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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes Tim Walz remind anyone else of Ernest Borgnine?
Last edited Tue Aug 20, 2024, 02:00 PM - Edit history (1)
Especially when he smiles. Which he does a lot. Or is it just me?
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Does Tim Walz remind anyone else of Ernest Borgnine? (Original Post)
bif
Aug 2024
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SheltieLover
(81,357 posts)1. Yes!
I didn't realize it until I saw your post. TY!
bif
(27,091 posts)3. Every time I saw him, I kept trying to figure out...
...who he reminded me of. I figured it out a few minutes ago!
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000308/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
SheltieLover
(81,357 posts)7. I thought so, too
but really didn't put much thought into it. TY for doing so! Puzzle solved.
Lulu KC
(8,898 posts)2. Not Ernest Borgnine, but
SOMEBODY! I can't figure out who it is and it's driving me just slightly crazy every time I look at him.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)4. Tom Arnold
woodsprite
(12,585 posts)5. Somebody had mentioned Don Rickles the other day. nt
Lulu KC
(8,898 posts)8. That made me laugh--I can see a little bit there n/t
niyad
(133,356 posts)11. That was me.
sinkingfeeling
(57,896 posts)6. Some what, yes.
no_hypocrisy
(55,154 posts)9. No, but he does remind me of the Leader of our Ethical Culture Society.
borgnine? not at all.
DinahMoeHum
(23,648 posts)12. Nah, IMO he looks more like Don Rickles. . .

Ya hockey puck!!!
PeaceWave
(3,661 posts)13. Steve Martin will supposedly play him on SNL. That's the rumor.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,112 posts)14. Steve Martin declined saying that he doesn't do impersonations!
usonian
(26,066 posts)15. Nahhh. Borgnine was Navy.
Walz was Army. (apologies, this is Marines)

Wants to know about that jelly donut.
eShirl
(20,325 posts)17. Chris Farley
he would have done a great over-the-top Tim Waltz for SNL...
doc03
(39,124 posts)19. Alan Hale Jr. The skipper on Gilligan's Island. nt
edisdead
(3,396 posts)20. Walz. Please spell it correctly.
Talitha
(8,096 posts)21. I remember when people said Bill Barr resembled Sir Elton John.
So to me, Tim Walz looks just like Tim Walz.