Mel Gibson’s Hair 1987

I do not know who is running the internet these days but I want to thank them for being awesome.

Today’s clip is from a 1987 episode of Oprah where she interviews Mel Gibson when he was at the peak of his powers.  It is not or me to question the internet as to why this clip has German subtitles because I am sure they know what they are doing.  Regardless, it is just great to see the 1987’s Sexiest Man Alive have a hair showdown with a female crowd member who tries to butter up the 31 year old Gibson by saying he looks 20. (Who wants to be told they look 20, incidentally? 20 year olds are scrawny and have acne)

This girl is also so awestruck by Gibson’s hair that she stumbles over her second question and mistakenly asks him how his wife feels about being The Sexiest Man Alive? I imagine that she would be pretty pissed about winning that.  If indeed she had won that award one can only imagine how hot it gets when two of the Sexiest Men Alive have sex. Maybe Robert Patterson from Twilight and Ed Westwick from Gossip Girls would be able to tell you. (Separately they could tell you. Not together of course.)

Also take notice of two things that stopped happening soon after this clip aired; people smoking on television and Mel Gibson’s Australian accent.