There is some precedent for Hodgman impersonation. There was this guy:
He was supposed to resemble the PC character Hodgman plays in the Apple ads. But he's a little stern and a bit of a downer (perhaps because that is what was required of him for the commercial), so I'm not even going to link to the actual Microsoft commercial. Instead I'm going to move on and list some individuals for whom impersonators are available:
George Carlin
John Wayne
Babe Ruth
Albert Einstein
Jack Sparrow
Trinity from "The Matrix"
like every single Harry Potter character
Groucho Marx
Bill Murray
Michael Jordan
and Mark Twain
And that's great. But if you are going to pay someone hundreds of dollars to pretend to be someone else, you really would prefer to get an actual Hodgman. Hodgmen should be available to entertain at your child's birthday party or to referee at your hipster croquet outing.
If you know where I can find a Hodgman impersonator, or if you ARE a Hodgman impersonator drop me a line. Soon.
UPDATE: I found a New York Times article about Microsoft's reponse ads to the Apple ads, and in particular, information about the guy who was cast to play the Microsoft version of the PC character, based on his resemblance to Hodgman.
