The Coach’s Wife and I went to the movies for the first time in about a year and graced the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with our rare presence.  I am a huge fan of Peter Jackson’s Lord of The Rings films so I had high hopes for an amazing adventure.  And adventure was indeed on tap throughout the film.  And you know what else was on tap?  Beards.

One word to describe the film.  One word to describe the beards.  EPIC.

Of course, one has to expect that a film about dwarves is going to have its fair share of bearded faces.  Small, swarthy, bearded faces.  But kudos to the crew that designed the look of the dwarves in this film.  Amazing beard artistry.  Let’s look at a few, shall we?

Balin

Yes!  Gargantuan white beard!  That is the puffiest, fluffiest beard ever.  It’s like it floats on its own – hovering just above the chest. An opalescent beard blimp soaring to new heights of amazingness.

Bifur

Wow!  Look at that salt-and-pepper monstrosity! Each row of each braid alternating the salt with the pep.  Is that even possible in real life?  Probably not.  That’s why this is a fantasy movie, people.  A beard fantasy movie.

Bombur

Ginger tiiiiiiiiiiiime!  Look at this majestic imperial partial beard.  Look at that braid!  What is that?  Some giant red furry caterpillar draped across his chest?  It looks like some kind of Run DMC chain but instead of gold, it’s made of beard.  Someone, please rock this red caterpillar chain beard in real life.  Jack Passion, I’m looking at you, brother.

Dori

Woah, this situation is more complex than Israeli-Palestinian relations!  It’s like these braids and sleek loose hairs are each claiming Dori’s dome (of the rock) as their own.  The braids clearly claim the head as home, but it seems that the sleek hairs are sequestered to the beard area.  Until you see the little settlement of braids under his chin…

Nori

Look at this – his beard braids have to be shackled up in order to control their awesomeness!  It’s like a three-headed beast.  A Cerberus of beards.  What would happen should the restraints fail?  Utter bearded chaos.  Little whip-like braid ends flailing about in a whirlwind of hirsute fury!  (Oh, and don’t forget to take a closer look at that cowboy hat.  A little secret: it’s hair.)

Oin

Aww yeah.  Another fantastic graybeard.  I enjoy how it’s fuzzy to the max until you see the braids.  Looks like a little VO5 Hot Oil help did the trick there.  Against the backdrop of frizzy goodness stands a veritable caduceus twisting its way up from his chin to his nostrils.

There you have them.  What just might be the greatest beards known to modern cinema.  Yes, there were more dwarves, but disappointingly they sport less than majestic beards.  And, sadly, the main dwarf characters are not included here due to their relative beard tameness.  But, alas, bearded characters greatly outnumber bald-faced ones in the film.  And that makes The Hobbit worth your time and money.

Yeah.  It’s probably time to get back into beard blogging. Welcome back to the Internet, Me!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

They wanted to shut down the Beard Coach!!!

So I logged in to see what database was causing all the ruckus.  Turns out it was the one for the BeardWiki.  It had grown to be ginormous without my knowledge.  So I deleted it, thus destroying what I thought was a great idea at the time.

“But wait, Coach Adam,” you say, “That’s so much beard knowledge!  You can’t just delete that!”

If only that were the case my friend.  You see, the wiki was not the repository of beard knowledge that I had hoped it would become.  Sure, one or two people were able to create some pages, and for that I’m am ever grateful.  But sadly, the dreaded Indian Paid Poster caught wind of the BeardWiki and filled it with spam for Indian dating services and prescription med sites.  The BeardWiki was like some unsuspecting samosa waiting to be filled with deliciously seasoned spinach and potatoes only to find itself crammed full of rancid paneer and dog shit.

Thanks, guys!

I hear you, boys.

HUZZAH! Now you can sport a witty t-shirt like those who don’t dare to achieve the beard you have.  You can have the best of both worlds!

NOTE: If you have a long beard and want any of the other designs on the Beard Shirt page placed on the back of a shirt, use the contact link to let me know and we’ll get you set up.