How do you get the hair from hair brushes?

Got wonderful answers to how to clean hair brushes but is there an easy way to get the hair out in order to clean?How do you get the hair from hair brushes?
I usually pull it out with my fingers or use a long, thick needle (like the ones for knitting) to pull more hair at once.How do you get the hair from hair brushes?
yea pickin them cud be a solution
Pull it out with your fingers. thats what I do. Well, you could run the brush with a smaller fine comb brush.
I use a comb and get down in there to the core of the brush and pull the hair to the surface, then just pull it off.
use one of those little black combs for guys and comb it out...works for my wife