Beard = Power?

[bzarcher]

I'm stuck at work for a bit longer, so here's a random thought.

Early career Alton Brown: Clean Shaven. Short hair. A bit nebbishy, but with great potential.

Episode I Obi-Wan Kenobi: Clearn Shaven. Short hair. A bit inexperienced, but with great potential.

Mid-career Alton Brown: A little facial hair, a little longer hair, great confidence and a rising star in his organization.

Episode II Obi-Wan Kenobi: Longer air, rocking the 'stache, rising up through the Jedi and well on his way to being a hero.

Current Alton Brown: Rocking the full beard, nicely done longer hair, pretty bad-ass and getting to do all the fun stuff, plus going out on the road for high adventure.

Episode III Obi-Wan Kenobi: Rocking the full beard, nicely done longer hair, bad-ass, etx etx.

Now, I'm not saying Alton Brown is a Jedi Knight (though I'm not saying he -isn't-, either), but it's kinda interesting.

Hell, watch the Iron Chef America or Feasting on Asphalt from this weekend. His beard/stache combo even looks just like Ewan McGregor's in Episode III. It's a little freaky.

Comments

[alathaniel.livejournal.com]

This, of course, begs the question, of what the Alton Brown paralell will be to Episode IV Obi-Wan.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Old, wizened, and powerful.

Struck down by Darth Mario and becomes far more powerful than you can ever imagine.

[vroomsocko.livejournal.com]

You're going with Mario as a lord of the Sith? Really? 'Cause I'd think it would be Anthony Bourdain myself...

[parasaurolophus.livejournal.com]

I always knew there was something about AB...

[demeterschild.livejournal.com]

Perhaps beard = greater sensitivity to the Force?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Remember, Bourdain himself kneels before Mario's "Rabelsian brilliance."

He may be a learner, but he is -not- the master, and he knows it.