As the story goes, Kalinoski’s transformation into some kind of nocturnal were-Alan began in 2009, when he lost both his job and his wife in a short, terrible span of time. A couple of years later he found himself 20 pounds heavier and in Las Vegas, where he intended to “party his pain away.” Instead, he discovered a curious fact: He looked a lot like Zach Galifinakis, and Vegas partiers were so delighted by this fact that they were willing to pay for the privilege of being photographed (and more) with him. Before he knew it, he was making hundreds of dollars a night in appearance fees – and that wasn’t the only perk to his new career: His fame continued to grow, even to the point of being flown to the set of The Hangover III to meet the cast (as well as his own doppelganger). It didn’t take long for certain hazards associated with a career as a professional partier to present themselves, however: Unlike so many chubby veterans of the party wars before him, Kalinoski was able to pull himself back from the brink, thanks in part to an intervention by his mother. And so, he said goodbye to the glitz and the glamour of pretending to be a fictional character and went back to his hometown of Philadelphia, PA, where he now resides. If they ever make a Hangover IV, though, he might be in a little bit of trouble once again.
