Hey, you happen to look like ...
I've got a strange habit to almost immediately associate someone I run across with some other celebrity. Maybe it helps me remember names and faces later on, or maybe it's just a game I play. But whatever the case, it makes for some interesting observations down the line. It has helped out a bunch when casting "Quizbowl: The Movie" -- pretty much just an excuse to play this game where we cast famous people who most look like different personalities in the Quizbowl world. I won't get into here, at least not now.

However, with that said here are some other cases of celebrity lookalikes (when they can't seem to hire real celebrities) I've seen in commercials: (feel free to add your own in the comments)

-- One of the Heineken ads with a guy and girl fighting over the last beer at a party has a couple of dopplegangers. The guy definitely is a cross between Joe Rogan and Matt LeBlanc. A co-worker said the girl looks like Kristin Davis (which I do see), but I think this ad shows what Britney Spears will look like in about 15 years with dark hair. Interesting thought for sure.

-- The Bud Light Naked Swimmers ad features a dorky guy who looks like a skinner version of a former co-worker, but the more relevant part is that the woman could pass for Katie Couric's sister.

-- Finally, I haven't found the right comparisons for some of the ridiculously amazing women in the Captain Morgan Gold ad, but the guy turning aerobics into a spectator sport could be former WCW champion David Arquette invading the commercial world yet again.

By the way, bless those people at Ads.com for providing links to these commercials. This site will probably come in very, very handy when writing those trivia questions pretty soon.