I go on?

Now, don’t get me wrong. Adam Savage has done a lot in his life that he should really be proud of. If you go to his website, www.adamsavage.com, you’ll see a lot of his creations and accomplishments.

So I guess what all this boils down to, after doing a bit of research on Adam Savage, is that he’s really not such a bad guy. He’s just not Chuck Norris. I guess that’s okay because neither am I. But then again, I’m not Adam Savage either.