This piece originally appeared on How Pants Work here: What Your Favorite Celebrities Look Like Now (No Pictures)!
Billy Joel
1973: A long-haired tough guy from the Bronx
2017: An angry, flesh-colored egg with a goatee
Matthew Perry
1994: Just a young guy with a butt-cut, a big shirt, a vest, and a smirk
2017: That guy who lives next door, alone, in the giant house and walks outside in a loose bathrobe to get his paper every morning
Amy Schumer
2007: A fresh-faced comic with ultra-curly hair, hardly any makeup, and barely visible eyebrows
2017: The same girl with people to help her get ready for things
Justin Timberlake
1998: A Q-tip
2017: A short Chandler Parsons
Michael J. Fox
1985: Classic Marty McFly
2017: Marty McFly in a slow, constant earthquake
Scarlett Johansson
1996: A Scarlett Johnsson-looking child
2017: OUT WITH COLIN JOST?
Cyndi Lauper
1983: A wild dresser topped with huge, bright red hair and filled with youthful vibrance
2017: The same but with pink hair and a touch of your mother
Heath Ledger
1998: The quintessential late-1990s happ-go-lucky Australianer
2017: You don’t want to know
Bono
1978: A lone-wolf
2017: An Andy Samberg character
Luke Perry
1990: A ruggedly handsome James Dean type
2017: A FREAKING 50-YEAR-OLD MAN!!!