will the real someone please stand up

alternative would the real someone please stand up

1. humorousidiomaticA request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.

   Will the Real SPP Please Stand Up

   1980 December, “Appendix A: Bibliography of BBN Packet Radio Temporary Notes”, in Command and Control Related Computer Technology: Packet Radio (Report No. 4340), prepared for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, page 33

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   Will the Real Hymnal Please Stand Up?

   1972 fall quarter, James W. Chapman, The Chaplain, page 53

   Will the real Jimmy Carter please stand up? Is it the twice-born Baptist who can preach love and compassion with true fervor? Or is it the tough relentless office-seeker with a pious front of “religiosity?”

   1976, Marquis Childs, “Glimpses of The Real Carter”, in The Washington Post

   WILL THE REAL CHARLIE BROWN PLEASE STAND UP?

   1977 July, D. C. Owens, “Softball at NRMC”, in The Clipper, volume 11, number 2, Memphis, Tenn.: Naval Regional Medical Center, page 7

   Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?

   1982, Barbara Morgenroth, Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Juniper Books, →ISBN

   I remember that moment when the host of the show would say, “Will the real Mr. X please stand up.” One fake would start out of his chair and then, bashfully, the real person would stand up to studio applause. There have been moments when I wanted to ask, “Would the real Mr. Arafat please stand up,” but they have been very fleeting.

   1996 March 18, Barbara Amiel, “The stream of anti-Israeli vitriol”, in Maclean’s, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022