Sweet 'Stache: 50 Badass Mustaches and the Faces Who Sport Them was released earlier this year in an effort "to give some respect to something that kind of gets dismissed as a fad or a trend," according to author Jon Chattman. "I think mustaches for a while became the punchline of a man's face, but in reality they often have more character than the men that wear them," Chattman said. We teamed with Chattman — who for the record is currently sporting what he calls a "Caucasian Don King" mustache but aspires to rock a "Martin Mull circa 1986" — to carefully groom the following list of the best TV 'staches. Click ahead for Chattman's commentary on all those who made the cut.