In Popular Culture
The Scottish comedian Gregor Fisher lampooned the comb over style with his character The Baldy Man, which featured in a television advertisement before graduating to its own TV show.
Stand-up comedian Heywood Banks sometimes sports a comb over despite having a full head of hair, stating "I'm not going bald, but I like the look!"
On an episode of Room 101, newsreader Lorraine Kelly called comb overs "Pedal Bin Hair".
One of the villains from Cars 2, Professor Zündapp, has a broken roof rack that resembles a comb over.
American film and TV actor Bill Murray wore a combover as "Ernie McCracken" in the film Kingpin. Also in Kingpin, but to a lesser extent, Woody Harrelson's character "Roy Munsen" also had a combover.
In Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, there is a teacher by the name Mr. Comb Over. Instead of regular hair, he uses his beard to cover his scalp.
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