Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Top Ten Mustaches

This list is dedicated to the best mustaches ever worn, not mustache styles that can be copied by anyone lucky enough to have the genetics to support it. The mustache doesn't wear the man, the man wears the mustache. Let's begin our trip down mustache memory lane.

1. Burt ReynoldsWith over 300 credits to his name (most to his mustaches as well), you have gotten a good chance over the years to catch a glimpse of his signature 'stache. Who could forget him as Bo "Bandit" in "Smokey and the Bandit"?

2. Alex Trebek
He's the man with all the answers (technically questions) for over 25 years on the show Jeopardy. His mustache has been along for the ride for the majority of that. Currently he has is shaved off, concurrently ratings for the show have dropped.

3. Geraldo Rivera
The perfect example of the facial hair you want to have if you are an aggressive babbling journalist. This mustache creeped out thousands of trashy Americans for 11 years on his self-titled show.

4. Charlie Chaplin
The Chaplin 'stache was enormously important given that it was around the era of the silent movie. Whereas the other's could tell you that their mustache was awesome, you had to know that just by seeing it. Hitler would ruin the style years later.

5. Rollie Fingers
You have to be a badass pitcher to have the guts to where this thing while playing in front of thousands of people. Mr. Finger's never divulged the grooming secrets of 'stache, sorry guys and gals.

6. Tom Selleck
It is arguable that Magnum PI would not have been a success, let alone picked up, without the mustache that screams "I am the manliest man of the 80s". They also changed the title of the movie to "Three Men and a Baby" from "Three Men, a Baby, and the Damn Finest Mustache You've Ever Seen".

7. Groucho Marx
The mustahce is what set Groucho apart from his brother Harpo and Chico, and may be the reason why be became more famous. He loved facial hair so much he thickened his eyebrows.

8. Mike Ditka
The only thing more legendary than his coaching career is his mustache. Before he came around, mustaches didn't exist in the Midwest (that's not actually true, but it didn't hurt popularity).

9. Bill Cower
Very underrated mustache that could be the result of typically being obscured by spit. Even though he has stopped coaching, the mustache lives on through network TV.

10. Wade Boggs

Boggs was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. Bogg's mustache was inducted in the Mustache Hall of Fame when he was 15 and could grow one. Even his Cooperstown plaque exhibits the famous 'stache.

Honorable Mention: Chuck Norris
Chuck's mustache has infinite power and awesomeness, thus it cannot be quantified in a list.

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The Top Ten Mustaches


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