Before we jump into our round up, we'd like to point out one thing... there were undoubtedly more beards on a red carpet since the heyday of Hollywood or at least since last year's Beard and Mustache Championships... to us last night's awards event serves as just another example of the "Year of the Beard," we hate to tell i told you so... but we did, you know it.
The credit goes to Pop Candy and USA Today for making the first round up (their top 10 can be found here), for tackling this important ranking and helping us with the perspective on last night's facial fuzziness -- which Whitney Matheson called "last night's must-have accessory" -- and also to thefrisky.com for last year's round up (which can be found here).
Now that the accreditation formalities are out of the way, below are the winners and our top 5 (with a tie for 5th)... enjoy, and know that we know beards, so why argue...?
- William Hurt -- Best All Around
- Jon Hamm -- Best New Beard
- George Clooney -- Best Salt & Pepper
- Vincent Kartheiser -- Best Two-Tone
- Jeff Bridges/Robert Downey Jr -- Best Goatee(s)
1. This magnificent facial mane was surely used as a distraction from crap on his shoulder... success!
2. If you will it, they will come with an awesome beard... YES!
3. It's George... with a beard... what's not to love... it's GEORGE!
4. Well, whatever this is, we think we like it... probably have to, Mad Men and all...
T5. We just love both of you dudes... and unlike beards, goatees rule only as much as those they are attached to.