Favorite Pic of the Day for November 12th

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Bobby by Shax Carter

Happy Birthday today November 12th

Happy Birthday to model Iago Botelho!

Check out more of today's BIRTHDAYS on FH HERE:

KIltless

I wish I could find more shots of the crimson cuties.  Given he's at a public even,  kiltless, with just his bagpipes strapped on, I'm guessing there are more shots out there somewhere...

A Look Back: The Dream Team

'The dream team image has always been squeaky-clean –but now our audience seems to want something a little more, I don’t know… risqué? So we thought we’d venture out.'

Mark Kleckner

When I saw the video on Hunks in Speedos of models Mark Kleckner and John Nies on The Joan Rivers Show, I knew it was time to again check in with The Dream Team.  Although they weren't 'quite' nude, there was something really erotically CFNM themed about Joan interviewing two hot hunks in just tiny pairs of briefs.

John with brother Eric

A few years before the Dream Team was created, many of us were introduced to model John Nies through photographer Bruce Weber.  Both John, and his brother Eric, stripped down for Weber's 1990 iconic book Bear Pond.  Bear Pond in part helped form my love of visuals of the male form.  I remember an old Yahoo Group called Bear Pond Models that introduced me to the book, and it's incredible visuals, when I first got on-line.  

Bear Pond

I was late to the party when it comes to the web.  Although we had access at school, it took my parents awhile to get their head around a home computer.  I actually purchased the families first desk top, which was kept in the den.  This made it a challenge to seek out male nudes on-line, but when I had the chance, I quietly checked into those old Yahoo Groups. 

Playgirl (1994)

Most of us got to know model Mark Kleckner when he appeared on the cover, and inside a 1994 issue of Playgirl Magazine.  I posted more of Mark's spread previously on FH HERE:   Mark stripped down as part of the promotion for the Dream Team, and it did initially, bring them a lot of attention.  Sadly, it didn't last, and it seemed the model group disbanded shortly after they began.

'I was a body model for a number of years; I was an underwear model. I posed for still photographers for art pieces. I grew up in Europe part of the time, so for me nudity was no big deal. It was everywhere –at the swimming pools, at the beaches. It’s just a very natural thing. Americans have a big stigma when it comes to nudity. I don’t know why.'

Caps and video below by Hunks in Speedos

Joan Rivers

Klecker saw The Dream Team as a business, and worked hard that first year to promote the team, and launch a number of products.  In addition to promoting the five members for modeling work, The Dream Team had it's own collection of swimwear, underwear, sleepwear, T-shirt and beach towels.  They also had posters, a calendar and a catalogue full of merchandise for sale.

What's always been a head scratcher for me, is where all that merchandise ended up?  If you search The Dream Team on-line, pretty much nothing comes up.  Although the model team was only around for a short period of time, I still cannot find any of the posters, or calendar images, even with frequent searches on eBay and other on-line auction sites.  If anyone has/had the calendar, or has any of it's images, please, shoot me a line!

Entertainment Tonight

The 1994 Calendar

That Underwear Scene...

'You can't alter underwear!'

Earlier this year, I began a re-watch of Ugly Betty.  I had watched the first season or two when it first aired, but stopped watching regularly before the end of the second season.  I loved the show, and the characters, but there was a certain magic to that first season.  Some of the magic was the location, Ugly Betty shot the first season in New York.  It later moved to L.A, using blue screen more and more to replicate the big apple.

During my re-watch, I featured several of the supporting cast members who stood out to me over the second watch.  There was one scene, however, one of the shows most famous, that I left out. It was in the season 2 episode, A League of their Own, that had the famous underwear scene.  I remember when the episode aired, there were images of Christopher Gorham all over the net in his boxer briefs.  No wonder, Gorham's Henry was the cute nerd, usually seen wearing a suit.  Out of his suit, he had an incredible body that was shown off on the show for the first time.

Some viewers may remember though, that Henry was actually standing there in his tight undies, it was fantasy of Betty's.  The actual hottie in his boxer briefs was a model named Gus, who Christina and Betty were ogling over.  The model was played by real-life model Dustin Moss, who did a few acting roles in the 2000's and 2010's. 

Dustin by Sean Watters

Although the episode aired close to 20 years ago, Moss is still a busy working model, and looking at his current portfolio, still looking mighty fine.  Although Gorham got the lions share of attention for the scene, on my second viewing, it was all about Moss for me.

Ugly Betty

Gus was written as your stereotypical 'dim' male model, who didn't seem to notice, or to mind, that Christina, Betty and Mark were all salivating over him.  This episode all introduced the character Cliff, (actor David Blue) who I enjoyed as Mark's boyfriend, and who I wish had stuck around longer.