# Distracting hairstyles in TV and film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205 "2018-06-16T16:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/21 "2018-06-17T06:59:54Z")
I read somewhere that the vast majority of people simply don’t notice contemporary hairstyles, even if they’re wildly anachronistic. In fact, I’m willing to bet that 30 years from now, people will be watching _Game of Thrones_ and asking themselves, “Why do all the characters have such 2010’s hair”? ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/22 "2018-06-17T09:28:02Z")
[Ralphie] [Look at Kirk Douglas’ fuckin’ hair. THEY DIDN’T HAVE FLATTOPS IN ANCIENT ROME](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8SsJiYcgec&feature=youtu.be&t=59)! [/Ralphie] ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/23 "2018-06-17T11:59:28Z")
Cheryl Ladd in [Millennium](https://c7.alamy.com/comp/H88CN4/entfhrung-in-die-zukunft-millennium-can-1989-regie-michael-anderson-H88CN4.jpg). I didn’t think it was possible to make Cheryl Ladd ugly. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/24 "2018-06-17T12:54:00Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I know Hawkeye was supposed to be undisciplined and progressive, but Alan Alda’s hair in M_A_S\*H doesn’t really look like something from the early 50s. I vaguely recall reading that none of the principle actors wanted to cut their hair to 1950s Army regs. Buncha prima donnas!!! 😛 But, yeah, the long hair annoys me too - I’m not sure how much is the anachronism and how much is because I spent 11 years in uniform and was hyper aware of hair regs. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/25 "2018-06-17T17:29:41Z")
First hairdo that I thought of was the [beehive](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPFBK3/lisa-marie-mars-attacks!-1996-BPFBK3.jpg) from Mars Attacks! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/26 "2018-06-18T04:54:37Z")
Abigail “Abby” Sciuto in _NCIS_. Nobody who would have that hairstyle in the first place would **keep the same hairstyle for fifteen years**! ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/27 "2018-06-18T09:09:17Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I know Hawkeye was supposed to be undisciplined and progressive, but Alan Alda’s hair in M_A_S\*H doesn’t really look like something from the early 50s. Jamie Farr’s was the worst. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/28 "2018-06-18T12:54:04Z")
**Jennshark** , I had almost forgotten about those damned bangs in _Requiem_ (hell, I had all but forgotten about the show). There is no hairstyle I detest more and hers is the epitome. Made me root for the evil forces. And you can throw Zoey Deschanel ,the already mention Pauley Perette and Jennifer Love Hewitt in _The Ghost Whisperer_ into my roiling pot of hatred. Patricia Heaton’s hair in the first season of _Everybody Loves Raymond_ made me active angry. I ended up really liking the series and will watch reruns if I come across them, unless it’s from that time period. Tara’s braids on \*True Blood \* were annoying. I can’t put my finger on it; I like braids and I like the actress but not together. It influenced my feelings about the character. Speaking of True Blood, thank goodness they didn’t keep (my sweet baby) Alexander Skarsgard’s character in his [long hair](https://www.google.com/search?q=true+blood+alexander+skarsgard&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ0Nr3nt3bAhWD3VMKHZdYBWMQ_AUICigB&biw=870&bih=390#imgdii=KXyPe6ZA_JH91M:&imgrc=js99MwPe4bsQmM:). Blecccch. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/29 "2018-06-18T13:26:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The only show where I ever noticed myself noticing the hairstyles was the original _Star Trek_. Aah, yes, Yeoman Janice “Baskethead” Rand… ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/30 "2018-06-18T14:01:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So many historical movies/shows in the 70s had contemporary hairdos on old west characters, knights, even Romans. They all sported mullets, surfer shags, beehived tresses, teased and blown out hairdos (or “blowcombed” for the really stylin’ dudes). Even as a kid back then the hairstyles really bothered me. Especially when even the mountain men and prospectors had styled, CLEAN hair. And all of the women in the old West had blue eyeshadow! ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/31 "2018-06-18T15:16:04Z")
The mom on _The Goldbergs_. Especially when her hair looks like [this](http://thegoldbergs.wikia.com/wiki/Beverly_Goldberg). It’s reminiscent of 80’s hairstyles, but too flat on top for the width of the hair. Whenever she’s in a scene, I find myself focusing on her hairdo. None of the other characters have extreme hair like that. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/32 "2018-06-18T15:16:06Z")
My husband used to like the show La Femme Nikita. I found it completely lame but was happily able to sit through it many times just to look at Peta Wilson’s hair. (I hope it counts if it was distracting in a good way). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/33 "2018-06-18T15:36:28Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I’d guess the worst hairstyle choice in recent film is in “No Country for Old Men.” I was under the impression that it was specifically chosen because it _was_ disturbing. Mission accomplished! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/34 "2018-06-18T15:55:05Z")
> [@jerseymule](#): > > The mom on _The Goldbergs_. Especially when her hair looks like [this](http://thegoldbergs.wikia.com/wiki/Beverly_Goldberg). It’s reminiscent of 80’s hairstyles, but too flat on top for the width of the hair. Whenever she’s in a scene, I find myself focusing on her hairdo. None of the other characters have extreme hair like that. I’m not familiar with that show, but my junior high yearbooks are full of that hairstyle (including on me). It’s _very_ early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/35 "2018-06-18T16:12:53Z")
I was watching a rerun from one of the later seasons of _Gunsmoke_ the other day, and the 1970s long, freshly shampooed, blow-dried hair styles of some the guest actors were just laughable. But at least Festus looked authentic! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/36 "2018-06-18T16:58:10Z")
The generous sideburns in **Star Wars** are the one negative thing about the movie to me. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/37 "2018-06-18T17:03:36Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > I was watching a rerun from one of the later seasons of _Gunsmoke_ the other day, and the 1970s long, freshly shampooed, blow-dried hair styles of some the guest actors were just laughable. But at least Festus looked authentic! It always makes me laugh how the women have their contemporary roller set bouffant dos with clip on curls or pony tails in the back. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/38 "2018-06-18T17:14:56Z")
Not really “distracting” but almost all of the mens’ hairstyles on M_A_S\*H were wrong; at the time, your choices were basically “slicked back” or “flat-top crew cut,” and in the military, scratch the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/39 "2018-06-18T17:55:52Z")
I started binging Lucifer recently and found myself constantly distracted by the [bizarre bubble do of Detective Douche](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHsmM8_UwAIoyMV.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/40 "2018-06-18T18:04:54Z")
I think you mean scripted fiction shows, but here is the most [distracting hairstyle](https://www.history.co.uk/shows/ancient-aliens/articles/10-facts-about-the-ancient-aliens-guy) I have seen on TV. He’s an ancient aliens guy on the History Channel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205.md?page=3)