12 Funniest TV Show-Inspired Tattoos

We've seen geeky tattoos. We've seen music-related tattoos. We've even seen tattoos of dead GOP icons. But maybe you're too lazy to learn HTML, go see bands, or vote. Maybe you want to come home from a hard day's work, turn on the boob tube, drink a sixer, and go get a tattoo of the last thing you watched.

You're not alone, brothers and sisters! As proof, we have compiled a list of the 12 Funniest TV-Show Inspired Tattoos. If you see anything you like, print this out and tote it to the parlor for reference. Anything we can do to help contribute to our readers' unfortunate, permanent decisions.

12. The Golden Girls

Here's a tip for the ladies: A photo-realistic portrait of the Golden Girls splayed across your thighs is always a turn-on for guys.

GAY guys. (Cue laugh track, eat some cheesecake, Stan arrives and asks Dorothy for money.)

11. Joy Of Painting Host Bob Ross
Ironically, whoever designed this tattoo is a much better artist than Bob Ross.




10. ALF
Can we tell you something, ALF-tattoo-man? ALF and nipples don't go together. It's just creepy.

Not as creepy as this, but still creepy.

9. Hawkeye Pierce
This portrait of Alan Alda's iconic M*A*S*H character Hawkeye Pierce, lovingly inked into your flesh, can serve as a somber reminder of the horrors of war. Or as a reminder of the joys of binge drinking and banging nurses. Your call.


8. Bob Barker
Remember to have people with this tattoo spayed or neutered.


7. Chris Farley
We really enjoy your tribute tattoo of beloved SNL-er Chris Farley, especially the bottom picture, where he looks especially sweaty, bloated, and self-destructive. Was the reference photo taken the night he died? Was the tattoo parlor out of Artie Lange?


6. Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
Continuing our theme of tattoos of dead people, here's Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter. This is probably an Australian dude's tat-- it's an Aussie rite of manhood to drunkenly get a tattoo of either 1) Steve Irwin, 2) Paul Hogan, or 3) A Can Of Foster's, right after you kill your first wallaroo. Australians call this a walkabout.


5. Zack Morris From Saved By The Bell
Our friends over at Funk Jelly recently featured this stunning skin-tribute to Zack Morris, who just this week made an appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. So this tattoo is, at the least, topical. On the minus side, it makes our eyes and childhood hurt.


4. Ralph Kramden
"Hey, you know that show Grampa always makes us watch? Look, we can get a tattoo of the fat guy from it! Yeah, you're right, I'll just stick with a rose on my ankle."



3. Tony Danza
Who's the boss? Not you, if you have this tattoo. Something tells us if you get Danza inked onto your skin, you're assured a lifetime of menial, minimum-wage jobs, a promotion to even assistant manager eternally out of your reach. But if you flex, it looks like Tony's all, "Angela!" So you got that going for you.


2. Oprah
As the Book of Revelation foretells, it will only be a matter of time before all humanity is forced to display The Mark Of The Oprah.


1. The Cast Of Bonanza
"I don't know, I came in here thinking "Pernell Roberts," but now that I see the Lorne Greene, I'm not sure. Gosh, though, that Dan Blocker really catches the eye, doesn't it? Oh wow, I didn't even see that Michael Landon. I-- I'm not sure. I can't decide. I CAN'T DECIDE WHICH BONANZA CAST MEMBER I WANT TATTOOED ON MY BODY!"