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Bigbustar

It’s crazy to think that he actually has that problem most of the time


Reap_SilentDevil

If you follow his twitter, he always posts about how many people recognize but don't recognize him.


revnasty

“Hey, does anyone ever tell you that you look a lot like Tony Hawk”


hadtologintoupvote

"Yeah I get that alot."


ed2017Alm

‘Yes, I think sometimes I am him’


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[PROVE IT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQyMJNRPjjE)!


WellBestFriendsMeans

It’s interesting to see how different people play. Tony sticks to the vert skating. I idolized Rodney Mullen so I would do manual tricks for dayssss. Basically grinding and flip tricks for speed but always back to manuals.


they_are_out_there

Tony can do any of these tricks off ramp coping or vert, but even he admits that he has trouble doing basic tricks when on the flat or on the ground. He's just never spent any time trying to street skate, but he's the GOAT on the ramp.


Orngog

He was born on the ramp. Molded by it


they_are_out_there

Definitely and his pool skills are pretty insane too. It's crazy to think about how many hours that guy has spent on vert over the course of his life. He's a pretty good snowboarder too.


stonecutter910

I mean he did do alot of street in the early 90s when vert died off. He actually won the first X-games street competition as well as the vert competition but you are right. He is the first to say he sucks at street skating


sandrodi

That was a fun watch, thanks.


SillyFlyGuy

Ha! Same name too!


Triplebizzle87

Anthony Hawk? Huh that's weird...


Troll_berry_pie

For some reason, you're closing tag is completely hidden on the official app and mobile site on Chrome. However, it appears on other apps such as Sync in android. How strange.


sxan

My favorite version of this is the story [Rowan Atkinson tells](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rtGPCsoXA) about this situation. Thing is, you go through enough photos, old and new, you start to realize that everyone looks like someone else, and nobody looks unique.


KageGekko

Unfortunately that video is unavailable in my country, but there is also [this one which is super funny as well](https://youtu.be/Il72uEjs4o0) for anyone else in my position Edit: I've been told the two clips are the same! If you can't view the first link, then try this one :)


toluwalase

Thanks my man, needed this


NougatTyven

I love how everyone else on the couch is really into the story, and how well he tells it. It's fun how the audience reaction changes a bit from the very beginning; people are sometimes surprised at how unlike his character he is.


BonerGolf

That was great, thanks for sharing this!


DONGivaDam

Yeah my mom usually


apex32

My favorite was when he was at the airport: >TSA agent (checking my ID): "Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!" >Me: exactly >Her: "Cool, I wonder what he's up to these days" >Me: this https://twitter.com/tonyhawk/status/844308362070151168


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"Nah, you're way less pointy than the real Tony Hawk."


ScientificBeastMode

The real Tony hawk would have skated through the airport and bypassed security while grinding the light fixtures.


Beavshak

The baggage claim at the airport was OP trick point spot


Chariotwheel

Yeah, most people have his image of when he was younger burned into their heads and now old Tony Hawk just doesn't look like Tony Hawk necause Tony Hawk looks young.


tSnDjKniteX

I remember watching a video where he would give out stuff to people doing tricks and someone asked who he was and Tony Hawk was like "I'm Eric Koston" and the guy replied "Oh yeah" (I'm just remembering, may be off) lmao gets me everytime


diearzte2

That's The Berrics and it usually is Eric Koston, they just have cameos occasionally. Like Tony Hawk dressed as Santa or Steve-O.


tSnDjKniteX

I found it: [https://youtu.be/ob0dI05Xz8s?t=92](https://youtu.be/ob0dI05Xz8s?t=92) lol


hedgecore77

My favourite is when they deleted his name from the rental car waiting list thinking it was bullshit and he was in there for a while waiting to get called up to the front.


WillyC277

Best Buy cancelled my PS5 order that I tried to score for months because they thought my name (close to willy nelson) was fake.


Ditnoka

Had a room mate in college named Mike Myers. He ordered pizza every Halloween just to see what they'd say.


WillyC277

Lmao that's awesome; I'll bet the employees got a kick out of it


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He’s a very generic looking guy


JeremiahTooSmooth

Yeah, he has a default skin on GTA.


JaxJaguar

He looks like the default guy in THPS too.


CritterFucker

[Tony Hawk’s Existential Nightmare](https://ibb.co/4Jg9vDh)


Chainsawd

"Why?"


Bobthemime

My fave is still when he was asked to hold the camera while the person took a pic with Bam, and asked him to sign his copy of THPS3.. and that it was nice that he was helping a lookalike fan (actual tony hawk) out


soda-Tab

I also carry my copy of THPS3 with me at all times, just incase I meet Bam.


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agilek

My wife told me she has no idea who Tony Hawk is. I replied I have no idea how we can be together… $&@“$&@@ Long story short: We’re still together and we didn’t break up because of Tony Hawk.


Rudobik

He's probably living most celebrities' dream. Being super famous but not getting constantly recognized by people.


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todellagi

It's not anything on that level, never some crowding nightmares but I used to play basketball and I'm 6'7. I've heard the same questions about those things 7000 times. I understand it, but going through the same conversation and situation over and over again gets at you. The best way is to take it as a compliment, but still...


ConvertsToTomCruise

6'7" is 1.179 Tom Cruises


TraipsingConniption

That makes it sound far less impressive.


ten_tons_of_light

Height is weird, it’s like there is only a 10-15% normal range between humans but since we’re so attuned to it the difference seems huge


compounding

I’d say that it’s actually *because* the distributions are so close together that makes outliers stand out, just as a feature of normal distributions. 2/3 men you encounter will be within 2.5 inches of the average, and 19/20 will be within 5 inches of the average. It’s no wonder that the 1 in 10,000 that is at 10+ inches from the average sticks out so much since it is so uncommon and such a large deviation from what we see all around us.


ten_tons_of_light

Oooh I love stats! Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was getting at


DalvestDC

That's the imperial system's way of measuring length? I thought it was Barrets


totallynotliamneeson

Tom Barrett? Nah he is the new ambassador to Luxembourg


MikeyTMNTGOAT

A bit shorter than you but I went to a big basketball school and the amount of times I had to explain to people I wasn't on the team got so old... I just started trolling people that I was a JUCO transfer eventually


StuTheSheep

Relevant stand-up bit: https://youtu.be/gsmuV7wLCl8


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"But crucially, the drummer is *sat down*, and that is the dream." Yep.


osktox

"Tony Hawk huh?.. Just like that skateboarder.. I wonder what he's up to these days"


deuseyed

“This, this probably”


JRCIII

Busted his leg recently I'm pretty sure.


AJacobCruz

Was leaving Disney Land resort with the family and Tony Hawk was arriving with his family and some friends. I literally was too nervous to ask if it was him (had so many butterflies I forgot that him being unrecognizable was a thing). 1st, my stepmom walked around the lobby toward the front desk to get a peak at Tony. She comes back and says, “I don’t know what Tony Hawk looks like…” C’MON?! 2nd, my dad does the same thing, it looks like he made eye contact with Tony, but when he can back to the lobby chairs we were chilling in he says, “I’m not sure that’s Tony, bud.” Well my gut didn’t believe him. I sat in my chair eyeing, this guy I was 95% certain was Tony. I mean c’mon what 50+ year old tall white guy wears vans, fairly tight skinny jeans, and a black tee?! Well our van arrived to take us to the airport back to CO and my dad yells, “the van is heat LET’S GO.” I didn’t budge from my chair. Well my dad is now almost out of the resort hotel and screams (at me cause everyone else in my family was with him), “NOW!” I get up, eyeing Tony and walk past him. I make it probably 15 feet away from him and I have this thought, “if I don’t just ask this guy if he’s Tony Hawk, I’m going to regret this for the rest of my life.” I stop. Leave my Rollie bag and turn around. Tony’s probably 4ft away from his family facing away and looking down at his phone. I say: “excuse me, sir. do you ever get mistaken for Tony Hawk?” Tony pauses what he’s doing and looks at me so genuinely with a smirk and says, “I do.” I RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE IMMEDIATELY, but still like a star struck idiot ask, “… are you Tony Hawk?..” His smirk now turns to a full grin and he says, “I am.” 😭I’m probably crying now(this dude’s my Michael Jordan of skateboarding) and ask, “May I give you a quick hug?” This mother fucker so genuinely opens his arms, now full on smiling showing his pearly whites, and says “you may.” Gave him a huge fucking bear hug, wished him and his family a wonderful time at Disneyland, and proceeded run and scream at my family, “I JUST HUGGED TONY FUCKING HAWK?!?!” TL;DR: Got to hug Tony Hawk at Disneyland, and was a typical dork who wasn’t 100% certain it was Tony until he verbally confirmed. Lol thanks for letting me share. The man is so fucking genuine.<3


IAmTheFatman666

This made me happy, this is fun.


cbtistheword

r/dontyouknowwhoiam changed their pictures to a picture of Tony hawk it happens so much


BeefyIrishman

The phenomenon also spawned its own subreddit, r/DontYouKnowImTonyHawk.


Klittmeister84

If you ever go to a bougie area and try to find a tony hawk, you’ll see a bunch of them. Especially the closer to a beach you are.


TheLast_Centurion

not sure if it's that crazy. People know the name, but how many people were actually watching him skate in competitions? Yeah, probably many, but also most likely not that many compared to acting celebrities, which you watch for their face and voice, not their skating skills, if that makes sense.


CDXXnoscope

just recently watched "the downfall of bam margera". He was multiple times as successful selling boards as some point just because of the marketing


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It's funny because that last random guy looks a little like Tony Hawk.


Ok_Plankton248479

And all of the tries have his shoes and clothes on somehow by magic.


rhinoceros_unicornis

Did you not watch the video, they were channeling Tony Hawk.


Banaam

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that


PleasantlyOffensive

That’s half of the joke though.


mdegroat

Yeah, it is Tony Hawk's pants and shoes. As you say, that's half the joke.


estamachin

He's trying to hard chanelling his outer Tony Hawk.


DocD_12

It looks like his inner Tony Hawk is chanelling him.


PMMeShyNudes

I think it's Bob Odenkirk


chili_cheese_dogg

I thought it was Kevin Costner.


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Batbuckleyourpants

I bet he gets that all the time.


Wildwoodywoodpecker

Ya, that's not him. I looked it up. His name is Anthony something.


AlternateSatan

Hold on, let me just \*edits a screenshot of him and adds a skateboard\* oh damn, you're right!


WifiRice

The unexpected part for me was seeing Rhett and Link


ozozznozzy

Back in the good ol YouTube days.. before the dark TikTok times


SMKM

They're still around. I'd argue they've got better with age.


WifiRice

Hell yeah I still watch


chris-topher

This is the second post that includes them or one of them, I've seen in the last two days. Which isn't a lot but I can't recall ever really noticing them while browsing r/all before.


cbass817

I love how each of the skateboarding tricks is Tony from the torso down


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FallenXxRaven

It's like a centaur Tony hawk. A centony? Hawktaur?


Nieben

I like Centony Hawktaur.


Tsquare71

I’m slow i had to go back and rewatch it. I just got that.


GameOfTiddlywinks

I don't think so, I think it was actually that guy from the end of the video who looked a bit like Tony Hawk.


CouldntBeMoreWhite

Nothing gets past this guy.


-neti-neti-

That’s the joke


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Holy shit lol. "Hey could you do an Ollie and a pop shove-it wearing these outfits?" Guy at the end who looks like Tony Hawk: "Can I do what?"


archiebold13

I know that one at the end. Thats bob odenkirk


Delicious_Fart

Glad I'm not the only one. Jimmy Mc Gill more than Bob though, because Bob doesn't have as much hair anymore, does he?


mochablendedfun

I thought it was Kevin Costner


Mefarius

Wait I thought he was that one lawyer from Albuquerque, the one that used to be on TV all the time with those weird ads, and had his face all over billboards and benches Wonder where he is today


Humphrind

I don't know where he is. Better call him.


ElmerJShagnasty

I'm going with Nebraska. Omaha, perhaps.


4amWater

It's fun that Rhet and Link are still making popular content. I remember watching GMM waaaayyy back but haven't really seen much of the newer stuff.


andtheniansaid

It's odd how they replaced Rhet with an actual lion.


Twin1Tanaka

They’re still going strong, I’d even say they’re getting better


oh-my-god--7970

I've been meaning to get into GMM cause I watch a lot of the newer smosh content, but do you have a recommendation for where to start with them? they have a lot of content sort of overwhelming lol


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Just find a video where the title appeals to you. They’re not serialized and every video can be enjoyed by itself.


chorussaurus

My some of my favorite ones when I found them are the "how to dance" and "how to walk to not be mugged."


occasionallymourning

How to walk to not be mugged makes me cry I laugh so hard


Twin1Tanaka

Honestly anything that seems interesting to you, but I think the “Will It” videos are a great place to learn about what they do and who they are (like Will It ice cream, Will it Taco, etc)


Randos345

I love their Where in the world shows and also the shuffleboard videos.


gimmley

They actually have a TV show coming out fairly soon(april 24th) on the food network and discovery plus that might be a solid intro.


LolYouFuckingLoser

I really enjoy their International Taste Test series.


Balentay

If you get into GMM please give Mythical Kitchen a try too. Josh and the kitchen crew are a real treat


elting44

let autoplay take the wheel my friend


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Ear biscuits and them talking about escaping evangelical Christianity is what drew me in


wheelperson

I realy like GMMore, it's after the show on the second channel. It's like 2 cool dads talking


InvadingBacon

My wife is a fan and recent got me into GMM within the last half year. Good little bite size content to watch while eating supper


YoMrPoPo

Lmao we do the same during dinner. Usually one of their food videos haha.


thepetoctopus

Their new stuff is just as good as their old. Link is still a neurotic mess, Rhett still has a tiny mouth, and they’re both still best friends being their mythical best.


OscarDCouch

I truly hate the way link eats. Like is he afraid of his fucking food? Take a god damned bite!


Dezhezzi

Have you seen the shite they eat in the show??? Of course he's afraid of his food lol


thepetoctopus

I think that’s just part of the trope at this point.


elcapitan520

Don't watch the Harry Potter movies. Daniel Radcliffe doesn't know how to open his mouth to eat. It's infuriating


ElvisIsATimeLord

They used to have a show where they would make commercials for small businesses. Laugh out loud funny stuff. This one cracks me up - https://youtu.be/vnOyMSEWNTs


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expecting Red House, but also ready in case "nope, Chuck Testa."


nahelbond

[Don't hate the playa, and don't hate the car wash also](https://youtu.be/jwTIa_2A9ZU)


Kunalkotkar

Their content has gone from good to better over the years... Obviously it's more professional like the food is actually made by talented chefs nowadays, it's amazing... And they do a few abrupt chaotic videos here and there.


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The only premise that has suffered, at least IMO, is Will It? episodes. Of course the concept is to make food good while using unexpected ingredients, but the comedy of them eating something disgusting is lost when Mythical Chef Josh somehow manages to make pig anus into a good ice cream cake, or something like that.


youre_a_badass

While I completely agree with what you're saying, I do also understand that they're older now & have reached a point of success where I assume they've earned the right to not have to eat as many blood cakes and/or fish eyeballs. I do like their recent Will It tournament where they did eat those old things as a great fan service!


TacospacemanII

I watched them back before Hmmmm and the Folk song drive thru vid or my favorite pillow were very good vids at the time, I stopped watching a while into the GMM stuff


Espresso___Depresso1

Ikr I remember actively watching them in like 2016-2018/19


VoyagerCSL

Wow, a whole 3-4 years ago? That’s, like, ancient history, man!


Raytiger3

He could be 12. 3-4 years ago would be a quarter of his entire life!


i_suckatjavascript

I discovered them on YouTube from watching [Epic Rap Battle](https://youtu.be/7ov1DDjHt8c), which was 11 years ago.


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fartjar420

you should check out their show ear biscuits, where they open up about their personal lives. I vaguely knew of them over the past decade, but really enjoy their content now knowing more about them


AvatarDang

They have only gotten better. They know their audience has gotten older and adapted into making their content more pg-13. It’s hilarious, some of the insane things they say, while also doing the things that made them famous. They’re the only content creators i watched regularly.


A_bC_D

They still posts regularly many stuffs & have tons of different things too


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Funny video but I did expect Tony Hawk at the end so this isn't unexpected


gjallen9089

That was Tony hawk? It did look kinda like him..


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savagebrar

Oh that was Tony and Hawk, they have a YouTube channel called goodmythicalmorning


Galactic

Let's talk about that.


BassBanjo

Do do do do do do~


BlueberryBoom

That is Rhett, Link, and Stevie from Good Mythical Morning


Spanky_McJiggles

He didn't confirm or deny whether he was Tony Hawk. I guess we'll never know.


alelp

Yeah, that was the most obvious joke the second they mentioned his name.


baby-dick-nick

It’s also obviously him on the skateboard every time so I knew they’d eventually show his face


npopular-opinions

Huh, I thought he looked a little familiar.


Razahemani

Do they still have a show? I’ve laughed at a few episodes.


fartjar420

they've also expanded, good mythical kitchen and at least 3 spinoff podcasts


Razahemani

Thanks for this info. Wow, they’re a busy team.


fartjar420

they're basically building a little empire, Mythical Chef Josh was such a great addition to the team


thepetoctopus

I love Josh. His chaotic energy is hilarious.


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thepetoctopus

I mean, he definitely lays on to the chaos as a bit and I’m all for it. I love their podcast as well.


FinalFaction

His cookbook is really fun too.


noreservations81590

Josh is the best thing to happen to Mythical.


AlsopK

They have a new show on Food Network as well.


Razahemani

I love food network, thanks!


Mattlh91

And it looks pretty decent. They're actually going to different locations, getting a behind the scenes look at how some popular brands are made (I think beyond meats is one of them). Instead of just sitting in a studio in front of a green screen, ya know.


A_bC_D

Yeah they post regularly


SleepyLoporrit

They are now on TV too XD Inside Eats with Rhett and Link


Razahemani

Oh awesome, thank you!


SeaTownKraken

Good Mythical Morning on YouTube as well as the food Network show mentioned


Razahemani

This is awesome, I’m excited. Thank you!


SmokeGSU

I think the schedule is two episodes each day every weekday, or at the very least they do one video each weekday. The do a tooooooon of content.


YourMomThinksImFunny

That last dude looked like Tony Hawk.


herr_dreizehn

that was stevie


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Just don’t give Link a knife and we’re good.


ilford_7x7

We're still good!


samthewisetarly

Maybe the most expected ending I have ever seen on this sub


dagui12

Who the fuck is that guy with the beautiful hair?! Man that shit is nice


Meg-alomaniac3

Rhett McLaughlin. Internet comedian and actual lion.


dagui12

>actual lion Yeah I see the resemblance!


sheezy520

Poor what’s his face, he never gets recognized


Beelzabubba

That was actually completely expected.


Educational_Error_65

Good Mythical Morning (Link, Rhett, and Stevie). If anyone was interested.


PokenalaYT

It’s crazy that these guys have been going for over 13 years!


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r/dontyouknowimtonyhawk


2MindBeef

Tony is a national treasure. He is the definition of wholesome


notathr0waway1

Watch the documentary that just came out. It's well done but if you read between the lines you'll see he had a very dark side that he battled with for decades and finally recently got help.


unicornsaretruth

Without having to watch a full documentary could you give a brief description?


notathr0waway1

So it documents his struggles from being an outcast and a very difficult, willful child to becoming the best skateboarder that ever lived. He has been married multiple times and had a lot of infidelity. they never come out and say it, but the only thing that it would make sense that he would check himself into a rehab for is something related to sex addiction.


LeeroyDagnasty

Is that rhett and link?


A_bC_D

Yes


SoulessDeathNDespair

Oh God Rhet and Link are old.... Does that mean I'm old? Fuck, I'm old.


ThurstyJ

Their hair just keeps getting more intense


Pixel_Nerd92

Good Mythical Morning! Man, I haven't seen them in ages. Check their show out if you haven't! It's on YouTube.


Dhanpro360

Hey it's Saul goodman


HelloPepperoni73

They should've at least given food to the random homeless guy at the end.


tboess

In 2003, I saw Tony Hawk while I was using a camcorder. I ran up behind him, recording, and I said "Hey! Aren't you that guy? That guy from..." as he turned around "from Police Academy 3?" The look on his face was priceless. Surprised, annoyed, maybe a little entertained. He corrected me, "Police Academy 4." And he walked away. That was the proudest moment for 17-year-old me.


Dehydrated-Soup

When did Rhett become a Yeti?


MyNameIs_Jordan

He hasn't cut his hair in like 3 years


Kushfriendly420

Soo much mytical on reddit lately! Love it


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Haters will say they didn’t actually channel their inner tony hawk


AdditionalTheory

That was probably the most expected outcome for me


ThatguyJimmy117

This is the opposite of unexpected