John's 'senator' haircut and the political spectrum of hair (2007)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2015) · last event: callback (2015-03-31)
In June 2007, needing a haircut before a conference in Washington, John worried barbers there would give him the 'senator look' he had as a boy. In 2015 he listed 'The Junior Senator from Maryland' as one of his three lifetime hairstyles.
About: Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson, Louie's
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-22 | first use | John fears D.C. barbers will give him the 'senator look' and maps haircuts onto politics, from Willie Nelson on the far left to Bill Clinton in the center. (playful, hedged) | Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator 00:00:31 |
| 2015-03-31 | callback | John names his old haircut 'The Junior Senator from Maryland', among his three lifetime hairstyles. (playful) | Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-06-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator — John got his haircut at Louie's in D.C., whose barber had cut the hair of Bill Clinton and Willie Nelson, figures John admires but whose hairstyles he doesn't want. (playful) — 00:01:13
- 2007-06-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator — John claims hair indicates political position: right-wing Republicans have the senator haircut, big-time lefty hippies long hair. (playful) — 00:01:13
- 2007-06-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator — John asked for a cut between Willie Nelson on the far left and Bill Clinton in the center, describing himself as a liberal but not a 'pot-smoking, tax-evading' one. (playful) — 00:01:57