May 07, 2007

Hitler's moustache. His moustache is the most instantly recognisable - and sinister - in history. Yet, according to new research into Adolf Hitler's early life, the distinctive, toothbrush shape that adorned his scowling face was not his first preference.
posted by HawthorneWingo 17 years ago
  • Interesting. And doesn't he look sweet in a peter pan collar!
  • So it was originally more like this than this?
  • I just spent the last two full minutes covering up my goatee with my hands and looking in my cube mirror, trying to figure out how I'd look with a Hitler moustache. Results: Inconclusive.
  • I had a goatee for a while a couple of years ago and when I shaved it off I left the Hitler moustache for a day. Didn't leave the house with it, though.
  • So The Great Dictator's mustache shaving seen should be seen as documentary?
  • I think he would have gone farther in life with the "Snidely Whiplash."
  • I love this quote: "Frey's account provides the first substantial challenge to historians' perceived wisdom on the subject, which has generally been that the Nazi leader was simply following the fashion of the period." Honestly, how many historians have really considered the question of why Hitler trimmed his moustache that particular way?
  • How many Charlie Chaplin fans?
  • how many historians have really considered the question of why Hitler trimmed his moustache that particular way? IANAH, but I did. I wonder if the style was developed for the same reason this article gives. Cause otherwise it's kinda goofy.
  • He was trying to look like Oliver Hardy.
  • The brief period in college when I tried the pubic Hitler cut did not inspire quite as many salutes as I had hoped it would.
  • Once in the late 1990s after a night of insomnia and a bleary-eyed morning shower-and-shave before an early meeting, I managed to skip shaving under my nose, leaving a Hitler moustache which I discovered only after I got off the subway. Luckily a corner grocer sold disposable razors, and I was able to clean up before the meeting!
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  • I think he would have gone farther in life with the "Snidely Whiplash." Well, the "Simon Bar Sinister" look worked so well for Ross Perot. grumble grumble live action Underdog movie piece of grumble
  • He must have liked it well enough to keep it. World War I ended in 1918, and he still had the same toothbrush mustache 15 years later when he became Chancellor. He certainly could have grown back the handlebar 'stache if he'd wanted to.
  • You know who else had a...wait a minute.
  • i always heard it was because he was such a huge Chaplin fan and he wanted to look more friendly, and that Charlie was the only man to really hurt his feelings.
  • So, really, Chaplin is responsible for the Holocaust. At least now I understand why Keaton always looked so sad.
  • Bun dance, as seen in Benny and Joon, only without the moustache. No doubt this is where goose-stepping originated.
  • That's not the bun dance as seen in Benny & Joon. I clicked on that link expecting to see Johnny Depp. You'll be hearing from my virtual attorneys.
  • Bun dance Now that's funny.