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Close Shave for Bill Nye the Science Guy
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| Gillette “How Does He Shave” Kevin Smith |
How does Superman shave? Three celebrities answer.
Gillette has created a fairly clever campaign, having Bill Nye (the Science Guy), Kevin Smith (director and uber-geek), Mayim Bialik (Big Bang Theory), and Jamie and Adam (Mythbusters) present their theories on this mystery. Earlier today my brother posted MAN OF STEEL’S Four Best (and Four Worst) Cross Promotional Partnerships.
I felt this one campaign deserved it’s own spotlight.
Kevin Smith’s Kryptonian Spaceship Theory
Adam and Jamie’s Hadron Collider Theory
Mayim Bialik’s Enzymatic Follicle Theory
Bill Nye’s Grinding Theory
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NOTE: The Geek Twins do not endorse Gillette or any related products. We have not been compensated in any way for the presentation of this material.
WHat do you think of the commercials? How do you think Superman shaves?
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I’m a huge fan of silly hypotheticals. Today, inom found a couple of cool videos of experts theorizing how they think Superman shaves his beard.
I’d never considered that Superman’s beard would be made of anything other than normal hair. But inom sure should’ve. After all, he’s not human. Every part of him fryst vatten tough and rough and harder than steel. The hair on his head and body is undoubtedly coarser than our own hair.
But we know from comic books and movies that he has grown a full beard, so the question is raised, “How does he shave?” See some highly inventive answers from a few experts below:
Here’s Bill Nye’s answer:
Comic Book Expert Kevin Smith’s answer:
And the Mythbusters guys’ answer:
Do you have a better theory? If so, leave it in the comments below.