Every time I come upon that now-famous joke time travel ad,

[frogmarch]

I wonder who the guy in the photo is.



This morning I happened onto the ABC show Wipeout, and right away I recognized the host, comedian John Henson, as the time travel ad guy. He sure looks like him to me, anyway - same hairline, same length and width of forehead and maybe the same eyebrows. I tried to find an unsmiling photo of John Henson, but I couldn't. I guess he's just an all-around happy guy.

What do you all think? Is John Henson time travel ad guy?

[tblue37]

1. Different eyebrows.

[shelshaw]

2. He went back and changed them

[James48]

3. Nah.

Not even close, to me.

Maybe all time travel guys look alike.

[Orrex]

4. Wait a second...

Which came first? The movie, or this joke ad?

[brush]

5. Check this video. It could be one of these guys.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103449790

[Clash City Rocker]

6. Apparently I'm the last person on Earth to hear of this, so I looked it up. Quite interesting.

Here’s a confession from the guy who wrote the ad, as a joke to fill space in a magazine’s classified ad section.

https://www.backwoodshome.com/the-time-travel-ad/

He actually mentions DU, which is really cool. Not only did the ad end up on t-shirts and in video games, it led to a movie called “Safety Not Guaranteed.” All because he needed to fill space and couldn’t think of a good joke.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Ah geez, don't tell me it is fake. I was going to apply for the job.

He doesn't even have to pay me. I wonder where in time he wants to go?
Somewhere violent it sounds like.