Movember

“It Gets Fuller”: Nick Offerman’s Movember “It Gets Better” Video

The best thing about Movember — well, you know, except for the “raising money to fight prostate and testicular cancer” part — is the stream of Nick Offerman-starring videos it invariably produces. Just before the month of facial-hair fundraising began, he offered a tutorial on how to grow a mustache. And now that we’re just about half way through Movember, he’s back with some encouragement. “It Gets Fuller” is a loving and spot-on parody of an “It Gets Better” video, in which Offerman coaches some familiar faces from The Office on how to power through that “in-between mustache” stage. Gentlemen, we encourage you to watch and take solace, after the jump. … Read More

Nick Offerman Teaches You How to Grow a Moustache

“My moustache grows with such rampant, perpetual virility, that we need to trim it 3 or 4 times a day during filming,” Nick Offerman revealed during an AMA on Reddit earlier this year. “It was cool at first (grade school), but to be honest, it’s getting old.” At this point, we’d argue that Ron Swanson’s lustrous moustache is more than just character defining facial hair. It’s a bit of pop culture history. And so, we can think of no better unofficial spokesperson for Movember, an annual month-long charity event that’s all about growing moustaches to help raise money for men’s health initiatives. In the video below, Offerman explains how he cultivated his own soup-strainer, a tale that involves Scottish sheep herders, Tibetan monks, and whale oil. Oh, and eating raw onions, peel and all. Because, why not? … Read More