On a recent Jaywalking segment of the "Tonight Show" Jay Leno asked people to identify pictures of the presidential candidates with predictable results. He was attempting to show that people were unfamiliar with the candidates.

As I thought about it later, perhaps he was blaming them the people he interviewed when the reason they didn't recognize the candidates was because the candidates this year aren't that different in appearance from other people. Certainly none of them are as recognizable as Sen. John Kerry is or former President Richard Nixon was. Former President Jimmy Carter is also recognizable.

I was watching an episode of an old Warner Brothers 50's detective show a year or two ago and wandered what Hillary Clinton was doing on the show. I checked the credits afterwards and noticed that the actress was actually Peggy McKay.

Barack Obama resembles an actor who does Comfort Suite Motel ads. Mitt Romney looks like one of those actors you see in a movie or tv show, you know you've seen him before but you can never think of his name.

Ron Paul and Rudy Guiliani are about the only two candidates that are really very unique in appearance.

Jay Leno has a very recognizable face because of his chin. I was watching an old episode of "Alice" recently and reconized him as the leader of a motorcycle gang who was making a play for Alice. His sidekick was played by Ron Palillo.