Monday 8 June 2015

You Cannot Be Serious, # 45

Mo Juste was trying to research famous birthdays for 27 May, and he came upon this:

Link: The Famous People, Famous People Born On May 27th

Mo Juste was surprised. He hadn’t realized that what Wikipedia describes as an ‘English comedian and television personality’ was in fact an American film producer who had died in 1999, and he was sure that the English celebrity spelt his forename with only one ‘l’.

Further investigation revealed that someone had mixed up the English Alan (one-ell) Carr with the American Allan (two-ells) Carr, famous for the film Grease:

Link: Aveleyman, Allan Carr

Mo Juste clicked the link, and discovered that the erroneous photograph is credited to a Twitter account (a bit of a clue there, one would think) called ‘Chattyman’ (another clue since Alan Carr: Chatty Man is the name of Alan (one-ell) Carr’s chat show):

Link: The Famous People | Film & Theater Personalities | Allan Carr — Biography

All in all, an own-goal for The Famous People — Society for Recognition of Famous People.
Alan Carr’s picture in Allan Carr’s biography

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