...today's version of the combover is bald on top with a skinny, long ponytail in the back!
Nope,
original comb-over takes a few strands, flips them over, and 'hey, nobody notices I'm bald!' --- the 'Jeff Clark Look' is all shaved off, and 'hey, nobody notices I'm bald' [the first can also result in the 'flip-top' look with a slight breeze! so a slight advantage to the JC!]
and even tho I don't have a length on the back, and rarely wear a cap, like some of the folic-ly challenged, that 'monk' style sez: 'I'm bald and I'm proud' [to paraphrase The Godfather]