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Celebrity Stand-in

Who wants to be John Lennon?
 
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Celebrities get a bit of a raw deal, having to deal with the intrusive paparazzi, stalkers, fans, celebrity junkies, loss of fame, angry parents and the like.

Now you too can experience the murky world of international stardom. With some clever makeup and maybe a bit of corsetry, we can help you become one of the public faces of Brad, Britney, Angelina or George (household names, all) while they get to live more normal lives, if that's their desire.

Note: a strict limit of 100 of any celebrity personality may be contracted at any one time. Behavioural requirements may be contractually enforceable, at the specific requst of the real celebrity, as and when they demand.

UnaBubba, Nov 06 2009

It could turn out to be a long term position http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star
[normzone, Nov 06 2009]

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       Hah! I've just read that patrons at a Britney Spears concert walked out after the first couple of songs, in Perth last night. It seems she can no longer sing and dance... the lips got out of scynch with the words and that was the end of her for the night. Things went downhill, with roughly a quarter of people walking out.   

       Why you'd pay $150 - $1500 per ticket to watch the talentless skank is beyond me to reason.
UnaBubba, Nov 06 2009
  

       //Who wants to be John Lennon?//
Uh... Got some bad news for you [UB]...
MikeOliver, Nov 06 2009
  

       There are plenty of professional lookalikes out there - and websites that hire them.   

       Is the idea that they act as "decoys" to draw attention from the real celebrity?   

       If so, how? I mean, the fact that someone thinks they've seen Angelina in Bradford won't save the real her from the paparrazzi in Scunthorpe, will it?
MaxwellBuchanan, Nov 06 2009
  

       It might be bad news for [UB], [Mike], but it's worse news for our would-be Liverpudlian bullet-catcher...
Jinbish, Nov 06 2009
  

       I suppose if Mark Chapman was released next year (or any time soon), this could be used to freak him out a bit.
MikeOliver, Nov 06 2009
  

       Oooh - It could be arranged that all the officers, bystanders, and waiting photographers and journo hacks will wear John Lennon disguises. There could also be loud music playing: "All you need is love"... Now *that* would freak him out.
Jinbish, Nov 06 2009
  

       Not anywhere near as freaked out as Yoko will be.
UnaBubba, Nov 07 2009
  
      
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