Michael "John Wayne" O’Connell
My dad can do a great John Wayne impression. If you ask him to do it for you, he will.
To get into character he starts with the stance. He will straighten up and try and stretch his 5’ 7” frame to match John Wayne’s stature (he was 6’ 4”). He straightens his hips, squares his shoulders, and then, of course, goes into the walk.
He chooses to do the walk pigeon-toed and unsteadied as if his John Wayne has just finished a long day’s ride.
Next up, the dialogue: “Listen up and listen good,” he starts with every single time. He delivers the line with a slow deep pattern with a side of twang, and because he is several octaves lower than his normal vocal range, the left side of his lip goes up a little which makes him look like John Wayne doing an Elvis impression.
He commits to this. Every. Time. And every time he delivers his performance, he ends up making himself laugh so much that him laughing hysterically doing a John Wayne impression really is the joke.
I love that.
My dad can do a great John Wayne impression. If you ask him to do it for you, he will.
To get into character he starts with the stance. He will straighten up and try and stretch his 5’ 7” frame to match John Wayne’s stature (he was 6’ 4”). He straightens his hips, squares his shoulders, and then, of course, goes into the walk.
He chooses to do the walk pigeon-toed and unsteadied as if his John Wayne has just finished a long day’s ride.
Next up, the dialogue: “Listen up and listen good,” he starts with every single time. He delivers the line with a slow deep pattern with a side of twang, and because he is several octaves lower than his normal vocal range, the left side of his lip goes up a little which makes him look like John Wayne doing an Elvis impression.
He commits to this. Every. Time. And every time he delivers his performance, he ends up making himself laugh so much that him laughing hysterically doing a John Wayne impression really is the joke.
I love that.
My dad can do a great John Wayne impression. If you ask him to do it for you, he will.
To get into character he starts with the stance. He will straighten up and try and stretch his 5’ 7” frame to match John Wayne’s stature (he was 6’ 4”). He straightens his hips, squares his shoulders, and then, of course, goes into the walk.
He chooses to do the walk pigeon-toed and unsteadied as if his John Wayne has just finished a long day’s ride.
Next up, the dialogue: “Listen up and listen good,” he starts with every single time. He delivers the line with a slow deep pattern with a side of twang, and because he is several octaves lower than his normal vocal range, the left side of his lip goes up a little which makes him look like John Wayne doing an Elvis impression.
He commits to this. Every. Time. And every time he delivers his performance, he ends up making himself laugh so much that him laughing hysterically doing a John Wayne impression really is the joke.
I love that.