That's not Andrew Jackson, that's Jeff Conaway

[1] [2] Here's why I wanted Andrew Jackson's picture [3] from the U. S. $20 bill. When the bills were first introduced, besides thinking they don't look like real money, I felt that the image of Andrew Jackson looks like that of actor Jeff Conaway, [4] known for playing Bobby Wheeler on Taxi [5] and Zach Allan on Babylon 5. [6]

When I bring this up, most people are like “Who?” and I'm going “Jeff Conaway … you know … the dude from Taxi,” and all the time I'm getting blank stares from people, or the scrunched up face of concentration as they try to remember this semi-familiar name from a TV show from 20 years ago.

But now I have proof! Photographic proof no less!

And for the record, Jeff Conaway has a Kevin Bacon [7] number of two. [8]

[1] /boston/2002/03/05/andrew.jackson.jpg

[2] /boston/2002/03/05/jeff.conaway.jpg

[3] /boston/2002/03/05.1

[4] http://us.imdb.com/Name?Conaway,+Jeff

[5] http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077089

[6] http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105946

[7] http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/

[8] http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=Kevin+Bacon&game=1&secondname=Jeff+Conaway

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