The Book of Bert

With “The Book of “Bert”: High-Class Stars with Some High-Class ‘Stache, authors Jon Chattman and Rich Tarantino will do for mustaches what The Darwin Awards did for human idiocy and College Humor did for, well, college humor. The book, whose term “bert” was originally inspired by an inside joke about Burt Reynolds’s polarizing facial trademark and the authors’ shared acquaintance by that name, was released by the Triad Publishing Group on April 1.
The Book of Bert is a hilarious romp through mustache history and a fascinating compendium of great men who have worn their great mustaches like badges. The book features 25 different, well-known personalities profiled and ranked on their mustache integrity. Following each chapter are a few related sidebars counting down a list of “Top Mustaches” in various categories, as well as mind-blowing mustache trivia.
Various celebrities from Juno’s Michael Cera to satirist Mo Rocca to Artie Lange of The Howard Stern Show also weigh in on mustache importance throughout the years. John Oates, the former mustachioed music legend of pop duo Hall & Oates, lends the The Book of Bert its foreward, and it’s riveting.
“From every angle, in every photograph, bopping through every silly 80’s MTV moment, my mustache became my marquis until I could not distinguish between it and me,” Oates recalls.
Men with mustaches clearly have more character above their upper lip than in their entire body. This is their story, and the timing for The Book of Bert couldn’t be more perfect.
“This book is very relevant with the reemergence of the mustache from the likes of Borat, My Name is Earl’s Jason Lee, and The Killers’ Brandon Flowers. The book is for them, and anyone who ever wanted to grow a mustache, but was scared of the ramifications. It’s also for those celebrities who not only grew a wonderful patch under their nose, but actually kept it when though society told them not to,” says Chattman, a regular pop culture writer who owns and operates the entertainment humor site thecheappop.com.
Adding to that, Tarantino, a nursery school teacher who also helped get thecheappop.com off the ground, said, “The Book of Bert is the first of its kind, this book will inspire you to grow a mustache, shave it and than grow it again, it’s that good.”
Further the mustache fad by picking up your copy today. Read the book The Today Show’s Meredith Vieira declares, “I am personally offended by this book because my mustache wasn’t included. However, I endorse it because I am, and always will be, a huge fan of Tom Selleck’s stache.”