GOT'CHA!! -- fake Ringo busted

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Ringo Starr Impostor busted by Home Shopping Network Executive


United Press International, Aug 11, 03:05 PM

A Ringo Starr look-alike toured St. Augustine, Fla., signed autographs and sang Beatle tunes while the real ex-Beatle was home in Britain.

The fake Starr, whose identity is unknown, made front page newspaper headlines, fooled a TV station into booking an appearance and checked into a St. Augustine hotel with four bodyguards, Britain's Sun reported Wednesday.

The ruse was uncovered when an executive at cable's Home Shopping Network, which had scheduled a TV special around called Celebrate the Sixties with Ringo Starr, saw a picture of the imposter and noticed he weighed about 70 pounds more than the lean musician.

The executive sent the photo to editors at The Sun, who identified him as a fake.

The TV editor then phoned Starr's Surrey, Britain, residence and was stunned when the rock star answered the phone himself.

Starr's spokeswoman also confirmed the rock star was not in St. Augustine.

"He was not in Florida at all. I have no idea who that man was, but he wasn't Ringo Starr", said Starr's spokeswoman.

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[JoJo]

Interesting Xpt. You gotta wonder where the fact checkers were, especially considering how much heavier this guy was. I don't think Ringo ever was one to put on too much weight, but of course no one pays attention to poor Ringo! ;D

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Litmus test ?

[ecenzo1]

Lord have mercy!!! I certainly don't pretend to have the Beatle acumen of most others on this site, but please!!! Anybody with ANY exposure over the last 4 decades to the Fab Four will raise an eyebrow when viewing the pictures of "Mr. Starkey" at the Florida hotel. I guess people believe what they want to believe. By the way...If anybody is looking for a Tom Cruise stand-in, I'm available...cheap!!! (REALLY cheap)

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ecenzo1 said:

By the way...If anybody is looking for a Tom Cruise stand-in, I'm available...cheap!!! (REALLY cheap)

Tom Cruise huh.
That could probably come in handy when yer out nightclubbin'!

The only person I could stand in for would be Mr. Green Jeans.

[Doc]

That man looks precious little like Ringo. A little, yes, precious little.
The head is all the wrong shape. The nose is slightly--but no, wrong.
The sunglasses are the only thing that works. That is oh please What sort of stunt was that to pull? Is he looking for whatever? He had an entourage? Who pays an entourage to profile with a crazy man? He must be rich. A Phony Ritchie. Fitchie.

But, eyesbleed---I can do Captain Kangaroo these days--al I need's the coat and the keys, jingle jingle.

Who WANTZ to be a Dancing Bear? (said that aloud like Regis Philbin)