KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, you may or may not know that the ritual changing of the guard in Washington is mirrored each time in London.</s>MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: CNN's senior correspondent Richard Blystone waxes lyrical -- get it, waxing? -- about Madame Tussaud. And Todd Baxter, the cameraman, helped him out on this one.</s>RICHARD BLYSTONE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And they said Al Gore came over as stiff. This is not another unkind George W. Bush Internet joke. At Madame Tussaud's, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Into that empty shell, the magic potion that'll turn mold number 3981 into a brand-new world leader, once a few hanging chads have been dealt with. America's post-election recounts gave Madame Tussaud's little time to get the winner to its newest museum by inauguration day.</s>JULIET SIMPKINS, MADAME TUSSAUD'S: It really has been art affecting life. We've had a long wait, and poised to continue work on our portrait of President Bush, we finally managed to get going, and it's now ready to go to Madame Tussaud's in New York.</s>BLYSTONE: One problem has been eye contact. It's not easy to get just the right shade when your subject's 3,000 or 4,000 miles away and too busy for a sitting. This place makes it poignantly clear how political fortunes wax and wane. Here, the scene in 1993. Mentioning the wax part around Madame Tussaud's is as insensitive as talking Thanksgiving in front of a turkey. But for now, don't try to hold a candle to George W. Bush. Richard Blystone, CNN, London.
President Bush Immortalized by Wax Replica