Vintage Ad - Mens Hair Guide

13 Responses to “Vintage Ad - Mens Hair Guide”

1. sbd on September 4th, 2008 8:19 pm
   

   The Sportsman wants to kill you.
2. boinker on September 4th, 2008 11:08 pm
   

   Yeah, the Sportsman seems to be intense. The Flattop looks like the dude from Enter the Dragon.

   I have to admit, the differences between some of the cuts are quite subtle and difficult to distinguish with my untrained eye.
3. Blake on September 5th, 2008 10:57 am
   

   So… yeah. There are differences in those hair styles. I know it’s real funny to be all like “omfg, afros are all the same.” but, yeah, I’m not one for over-the-top political correctness but I hope people are deriving “funny” from the fact that the afro styles may be very similar to one another and not because black hair styles are inherently funny. Gah, what’s the point. Nevermind.
4. Lo on September 5th, 2008 12:13 pm
   

   I’m not really seeing a difference between The ‘Fro and The Sportsman, except for, as sbd mentioned, the Sportsman will kill you.
5. boinker on September 5th, 2008 7:37 pm
   

   Blake, half of the styles look the same. That’s all.
6. sbd on September 5th, 2008 8:02 pm
   

   I’m pretty sure most of us are amused by the fact that afros are few and far between these days - definitely considered retro. Lo has a point; the difference between The ‘Fro and The Sportsman is pretty subtle - you could wake up, comb it slightly differently and there you are with The ‘Fro instead of The Sportsman! How embarrassing would that be!? I’d love to see a parody of this with all stodgy white guys with hair that looked virtually identical. The Capitol Hill ‘Dos: The Jagoff, The Pedophile, The Dodderer, The Date-Rape, Don’t Let Him Near Gin, etc.
7. enrique on September 6th, 2008 10:17 am
   

   the names maybe only their nicknames
8. Sabra on September 7th, 2008 3:44 pm
   

   It’s not that black hairstyles are inherently funny, it’s that stuff from the ’70s is inherently funny.
9. spispopd on September 9th, 2008 5:26 pm
   

   The perfecto is awesome. Imagine the foxy retro chicks you’d woo with your smooooth bass crooning and the ‘do. Ohhh yeahhhhh.
10. le on September 17th, 2008 1:51 am
    

    im hearing guitar with wah wah effect in the background!!!
11. hunterr83 on October 12th, 2008 4:51 am
    

    The Fro is a little flatter at the front than the Sportsman. The Sportsman also has a crisper, more trimmed afro, displaying the way sports athletes are very meticulous about their bodies: nice, crisp, and streamlined. The Fro, as you can see, is a little more, dare I say, messy. Perhaps, puffy is a better word.
12. wadaya on December 11th, 2008 9:38 pm
    

    yeah… but really, how cool would it be to wake up in the morn. w/ the DUKE!!
13. hggc on December 24th, 2008 6:56 pm
    

    private eye is SHAFT, insn’t he?

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