Nick Offerman Auctioning Off Ron Swanson's Mustache for Charity

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Nick Offerman Is Donating Ron Swanson's Mustache to Charity
by Josef Adalian
8/17/12


Charity auctions are commonplace in Hollywood, but next week, something incredible will be up for bid: Ron Swanson's Mustache. That is not a misprint. On Thursday, August 23, some incredibly lucky soul will have possession of the most incredible piece of TV foliage since the "Magnum, P.I." era.

Do not worry: No government employees were harmed in pursuit of this charitable goal.





To help out pediatric cancer charity Because of Ezra, Swanson's real-life alter-ego Nick Offerman went to the trouble (and expense) of having the 'stache he grew and sported during the most recent season of "Parks and Recreation" professionally shaved. The holy hair was then meticulously reassembled into mustache form and placed upon the upper-lip of an exact replica of Swanson/Offerman's noggin.

And then, in order to protect the precious asset in question, Offerman spent a few grand more to enclose this modern shrine behind museum-quality glass.





At Thursday's Beverly Hills event, bidding will commence on what is being called The Nick Offerman Mustachium.

"My mustache and I are tickled pink to have the opportunity to help raise some funds for this great charity," Offerman told Vulture via e-mail. "My mature bush is also available by private auction, but only serious bidders (Zuckerberg or Romney) need apply."





The Because of Ezra foundation is certainly a good cause. Designed to help children suffering from solid-mass pediatric cancers, it was founded after web businessman Kyle Matthews and his wife Robyn lost their young son Ezra to pediatric cancer.

Hollywood talent agency UTA and a bunch of TV industry execs (as well as HBO, CBS and FX) have helped spearhead the annual fundraiser. If you're in LA, you can still buy tickets for the event here. And if you're not? There's still time to jump on a plane and make a bid in person, because: RON EFFING SWANSON'S MUSTACHE.



UPDATE: Can't make it to the auction in person? Send an email to offermanmustache@gmail.com for info on how you might yet end up owning the Nick Offerman Mustachium.

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Nick Offerman on Mustache Auction
09/19/2012


Not many men can say that they've had their facial hair auctioned off for charity, so that must be pretty surreal.


It was really ... weird. Somebody jokingly suggested that to me a couple of years ago and I thought, "With the way the Internet has sort of an obsession with Ron Swanson, that just might work. It might just be a great idea to raise some money for charity."

I figured out how to do it. I used to do a lot of my own prosthetic makeup for the theater and so many times in my life I've cast my head in plaster and built pieces. There was a great makeup artist named Mike Mekash I was working with. He works with this place called Tinsley Studio and they're one of the big houses in town. They do all of the high-end monster stuff and vampire movies and stuff, so we just came up with a plan to do it.

I have to say, I'm glad it turned out well because it would've been pretty humiliating to go to all the trouble and then it gets auctioned off for $25 to my assistant. I do have to say it all seemed really funny and we pulled it off. He did a beautiful job of preserving it and carefully shaving it off in one piece. Then he cast my face and made like a sort of marble bust of the lower half of my face and then reattached the mustache.

Once I actually got the object in my hands, I realized how incredibly creepy it was. The only difference was in anatomical location, but it might as well have been my toenails, you know? I was like, "This is really gross. It's my DNA."

But I put my personal feelings aside because it's much more than that, to the fans it's Ron's mustache, which is something I'm down to get behind.

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