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  • Not so long ago, my friend Kevin cleaned out his wardrobe, which, due to his pack rat nature, was crammed with clothes he hadn't worn in more than a decade. Among the discarded were 25 sweaters that can generously be described as "hideous." Or, as one critic put it, "Bill Cosby would not wear this." Kevin's defense? "I worked at Marshalls in North Olmsted, Ohio, during high school and got a 15 percent discount. It was cold. It was the late '80s." The horror, the horror. Click here to see them, but be warned. Your eyes. The burning.

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November 16, 2009

Hail to the Sweater

Clinton
My recent excavation through my old photos turned up another gem. This one's from mid-February 1992. That's me, Bad Sweater Guy, there in the middle, chatting up then-Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas. I had traveled to New Hampshire with a group of Northwestern University students who were canvassing on Clinton's behalf. I covered their exploits for The Daily Northwestern.

Note that I’m actually wearing one of my signature Bad Sweaters, and the governor seems unfazed. Do Bad Sweaters really have any affect on politics? After meeting me and my Bad Sweater, Clinton went on to a surprising second-place finish in the Democratic primary. Flash forward to 2008, when Sen. John McCain lashed out at his advisers for making him wear “gay sweaters."

Clinton? Sweater tolerant. Two-term president. McCain? Sweater intolerant. Not president.

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November 13, 2009

Rare find

Origin 
Many people think that Bad Sweater Guy collects Bad Sweaters. Not so! All of the Bad Sweaters in my collection were ones I actually wore back in the 1980s and 1990s. I dress better now.

But! Recently I dug through my photo archives and found this spectacularly rare item. It's me with one of my most iconic sweaters -- brand new. Look: The tags are even still on. And check out how happy I look.

At this moment in time Icould have chosen to cast aside this cardigan nightmare. But no. I embraced it fully. And now the rest of the world benefits from my foresight. And pack-rat tendencies.

Whatever. I declare the 2009 Bad Sweater season open. Order my movie and send me photos of your own Bad Sweaters.

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November 09, 2009

Make the Yuletide Gay

Bad Sweater Guy appears in yet another film, Rob Williams' "Make the Yuletide Gay." We highly recommend adding it to your DVD collection.


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