Comments on: The Mystery of Bearded Harold

By: Ruben Tyndall

Ruben Tyndall — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:00:47 +0000

Thank you so much for this! I havent been this moved by a blog for a long time! Youve got it, whatever that means in blogging. Anyway, You are definitely somebody that has something to say that people should hear. Keep up the good work. Keep on inspiring the people!

By: mattio

mattio — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:47:31 +0000

Has anybody here seen a web ad with this man’s face? http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/08/26/1225766/217570-dt-daniel-wood.jpg

If so, please tell me what website.

By: Cadre

Cadre — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:05:11 +0000

Definitely a psych-ops campaign against Obama. Very similar to the stuff Joseph Goebbels was doing in the 20’s and 30’s, associating images of degenerates with an individual or group.

By: Owen Pitrone

Owen Pitrone — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:53:25 +0000

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/01/odd-photo-in-ad-for.html

Boingboing just caught up to Vern.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:24:54 +0000

You are not the only person wondering, I noticed a thread on boingboing about this very topic.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/01/odd-photo-in-ad-for.html#comments

This was the comment that seems to have identified the source of the photo:
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It’s a Vetta stock photo from iStockphoto.com. Looks like they bought exclusive rights to it, but here’s another of the same guy with even worse fake teeth:

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-8130861-ugly-guy.php

For what it is worth, they seem to have tracked the source down using a reverse image lookup tool called TinEye http://www.tineye.com/

By: Dan Prestwich

Dan Prestwich — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:27:25 +0000

Holy shit, I got one on Box Office Mojo where Bearded Harold’s hair grows and shrinks when you scroll over it. WHAT THE MOTHERFUCK?!

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:45:13 +0000

I’ve been wondering about this guy for ages. My fear was the Interwebs knew I hadn’t shaved for like, two or three weeks, and was trying to tell me something. But I really would like to know what marketing genius thinks this guy will make anyone do anything but call the cops.

By: pepper

pepper — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:04:55 +0000

He looks like a terrorist to me, they got another bearded guy on yahoo today. I sent an email complaining to pr@lowermybills.com How dare they use President Obamas name with this type of Ad. Its ugly and misleading. I equate running across one of these ads to a cockroach running across my screen. Where’s the RAID?

By: Val

Val — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:05:55 +0000

THANK YOU! I’ve started a joke collection at my desk at work with clippings of all of the ads I’ve found him in, but I really am interested in figuring out who he is and why someone would find him “enticing”. I’ve been mostly looking through the America’s Most Wanted website, because that picture looks like a mug shot.