Monday, September 01, 2008

Congratulations to the NOML Hall of Fame's 2008 Inductee, Wyatt Earp!

The votes have been cast, the results tallied, the hanging chads carefully scrutinized one by one. You, the McBoners, have spoken, and today we enshrine one of the great moustaches ever to hitch a team, deal a card, or pistol-whip a ne'er-do-well.

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was a true renaissance man of the Wild West. Lawman, gunfighter, gambler, teamster, farmer, miner, occasional boxing referee, his travels took him from Kansas to Alaska to California. He counted legendary gunfighters Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson as his friends, and he lived with an opium-swilling prostitute whom he ditched for an actress. Countless books and movies have been made about him and his exploits in the untamed frontier towns of the west.

Above all, the world remembers Earp and his brothers for the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, but what would Earp have amounted to without his trusty moustache? Don't think it would have made a difference? Think again. The McBone investigative team unearthed this rare photo of a clean-shaven Wyatt Earp from his early days as a lawman:


Needless to say, he was run out of town. Thankfully for him and the town of Tombstone, Earp had long put away his razor when he took on Ike Clanton and his cowboy gang of thugs in October of 1881. Months later, Earp, his moustache and his posse would embark on his immortal vendetta ride, in which he avenged the murder of his brother Morgan by killing four more members of the ruthless cowboy gang.

Today we honor Wyatt Earp as the newest member of the Northern Ohio Moustache League Hall of Fame. Like any NOML Hall of Famer, Wyatt Earp's moustache both defined and transcended an era. Long, lush, well-maintained but not without an unruly side, Earp's moustache was a worthy reflection of the man who grew it. He and his facial hair left an indelible mark on the history of this country, and for that he will live forever in the halls of moustache excellence.

nwb

Monday, August 21, 2006

Congratulations Hall of Fame Class of 08/06!

The NOML congratulates the ten inaugural members of the NOML Moustache Hall of Fame! The NOML Moustache Hall of Fame is dedicated to those individuals who have acheived and maintained a level of moustache greatness deserving of everlasting recognition. Excluded are all famously bad moustaches and any infamous persons with moustaches, regardless of moustache quality. Evil dictators are permanently barred from consideration.

The NOML welcomes all nominations for entry into the NOML Moustache Hall of Fame.

Please enjoy the NOML Moustache Hall of Fame moustache gallery, and thank you for your continuing support of the NOML!

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1935, Salt Lake City, Utah

Aside from possessing perhaps the most enduring walrus moustache of our time, Wilford Brimley is a noted American actor. In a career spanning four decades, Brimley has had roles in such films as Cocoon, The Natural, Tender Mercies, and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. He also starred in the popular television series Our House.

Clark Gable

Clark Gable
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1901, Cadiz, Ohio. Died 1960, Los Angeles, California

A native Ohioan (it was in Akron, Ohio that he saw his first play), Clark Gable's moustache was not born until the actor was already well ensconced as one of Hollywoods brightest stars. However, it was its performance on Rhett Butler's upper lip that cemented the moustache's place in the pantheon of moustache immortals.

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1904, Figueres, Spain. Died 1989, Figueres, Spain

The master surrealist's creativity was certainly not limited to the paintbrush. Indeed some believe his true canvas could be found just beneath his nose. For the better part of the twentieth century, Dalí and his moustache were changing the course of modern art.

David Niven

David Niven
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1910, London, England. Died 1983, Château-d'Oex, Switzerland

On the strength of what was possibly the world's most formidable pencil moustache, David Niven rose to stardom as one of Hollywood's top leading men. An Academy Award winner for his role in Separate Tables, Niven was also the original 007 in the Bond comedy Casino Royale.

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1945, Detroit, Michigan

With his Hawaiian shirt, hairy chest and red Ferrari, who could forget the greatest P.I. of 80's T.V., Thomas Magnum? Yet it was his most indelible accoutrement--his moustache--that catapulted Emmy-winner Tom Selleck to the realm of superstardom.

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers
NOML Hall of Famer

Born 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana

After dabbling in professional football, Carl Weathers found his true calling in the boxing ring, where, as Apollo Creed, he fought the clean-shaven Rocky Balboa to a standstill. The moustache would appear in three subsequent Rocky films, as well as such blockbusters as Predator and Action Jackson.