MUSTACHE OF THE DAY: PETER USTINOV

by Orson on Oct 24, 2007 2:00 PM EDT

Remember, you can't solve a mystery on an empty stomach, something Hercule Poirot certainly believed. In fact, your mind works best after ingesting a light salad, four rolls slathered in butter, a cheese plate, some pate, a whole roasted duck, a side of braised endives, five glasses of claret, strawberries topped with creme fraiche, three cups of coffee, and two vodka tonics to finish. (For the digestion, you know.)

Now we're ready to solve a mystery! Just, please: no chase scenes. You don't want to see a grown man turn inside out and vomit impolitely on another gentleman's bowler.

The mustache of the day? Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.

Happy Mustache Wednesday, motherfuckers!

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Me thinks you’ve got the wrong Poirot.
http://www.tvdvd.fr/eec/Hercule-Poirot/Images/Poirot%5b1%5dEpisode%2010%20TheDream_01.jpg

by Edgar Puddington on Oct 24, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

So, the Poirot character is like the Bond or Jack Ryan characters, in that more than one actor has portrayed him on screen.

And, all this time I thought that creepy French guy, no the other one, owned the TV/movie version of Poirot.

Learn something new every day.

Gracias, O.

by Coop on Oct 24, 2007 2:16 PM EDT reply actions

I’m more of a David Suchet fan, myself.

by The Bull-Gator on Oct 24, 2007 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

That guy is just a Mustache Pete. Sorry everyone, I just reread The Godfather and that immediately came to mind and had to be vomited forth before it poisoned my brain, spread throughout my body and caused several fairly vital organs to fail.

by Biggus Rickus on Oct 24, 2007 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

Jowly. A little jowly.

If only he could use the ends of that ’stache to support his sliding cheeks.

Sadly, mustaches are not structural.

Just ask Burt Reynolds. A mustache can only carry a career for so long before it fails.

by Rival on Oct 24, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

How could you let this pass you by?

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1658835,00.html

by AE on Oct 24, 2007 3:13 PM EDT reply actions

It is great to see that others enjoy seeing David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. It is also awesome that college football fans have other secondary interests such as good literature, loved ones, pets, etc. I think jobs are at the tertiary level.

by Anonymous IV on Oct 24, 2007 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, it’s pretty much rule 1A of Poirot:

David Suchet > Peter Ustinov

by Land of Os(borne) on Oct 24, 2007 3:27 PM EDT reply actions

I say EDSB have a PCS playoff. Feel free to adjust my seedings:

1. Suchet vs. 6. Ian Holm
2. Albert Finney vs. 5. Alfred Molina
3. Ustinov vs. 4. Tony Randall

by Bottagetta on Oct 24, 2007 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

Or should Suchet and Finney get the bye?

by Bottagetta on Oct 24, 2007 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

I love Poirot, jowls and all!

by Trojan Chica on Oct 24, 2007 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

I’m sure I’m a moron for this. But who the fuck is this guy? I must not get out enough.

by The Last Dragon on Oct 24, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

Suchet is the man.

One other thing regarding Coop’s comment — Poirot is belgain, not french. Common mistake that Hercule always corrects.

by Bill on Oct 24, 2007 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

I’d like to get a pair of scissors, kick him in the nuts, and while he is doubled over, snip and butcher that ridiculous caterpillar off his upper lip.

by Mr Pelican Pants on Oct 24, 2007 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

OK here’s how big of a dork I am. Peter Ustinov does the narration for the way-too-technical-not-to-be-porn “Wings of the Red Star” on Discovery: Old White Men Channel (112 in Tallahassee). It’s about Soviet military aircraft and pretty, well, dorky.

by robert on Oct 24, 2007 11:37 PM EDT reply actions