# With Great Mustache Comes Great Responsibility **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711 "2009-04-02T14:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/21 "2009-04-02T23:06:46Z")
A blast from the past - Chuck Negron [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photofeatures.com/threedognight/images/thumbs/t14001a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photofeatures.com/threedognight/index.html&usg=\_\_kJO0r2gPoKqxUdNmaB4-vzZh2qc=&h=150&w=117&sz=8&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=D206PSyhVXBNgM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3DChuck%2BNegron%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photofeatures.com/threedognight/images/thumbs/t14001a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photofeatures.com/threedognight/index.html&usg=__kJO0r2gPoKqxUdNmaB4-vzZh2qc=&h=150&w=117&sz=8&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=D206PSyhVXBNgM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3DChuck%2BNegron%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1) ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/22 "2009-04-02T23:15:12Z")
[Dan McNinja](http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=6&issue=5) has a mustache of authority. [Gordito’s](http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=9&issue=5) isn’t half bad, either. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/23 "2009-04-02T23:32:07Z")
[Jeff Foxworthy](http://www.nndb.com/people/676/000022610/foxworthy-crop.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/24 "2009-04-02T23:37:59Z")
> [@ColonelDax](#): > > Well, in the baseball world [this guy](http://www.kevhines.com/media/RollieFingers.jpg) is The Man, moustache-wise. Holy crap! Did he twirl that when he tied girls to train tracks? ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/25 "2009-04-02T23:38:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > " > [William Powell](http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img1285.jpg) That was who I was going to mention. There’s also great [fake moustache](http://users.rcn.com/nkwoodward/ephemera/diary/grouchomarx.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/26 "2009-04-03T01:20:37Z")
John Oates. The company that owns the rights to Hall and Oates’s likenesses was even planning a satirical action cartoon about John Oates and his sidekick, a talking mustache. But you can’t beat Rollie Fingers. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/27 "2009-04-03T01:55:37Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > “Arthur! My mustache is touching my BRAIN!” “Two words, Tick- Chick. Magnet.” As I recall, Taft had a pretty awesome moustache as well. How about Pedro from _Napoleon Dynamite_? Pretty impressive considering it only took him a couple of days to grow. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/28 "2009-04-03T03:11:42Z")
[The](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/1795046934_e22c3674c0.jpg?v=0) [key](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44091000/jpg/_44091075_4beard_getty_4.jpg) [to](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44091000/jpg/_44091071_pa_beard_weiser.jpg) [a](http://www.listlovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/epic_hipster_moustache.jpg) [successful](http://www.listlovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hindu_moustache.jpg) [moustache](http://www.listlovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/circlebeardbm_468x407.jpg) [is](http://www.listlovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/funny-picture-photo-moustache-sideburns-dogseat-funny.jpg) [knowing](http://www.clicknfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/big-moustache.jpg) [when](http://3xplus.rsr.ch/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/moustaches.jpg) [to](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44091000/jpg/_44091078_pa_beard_chevalier.jpg) [stop](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1350847590_aa169de0c8.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/29 "2009-04-03T10:30:56Z")
Selleck’s Magnum mustache must be high on the list as one of the all-time greats. But, I enjoy the toothbrush (anybody who calls it “Hitler mustache” ought to be punished) for the diversity of its owners: 1 Charlie Chaplin 2 Ron Mael of the Sparks (at least in the 70’s, I think he sports a horizontal mustache these days) 3 Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/30 "2009-04-03T12:56:47Z")
[kinky](http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/artists/friedman_kinky/kinkyfriedman01-x365.jpg) [friedman](http://blog.kir.com/archives/kinky2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/31 "2009-04-03T15:32:50Z")
Well, there’s always [Ron](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495672) RR ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/32 "2009-04-03T15:46:46Z")
[Burt Reynolds](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm409704192/ch0013857) fan myself. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/33 "2009-04-03T15:49:28Z")
I am proud to throw in [Ian McShane as Al Swearengen](http://www.hbo.com/news/img/252x190/al_swearengen_081606_252x19.jpg). I miss that show. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/34 "2009-04-03T15:51:26Z")
Folksinger [Tom Paxton](http://www.tompaxton.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/35 "2009-04-03T16:02:35Z")
I wonder when the mustache will come back? I personally like the goatee much better, but I’m sure that will eventually go back out of style ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/36 "2009-04-03T16:11:35Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I wonder when the mustache will come back? I personally like the goatee much better, but I’m sure that will eventually go back out of style By eventually, do you mean the late 90’s? hee hee ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/37 "2009-04-03T16:48:19Z")
[The Fab Four in Sgt. Pepper mode](http://ranchette.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/beatles_sgt_pepper_main_insert_pic.jpg). I have one that resembles John’s. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/38 "2009-04-03T17:28:39Z")
I can almost imagine Peter Fonda driving [this](http://www.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/image/handlebar-moustache.jpg) guy’s stash. ETA: Dangit, Little Nemo beat me to it so if you clicked on all his, skip this 'un. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711/39 "2009-04-03T18:59:07Z")
Another iconic mustache, the flip side of the magnificent full ones presented here is the ultra-thin model sported by [John Waters](http://ampersan6.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/johnwaters460.jpg). I remember an interviewer asking him how he managed to keep it so small, and he responded, in apparent sincerity, “I pluck.” That’s some dedication right there. Side note: in the late 70s/early 80s my dad had a mustache a bit like Rollie Fingers’s, and even had a little container of “mustache wax” for sculpting. I haven’t seen that stuff in ages. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-great-mustache-comes-great-responsibility/491711.md?page=1)