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Celebrity Tattoo Horrors: Why Inking Bald Britney And Bob Barker's Menacing Grin Is Never A Good Idea

Molly Friedman — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:30:00 EDT

At some point in all our lives, we must ask ourselves: to tattoo or not to tattoo? We have yet to take the plunge, but when and if we do, we most certainly will not be inking our bodies with Pee Wee Herman, Bald Britney or (gasp!) Patrick Swayze as a centaur. But as a photo gallery over at EW proves, there are more than enough insane fans out there who are so in love with their favorite stars that they’ve etched a permanent image of their visage on their bodies. One might think a popular celebrity tat would be, say, Pamela Anderson or Scarlett Johansson, or maybe even Brangelina. But, sadly, it seems the sort of fan who goes through the pain of imprinting rainbow-colored images of their idols are mainly of the Jack Jordan stalker variety. The bad, the ugly, and the downright nightmarish tattoos in question, after the jump.

Of all the pictures of Britney, her post-umbrella carnage rage face is an admittedly charming choice, but we're not as thrilled to see Jack Black making his Holier-And-Far-Wittier-Than-Thou face. As for the Paul Reubens tat, the fan was at least smart enough to use a Pee Wee Herman pic, rather than an image of Paul huddled in a dirty movie theater with hands occupied. And poor, poor Patrick Swayze. While we'll likely never know exactly why or how someone got the idea to tattoo themselves with Patrick Swayze as a centaur, at least we're glad to see him wearing his outfit from the infamous SNL Chippendales skit (although, Chris Rock might have a different opinion).

By far the single most frightening Bob Barker image we've ever seen (shouldn't the text read "Come On Down And Fondle My Cock!" instead?). Maddox is not the worst tattoo idea in the world, but why does his tongue resemble the Devil's? Oprah looks the best we've ever seen her look on one fan's arm, but this sneering Zack Morris image has officially scarred our fond memories of the big blond man on campus for life.

[Photo credits: EW]

CELEBRITY SKIN: 21 TATTOOS OF FAMOUS FACES [EW]

We've long wanted to take the leap and get...

Seth — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:13:37 EST

We've long wanted to take the leap and get a tattoo, but have had trouble settling on a design, having narrowed it down to the official crest of the International Order of Homojewnadians, a puking rainbow, and a burning KISS logo. But once we spotted the flaming Star of David accompanying an anti-Semitic message allegedly left by LA Ink's Kat Von D for Ami James, the Miami Ink boss who fired her (she denies it, but c'mon—look at that artistry), we think we finally found the perfect symbol to adorn that hairy spot right above our ass. Thanks, Kat! [TMZ]

TLC Appreciates, Ignores Helpful Viewer Suggestions About Their Glaring Typos

Mark — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:22:26 EDT

Struck by the apparent irony of a network that calls itself The Learning Channel deploying grammatically incorrect pop-up graphics (above) during new series LA Ink, the proprietor of social networking site ifuckinghateyou.com last week e-mailed TLC to make them aware of their egregious your/you're error, receiving this response:

"Thank you for contacting TLC. We value your comments about our network and your desire to assist us in providing quality programming.
We received your comments about the LA Ink popup and have forwarded them to our programming department for their review. We always appreciate when viewers like you, take time to share information with us, and your suggestions will be given full consideration."

After the jump, see how nimbly TLC has responded to the viewer-generated "comments" about the mistake on last night's episode, as noted in a new thread on the IFHY message board:

Assuming that the e-mail actually reached someone in the programming department, a TLC staffer apparently furrowed a brow as he or she carefully considered the helpful correction, then finally determined that their only error was not adequately informing their audience that the show was a "new hit series." Tune in next week, when a fresh flood of complaints results in an updated chyron reminding viewers, "Your watching the new hit series LA Ink, the hottest show on TLC!"

Bonus Typo! Someone at ~~Fox's~~ NBC''s The Singing Bee learns that "rhythm" is a difficult word to spell.

TLC has ignored my "suggestion" [IFHY]