A Beard Grows in Brooklyn

[strumpluckstrike]

I go to the school he works at, and yes, he still has the beard. :)

[Decepticon491985]

What job would let you grow your hair? And I think these videos should go all out. It's obvious he was trimming his stach.

[maloking]

its jesus =O

[FastisFast]

You look like a hodgie

[ma3dba3ll]

more like a Taliban grows in brooklyn...

[Adeel9]

I am brown...I grow your year's worth overnight.

[Lsaz17]

You look like Adam Goldberg

[Paintball1105]

You look like roco from the boondock saints, please tell me you kept the beard and hair.

[harryvonlipwig]

your hair grew faster than your beard?

[BblockB3]

you look like the hebrew hammer

[JoeyBlue01]

Amazing look at the end. Great natural curly hair and that beard!

[TheFreestyleME]

backwards evolution...modern man..cave man

[TheChoochMagooch]

Don't mess with the ZOHAN!!!

[narukofan2]

Awesome video my friend. I like it.

[jacero10]

have to say you look friendlier with the beard and hair, and too intense without them

[misterfilmguy]

So, was this Uday or Qusay?

[Grantley1974]

And at which point did you start getting mistaken for Cat Stevens?

[soliderman32]

how do u style ur hair? do u use gel? plzzzz tell me

[soliderman32]

kool :). im gonna do the same thing

[massimiliano123123]

0:22 JOVANOTTI!!

[oggedotse]

AL QUIDA

[Battlefield90]

LOL

[mormonjoe]

Huh...started off looking like a normal dude but by the end looked like there was probably some sort of explosive strapped to his waist...

[anesthesiac]

Oh man, in the end you look like such a hipster. HAWT :P

[DUDENUMBER77]

kgdot do u have a job? im not making fun of u im just saying if i tried that at work it wont be allowed

[kgdot]

@DUDENUMBER77 Fair question. I'm a high school art teacher with a very understanding administration (even more supportive wife) and interested students. I also created a weekly painting based on the photos. It was a fun project. I was nervous of what parents would think at the Back to School night, but when they saw samples of the paintings they too were supportive and intrigued.

[FrobblOo]

you look like the dude from linkin park

[Ibanez2546]

haha , nice. i bet this became very tedious midway through the year

[kgdot]

@Ibanez2546 I was good through October. November and December were tough - very tough!

[AgentCarter]

holy shit, he went from skinhead, to terrorist, to amish

[brradsullivan]

hahah thats one dirty jew lookin beard

[unwichte]

that's how a terrorist is made...

[KrimzunJin]

The bible says Jesus had a beard, and all the prophets had beards, are you saying they are terrorists too?

[thesilvernymph]

You look great with facial hair... and without. Ignore all the naysayers. This was a cool experiment.

[PoopnSuch]

whats up with all the queers calling you "hipster"?

Nice vid btw

[ParkSlopeYuppyToilet]

Douchebag hipster yuppie idiot follower, get the fuck out of Brooklyn!!

[suction]

In the beginning he looked like a friendly, accessible dude, in the end he looked like a smug, clueless hipster idiot who should have his skull smashed with the dull end of a fire extinguisher

[suction]

wow, beards are really big with the cool people now, right? they really make you look special and interesting!

[kgdot]

It was started 6 years ago and posted 3 years ago, so it has little to do with now...or cool.

[suction]

oh yeah? fuck off hipster

[Lugo42]

@kgdot well, if you live in Brooklyn, 3 years ago for u is kind of now for the rest of the earth :p

[gl0ck916]

@suction Haters gonna hate

[km1898]

You must be really into yourself. Are you a hipster by any chance? You look like one by the end.

[MichaelJCarter1]

I liked that ...it was very cool and different.....

[AgentCarter]

average man becomes a terrorist in 30 seconds

[fergybox]

that was cool bro, liked it

[DarkPieman]

Sorely lacking music, but otherwise awesome.

[rosvel92]

cool

[msdazzler]

curious... did you get laid while you grew out your hair and beard? lol

[randelicious6969]

fuckin terrorist!!!

[aquament]

nice beard

[donalfredito]

¡Fantástico!

[barneygrumble]

whats that stuff on your face?

[xAugust10x]

sweet beard

[Omarmx2]

Damn! Why do all of the guys who do these vids are sooo hot?

[thibaulthalpern]

Most of them are hot. I know...doesn't that suck?

[Fuselfluppe]

you look cool with both haircuts ;)

[mjd1796]

ha... it's kinda like moses, anyway, nice job man!

[juninhost]

you are very tasty this is!

[yenrab17poop]

LOVELY IS CUTE !

[fathipp13]

look like 300 guy in the middle

[Dargakis]

from boy to man in 37 seconds :P

i'll try it also, but without shaving my hair. 3 days so far :P

[killcs]

ahaha awesome :D

[Blaxhorr]

He looks like the Zohan at the end

[6timesnow]

you need cool music :)

[burzum83]

i had tried this too....but had to let go off my beard cuz everybody use to look at me suspiciously...so i only grew my hair for three years :)

[kgdot]

yes, as you can imagine from reading the numerous comments, i also received many comments along the way and suspicious glances.

[Nettuno88]

cant see yr face anymore

[ihatemyskin]

did anyone tell you that you look like cat stevens with long hair and beard :P

[acousticcarnival]

I quit mine after 30 days.

[kgdot]

thanks, it was quite an adventure for the year! give it another shot.

[acousticcarnival]

A true Beardman of the Apocalypse.

Mentor material.

[nambevo]

im doing the same experiment but only with my head and right now, my hair is like the one at 0:20

[Orangecrazy64]

should have started with shaved eyebrows aswel

[JohnPaulSaylor]

holy che guevera batman

[Robmusic78]

Haha...Dude goes from a boy band member look and warps into the lead guitarist for lynyrd skynyrd look. Quite a change..

[angelocatil]

you looks like pau gasol! xD

[micjuslin]

You look your best around 0:14, sorta like a roman-era look. But everything after 0:20 is straight taliban.

[ryanisfootdrums]

"straight taliban" for growing his hair out? You sir, are a douchebag.

[pauduronocudequemfez]

brooklin is now....mohammed hahahahaha....kidding.... amen jesus.... ahhahahah kidding again

[floydwiggins1]

Your hair grew faster on your head than your face, you must have shaved your face a few times before you let it grow, I understand why though, a bald head and a beard just doesn't look right together.

[b0b3rt12345]

at the end you look like jesus

[cheesecake1215]

I like your 'fro.

[koaxyz]

can't decide if you're cuter with or witout the beard :) you like boys?

--from the uws.

[VBPAKAN]

How long did that take?? and how did you keep the same facial expression in every single picture? :D

[sidewalkchalkvission]

thats awesome

[ChachiTelevision1979]

Serpico!

[jabonafilia]

you look like a fucking terrorist.

[kgdot]

you have a lot to learn.

[iraqifreak]

HOMELESS!!

[downcard11]

awesome vid, it's weird to see how much someone can change visually just by not cutting their hair for a year.

[Dihydrousoxide]

Best beard/ hair growing clip out of them all. Thanks for putting in the effort.

[RYN0375]

you look like dave from foo fighters around 05-07 and kinda like that rapper from linking park XDXDXDXD

but thats just my opinion :)

[RYN0375]

and later on like linking parks guitarest XDXDXDX\

[ScrewMetrics]

THIS! IS! SPARTA!!!!

[pnoyguitar]

I wish I could do that..but at work wont let me. =D

[vidaro]

Awesome! You look like Jesus :-D Also funny to see how you squint when you're outside.

[mooki3stinks]

You look like Charles Manson at the end. Kinda creepy.

But I know that's not the point. It's a good concept and nice vid.

[jorgene0]

haha ! man thats a nice video, you look like jesus at last haha

[dodo666]

cool title, from a tree grows in brooklyn...

[kgdot]

yes, thanks...an intelligent, respectful comment. these appear to be rare!

[RJLeffmann]

"From boy to terrorist".

Pretty interesting image sequence.

[Dax1]

go back to the clean-shaven head and face. now u look like a gross, homeless terrorist.

[frakusv2]

Looking abit Amish at the end there buddy.

[ryanisfootdrums]

Were you aware that the amish shave their mustaches? I have heard it's because they are considered "war-like".

[DeadRain23]

lulz, 17,000 views

[diali111]

The beard is kinda wierd...

[420times]

beard + this guy = terrorist

[Jayfive67]

Nice cool beard animation. Are you going to keep this look? It would be a shame to shave it all off. You should keep on growing it.

[kgdot]

too late it's been shaved several times over. it'll make a reapperance some day!

[mrmacheezmo]

i thought he looked like charles manson at the end

[KharTex]

like it the best at 0:02 :D

[hntguy]

Hey, great job, great hair. I have been growing my hair for 4 mos. I decided to do it as incentive to lose weight.I also had it shaved to begin with. You are an inspiration. I have hair that is much the same texture as yours, tho mine has a lot of grey. Anyone else out there going for a haircut free year? Now that I see what I'd look like after a year I'm ready to commit to growing. I'll have to change my id to curlyguy!

[alcohollenbeck]

Im doing it, I started 2 1/2 weeks ago, had my head shaved anyway. thats why i looked this up, I was wondering how long it would take to get it kinda long.

[JackAttack1000]

MOSES!

[tall32guy]

hehe! how funny! that's cool. :-)

[osmanjunaid]

excellent

[somersue]

SERIOUS INTEREST IN LICENSING YOUR FOOTAGE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

Hello again - just wanted to reiterate how serious we are in our attempts to license your footage. You stand to make a few grand just by allowing us to use your footage, in addition to SAG (Screen Actors Guild) fees that you'll be paid for your image being used on air.

stuart moutrie

producer

[PuNKRoCKer118]

Wow, lotsa time on your hands I can see.

[FatArnisGuy]

So easy a Cave Man Can Do It

[kgdot]

that's funny...good response

[ERINLUVSRYANADAMS]

bello!

[forthreisch]

yea you got love these things... good effort.

[Ashanmaril]

COOL!!!

[BullsEyeRocker]

You look like the members of SOAD first your Shavo, then John then at the end Serj...LOL cool vid.

[Mindraker1]

All you need is a turban, and you'll be on the Department of Homeland Security's watchlist.

[SouthSebastopol]

LOL, my thought exactly.

[youngwidow2007]

the first EVER photo, reminded me of andre agassi

[catchersmitt0]

Of all the men in grow-beard videos, you are the prettiest.

[HippyShake9]

Man, You looked like George Harrison when he gave his charity concert back in 1971! That was great!

[brand1one]

great beard and hair !

[freddyvalentine]

nice video

[sardonicelf]

Thats really impressive! Well done, It takes alot of will power and courage to do what you did.

[kgdot]

thanks for your thoughtful comment. it was along year and i am oddly proud of my "accomplishment".

[movinon20]

Jesus you look like Jesus. well at least the Jesus the church trys to make people believe looks like.

[kgdot]

yes, i received a lot of jesus comments. it's all good.

[PansSiren]

dude, i have long hair and goatee and i get the 'jesus' remarks all the time too, haha.

[hopeissocool]

i like ur hair

[PAPAZEKE41]

Did you shave it of again and got a haircut? Because if you didn't you should

[noahtg12]

nice beard

Jesus love you

[MastaBurn]

Didnt they put you to Guantanamo? heard your president doesn't like dark bearded guys for some reason.

[kgdot]

much to my own surprise, i made it all the way to perth, australia via a connecting flight in frankfurt without any problems. friends, family, and local passersby weren't always so kind with their remarks however.

[metal666micky]

Nice work. As with others, im impressed by your commitment. Its funny to see you go from Gangster to Homeless man in only one year! The question is, which moment is your usual self?

[kgdot]

what lead to this, in many ways, is that there really isn't a usual self. my usual self is a frequent change in appearance. "all part of my master plan" is what i tell people when they inquire about why i keep changing, even though there isn't a master plan. it's fun to say!

[questionskateboards]

you look like my brother. or his friend. they both live in brooklyn.

and when you start, bald, you look like my other brother in his graduation picture.

[kgdot]

i've also been called andre agassi with my hair shaved - moses, jesus, and unibomber with my long hair and beard. one kind lady at a beach side diner on the outer banks said to her friend..."that man looks like a terrorist." i felt like going over and saying "boo!" after paying my check, but i left them alone. people are...well people.

[qwik]

do the hairs get softer as they get longer?

[kgdot]

only about every third or fourth hair. the rest remain as coarse and wirey as they'd always been!

[monkeememories]

out of all the picaday vids i've seen, I think I like this one the best because it has a "storyline" to it... :-)

[kgdot]

thanks. that's a thoughtful comment. it was a fun "project" for me.

[zxetav2]

hey mr.g

[kgdot]

hello...student.

[JonOT1337]

great dedication mate!

[kgdot]

thanks. my wife is the one who is truly dedicated. she supported me the whole way despite not liking the beard much past say 6 months.

[perverator]

your hot with the beard ^^ without your nothing

[racl101]

That's a fucking awesome beard dude! I wish I could grow one as big.

[sanjgij]

I like the beard :)

[steve233]

cheater u shaved ur neck

[kgdot]

good pick up steve. yes, at some point in february i did clean up my neck until the beard got a little longer. then i let the neck go too. i also trimmed my mustache from time to time because i couldn't stand eating it!

[steve233]

lol i know how u feel the neck is the worst when u look down at something crapp it feels sharp beards are cool

[burnfireburn]

keep the beard

[Dax1]

Shave your head again and trim the beard

[tall32guy]

very interesting indeed! :)

[majorleaguefan]

omg you should so plait you beard and be all piratey that would rock!

[jslipkin]

I think you're hot -- with or without the beard.

[wisdomtoof]

mr. gamache! it's k. wadkins... you should do a digital flipbook of the illustrated ones! this is great (reminds me of my this one my friend carly scored... by noah kalina, have you seen it?)

[fran2011]

Nice hair, but get rid of the beard

[paulrenegar]

you should keep your head shaved. you look so cute bald :)