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I said to him, "People must tell you all the time that you look like, um" -- the name wouldn't come to me -- "that actor who was in Freaks and Geeks..."

Brain is definitely clogged. Surely he knows who I mean, and just as surely he'll say it and tell me it's not him.

"... and a bunch of Judd Apatow movies ..."

He gives me this bewildered look like he has no idea.

I think of an additional clue. "He smokes a lot of pot."

"I can relate to that," he says. Or something similar.

Then it comes to me -- the star's name. I say it. He smiles lightly but he's shaking his head, like he either doesn't know who I'm talking about or doesn't acknowledge any resemblance.

Then I have a fleeting thought. Maybe it's really him, and this is his way of handling celebrity-spotters.

Or maybe he gets this all the time, and he's just having fun. Maybe he instructed his friends to play along with him, because that's what they're doing.

I take a few photos, and as I drift away I keep slipping into an It's Actually Him mindset.

 

It's a few weeks before I process the film and have another look, and the resemblance doesn't look quite so strong. Nevertheless, I just have to check Google Image Search.

 

What do you think I discovered?

Done