A
mustache -- or moustache, depending on your spelling preference -- is facial
hair grown above the upper lip.
Mustaches go in and out of fashion, but ones
of a bushy nature were especially in vogue during the early 1970s.
Many
beloved characters in cult-television history are remembered, in fact, for
their stylish ‘staches.
Among
such figures is include the most famous mustached TV character of all: Thomas
Magnum (Tom Selleck) from Magnum P.I. (1980 – 1988), who
single-handedly made the mustache popular for a whole decade.
In
terms of sci-fi, The Starlost (1973) was headlined by a heavily mustached Keir
Dullea as the farmer from Cypress Corners, Devon.
Meanwhile,
Prentis Hancock’s Paul Morrow cut a dashing figure with his neatly-groomed
‘stache, as the controller of Moonbase Alpha on Year One of Space:1999
(1975-1977).
On
Millennium
(1996 – 1999), a beloved (and then villainous…) character, Peter Watts (Terry
O’Quinn) became known by his trademark pencil mustache. In one episode of the
series, we met Watts’ family and all his daughters were mocking that narrow
strip of hair he maintains over his upper lip.
And
on The
Simpsons (1990 - ), Ned Flanders sports an enviable broom mustache.
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