Sunday, April 17, 2011

Look-alike



I think this is funny, cute and strange all at the same time! I guess a radio station in the New York area held a Beatles look-alike contest in 1968, and here are the winners for John and Ringo. When my mom was a teenager, her nickname was "Ringo" because she loved Ringo Starr and supposedly looked like him. I have seen lots of photos of my mom when she was a teen and have never thought "wow my mom looks like Ringo." But maybe she should have entered this contest back then!

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  1. Hi, My name is Madeleine. The radio station was WABC and as well as the winners they had a lot of runners-up--I think 250 for each Beatle--and I was one of them. I really don't look like any of The Beatles at all but my hair was short at the time in a style called a long shag and maybe looked slightly like a Beatle haircut. I got to go to a special screening of "Yellow Submarine" at the Victoria Theatre in New York City. The famous DJ Cousin Brucie was there. I didn't know any other Beatle fans and as you could bring a guest I brought a girl from school. I met the girl behind me in line and we began corresponding. It was from there that I discovered the network of Beatle fans and started writing to lots of them. Some are still good friends today. :)

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  2. Thank you for the picture and the comment. I was also a runner up in the contest and was very excited and very young at the time.

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