The Kevin Smith of textiles

"Yet another D.C. resident, 'Phoebe,' told me about a guy who picked her up at The Fox & Hounds who was really into her gray corduroy pants. I don’t know any of the details of this, including who the guy was and what he said to her, because I wrote them down on a scrap of old newspaper, then immediately lost it. Apparently, he made some remark to the effect that he loved corduroy because it reminded him of his youth in the 70’s, a time when he was first starting to notice girls and get in touch with his sexuality. It’s unclear whether this person is just an outlier, or if he’s representative of a whole generation of corduroy-loving males. In case anyone’s interested, the guy was about 35 when Phoebe encountered him 5 years ago, so this (possibly fictive) cohort would now be around 40. However, I think you could adapt the same idea to any age group — just figure out what styles were ubiquitious when your target was 12, then wear some version of that. (Although even this principle may not be correct; there seems to be something about corduroy that makes it so people who like it are just fanatical about it. It’s like the Kevin Smith of textiles.)"
(Aug. 28, 2008, The Clothes That Got Me Laid)

The Count Chocula of cable gab

"On Monday, Blago visited with the women of 'The View' and later with the Count Chocula of cable gab, Larry King."
(Jan. 27, 2009, John Bruno, BrunOpinions)

The Sarah Silverman of the local bicycle scene

"Tampa cyclist Trish Cohen is a funny gal and speedy bicyclist who is kind of the Sarah Silverman of the local bicycle scene. Here's her canine pal Bowski in action."
(June 12, 2008, Alan Snel's Bicycle Stories and Other Misadventures on the Road of Life)

The Vic Mackey of veganism

"@WBofK is totally the Vic Mackey of veganism."
(Jan. 25, 2010, Pants McCracky, Twitter)

The Batman and Robin of the for-profit health care industry

"For years, Baucus and Grassley have been the Batman and Robin of the for-profit health care industry. Baucus has secretly killed one bill after another in the dark musty corners of Senate Finance before emerging, startled, in the harsh dawn of internet coverage. Grassley faces a likely primary in Iowa from the right wing of the Republican Party. We should pray and hope for and even encourage such a primary because an ultra right wing Republican will not win that state."
(Aug. 27, 2009, Lauren Reichelt, Tikkun Daily Blog)

The Alec Baldwin of chick SNL hosts

"That last one didn't completely do it for me personally because Kristen Wiig's 'outrageous retard' characters are beginning to grate, god love her, but a lot of people disagree. Anne Hathaway was the best, wasn't she? I think she has the comic chops to one day be the Alec Baldwin of chick SNL hosts."
(Oct. 6, 2008, Videogum)

The Tarantino of the burger community

"Now, having defined these standards, we can look outside of the two-chain forerunners. Wendy’s Baconator sandwich, though of an arguably lower quality, definitely straddles the line between art and entertainment; while it is specified in it’s audience, the topping’s chosen are time tested and relatively popular to the majority of people; making it more like the Tarantino of the burger community."
(Sept. 10, 2009, Zaz Report)