What the heck is the deal with the "comb over"?

Ahem, I've been using the combover in my teenage years when my friends made fun of me for not having hair. Respect the combover. And hey, now that I'm old, I have a full head of curly hair! Ironic, right? Hey, that combover in the picture reminds me of that one from Ned's Decified! a href="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjEzNjYzNTU5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzMxODU5MQ@@._V1._SX640_SY653_.jpg" rel="nofollow"http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMj…/a