John Oates and his moustache to become cartoon superhero

Beards and other sundry facial hair formations may be en vogue now in the world of alternative music, but John Oates has more than a few words for that. The moustachioed half of soul-rock standard Hall & Oates wants to take you back to the day when all real rock-n-rollers needed was a doubleneck Rickenbacker, plenty of nag champa and a truly wicked 'stache. To get his message across, he's teamed up with Primary Wave Music Publishing, who recently greenlit the pilot to an animated series titled J-Stache that will see Oates "kicking ass, rocking out, and wearing tight pink pants."

As the two-minute promo trailer shows, Oates will play a family man who is enticed back to the world of rock 'n' roll by his moustache, voiced by Comedy Central late-night paragon Dave Attell. "Just as I'm represented as the John Oates of today, the moustache is the John Oates of yesterday," Oates expounds.

Now stay with us here: the pilot, which Primary Wave estimates will be finished in the next two months, will portray Oates opening a wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for musicians with nose neighbors on their upper lips. Suddenly, a dying David Crosby appears to warn Oates that a clandestine group of moustache-wearers are hellbent on killing other moustache-wearers. Later, as Tom Selleck attempts to flee a murder scene, Oates summons his soup strainer with a fist-pump and transforms from conservative dress to pink pants and white boots.

Whoa. Imagine Oates, Freddy Mercury, George Harrison and Steve Perry forming like Voltron to form the ultimate moustache-toting crime-fighter, in time for a climactic showdown with ZZ Top and Iron & Wine. Adult Swim better jump on this one, because it's hard to imagine something more perfectly suited to that network's target audience.

Related links:
HallAndOates.com
Aspen Times - John Oates: A reflective look at life
YouTube - Hall and Oates - "Private Eyes"

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