There’s a British panel show I’m addicted to (QI), and one of the frequent guests in its earlier seasons was American comedian Rich Hall. I always thought that he looked strikingly similar to Moe Szyslak but just chalked it up to coincidence.

After years of wondering, I finally bothered to look up who Moe was actually based on. Lo and behold, it’s Rich Hall.

So, I guess it’s less “today I learned” and more “today I confirmed my random theory”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Szyslak#Creation

  • Cyborganism
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    173 months ago

    This is an AI generated image of what Moe would’ve looked like as a real person.

    I gotta say the resemblance is striking.

    • Altima NEO
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      103 months ago

      I get the feeling they probably used Rich Hall in the prompt to generate that image, though

      • Cyborganism
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        23 months ago

        Yeah that was my guess also. No way it can be this close by coincidence.