If you look like a rock star, Manny's treats you like a rock star

No wonder Twin Cities financial guy Mike Wallach got the rock star treatment at W Minneapolis.

Not only does Wallach, especially while wearing a paper boy cap, look like AC/DC's lead singer Brian Johnson, the group stayed at W when here for their most recent concert. And there was this bit of serendipity: "AC/DC was here having dinner in Manny's Steakhouse," according to a manager, Ed Carson, on the same night Wallach was there.

Carson provided this tidbit when I asked if Manny's staffers were aware that they had given the celebrity treatment to somebody who only looked like a famous rocker. Those 15 minutes of fame were a few too many for the financial planner at Wallach & Associates. Wallach and his son David dropped by W's Living Room Bar, which also has an entry through Manny's, which is next door.

"I wear jeans, I'm very different from most who would go down there and I had my paper boy hat on," Wallach told me. "We walked in, planned on having a couple of drinks at the bar and they wanted to seat us at our table like it was prepared for us. The general manager of the Living Room [whose name is also Brian Johnson] comes up to me and says, Sir, anything I can do for you. Your table is ready whenever you'd like to be seated. Let me walk you through, sir. Here's my card."

At this point, Wallach is thinking, "I like this place. They are really being nice to me. ... Next thing you know this girl comes up to me and she looks at me starry-eyed. I'm thinking to myself: 'Wow, here's something else that doesn't happen.' She's English or Welsh and she has her camera and she is saying, 'I've been noticing you. Can I take your picture?' Three girls and three guys and this one guy looks at me and says, You're an absolute god, man. When are you coming back to the UK? I can't believe I'm here with you. You're my idol."

Wallach, who is aware he looks like Johnson but was unaware that the rock band had dinner reservations at Manny's, is smiling and saying thank you and thinking he had better not pay with a credit card.

"My son goes, There are more people coming over, they want your autograph, and I said, 'I can't do this anymore.' I'm not taking advantage of the situation but I'm certainly not going to continue on. I put on my hood and was outside and people started following us. Got into the vehicle. This guy said to my son, You come back here, VIP is ready for you. Were you born in the UK? David says, No, I was born in Minneapolis. Then I'm wondering if this guy [realized this was not Brian Johnson].

More on that, uh, photo op MSNBC's Keith Olbermann had some fun with Viking Visanthe Shiancoe's unexpected stint as a nude model.

On "Countdown" Monday night, Olbermann said, "Number 2 best football uncoverage. The Fox network running a sound bite from the Minnesota Vikings' locker room after they beat the Detroit Lions. Quite clearly visible in the background, and naked, was tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. It was not his end that was visible either; it was his front. Everybody apologized except Shiancoe, who told a local newspaper, It's not too bad, I didn't just get out of the pool."

There was laughter from the TV crew, underscoring the fact that this was all very funny although a few readers have not been amused. Not so funny was the lack of mention of my initials or employer! Next time I make reference to something from Olbermann's show, I'll say I got the tidbit from a national cable TV show.

Shiancoe's agent Tony Agnone is getting blasted a little bit for trying to earn his salary. Agnone has told media Shiancoe is sorry "it" got on television because he has great concern for young fans who he hopes understand this was a locker room scene. Profootballtalk.com's reaction: "Frankly, we think the whole thing is hilarious, and we could do without the whole 'what about the kids?' nonsense, given that Shiancoe has already seen fit to yuck it up."

My apologies to Sporting news.com, where this was written: "Nice of C.J. to give credit to Sports by Brooks, a site that stole our original screen grab of the incident, but then cut out our TSB logo." When asked about this allegation, Brooks told me the guy who did it showed "bad form, so I had him change it back. No biggie."