Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A FLAVOR SAVER AND MORE: On a slow summer day, we are not above throwing up a blog post just so people can discuss the attractiveness and future of Jon Stewart's new beard.

20 comments:

  1. Maret2:24 PM

    Attractiveness: I like it. But I tend to be a sucker for both Jon Stewart and beards (well-trimmed ones, not hobo beards) so this wasn't a hard call for me. I am also a sucker for marshmallow.

    Future: I bet it goes away soon. Sigh.

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  2. Bobsyeruncle2:40 PM

    Strongly disapprove.  

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  3. Heather K2:46 PM

    Initial thought was STRONGLY disapprove, but by the end of the episode, I was kind of with it.

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  4. MidwestAndrew3:24 PM

    It grows on you. Like a beard.

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  5. Watts3:44 PM

    Hate it.  But that's because he looks like the male equivalent to a "Woo girl."  Or at least he would around here.  I picture him in a visor , scratching himself casually when he thinks no one's looking, and far too assured he's right about everything.  I have a very strong negative reaction to that type of facial hair, which I believe is technically called a Van Dyke.  I would probably like it better if he went full beard.

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  6. Your name here...5:07 PM

    Like it, but I bet it's a horrible thing to have to get Fluff out of.

    Future: I, too, bet it goes away, but maybe not until the August Congressional recess.  They'll need something to mock by then.

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  7. Joseph J. Finn5:33 PM

    I immediately thought of Vincent Price in Edward Scissorhands.

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  8. bill.6:04 PM

    Cryptonomicon, out of context:

    "How about that thing that Charlene wrote about beards?" Amy asks.

    "How did you know about that?"

    "Looked it up on the Internet. Was that an example of how you guys worked out your problems? By publishing totally oblique academic papers blasting the other person?"

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  9. Squid6:18 PM

    Hey!  *I* wear a Van Dyke!  I used to have the full beard, but it looked kinda funny after I shaved my head.

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  10. Why does everyone keep calling it a beard? A beard would be fine.  That thing looks frickin' ridiculous.  

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  11. calliekl7:09 PM

    I would be better with it... but it makes him look so.... old. It totally changes his face. It makes it look like he has no lips.

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  12. KCosmo's neighbor8:07 PM

    I thought I'd be disappointed, but I'm pleasantly surprised. It would take a lot for him to become "uncute." 

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  13. MidwestAndrew8:23 PM

    I think part of it is that I used to have a goatee, and when I shaved it, I was told "We never knew why you had it anyway. It was ugly." Well, it's in all my wedding photos now. You could have told me that beforehand.

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  14. Very much not a fan.  Makes him look a lot older and oddly like Colonel Sanders. 

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  15. Mr. Cosmo11:12 PM

    Quoting Cryptonomicon is *never* out of context.  Nice reference.

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  16. Adam C.7:20 AM

    Since that's pretty much what it looks like when I grow a vacation beard and VanDyke-ify it, I'm not about to criticize.  Then again, that vacation beard never lasts very long when I get home.

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  17. Roger9:04 AM

    Yes!! This.

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  18. This is where I am on it too. It would take a lot to "uncute" Stewart. He gets a pass. 

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  19. Some guys can carry off the Van Dyke.  Some can't.  I place Stewart in the latter category.  Have no evidence by which to judge you, Squid.  :)

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  20. isaac_spaceman11:50 AM

    Has it really been 12 years since I read this?  My man Goto, my man Turing, I am going to reread you soon. 

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