Here is a little bit of trivia for you, in lieu of some sensible comment which seems beyond The Green Man today.
John Denver is a stage name. John adopted it because he fell in love with Denver. When he became famous he bought himself a large place at Aspen. He loved the Rockies.
Being a touristy sort of town, Aspen has entertainment venues that cater for all sorts. On one night one of them was running a John Denver look-alike competition. John, having nothing else to do, entered. The competition involved getting up on stage and singing your favourite John Denver song, as well as looking like him of course.
These competitions can be pretty tough, with some people putting a lot of effort into looking like their favourite star. As an indication of the toughness of the competition, the best John Denver could manage in his own look-a-like comp was a third.
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or read the most recent entries here.Hmm... I thought that was Charlie Chaplin.
Posted by: Red Wolf at February 13, 2004 04:32 PMJohn's appearance did evolve somewhat with the passage of time. If he looked like his present self at the time, I can understand his only taking third place. He stopped wearing those John Lennon glasses for instance and allowed his hair to grow longer. I would think, if he had sung one of his well known songs that would have been a clue for the judges though.
Posted by: Clarence at February 13, 2004 11:10 PM[quote]Hmm... I thought that was Charlie Chaplin.
Posted by Red Wolf at February 13, 2004 04:32 PM [/quote]
yeah .. Charlie Chaplin has also pulled off this trick, but he finished way back, some of the last ones among 100 contestants...
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don't quote me, i was not there...
I hate to break this to you, but he didn't choose Denver because he fell in love with the place. It was shorter name and Randy Sparks helped choose it. And he had moved to Aspen LONG before he became famous. Might help to have more accurate information.
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