How I Met Your Mother, “The Rough Patch”
Longtime listeners to my ranting will know that I am continuously fascinated by Jason Segel’s hair formations on How I Met Your Mother. Segel appears to be blessed with naturally curly hair, but he seems to be unaware of how to take care of his hair. He tends to let it grow kind of long and unruly, and then uses way too much gel to smush it down. It mostly becomes a gloppy mess. Please see this classic example from Go Fug Yourself.
Sometime during production of the last few episodes, Segel got a haircut. So while his hair is still not being well managed, at least there is less of it.
On a scale of “Good Hair” to “Nick Nolte’s Mug Shot,” Segel’s hair in “The Rough Patch” weighs in at a mildly unpleasant “Comb That.”
Please note the poor hair continuity at work in this episode though. I captured this screen grab about one second after the previous image, Segel has not had time to fix his forelock and yet -
