# Wilford Brimley without a mustache! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497 "2010-07-13T04:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/1 "2010-07-13T04:22:30Z")
I thought I’d have to find a picture of him from the 3rd grade, but I flipped on “The Thing” with Kurt Russell, and heard a guy talking and looked up. It was Wilford’s voice coming from a guy without a 'stash. I didn’t even recognize him even after I knew it was him from his voice. Weird, wild stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/2 "2010-07-13T04:26:48Z")
[http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsB/2085-19343.gif](http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsB/2085-19343.gif) [![](https://www.monstershack.net/reviews/full/gfx/thing/blair.jpg) ](https://www.monstershack.net/reviews/full/gfx/thing/blair.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/3 "2010-07-13T04:31:07Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I thought I’d have to find a picture of him from the 3rd grade, but I flipped on “The Thing” with Kurt Russell, and heard a guy talking and looked up. It was Wilford’s voice coming from a guy without a 'stash. I didn’t even recognize him even after I knew it was him from his voice. > > Weird, wild stuff. This may be the best thread ever. The only thing that would make it better is [this](http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6512/brimleykrunk.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/4 "2010-07-13T04:42:40Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > This may be the best thread ever. The only thing that would make it better is [this](http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6512/brimleykrunk.jpg). It’s the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/5 "2010-07-13T05:02:41Z")
I thought everyone knew that Wilford Brimley lost his moustache to Jamie Hyneman in a poker game. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/6 "2010-07-13T11:49:14Z")
Might as well get this out of the way: [World’s best mustache](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OIKvzFmIu7w/SJ0I5LKiX8I/AAAAAAAABF8/6X203I35jUQ/s400/SamElliottLebowski.jpg) (And no, I’m not talking about longest or whatever. BEST. You probably can guess whose it is without looking.) [Same guy sans mustache.](http://www.goatview.com/samnomustache.jpg) (Aagh, my eyes!! Put it back!!) ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/7 "2010-07-13T12:58:57Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Might as well get this out of the way: > > [World’s best mustache](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OIKvzFmIu7w/SJ0I5LKiX8I/AAAAAAAABF8/6X203I35jUQ/s400/SamElliottLebowski.jpg) (And no, I’m not talking about longest or whatever. BEST. You probably can guess whose it is without looking.) > > [Same guy sans mustache.](http://www.goatview.com/samnomustache.jpg) (Aagh, my eyes!! Put it back!!) I’ve never found out if this is intentional or not, but Sam Elliott’s character in The Contender (where he appears clean-shaven) was named Kermit. And yeah, his mouth movements looked exactly like Kermit the Frog’s. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/8 "2010-07-13T13:28:16Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Might as well get this out of the way: > > [World’s best mustache](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OIKvzFmIu7w/SJ0I5LKiX8I/AAAAAAAABF8/6X203I35jUQ/s400/SamElliottLebowski.jpg) (And no, I’m not talking about longest or whatever. BEST. You probably can guess whose it is without looking.) > > [Same guy sans mustache.](http://www.goatview.com/samnomustache.jpg) (Aagh, my eyes!! Put it back!!) Wow, it’s amazing how much he looks like Billy Bob Thornton without the 'stache. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/9 "2010-07-13T16:43:15Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Might as well get this out of the way: > > [World’s best mustache](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OIKvzFmIu7w/SJ0I5LKiX8I/AAAAAAAABF8/6X203I35jUQ/s400/SamElliottLebowski.jpg) (And no, I’m not talking about longest or whatever. BEST. You probably can guess whose it is without looking.) > > [Same guy sans mustache.](http://www.goatview.com/samnomustache.jpg) (Aagh, my eyes!! Put it back!!) Or [Tom Selleck with moustache](http://tysongamblin.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/tom-selleck.jpg) (looking cool) vs [Tom Selleck without a moustache](http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/images/Selleck.jpg) (looking like a … well the picture speaks for itself) Or Clark Gable [with moustache](http://sarcastig.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gable_clark_320x240.jpg) and [without moustache](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Clark_gable_mutiny_bounty_9.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-without-a-mustache/546497/10 "2010-07-13T19:01:12Z")
[Trebek in the late '70s](http://www.curtalliaume.com/highrollers4.jpg); [soon to be in his early 70s](http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/090119/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/1_mon/090119alex-trebek1.jpg).