SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

MAGNUM P. IKE.

I could somewhat buy James Brolin as Reagan. Somewhat.

But Tom Selleck as Dwight David Eisenhower?

What's next? George Clooney as LBJ? Brad Pitt as F.D.R.? Russell Crowe as Jimmy Carter?

I mean, seriously, look at the comparison:

The news report I read said that on Tuesday, Selleck wouldn't directly answer whether he'd shave his head to play President Eisenhower. That's right, the guy who has hair in places monkeys don't is wavering on whether he needs to shave in order to physically mimic the president who most closely resembled a talking thumb.

"I will try to physically get in the ballpark," he says of the A&E movie. "But I probably won't be wearing appliances."

He admitted, however, that, "These are the final days of my mustache."

Yeah, you might want to lose that for the role, Tom. Unless you want to go back to roles like Lassiter.