My Life as a Celebrity Look-A-Like

Sims and Josh return for the eighth and final episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-Like. After initially declining the role, Sims explains the specifics around being courted to co-star in The 41-Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It. To help paint the picture of life filming a parody, Austin Scott (Disaster Movie, iCarly) who starred along with Sims as the infamous character "McAnalovin'" joins the episode. Throughout the episode, the crew will chat about Sims and Austin's very different casting experiences, how to get to set without a car, and most importantly - what happens when the sun sets on being a celebrity look-alike.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Austin Scott
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the seventh and penultimate episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like to tackle the fallout of his stand-in career and the happenings of 2009. After his time on the set of Funny People, Sims begins to find footing in his personal life while still being mistaken on the street for his famous doppelganger by the paparazzi. Sims has turned the page in his life and is adamant to work in sketch comedy, but a fortuitous Facebook message from a well-known actor puts him right back in the Jonah Hill spotlight.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the sixth episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like to discuss the first days on the set of Funny People. Sims recounts being surrounded by his heroes; Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Seth Rogen – and how craft services ended up being the true star of this production. From the shadow of the tamale truck, Sims emerges to take Hollywood by storm and share the spotlight with his look-alike Jonah Hill, but after the second day of filming the only storm happening is a flood of emotions when he is let go via email. To finally get answers about his firing Josh and Sims bring on actor Errik Tustenuggee (Prodigal Son, Star Trek) who shares details about Sims' replacement and provides a revelation about his work on the film that completely stuns them.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Errik Tustenuggee
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the fifth episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like to decompress after the production of Destroying Jonah Hill. They jump right into it, discussing Sims' secret week in the Big Brother house and how he finally started living the dream of working in the Apatow Universe. Josh has a chance to interrogate Sims about his arrival to the set of Funny People, and those first interactions with Adam Sandler and Judd Apatow.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the fourth episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like and things are about to get good. Michael Roach and Dylan Stern return to discuss the aftermath of their short film Destroying Jonah Hill. The four are later joined by the host of Morning Mix on 91.3 WYEP, Joey Spehar, who details becoming aware of the east coast premiere of their short, only it’s not the version the guys made.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Michael Roach & Dylan Stern
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the third episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like, bringing back special guest Michael Roach. In addition, they are also joined by Dylan Stern, who directed the short film Destroying Jonah Hill. The four of them break down the events leading to the creation of the film and discover an actor from the short who has since caught their big break. Meanwhile, Jonah Hill sends Sims a Facebook message at 2:51 am.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Michael Roach & Dylan Stern
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Sims and Josh return for the second episode of My Life as a Celebrity Look-a-like and are accompanied by Michael Roach who moved to Los Angeles with Sims in 2007. The two recount their cross-country road trip and the rosy retrospection of sleeping on the floor of their first apartment in LA. Roach discusses his prior time living in LA for only 3 days and shares the spark for what would eventually become their short film, Destroying Jonah Hill.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Michael Roach
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

Producer and actor Steven Sims reconnects with his college friend and award-winning podcaster, Josh Larkin, to tell the behind the scene stories of moving to Los Angeles and finding work as an actor – only to find out you're a dead ringer for somebody who just caught their big break. Throughout the season Sims and Josh will reconnect as they invite on the friends, collaborators, and actors who lived these stories alongside Steve during his Jonah Hill era starting in 2007. In this episode, Sims and Josh finally sit down to reconnect after thirteen years of an online-only friendship. Later the two will discuss the expectations versus the reality of moving to Los Angeles and bring on Hollywood actress Alison Trumbull (NCIS, Jane the Virgin) to share her experiences in LA, initially meeting Sims, and what it's like to audition during a global pandemic.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Guest: Alison Trumbull
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021

My name is Steven Sims. I’m a producer and actor from Los Angeles and from 2007 to 2010 I was known as the other Jonah Hill. Now, a decade later, I am publicly discussing my life as a celebrity look-a-like with the people who were a part of it, and a good friend who missed all of it. This is My Life as a Celebrity Look-A-Like, an eight-part podcast series premiering weekly starting January 26, 2021.

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Hosts: Steven Sims & Josh Larkin
Original Music by Dylan Stern
Produced by Drew Agan, Josh Larkin, & Steven Sims
© 2021