"Part of the magic of movies resides in the mysterious brilliance of the hair and make-up folk who toil endlessly behind the scenes. But sometimes they get it wrong: they come in with a bad hangover and their glue-gun isn't working so they grab a possum and stick it on the head of the nearest overpaid star. The result may be cheered or derided, but never forgotten. Only about three people I know have ever seen Battlefield Earth but everyone knows what John Travolta's hairdo is like in that film. Here are ten of the worst ferret-heads, toupees, syrups or bad hairpieces ever committed to celluloid."
—Paul Dale, in 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists (2007), edited by Richard Kelly
Title in book: "More Syrup, Sir?" Apparently "syrup" (of fig) is Cockney rhyming slang for wig.
