(Page 2 of 3)

Other Impersonators

1. Eminem Impostor a Gangsta for Life: Talk about a bad rap: Christopher Duncan was so obsessed with Eminem, he dressed like him, sported the same tattoos, sang his songs and was convicted of a murder more grotesque than anything you'll find in Slim Shady's most violent lyrics.

British prosecutors say the 21-year-old was performing an "aggressive" version of Eminem's stage act at a London karaoke bar, when he met a woman, took her back to his East End apartment, and beat her to death with a metal bat. He then allegedly stuffed her in a suitcase, where she died 90 minutes later. In December he was sentenced to life in prison.

Eminem recently reunited with his wife, Kim, once the target of some of his most hateful lyrics. But still cultivating his bad-boy image, he joked shortly after Duncan's conviction that the hype might be good for his career.

2. Executing the Quarterback Sneak: Brian Jackson wasn't 6-foot-5 and didn't have a goatee, but the 31-year-old car salesman passed himself off as Super Bowl quarterback Ben Roethlisberger — as well as the Steeler's fourth-string quarterback Brian St. Pierre — to pick up girls. Pittsburgh authorities accused him of harassing a woman who broke off a relationship.

Jackson's undoing came after he told the woman to watch a game, and she figured out he was not Big Ben, even after he explained that he looks a little different on TV.

In one instance, he showed up at the woman's house with an autographed football and signed an autograph on a neighbor's jersey. In December he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $300.

3. Hard Times on "Sesame Street": An Elmo impersonator panhandling on the Hollywood Walk of Fame learned that "M" is for mug shot. Los Angeles police arrested Donn Harper in October for allegedly harassing tourists for tips near Hollywood's Walk of Fame, where he was making up to $400 a day posing for pictures.

Harper was still wearing his red and cuddly "Sesame Street" outfit when he was handcuffed, brought to the station house, and charged with aggressive begging, along with another guy dressed as Mr. Incredible. "With all the crime in Los Angeles they pick on us?" Harper asked reporters.