Zach Galifianakis

It's about time I paid tribute to one of the funniest comics around who actually uses his own material and isn't a complete tool (see this guy). I first saw Zach in one of my favorite London brothers movies, Out Cold as Luke, the hilarious bearded guy who gets his junk stuck in a jacuzzi. He hasn't been in a whole lot of movies lately which has made me pretty sad, but that's ok since his standup is absolutely hilarious.
Here is the biography from Zach's website: "I enjoy tractors and red wine. I feel that living your life in contradiction keeps one confused and happy. Sometimes I like to go to the zoo and ride on the backs of bison. I dream of Iceland from time to time. I like walking over bridges and hate Donald Trump or anything like him. The entertainment business is both poison and honey. I drive a Subaru. It is an automatic. I cry sometimes in that car."
That pretty much sums him up, he's completely insane and different than almost every other person in the public light, there is nothing this guy does that isn't flat out funny. Even without a beard, this guy would be fantastic, but the beard is definitely a 10 out of 10 on the awesome scale. Thanks Zach

Yosemite Sam

I still can't figure out if it's just a mustache or if there's a beard under there. Either way, he is one of the greatest cartoon characters of all time. The likes of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd get all the attention, but it is Yosemite Sam who made tiny people with big beards and even bigger hats a mainstay in American pop culture. So thank you for paving the way for cartoon beards everywhere.

Brian Winters

It is the middle of the NBA season. So to follow up my wonderful posts about the Gasol brothers, I thought it was only fitting to go old school NBA and go with Brian Winters. Sure, he played before I was born, but I do have ESPN classic. I remembering watching an old Bucks game from the late 70's and I was completely captivated by this bearded legend. He may not be a hall of gamer, but he was a solid player. He was a two-time all star and averaged almost 20 points a game from 1975-1979. Also, the portrait of him is truly fantastic and I would buy it in a heart beat it I was able to. A true legend in the bearded sporting wold, I really wish I would have been alive in the 70's, I think I would have fit in magnificently.

Pau Gasol

Yeah, i know. I recently posted about Marc Gasol, the bear like brother of Pau Gasol. So why do Pau? It's simple, he was the original bearded Gasol. Without Pau paving the way for bearded Spaniards everywhere, the legendary beard of Marc Gasol could not exist. Marc has started out in the NBA with a giant man like beard. Whereas Pau started out cleanshaven until he showed how awesome he was and then to extend his awesomeness, he grew out a sweet beard. He spent a few year toiling around in Memphis when no one cared. Then all of a sudden he was traded to the Lakers and he was all over the place. He was the greatest import from Canada in over a hundred years. Yeah yeah, he played in Memphis, still no one cares about that franchise. Having started out cleanshaven, you can almost follow his career based on how big his beard is. Every year it seemed that his beard began to grow in awesomeness. The best thing about Pau, may be the fact that his wife is incredibly good looking and I stand by the fact that it's the beard that got him the girl, not the fact he makes millions of dollars a year putting a ball in a net. I still left that the Grizzlies brought in Pau's best friend, and he still was completely unhappy. Wow that must be a terrible place to play basketball. Pau definitely joins his brother Marc as a definite member of the all NBA bearded team. Congratulations to you Pau.

Kenny Loggins

I present you the king of 80's movie themes. Looking back at the 80's, Top Gun may be the most over rated movie ever and was actually quite terrible and boring. Anthony Edwards was the only actual "actor" in that whole movie. I still can't figure out Tom Cruise is considered a movie star and how he can still make movies even though he is certifiably crazy and Val Kilmer can't catch a break these days. I miss the orginial Iceman. Reguardless, Danger Zone is the quintessential 80's song when you want to get pumped up. If I'm about to play an intense game of racquetball or badminton, I turn on the Danger Zone and I'm ready to go. If I'm not quite in the Danger Zone mood, I switch to footloose to liven up and get ready for some intense action. They just don't make music like this anymore. The world today could use a little more Kenny Loggins. Again showing that just because your a "rock star," it doesn't mean that you can't grow a sweet beard.

Marc Gasol

You may know about Pau Gasol, the outstanding bearded power forward for the LA Lakers. But, how much do you know about his little brother, Marc? He may be Pau's little brother, but the guy is an absolute beast and looks like a true Spanish monster where his brother looks like a telephone pole. Marc was originally with the Lakers, but while he was still playing in Spanish leagues last year, they traded his rights to the Grizzlies for his brother Pau. This had to have been terrible to find out for Marc. I'm sure that Pau had been complaining about playing in Vancouver and how much the Grizzlies organization sucked, and how the only good thing they ever did was select Antonio Daniels #4 in the 1997 NBA Draft. And now Pau is a Laker and Marc is a Grizzly. That is a tough break. I guess he much take consolation in looking like a man bear. I have known about Marc for quite some time now, with peak interest in him being when the trade for Pau was made. Then the Gasol brothers played for Spain in the 08 Summer Olympics. I'm watching the game and just absolutely fall in love with Marc, who is without question my celebrity comparison. Well, if I put on 100 pounds and few a foot, very soon hopefully. After the game I got a call from my friend. He told me he saw me on TV today, and I was overly confused. Then he admitted that it was the 7 foot version of me. I started to laugh uncontrollably and fall to the ground. I was very happy that someone else recognized the fact of our similar appearance. There are very few people who would want to be compared appearance wise to a 7 foot hulk of a Spaniard, but I take it with the highest comparison. I have to admit though that he was be even more awesome if he spelled his name with a k, but that's a seperate story. We all know the better way to spell mark is with a k, not a c. My only hope is that Marc gets traded soon so I can see more of him on TV since they never show Grizzly games on national TV.

Dustin Hazelett

So I watched UFC 91: Lesnar vs Couture. But was completely distracted from the "big fight" by this scrawny brazilian jiu-jitsu ace. It wasn't just because he submitted Tamdan McCrory with a sweet arm bar, it's because he had the greatest beard that I have seen in the UFC in a long time. I've seen this guy fight before, and each fight it gets better, he's won his last fights, I'm just guessing that he's not shaving again until he loses. If that is the case, I hope that this guy never loses. Also, the guy's nickname is McLovin, so he is definitely a winner in my book.