page_title: Brylcreem
section_title: Notable users and popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Brylcreem / Notable users and popular culture
caption_attribution_description: English: British Railways in Wartime - Leave Train- Transport Between London and Scotland, UK, 1944 A British Army Sergeant waits beside a mother and baby on a station platform, somewhere between London and Scotland. Behind them, a Nestle chocolate machine can be seen, providing snacks for the journey (chocolate is 1d per tablet) and to the right of the photograph, a large poster encourages men to "Keep your hair shipshape - Brylcreem your hair".
context_page_description: Brylcreem is a British brand of hair styling products for men. The first Brylcreem product was a hair cream created in 1928 by County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England. The cream is an emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilised with beeswax.
context_section_description: The Brylcreem Boys is a film from 1998, directed and co-written by Terence Ryan, about the internment of Axis and Allied combatants during World War II.
  Fazal Mahmood was the first Pakistani cricketer to model for Brylcreem. It was the first time a commercial brand had hired a Pakistani cricketer as a model.
  The Rutles' All You Need Is Cash (1978), a Beatles mockumentary, mentions that one of its characters shortened his hair "to save on Brylcreem."
  In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, while a nurse is applying conductant during electroshock therapy, McMurphy quips: "A little dab'll do ya."
  On January 26, 1987, WWF Primetime Wrestling commentator Gorilla Monsoon mentioned Bret Hart "must have 47 pounds of Brylcream on his head".
  In Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 11, George Costanza explains how he still has Brylcreem, despite the fact that he is bald.
  In Young Sheldon, Season 1, Episode 20, Sheldon Cooper is shown to use Brylcreem.
  In Louie, Season 3, Episode 11, David Lynch's character explains to Louis CK that he needs some Brylcreem along with a new suit to look the part of a late-show host.
  In Law & Order, Season 13, Episode 20, Lennie Briscoe remarked, "A little jab'll do ya," a play on the well known tagline with reference to a death facilitated by the drug midazolam.
  In The Sopranos (Season 2, Episode 3), Junior Soprano remarks to Richie Aprile "The Federal Marshals are so far up my ass I can taste Brylcreem."
  In King & Maxwell, Season 1, Episode 3, Sean King says about FBI offices "It smells like Brylcreem."
  American Dad!, Season 1, Episode 9, "A Smith in the Hand", has the title character searching for ointment and in desperation crying 'A little dab'll do ya!'
  In an episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert calls Ted Cruz "Texas senator, and Brylcreem storage facility, Ted Cruz."
  In Mad Men, Season 1, Episode 7, Roger Sterling orders more drinks before a meeting with the Nixon campaign declaring "Well, what the hell?  It's the GOP. They'll never smell it over the stench of the Brylcreem."
  In Call the Midwife, Series 3: Ep. 1 "Christmas Special", Dr. Turner's son, Timothy, asks for a jar of Brylcreem, while imprisoned in an iron lung upon a polio diagnosis. It was also mentioned in Episode 7 of Season 5 of Call the Midwife, when Tom left some of the wall after kissing Barbara.
  In The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 22, Reddington refers to the use of Brylcreem while being held captive.
  In Billions, Season 2, Episode 11, Referring to poison used to sabotage a company, "It's like Brylcreem then. Little Dab'll Do Ya?".
  In the Netflix mystery film Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie, the line "A Little Dab'll Do Ya!" provides a crucial clue.
  Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra is the brand ambassador for Brylcreem in India.
  During the Second World War, members of the RAF became known as "Brylcreem boys". Initially intended as an insult by other branches of the forces due to the RAF's perceived safe and comfortable job back in Britain, one that afforded them the luxury of personal grooming, the term became one of endearment after their success during the Battle of Britain. 
  In the song "Pencil Thin Mustache" by Jimmy Buffett, the last line in the song includes the product's catchphrase: "Brylcreem - A Little Dab'll Do Ya!"
  In the song "Never Fight a Man with a Perm" by Idles, the opening line starts with "Brylcreem, Creatine, And A Bag Of Charlie Sheen"
caption: Brylcreem poster at a railway station in England, 1944
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