MARK FUNKHOUSER VS. MARKY MARK AND THE FUNKY BUNCH

One is an auditor-turned-mayor. The other, a disbanded hip-hop group.

Both bring the funk.

And for Mayor Mark Funkhouser and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, the similarities don’t end there.

Mark Funkhouser: Established in 1949

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Established in 1991

Funk: Likes to play chess

Marky Mark: Likes to display chest

Funk: Party: Democratic

Marky Mark: Party: All night long

Funk: Won mayoral election in 2007

Marky Mark: Won “Best Dance Act” in 1992

Funk: Known for good vocation

Marky Mark: Known for “Good Vibrations”

Funk: Praised the opening of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s Bloch Building

Marky Mark: Opened for New Kids on the Block

Funk: Got a bad rap

Marky Mark: Got several bad raps