Howard X and the League of Celebrity Impostors

What do you do when you look just like the dictator of North Korea? You make it work for you as a celebrity impostor. And if you’re Howard X, you use it to free a Zelensky lookalike from the war in Ukraine, with the help of a fake Putin.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ridiculous Crime is a production of iHeartRadio Yo, Elizabeth Dutton
Saren Burnette. Do you have a moment of time? Always?
Can I ask you? I nothing all day. I sit
outside of headquarters on that bench. I wait for you
to show up. I wait for Dave to show up
getting sun, and then I come in, we record, go
back out. That's why you're always there? Did not know that? Well?

(00:25):
I got a question for you. You got time before
you get back on your bench? Um, do you know
what's ridiculous? I do? Okay, well lay it on. Let
me just let me just start with this. Um. I
know that you're a fan of baths, right, taking a bath,
big bathman me in the baths? You love them? Um?
Do you use bath bombs ever? All right, I'll have

(00:46):
to admit something. I interestingly used one last night. Oh
you did. Yes. I don't normally use a bath bomb,
but it was a gift. And then I was like, well,
let me just break this little beauty out and he
popped it in there and it fizzed alive, and I
was like, oh my yeah. All right then, um, okay,
so you use these? Now? What scent was that that?

(01:08):
You have no idea? Just literally no idea. If you
asked me, Zarin, what scent is this, I'd give you
the same answer. No, no idea. But it smelled good.
It smelled great. Yeah, fantastic. So we've established that you
like baths. You know what else I think you might like?
I know you've told me like it before in the past.
Fried chicken. Oh yeah, totally. Wait a minute, where are

(01:28):
you taking this well, fried chicken bath bomb? Yes, do not, yes,
all right, we've we've covered KFC product mashups before with
those uh fireplace logs. Oh yeah, well, in Japan they
released a bath bomb that smells like fried chicken. Smells
like KFC fried chick. Yeah, well, all the herbs and
spices yet spices which like, I feel like if I

(01:52):
sat down with a pen and paper and really put
my mind to it, I could come up with all.
Apparently the Coca Cola recipe and the KFC recipe of
both been cracked and they are online. You can find them. Sweet. Okay,
everybody go look um see we got this and the
olive garden salad dresses we got recommended to us by
Gibson LP twenty seven. I don't know this Chairman's real name,

(02:13):
but he's on Instagram, all right, hit it up. Amazing.
He's an amazing fella. He linked to there's this website
this is why I'm Broke, which I love, just solved
random products and he found this stuff, this KFC stuff
for us and passed it along. So, um, Kentucky. It
looks like a chicken wing, like a leg, looks like
a chicken leg. Sorry, dropping fried chicken into my back? Yeah,

(02:36):
and it turns the water orange orange. She was sitting
in like grease water. And then you get out and
someone wanted it's going to sit next to you. And
then all the neighborhood dogs come sniff and they they
they only made a hundred of them, really, yeah, and
then they decided it was a war crime, and they
does that mean they're super expensive? Now? I think they

(02:57):
were giveaway. It was in Japan, I you know. Yeah,
I don't speak Japanese or read it, so I can't
really read what this says. But um, anyway, they had
like you had to like enter this thing. You could
get a coupon for a secret combination pack of menu
items and basically what it means is you can eat
fried chicken in the bath. And then like wash your

(03:19):
hands with chicken chicken water and be like, oh, and
then who's to say what's going to happen after that?
Steep yourself in those bones. I mean, it's just like
get yourself to your pledge it well or and it's KFC.
It's not bowj Angles the Southern yes, which I always
wanted to get bowj Angles and then stack up the
bones and play bojanga. Hello is this thing? Just let

(03:46):
that air? You know I'm with you on that one
kind of. I think I'm right that this is ridiculous.
It's ridiculous. And I love baths and bombs and KFC
fried chickens, so I don't know where they went wrong
to make this happen. Man, Well, that that's ridiculous. Yes,
that is dang ridiculous. But I got one for you.
If you got a second, Yes, you got a second? Yes,

(04:06):
all right, your bench will be fine. Okay, this one's
a wild one, all right. I want to introduce you
to my dude. His name is Howard X. And but
this Howard X. You may be thinking Nation Islam. Yeah, no, no,
he is far from that. This man, my man Howard X.
He is a North Korean dictator look alike. Yeah, and
he calls himself Kim Jong um nah so um. So

(04:32):
I want to tell you about that one time when
my dude Howard X a k A Kim Jong m
na nah he and a Vladimir Putin look alike we
helped a Vola Demeter Zelinsky look alike to escape Ukraine
in the days just after Russia invaded. What is going on? Yeah?

(05:10):
This is ridiculous. Crown of a podcast about absurd and
outrageous capers, heists and cons. It's always murder free and
one ridiculous, Elizabeth. I promised you a wild one, Yes
he did. I got the goods, I swear to you.
But I think you need to meet Howard X before

(05:31):
he get into all the whole fancy pants this stuff
of what he does in the lookalike bizarre. Right, Okay,
so who is Howard X? Tell you? Tell me why
is Howard X? And how did you put the X
in Howard Howard X? Well, Elizabeth, these are all great questions.
I'm glad you asked. Thank you. Let's take him one
at a time. Put you know, Okay, wait a minute,

(05:51):
let me back up. You know how you're like the
master celebrity impersonator. You want to do a quick one, sure, okay,
how about the Afford painter Bob Ross. Okay, Hi about
It's me Bob Ross. Got a paint and a paint
and all day paint. Oh man, I'm just somewhere here
just the titanium white is washing. For a second there,

(06:12):
my hair curled itself into that cute little afrow. I
could see the happy little trees and the squirrels. Was amazing. Okay,
well you know how you just did that right? Well,
Howard X is kind of like you, but he doesn't
do what you do with your voice. He does that,
but he does it with his face, with his body. Well,
ramarily is yeah, part of your body. This is true. Yeah,
keep that, write that down. So Howard X aka Kim

(06:35):
Jong m Na. Well, he was born Lee Howard. I'm
not going to go into his full name because he
has said if his full name gets out there, he
gets death threats. So we're just gonna respect him as
Lee Howard. There's other parts to his name. So dude
is born in Hong Kong in like nineteen seventy eight
or nineteen seventy nine, which is kind of like an
answer I would give. I like that about him. He's

(06:56):
of Chinese descent. He starts out his life wanting to
be a musician. He he's like, oh, I was drawn
to the sound of the drum, right, it's in my soul.
Age nine, he starts to becoming a young drummer. Howard
X once said of his days as a young musician,
and I quote, I always wanted to do music because
I didn't care about anything else. It's like the most
musician thing you can say, right, I mean, like I
can hear your brothers saying that now. He also said,

(07:18):
I just wanted to do music. And I graduated with
a bachelor's and jazz performance from Australia. And as soon
as I graduated, I was a former musician an Australian
jazz degree exactly that I thought. I was like, interesting,
You're like, I need to go learn jazz, no offense Australia.
I'm sure you do everything in an incredible way, but
you just don't expect no yea. So he goes to

(07:40):
Australia for jazz music instruction and then he returns to
Hong Kong and he's like ready to gig in the
bumping Hong Kong jazz scene, right, and this is like
two thousand and three, two thousand and four, and I
don't know maybe it was a bumping or not, but anyway,
he's like, this isn't the move. I need to get
out of here. So he heads over, bounces around the
globe to Brazil. He's like this they got jazz. Yeah.

(08:01):
He stokes himself up on some of that good jazz
and he studies Brazilian music. He falls in love with it.
He decides, you know what, I need to bring this
back to my people. They need to know the power
of Bossa Nova. So yes, he records an English and
Chinese language Bossa Nova album called Bossa Negra. Oh yeah,
oh Howard, careful, no exactly. He decides, this is one

(08:25):
of my people. So he then he will put Howard
in perspective. He once said that his other great loves
are quote, food and women. Love Argentinian meat and Japanese food.
Now assume by Argentinian meat means good. He says, I
love food and women, and he gives an example of
food and Argentinian meat. Yeah, I don't know whatever. So

(08:48):
he is a man of appetites. Yeah, So things are
going well for young Howard X, the Bossonova, jazz man
and meat lover, and then life comes calling, and in
this case for him, it was the death of a
North Korean dictator. Yeah, you never know what's going to
hit you. So December twenty eleven, Kim Jong Ill died.
Now not only was he the son of the founder

(09:08):
of North Korea, Kim Il sung, but he was also
the former had of the North Korean filment the story
and a big time got Zella fan. Now we've discussed
this right now. When Kim Jong Ill passed away in
twenty eleven, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong
n who is the current leader of North Korea. This
brings me back to Howard X. So in two thousand
and twelve, Howard X wakes up to the fact that

(09:30):
he's like, wait a minute, I can make a lot
of money with my face. So, as Howard X told
Vice and I quote when he first came on the scene,
just before his dad Kim Jong Ill introduced him and
promoted him to the head of the army or something,
I thought, Man, that's my face. Apart from that, I
didn't think too much about it. Then a few people
pointed it out and I thought about impersonators elsewhere making
cash and I realized I could do that too. He's like, yeah,

(09:53):
this is now going to be my passport to wealth.
So he's just like voices his passport verify him very good.
So he's like, he's like, you know what, for me,
this one'll require too much you know, energy and effort
to transform into Kim Jong what he will eventually become
Kim Jong Um right, so um. So for him, it

(10:17):
all starts with the pair of hair clippers. He's like,
just give me their clippers and I can exactly. This
is my my personal motto, give me hair clippers and
we can sort it out exactly. So he had to
get that high top fade that Kim Jong ross. So
as Howard X once again tells Vice, I got that
stupid haircut. It's horrible, and I already owned one of
those mouth suits back in nineteen ninety seven. I a

(10:38):
ward for the Hong Kong handover parties. Also, I've got
his body shape and I eat a lot, so I've
got a double chin, no need for props. So he's
like all lined up right. So other than this, things
pretty much take care of themselves. He's like, you know
what all I need to do is let the world
see me is my new creation. Let them let the
Kim Jong wash over them, right. He's like, okay, and

(11:00):
I quote, I took some photos, uploaded them to Facebook,
and an Israeli production house found me. They were producing
a commercial for the competitor of McDonald's Burger Ranch. Wait,
apparently in Israel, in competition is Burger Ranch because they
don't want, Like, I don't know what they don't want.
I couldn't answer that question. So at this point he

(11:23):
becomes Kim Jong Um. Officially the ball is rolling. You know,
for the most part, as I told you, it isn't
terribly difficult to maintain this look. He was telling the
New York Post, Basically, I just don't exercise, and I
eat a lot of high quality steaks. Okay, So you know,
he also primarily works on the scowl. That's where he
finds Kim Jong um Um. They go through a lot
of palmaid too. I would imagine, oh, yeah, I bet he's. Yeah,

(11:45):
he's gotten like an oil slick up there on his head.
He's a damn man. So he does look as I'm
saying a lot of work on a scowl. And he says,
the key to becoming Kim jong um is to becoming
him is to always look unhappy and dissatisfied. She was like, look,
if I can be sad, boy, I've got it nailed right.
So he's like, this is the key. And also, of course, yeah,
he does wear a little makeup because he's got to, like,

(12:05):
you know, he's taken a lot of photos. He wants
to look good for me every angle. So he also
snips and trims his eyebrows. He wants to match him
because that's important to the look right. And then you know,
obviously there's the haircut. And uh, Elizabeth, you've ever seen
the back of Kim jong UN's head? Oh, he has
like a big does he have a tumor um? I
don't know, I've never seen it. I realized i'd never

(12:26):
seen it. I feel like I read a while back
that he's got a weird bump. He's got like some
sort of lump, and I don't know if it's just
like a big old system. Okay, I'm gonna say something gross,
but I don't know if it's what it is. But
apparently like yeah, you never see pictures in the back
of his head. Yeah, So Howard X was having a
hard time with it. He was like, if I'm gonna
get this haircut right, I gotta get like the back

(12:47):
of his head. I never really thought about it. I
don't think about Korean dictator's heads that often. But uh, yes,
Howard X told the BBC It's extremely hard to find
a picture of the back of his head. But I
did my research, printed out a load of photos, took
them to a local guy, and after bit of experimenting,
he perfected the look. He's now my regular stylist, but
he's had to adjust his usual way of cutting an
order for me to look this ridiculous. Apparently he goes

(13:08):
against every single rule for a good haircut. Of course,
so after all that work to get the haircut just right,
he eventually still has to hide the haircut because he
walks out he looks like Kim Jong. Right, So he's
always wearing a hat, right, except for at home he
gets to take the hat off, but then his girlfriend
has to deal with that and let's just say, not
the sexiest look. Yeah, as he said, my girlfriend hates it.

(13:29):
It is quote not the sexiest look. So yeah, i'd like,
how about how about a sleeping cap? Yeah, ma, baby,
we're gonna get you a long stocket. So I need
to find looks like Kim John can you? I mean
you gotta give his girl credit. I mean she's like
basically saying what you're saying is I don't want Kim
Jong Hm climbing on top of me and make him

(13:49):
like sex faces at me. And you can't blame the
girl for that. In case you were wondering, Kim Jong Oom,
he's got a Tinder So if you were like wondering,
now I was out there on the dating circuit. Yes,
he is a Lizabes the girlfriend leave him. No, just
Kim Jong Oom the character, not Howard X Kim Jong
Oh sure, yeah baby, it's not me. That's Kim Jong Um.

(14:13):
So he wrote on his profile that if you like
a man with power, I'm your guy. Well, it's like kissing.
You said, you know, power's the ultimate aphrodisiac, right, kissing.
I try not to listen to anything because you're on
sex advice. No imagine kissing, you're climbing up on top
of it, sexy faces. No, okay, whatever, No, I guess Elizabeth, Yes,

(14:39):
pretending to be a dictator of North Korea is not
the safest occupation. It's like, you know, there are other
ones like roofers, probably more dangerous, but he's up there now.
When it comes to like its own particular hazards, like
you know, oh, Kim jong um tries to sound a
killer hit team after you like, there's that. But his mother, right,
she was, you know, ahead of this, so she took
out a life insurance plan on her boy. Just but

(15:03):
Howard X does believe that Kim jong un knows who
he is, or Kim jong un knows who he is.
He told the Time magazine quote, I'm sure the real
Kim jong un knows about me because I've been annoying
him for the last five years or so. I'd be
pretty disappointed if he doesn't know about me. I think
it would be hilarious if he didn't know. I'm just like, what, no,
I don't know. It's stupid. It sounds like some nonsense. Okay.

(15:26):
So after that first Israeli burger ad that got him
started that, Howard X gets asked to do more gigs, right,
so he's next time he's asked to come to La.
He and Dennis Rodman were going to do an ad
for a pistachio company. You're kidding me, yeah, because I
think the theme there is nuts. I don't know. Did
they do that? No, he couldn't get it sorted out.
Rodman did it with another look alike. He couldn't. He could.

(15:48):
I was gonna say that sounds familiar. Yeah, so well
let's take a little break. Yeah, man, After this we'll
get back to him getting into saving dissident lookalikes. Elizabeth.

(16:19):
I'm Elizabeth and I am Elizabeth. Well, we're back and
I got more for you. Right, Oh my god, We're
back again. Go ahead, where do I start? Oh? December
twenty thirteen. Do you remember it? Well? Yeah, kind of Yeah,
Well I don't so December twenty thirteen, coward X my man.
He decides he didn't get himself involved in the protests.

(16:41):
He's like, you know what, I've had enough of this
Chinese People's Republic of China nonsense. They are getting up
in my grill and I'm going to speak out about it. Okay.
So he went on there and he joined himself into
the protests in Hong Kong. Gets in Hong Kong, by
the way, he goes down and he wanted to protest
China's decision to send North Korean defector back to North Korea.

(17:01):
They had escaped China cotum or they made it into
China times, we're gonna send it back North Korea. So
in Hong Kong they were like, we gotta protest. That's
that's why defectors try and get to Mongolia because Mongolia
will send to South Korea. Very good. Yeah, So the
next time he decided to get involved in the protest movement,
still in Hong Kong, he goes with the Umbrella movement,
which was the pro democracy right movement against the Chinese.

(17:22):
Announced elections was for twenty seventeen, so this time we're
in twenty fourteen. But the elections were coming up right,
and they were announcing them. Some people are like, no,
you cannot take over Hong Kong system. So he's out
there in the protests dressed as Kim Jong h whenomena
firing up the people, right. So he didn't go as
Howard X Now, he went as Kim John exactly. He

(17:43):
didn't go as like voter and involved citizen. No, he
went out there as political satirists. Stunter. So he's out
there on the front lines of the protest and then
he gets into this. He's like, you know what, I'm
good for this. The people feel me. I can rally
the troops. So he heads down to Singapore because the
real Kim John is going to have a like a
summit meeting with President Donald Trump. So he's like, I

(18:05):
gotta be there. Oh yeah, He's like, I'm gonna mix
it up. So he manages to get some and I
quote mall and seafood restaurant to pay for him to
go down and promote them. I guess I don't know
two things and not all one thing, just one giant
seod restaurant with like a hot topic in the middle

(18:26):
of it, Chess King. It's like, yeah, I don't want
to pick on malls. They're yeah, malls were once fun. Anyway.
So he gets down to Singapore. Howard X was stopped
at the airport and he gets detained because now he's
a political activist, and his bags are searched and he
quote is grilled on his political stance. The authorities decided

(18:48):
to let him into the country, but they tell him, look,
you need to stay as far away as possible from
Kim Jong un and Donald Trump, and he's like, all right, bet,
I'll totally do that. He did not do that. So
he goes he's were in Singapore, and he goes out
there with a Donald Trump impersonator. So he and Trump
impersonator are pretending to be like sightseeing. So some people
are like being quick convinced it's really them because they're

(19:10):
really on the island anyway. So it's a whole mess.
So could you imagine if Donald Trump and Kim Jong il,
like we're all holding hands going on a tour. Oh yeah,
I totally can trying to process, but seeing them, no,
I cannot do that part. No, well, let's see A
couple years later, he decides, you know what, I love
this whole, like, you know, going right at Kim Jong owns.

(19:32):
So when they had the peon Chang Winter Olympics in
twenty eighteen, he's like, I'm going there. I got to
be there front and center. He gets there and he
sees this group of North Korean cheerleaders and he's dressed
as Kim Jong oh. Whenomenon he goes out and he
shakes his money maker with the cheerleaders. People get pissed.
North Korean officials come over and they basically beat up

(19:53):
to their dear fake leader. You can't do that. That's
also good footage to have North Korean speeding up their dictator.
Oh okay. According to Howard X, he said, I thought
the cheerleaders were hogging the spotlight and I wanted to
take the piss out of them. North Korean agents pushed
me around. I was assaulted. Lucky, that's it now. I

(20:15):
almost wanted to do him with an Australian accent because
that's where he did his job. Say he has an
Australian okay, will I don't know. We'll just establish that
as cannon cannon okay. So in twenty nineteen, he travels
Howard next travels to Hannoi, Vietnam, and because Trump and
Kim Jong Oon are scheduled to have a second summit
meetings Vietnam. Remember that. So Howard X and a Trump

(20:35):
impersonator go wandering around the streets. Again this is confusing
tourists and locals alike. Like what that was going on?
So he goes. He gives an interview to a local
Vietnamese TV station as like Kim Jong Oon, I know
where you're going. The police confront him and they detain
him on camera. Didn't hand the Trump and impersonator. They
get pulled away, they get questioned. The police tell him, look,
there's only way, one way you get to stay in

(20:57):
this country. You got to take off all this Kim
Jong Oon, get up up, and you gotta go hire
a proper guide and put some money back into tourist economy.
And there he's like, I'm not doing no. What did
he say? He says, Oh, I'll do this. I'm getting
out of you a blooming country. I'm getting back to
a proper nation. Yes. So the authorities they go, all right,
we're gonna take that attitude Kim Jong Um. We're gonna
have to let you stay in the country. So they

(21:18):
tell him his visa is valid. But then there, you
know what, we changed our mind. He's like, what you
just tell me I could stay and they're like, yeah,
we're tricking you. He's like, oh damn it. They're like, yeah,
it's invalid. So they kick him out of the country.
They tell him you need to get the hell out
of Vietnam. He's like, I was already on my way. Now.
Howard actually goes back to his hotel and he stays
there for a few days in Vietnam. In Vietnam, his
way out of the country is to stay in his

(21:40):
hotel for a few days. He just hides in his hotel.
So a few days past Boomy, here's a knocker. He goes, oh, no,
it's the police. And of course it's the police. So
they tell him like the like the actual police officers.
It's Gordon Sumner ak Sting and he shows him. He's like,
you need to go, and he's like, oh man, I
love you. So anyway, I love the fever dream version

(22:01):
of all this. So the police tell Howard X, look, man,
it's time to go back to your nation of Islam
or wherever it is you come from, mister X. So
that they escort him to the airport and they make
sure he goes back to Hong Kong. Right. So then
at the airport, Howard X he runs into some reporters.
I think he called the reporters. Anyway, he runs into
some reporters. He's like, look, satire is a powerful weapon

(22:22):
against any dictator ship. They are skid of a couple
of guys. It look like the real thing. So okay, well,
that's the Howard X before this is to give you
the full picture. Now you're ready to see how this
man gets involved in international politics in a war zone. Okay, Elizabeth,
I promised you of Vladimir Putin look alike and a

(22:42):
Zelinski look alike. Buckle up, Buttercady. In February of last year,
twenty twenty two, Howard X was watching the news man.
Like most of us, he was focused on Russia's invasion
of Ukraine. Yeah, and he all of a sudden, he's like,
he sees the comedian turn President of Ukraine, Volidomator Zolinski
become WoT the enemies number one targets right as he

(23:02):
bravely and defiantly is marshaling his country to fight the aggressor.
And you remember him out in the street TikTok videos
and stuff, and just like super heave a couple and
gave me chills, like yeah, because he's out the hell
he's out there than like a bunker, like bring it, Yes,
that's pretty cool as modern propaganda and theater of war stuff.
I was like, he gets it. Yeah, So anyway, he

(23:24):
sees all this and he starts thinking, you know, like
most of us Howard X was moved by this, and
he's like thinking, like what can I do to help
the Ukrainian people Slava Ukraine? Right, And he's like getting
onto it, and he starts thinking about a friend of
his who is as a Lensky look alike. So he's like,
what did he meet him in the network like a
comic con? Do you spot all the dudeen dude A.

(23:46):
He's a Huzbekistani guy and he'd been working in Russia
and the Ukraine, imitating the man who would eventually become
the enemies number one target. Right, So this is Lensky
look alike. He was in Kiev and he's like taking
shelter as like the missiles and the and the artillery
shells are hitting, right, And this dude looks so much
like Zelinsky that Howard X is like, I gotta get

(24:07):
him out of there, right, Like we weren't the Russians
sending assassins in like funny few days. It was like, yeah,
he was the number one target they if they could
take him out. You know this Becky yes, walking around
he looks exactly like the number one target. But this
poor innocent who's Becky man, He's just like about to
become Russia's number one target. He had time to get

(24:29):
out before this was happening. He does. He's not like
a wealthy look alike. He's like doing we walked to Poland. True. True,
this is true. And the thing with the look as
put a hat on, in some sunglasses and like grow
a beard. I'll get into that. He doesn't even work.
He looks that much like him. So anyway, so the
guy's worried about the missiles air strikes, right, and so
he's he is trying to escape, but it's not easy.

(24:51):
He is a broke look alike. He basically is like
when he's not a lookalike. He is a car painter.
He paints cars like used cars. That's what the dudes
he's not like, you know, he's got like some luggage.
He's got to get out of there. He's not like going, oh,
let me go pop in my ride. I'm gonna head
off to Radoslava. You know, you're like, Okay, So dude
is like sitting there and Howard X knows that he's like,

(25:11):
oh man, as you pointed out, the Russian soldiers are
gonna want to like grab this dude. And if they
don't kill him just on site. But they also could
make videos with him. They can make propaganda. They could
confuse people with a TikTok video that shows Zolensky leaving,
or make him say like, look, I've decided to give
up the country. Whatever. He would be a really powerful
weapon of propaganda or misinformation. So Howard X is like,

(25:33):
I gotta get my friend out of Kiev. Right, So
this dude, I should tell you his name. He kept saying,
my friend, his name is umed Isebayev. Right. And Umasabayev
is from as I said, Zubekistan. He was living in
Russia and he was just sitting there reminding his own
business when somebody snaps a photo of him on the subway.
The photo goes viral and he looks so much like
Zelinski what I told you he was. Zelinsky was the

(25:56):
star of a TV show. It was called Servant of
the People, where he played a president and this is
basically what qualified him to run for president. But he
plays his role as the president of Ukraine, and the
show was so impressed when they saw pictures of umed
they had him fly to Ukraine and become his body
double for the show. Whoa yeah, like Darren, Yeah, I'm
saying it. He was like for real, that like spot

(26:18):
On or they're like, oh yeah, we can just happen
like whenever it's Lensky's tired, what was happening to sit there?
But light a little bit, they'll be perfect, right, He's
like a decoyl Yeah, pretty much. So Howard X and
Uma they had known each other because there was a
Russian documentary about lookalikes around the world, right, So they
were both in the same documentary. So they gotten to
know each other. So wouldn't Russian invades of Ukraine. Howard
X is thinking about Uma, and he's like, okay, I

(26:39):
know the political valuable lookalike like me and Umed. I'm
gonna have to get him out there. I gotta take
away this weapon from Putin. So as he was on
the podcast Snap Judgment, and Howard X told this podcast quote,
I want to take that chess piece out of Putin's hand.
It's only a small piece, but I believe it's an
important one. And also he's wanting me try. So his

(27:00):
mind made of Howard X owns his friend Umed and
who's by the way, still in Kiev, right, and he's like,
I said, what the hell are you doing? You need
to get the hell outa So this is March first,
by the way, twenty twenty two. And Howard thinks, oh,
this is his unique problem. But I have one hell
of a solution. I've got a Vladimir Putin look alike.
So he calls up his Vladimir Putin look like friend

(27:21):
who He's like, you know, tight, what to do is Polish, right,
the Vladimir, the fake Putin is Polish right. So he
lives in Warsaw And, which is pretty close to Ukraine.
So he's like, oh, hey man, you need to help.
My buddy's trying to flay Ukraine. So Howard X you know,
calls him and the Putin looks like, by the way,
that Putin look alike, his name is Steve Poland. Stop
it zaren stopped. Steve Poland Poland. Yeah, he's Polish. His

(27:44):
name is Steve Pole. That's his stage his name is.
But I thought he was like, that's his government name. No, no,
that is not like on his idea Elizabeth America. Yeah, exactly.
Steve Poland, by the way, helped me. Isn't that the
most amazing stage name? So it's so lazy exactly. It's
the laziest stage name other than Regina. Sorry, Regina quarantine.

(28:04):
What what stage name would you want to go with?
You went for the lazy stage Elizabeth podcast. You don't
want to be Elizabeth California. No, that's like my real name. Okay,
So I don't want to bust out Robert California exactly,
just weirder. So Howard, my dude, Howard X, he phones
up Steve Poland and he tells him to score, and

(28:25):
Howard X is like, look, we need to get this
guy out. He's in real danger. He's one of us.
We have any obligation one of us, Yes, And he's like, yeah,
he's part of the truck. I wish that all the
impostors had gotten together and done one of those imagined
videos like at the beginning of the Pandemic where they'll
sing it but it's just all impossible. Can we work

(28:47):
on that? That would be amazing kind of need that locals.
Can we because then there's that freaky let it be
one with all the eighties stars, which I think I'll
see if they can put that up on our Instagram.
I don't know how long it is, but either way,
and what kind of copyright violation that is. But we
have to figure out a song for our impostors. This thing.
Oh god, let's think about Rainbow Connection. You. I like

(29:08):
that's good anything by the Muppets, So I think it's good. Yeah.
Could this be an ad campaign for designer impostors reboot? Yes, Stave,
you crazy genius producer Dave and you nail it. You
nail it good. We're just an idea factory over here.
I'm looking for sponsorship. So, okay, lookalike Steve Poland, Sorry,

(29:28):
Steve Poland, Howard X. They realize as this tribe of lookalix,
they've got an obligation, right, So he says, See Poland's like, okay,
makes total sense to me. You know, like, I know
how hard it is living large as a lookalike. We're
gonna need to get him out. So, by the way,
when I say live in large, I think you need
to know a little about Steve Poland. In twenty twenty one,
I found out the band Duran Duran hired Steve Poland

(29:50):
to do his fake putin routine in one of their
music videos for their song Anniversary, which was a celebration
of the forty anniversary of the band's first album, nineteen
eighty one. Yeah, and uh, I loved her. That's why
I wanted to tell you. I know you legit love him.
So he's go ahead please. When you said that he
was living large, I thought you were gonna say he's

(30:10):
like seven feet tall. Go ahead, not literally, Yeah, but
uh but the durandur End music video that Steve Poland
is in, he is playing Putin. He's riding an inflatable
horse as a Kim Kardashian look like Pops selfies of
herself or obviously, and then Queen Elizabeth throws back Champagne.
I look like a Queen Elizabeth look like throws back Champagne.
Oh my god, this is like one of those old

(30:32):
Genesis videos exactly, the Land of Confusion or whatever. Also,
can we pour some out for all the Queen Elizabeth
look alikes because he just lost the specter. Now they
got to hit up all the haunted houses and seriously,
how rough is that? Like, well, some monarchy dies in
your whole career is done, Like that's what. Then they
all have to go back to Imposter Island and like

(30:54):
regroup the Island of Lost live on Imposter Island. I
like that most dangerous game go on Hunter Impostures. So
anyway back to Howard asking Steve Poland. So there's one
fact I forgot to tell you about Howard, Steve and Umid.
None of them speak the same language, so they're doing
Also how Umid speaks Uzbek in Russian. Okay, Steve Poland

(31:15):
speaks Polish, and Howard he speaks English and Cantonese. So
they're doing all of their communicating through Google Translate. And
also they how great is the putin in person or
doesn't speak Russian? So they to zoom phone calls but
are like typing messages and translating the message, but typing.

(31:36):
There's a reason why they have to get on Zoom.
There's a very good reason, and I'll get into that
in one second. Let's let's think of breaking I'm sorry,
I'll tell you all about like how this seek it's
even wilder. Okay, Elizabeth, you asked a very good question,

(32:08):
which is why would three people who don't speak the
same language use a video call to communicate? Yeah, and
I have an answer for you because Boomed needed to
trust them, okay, to know that it was actually them. Yes,
so this lookalike waterer top on a zoom call with
another look alike, so we could see if that person
was who they claimed to be yea and not a lookalike.

(32:31):
But that's what he needed to see if they were.
The person's like, are you the impostor and not the
impostor the impostor exactly? Yes, I can't have a look
aike of a lookalike. No, that would mess me up
and my life would be in dangerous. So he can't
blame hub It. I mean, he's got people were after him.
You know, how can you be able to trust him?
So Howard X, I'll let him pick up the story.
He told the New York Post he didn't know who

(32:52):
we were. He was kind of mistrust him. When I
called him up, I said, I had to really convince him. Look,
we're not working for the Russian, we're not working for
the Ukrainians. We're just impersonitis. So oh man, we called
this same phone call and he's like, he said, I
just want to do some good for you. You're in
danger and I want to save you. This water is
not going to end tomorrow or the day after, and

(33:13):
there's no reason for you to stay here. It's better
if we get you out of Kiev. So I told him, first,
let me meet you and talk to you so I
can know if you are who you say you are.
That makes sense because otherwise it's like, you know, if
I'm just like Russian army, I could text him and
be like, hey, exactly, meet me on the corner, Kim
jong Um, let me help you. Howard's like, you know,

(33:37):
totally agrees he's with you. The logic makes perfect sense
to him. He's like, I told him, look, you can
see me in the video and you'll know what I
look like, and you can see the guy who plays Putin.
We just want to save you because we can see
to you a colleague, and because the Russians were actually
after him. So at this point it made quote called
like Howard telling him, I'm not forcing you to trust

(33:58):
me to your choice, right. So it's like, okay, I
think to myself, and he decides he's gonna trust Howard
X as umed put it, he knew politics and politicians.
He was able to explain to them and to me
that I believed them. He told the truth. I thought,
maybe Allah has given them me a chance to leave
this place. So he decides this is a god given sign.
This Kim Jong un impersonator. God truly works through mysterious ways.

(34:22):
So Howard reaches back out to Steve Poland for help
and he's like, okay, Now the two local x put
their very famous looking facists and heads together and they
come up with a plan to do an evac operation. Now,
Steve Poland, he knows folks in the Ukrainian resistance and
the Polish underground helping the Ukrainian resistance, so he's like, look,
I need you to contact some people they work at
all out, he contacts the national Ukrainian National Guard and

(34:44):
he gets a car arranged to send over to them
to meet Umt in Kiev. Right, So the plan is
that they then take him to a safe house about
a hundred kilometers or clicks outside of Kiev, and there
he would chill and be safe until Steve Poland could
cross the border and come and get him. I wish
they would have like a video where Steve Poland runs
out and embraces him and like everyone's seeing it because

(35:06):
it's being broadcast live on TV of put Zalinski hugging. Oh.
So Steve Poland tells his contact, the mission is a go,
the car is sent to go rescue Umed, and when
it arrives, Umed is a no show. This is bad
because Howard is bad. Howard X knows right where he is.

(35:27):
He's been paying for his hotel room, he's been paying
for like, you know, all his life costs, so he
knows where he is. He's like, huh, maybe he's been killed.
So it turns out he was not killed. Ummed was
still alive. But does Zelinski look like he's kg He
was being actively followed around by Russian troops or you know,
like basically menacing him all the time, so he's like
super sketch mode, right, And as Umed told snap judgment,

(35:49):
I don't trust anybody else in the world except my father.
I had some people close to me and Kiev who
took me under the protection. They said, let us check
the vehicle that comes to pick you up. They didn't
want some strange driver to give me the Russian soldiers.
They said they would check the vehicle and the driver first,
and I should tell them. I wasn't told. So he
does exactly that, right, And so these folks didn't trust

(36:12):
the driver and they kiboshed the meeting. So the car
goes away, Yeah, more days past. Howard X is like,
what the hell he's constantly trying to reach Uma. Do
you get him out of this like war zone? So
so as he later on recall, so we had to
talk to him, I said, what the hell, man, Nicole
was latent for you there, man, We had to pull
a lot of strings to get this guy. So he's

(36:32):
like serious because like he's working through Steve poland they're
working through the Ukrainian resistance or trying to get a
car to him and the war zone. It works, and
then he's not there, so like, what are we gonna do?
So but Howard X's patient. He tells Steve Paul and look,
the guy needs to trust us. This is a problem
because you know, if we're gonna get him out of Kiev,
it has to start, which all relationships start with trust. Steve. Yes, yes, Steve.

(36:53):
They work on him. Also, by the way, the Russian
forces are drawing closer and closer, and at this point,
Lensky's hiding in a bunk or you know, it's getting
dicey the city. He can't really cross the city. And
once again Zolinski look like he definitely can't cross the
city right right, airstrike happens knocks out the TV tower
near him too. Now they can't get a phone segment
into him. More days pass Umed is losing out, like

(37:14):
you know, pretty much any chance to escape. Concerns are
growing worry. Finally, Howard X is able to use WhatsApp
to get a hold of him. Right, so he tells
Steve Poland, get on the video found get on the WhatsApp.
We need to do a video call so he can
see you. Right, So you get Steve Poland to hop
on the video call with Umed. Now, just to paint
the scene for you, we have a Putin look alike

(37:34):
on a zoom call with a Kim jong Um look
alike desperately trying to convince the Zolensky look alike to
trust them both. Now, Howard, they able to tell the
snap judgment quote. We convinced him we are a people
that he can trust. We're just impersonators drawing to help
you out. We're not working for the Ukrainians, We're not
working for the Russians. We're just drawing to help you out.
They represent imposter islands exactly. Fly under the flag of

(37:58):
Imposter Island. Once he look in there look alike eyes.
Umed could trust them. He was like Allahs made me
trust him. So he decides boom and now time is
of the essence. So Howard X is Steve polled and
they coordinate a second ride. They worked their channels in
the underground. This is like a war movie, I'm telling you.
Umed is there this time when the car arrives, and
this time he gets in the car. The next day

(38:19):
the whole area is destroyed, so he basically just escapes, right.
So Umed manages his escape and he's trying to get
across the Ukraine. He gets on a minibus with a
bunch of other refugees. COVID's popping off at this time, right,
So everybody is on this minibus wearing masks, and Umed
is also wearing sunglasses, and but he's in the Ukraine,
and everybody know the Ukraine knows what was Zelinski looks like.

(38:40):
He's also the most famous man in the world at
this moment. So the refugees recognize their president and they
believe it's really him, So they start to accuse Umed
of trying to flee the Ukraine because they're convinced he's
trying to get out exactly, and he's like no, no, no, no.
So umed tells a little star and he's like the

(39:00):
driver recognized me first, and then all the women in
the car eventually recognize me. They said, you are Zelensky,
and that's why you don't want to take off your mask.
You want to know how regular people are being evacuated.
So yeah, So eventually he's able to tom down the
other refugees and tell them, look, I'm not the president,
but they still just won't believe him. He has to
find his passport and he shows him as Uzbeky passport

(39:22):
and they're like okay, okay, they're like, oh, you bought
that to get out of the country. Well, they were
asking you, like, what are your plans to end the ward.
He's like, it's not me, I'm not Zalinski, right, They
were like harping on him. Imagine being stuck in a
minibus while all these people who are fleeing they're blaming you.
They're in the most stressful time of their lives. Yeah. Well, also,
by the way, the people, once they're convinced that he

(39:43):
is not Zealinski, then they tell him what he president
Zelinski we are standing with you. Even though they think
and know that he is not, they still can't help themselves.
They have to tell the symbol we're standing with you. Yeah,
it feels good. This starts really touching him, and he
feels really good. Right, So he keeps, you know, basically
letting the people know that, you know, this is we're
going to get through this when the nation will rise.
And so they're having their little moment of rousing. And

(40:06):
eventually he's able to relax and as much as one
can on a minibus packed full of refugees, all fading
a war zone, right, are actually traveling through a war zone.
But as Luma recalled, thinking quote many many things were
going through my mind. Where am I going? Are these
people trustworthy? Are the Russians going to kidnappy? What if
there is a rocket explosion right next to me? I

(40:28):
was afraid. At the time, I understood what Zelinski might
feel as a person, as a president. So he starts
imagining himself as Zelinsky as he's making his exodus. So
they look alike. Who has walked or at least now
driven a mile in another man's shoe, has had this
idea of what his life may be like, and this
trip takes days behind you, so he's getting a really
good idea of what it's like to be Zelinski. And

(40:49):
they're passing through countless military checkpoints, and at one point
they run into serious trouble, like serious trouble. But rather
than me to tell you about Elizabeth, I'd like you
to close your eyes, yes and picture it. Yes, it's
a nighttime in Ukraine. It's days into the Russian occupation.
As tanks with white painted z's stream into the country

(41:09):
and artillery shells and missile streak overhead. You are working
as a translator at a military checkpoint, but you're treating
it like your last job as a Walmart greeter. You've
been super friendly and you have a smile for everyone.
You have an effectious Southern warm. And then there's the
Ukrainian soldiers standing guard in the military checkpoint with you.
They are, in three words, young and well armed. So

(41:31):
these soldiers stand on either side of the road, very
serious faced, and they stop all the vehicles in both directions.
And then you go and if anybody comes, you try
to help translator, greet them, let them know that it's
you know you're okay. So someone spots a minibus approaching
out of the inky darkness and out there beyond that
pool of lights that the checkpoint is created, and the
soldiers get ready to clutch weapons. Their eyes go all steely.

(41:52):
You do the opposite. You get ready a big, warm
smile for whoever you're about to greet, who is behind
the wheel of that minibus the approaching many us puts along.
It's just tootling down the road. But if it gets closer,
you can tell from how low it's riding on its
axles that it must be fully loaded down with people.
And you've seen a lot of buses and cars coming
through loaded down with people. This is not the first

(42:12):
one at all that most have been cramped stuff with
people pouring out of the city's headed north to the
Polish port. Right now, this minibus pulls to a stop
of the checkpoint, shutters to deeselly kind of Kong Kong,
like the idol will say. You walk over in case
there's anyone who needs a translator, and you speak mind
you English, French, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, a

(42:34):
few other slav dialects like Serbian and Croatia. You're basically
a Swiss army knife of Eastern European languages, so you're
super handy. Well, one of the young, well armed soldiers.
He approaches the driver's side window and you follow, and
you're right on his heels, and as the driver the
minibus rolls down as the window, you hear him finished
saying to the people. His passengers don't answer any questions,
just shoot documents. So the soldier asked the driver where

(42:56):
he's headed, and just after he's finished speaking, you say,
in a Sunday drop, how y'all do today? Welcome to
our checkpoint? How is everyone today? And then you repeat
this in Ukrainian and in Bulgarian and Hungarian, just as
the sunny and as possible as you can, with the
same big smile that they deserve. Now the driver seems
to understand Ukrainian, so he weakly smiles back at you,
and then he looks back at the soldier and the

(43:17):
driver breaks his own rule. He answers the soldier. He says,
the minibuss is headed to Ratislav, which is just over
the Polish border. You've heard this all day, The soldier nods.
He asked for the driver's papers, since he doesn't need
you to translate. You take the moment to look into
the minibus. It is indeed loaded down with refugees, families.
There's old and young piled together, luggage on their laps,

(43:38):
people clinging to their children, their husband and their wife.
It's a very sad scene. And then you notice a
familiar face. But it can't be. It couldn't be. That's impossible.
But the soldier spots it too. You're both start staring
at the same passenger. The dude looks like Voladimir Zalinski.
You're like, is the president in this minibus? The soldier
orders the man close to the front, this guy looked

(44:00):
like Zelinski to take off his COVID mask and to
lower his glasses. The man does as instructed, he has to.
The soldier has a rifle he's very clearly about he's
kind of itchy to use it. Yeah when he When
the man lowers his mask, you and the soldier both gasp.
It's Solsky. It looks just like him. It can't be.
He's just cruising around with refugees. The soldier can't believe
his eyes. Is he fleeing? Is the president fleeing? He

(44:22):
gets angry He looks at you, and then you nod
in pantomime and your sunny way. Well, I'll be isn't
that peculiar? He's Zelinsky? You do all this with your face.
It's amazing, right, incredible. The soldier turns back and he
orders Presidents Lensky to get out of the minibus. The
other passengers are getting nervous, so you go and give
them a few of your mega watt smiles and try
to call him the situation down, just like Walmart taught you.

(44:43):
And it seems to be helping, you tell yourself, But
what war couldn't use just a little more of that
familiar Walmart warmth, you know when you get down to it. Well,
the soldier he's about to point his rifle into the minibus,
and you step closer to help start out all this trouble.
You know, I'm sorry, but you see we you well,
you look collect the president. You aren't President Zelinsky, are you. Now?

(45:03):
I don't know why you're speaking to him in English,
because clearly the man speak Ukrainian, but you know Zelensky
speaks English. You think, well, I'll just go with my
strongest language. But the man in question does is he
was told by the driver. He doesn't answer your question
or the soldier's questions. He just hands you paperwork. The
driver of the minibust, though he speaks up. He says,
boom it, he is just to look alike. Nothing to
see here, all right? The soldier at times say nothing

(45:24):
to see here is a red flag of there is
something to see. There is definitely something to look at.
I'm going to start using that though. When there isn't
anything like, I'll go out on my house to get
the garbage cans to pull in, and I see a neighbor.
Nothing to see here, mister rousler suspicions, and I like that. Well,
the soldiers like you. So he was like, he's look alike.
And then the driver repeats back, yes, look alike, and

(45:47):
then he is Zelinsky Bobby Doubble. And then the driver
is like, no, he is imitator, like clown, like clown.
So then the soldier looks over umed one more time
and then he nods and smiles like clown. Yeah, okay.
So he reaches into the minibus. He shakes in. You
are like looking into eyes of President Zolinsky, and let
me see. We won't let you down. Slava Ukraine. So

(46:10):
he says, you know, and he lets them go. So
now you wave goodbye with one of your big smiles,
Umed and the best just go tootle them back off
down the road and then you, like you know, have
a little chuckle to yourself about what almost was, and
the soldiers to look at you, and then they get
steely eyed again. I am annoying them. Now, after a
week on the road, traveling through this active war zone,

(46:31):
my man Umed manages to get through the country into
the Polish border, where he has met by Steve Poland
the Putin look alike. So Zolinsky and the Putin look
alike meat at the Polish border. According to Steve Poland,
we have a first hand account. Oh, he went directly
through the hotel we have the reserve for him and slept.
He was exhausted. After that, he came through the reception

(46:53):
area to meet me. I knew what the look like,
but when he came out, I have to say that
he looked more like Zalinsky in Parson. We shook hands
and then we hugged each other. There are some people
on the reception there area and they looked at us.
They looked very surprised. Yeah, you got your image and
putin hugging and people getting like, what the Elizabeth, There's

(47:15):
a little more story to this story. I know we've
gotten umed across the board, yes, but I want you
to know that Howard X, the coordinator, the look alike
leader of this tribe. This was his second time saving
somebody from a war torn area who was a look alike. What.
Just one year prior, Howard X had saved the Afghan
Bruce Lee from the Taliban. No, yes, yes, no, yes,

(47:41):
sow your face look like right now that you know, Okay,
I need to hear this, Okay. So, just like how
he saved the Zelinsky look alike from Vladimir Putin's grip,
he needed to get this Bruce Lee look alike away
from the Taliban. Although I don't imagine the Taliban was
gonna use him for propaganda. I don't know why Bruce
Lee is no longer with us in spirit. He is

(48:01):
always with us on Elizabeth. Is he like on Tupac Island?
Like didn't really exactly. He's teaching Biggie the moves. He's
like Biggie like this, and Biggie's got like the tightest
fist moves now on my on the map, in my
mind there are all these little islands, exact. I love
your pasta or your imagination. Yeah, this imagine Bruce Lee
telling like Biggie holding up his fist, I do not

(48:22):
hit it hits all by itself. And Biggie's like, WHOA sure.
So now we have this thing where Bruce Lee look
like needs to get out of Afghanistan because the Taliban's
after him. Right. Well, dude's name is Abbas Alizada, right,
Abbess Alizaidah. So, according to Howard X, Abbus Alizaida is
quote probably the best Bruce Lee impersonata. I know, I

(48:45):
don't know how many army he's got, like a standing
army of eight Bruce Lee in persons exactly. He's my
first favorite. Who's your third favorite Brucely impersonator? You know? Personally? No.
So this is also, by the way, I think we've
pointed out enough, but it should be harped one more time.
Another member of his tribe. He's got to look after

(49:06):
his tribe. He's got a responsibility. He's a committed member,
and I wish more people were like Howard X, Yeah,
that is true. He just gets up, He's like, I
gotta save a member of my tribe. So he's I mean,
it's like but also I like him because he's not
just to look like, he's more of a due like
he's a take charge but in a positive Why in
the world is that Bruce Lee impersonator doing an Afghanistan

(49:27):
all just killing it, just killing the game. I've looked
at his photomating. It's impressive. Really, he's really striking. Does
he give like little exhibitions of I'm so glad you
asked that question? Yeah, kind of asked that question. Here
you go. This is Howard X to answer. Not only
does he look like him, but he spent his whole
life practicing martial lots. Wow. Yes, he kicks like him too,

(49:51):
But looking like Bruce Lee or throwing hands like Bruce
that isn't going to be enough for you against the Taliban.
So Howard X like, we need to get Afghan Bruce
Lee out of there, right, So he's like, how do
you get Afghan Bruce Lee out of Dodge? Well you
send him money. So he starts, like, you know, basically
creating this. Well once again, I'll let him tell it,
he told ABC Australia quote. He was stuck in cabal

(50:13):
and the Taliban was actually looking for him. They tried
to go to his house two times to kill him,
like it was serious. After Bruce Lee, Afghan Bruce Lee
because he represents the West. I don't know. I can't
quite figure this, okay, but you gotta try pretty hard
to kill Afghan Bruce Lee. The dude is pretty kg.
So Abus he manages to escape the Taliban hunting parties,

(50:34):
and he relies on the money that Howard X is
sending him to escape, and Howard X is He told
The Washington Post that Afghan Bruce Lee had all of
his bank accounts frozen and he had no way to
access money, so he's basically just sending him pittances of
money to keep him existing, right, They coordinate an exit plan,
so after Afghan Bruce Lee's daring escape from his home country,
Howard X manages to get him to his second country, Australia,

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and he gets him in. And last update that I
saw Abba Alizada. They Afghan Bruce Lee. He was in
a hostel in Australia living with other Afghan refugees and
they're all wait list waiting to be repatriated to Australia.
So fingers crossed Afghan Bruce Lee will soon be Australia Bruce.
We'll see what he does. You know, Howard X, dude
Loe always looks out for his members of his tribe.

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As I've told you, I'm so down for that. But
also I think it's kind of funny that none of
them asked to look like someone famous, right or even
worse yet, to look like someone infamous and notorious, and
yet they're able to make it work for them, Like
they don't get bitter about this, Like every single one
was like, look, I'm gonna find a way to make
this work. But Howard X, he goes to furthest with
all this. He makes it like, you know, provocative. He

(51:39):
becomes like I'm coming after you, kind of like Kim
Jong un energy. So he has said, and I quote,
I don't get tired of it. In fact, being a
political impersonative Kim Jong n I get away with saying
things and no other impersonata and nobody else could get
away with. So he sees himself as being as someone
able who could speak truth to power. So more of that.

(52:01):
I guess it's part of a genetic lottery. He exists
in that rarefied area. Yeah. So, uh now, if you
watch this Howard X space, I would recommend that because
you may be seeing a lot more of him and
his tribe of lookalikes. Because, according to his Facebook page,
Howard X is quote currently as Samblan, a satirical boy band,
fake your and impersonate as a Putini ping and him

(52:21):
me myself as Kim Jong. I am called the Tyrants
a boy band. Keep your eye out for the time
man band. If you're also wondering about Uhmed and does
Lensky look alike? He is doing well. He is in Poland,
and my man Steve Poland says he stays in touch
with him. So thanks, I see, I'm almost every day
we are friends somewhere in the world. Fake Putin and

(52:44):
fakes Lensky are sharing a laugh. Just makes you happy.
That's all I got for you. Ridiculous takeaway. My ridiculous
takeaway is I suppose if you look like someone famous
or infamous, lean into it. Myans things would be to
do whatever you can to make yourself not look like that,
because I'm sure they get harassed. Kestard, I should say

(53:05):
everywhere they go. Yeah, so, Zarin, what's your ridiculous takeaway? Well,
I used to look a lot like Bob Marley, or
to the point that if I left my house, someone
would tell me, Hey, no one ever told you look
like Bob Marley. I got it for years, right, so
much so that my friends came up with a nickname
Izzy Marley, so they would call me Izzy Marley, like
is he Marley? Right? So I very much well understand

(53:29):
what they went through. And I can just say this,
make it work for you. And you know, if women
find you sexy, definitely make that work for you. You You
can be like a double for a fantasy. You heard
that Steve Poland, see Poland, make it work for you.
All the women who want to get that putin on
top of them, get that dictator climbing up on top
of them making sexy faces. They're out there. Rule thirty four.

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It exists. Anyway. That's all I got for you. That's
mar ridiculous takeaway. Excellent, Thank you for listening. Thank you.
We'll be back next with more. Also, by the way,
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