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Stache Off - Richie vs. Borat

August 14, 2008
Lionel Richie vs. Borat

Lionel Richie
Hello?
Is it my mustache you're looking for?
Lionel Richie's facial hair personified "the look" of the 80's and early 90's. Richie's trademark mustache launched his career on a meteoric rise with #1 hits such as "Hello", "All Night Long (All Night)", "Truly", "Say You, Say Me", and "Endless Love" with Diana Ross. It has been reported that this song was written by Ross as a tribute to her undying obsession with Richie's mustache and spent nine weeks as the number #1 song in the U.S.; coincidentally this is the same amount of time it takes him to grow a trademark Lionel 'stache. Some think it was Richie's talent that caused him to leave the Commodores, insiders know it was his mustache that gave him the confidence to go solo.

Borat Sagdiyev
"Very Nice!" Indeed! As a struggling young documentary filmmaker in the breakaway Soviet territory of Kazakhstan, Borat grew a dark mustache to hide his past failures. But the mustache inspired such confidence that he took to the United States to film a documentary about his travels and love for Pamela Anderson. Armed with a popular comedy film, and the world's most recognizable mustache, Borat has become an international superstar garnering widespread attention wherever he travels. His success is due to a keen sense of comedic timing, and one awesome mustache.

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