Wax Museum in Odessa, Ukraine

This place has apparently undergone a makeover sometime since 2006, because Arnold is no longer stuck under a stairwell with a bloody lip. Most of the fun (at least for the visiting Americans) was had in the small "Hollywood" section. This area consisted entirely of: The Beatles, Danny DeVito (a.k.a. the Fourth-and-a-Halfth Beatle), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, some French guy, and a pretty good Robert De Niro who I didn't photograph. Which means that, since the Beatles and some French guy aren't really connected to Hollywood, Danny DeVito is the fourth most famous person in American entertainment today. According to a Ukrainian museum with cat graffiti.


The Shab Four.


A wax zombie whose proximity to three other suited wax figures suggests his role in some kind of quartet. May be named George.


Meet the Whotles -- Jon Lenin, Ranger Star, and Paul McKenzie. Seriously, who are these people? Did they use Ringo's mustache to make John's welder glasses?


Danny DeVito, the fourth most popular man in Hollywood (see above paragraph).


Twins.






Man and machine.


Cop and Cat is a big hit over there.


Apparently Bruce Willis could use your spare change.


And a shave.




Dancing queens.


Winking Michael Caine?


These old friends, as well as a Gollum, a Captain Jack Deppington, and a few other blockbuster characters, were placed near the entrance to convince people that there wouldn't just be a bunch of boring old poets around the corner. There were.


This guy didn't mind, though.