Impractical Jokers’ Tattoo Punishment Was The Scariest For Q – Looper

In the Season 3 episode “The Permanent Punishment,” James Murray, Sal Vulcano, and Brian Quinn share in a three-way punishment and must get mysterious tattoos of Joe Gatto’s choosing. In a behind-the-scenes interview, Quinn called the tattoo his most terrifying punishment to date, since he was subject to Gatto’s sadistic whims. The tattoo features a picture of Quinn’s cat and reads, “38. Lives alone. Has three cats.” “You basically got a tattoo that brands you a loser,” Gatto cackled gleefully upon revealing the new ink. Quinn responded, “I’m only gonna be 38 for another four months!”

As the tattoo healed, so did Quinn’s hot-headed reaction. “Look, [the tattoo] didn’t end up being that bad,” he said. “I kind of like it, actually. I kind of got away with it.” He continued, “Biographically speaking, all of these things are going to be incorrect. I’m not going to be 38 forever. Hopefully I won’t live alone forever. And I will, at times, have more than three cats or less than three cats … although I don’t want to think about that because when I think about my cats passing away I get upset and cry.”

“The Permanent Punishment” aired in 2014, and Quinn seems to have maintained a sense of humor about the embarrassing tattoo. On his birthday in March of 2022, the “Impractical Jokers” star tweeted, “46. Lives alone. Has 3 cats.”