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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>Johnny Messner Online</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Johnny Messner Online"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LO SVU"><U>L&O SVU</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Burn Notice"><U>Burn Notice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judys Got A gun"><U>Judy's Got A gun</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Killer Instinct"><U>Killer Instinct</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DKNY Road Stories"><U>DKNY Road Stories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The O.C."><U>The O.C.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Angel"><U>Angel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tarzan"><U>Tarzan</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends"><U>Friends</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CSI"><U>CSI</U></A>   |   <B>Miami Ink</B>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ricochet"><U>Ricochet</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="1f8af830.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>      Airdate</B></div> <div> <B>August 23 2005</B></div> <div> <B>Episode "Home"</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Miami Ink</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami Voice Over - " My old friend  actor Johnny Messner  came in to talk about getting some of his brother's cool</B></div> <div> <B> artwork tattooed on his arm.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><B><IMG SRC="1fa96710.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B>  <IMG SRC="1fc96710.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="20b97710.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="20d97710.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami "What are you doing?"</B></div> <div> <B>Johnny " Chillin. Come down to get some work."</B></div> <div> <B>Ami  "All right"!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1fe96710.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="113" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="20" VSPACE="20">   </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"My name is Johnny Messner and I came here because Ami is one of my best friends and</B></div> <div> <B> the best tattoo artist that I ever knew.  Yeah, so my brother sent four copies of this tattoo that</B></div> <div> <B> he drew. There renditions... interpretations of christ. My brother is an artist and he lives in </B></div> <div> <B>San Francisco and does all my work. Tattoo's are all about... like... for you. So if you could </B></div> <div> <B>like have a brother, which I was blessed with, that is an artist and then I can put his work on </B></div> <div> <B>my arm or on my body, is great.  "</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"My father is a Col in the Airforce so this is for him.  This is a 17th century patella. Where two angels are shooting down</B></div> <div> <B> on the virgin mary. Every rose signifies a time in my life I did something really, really, great for the people I love. But</B></div> <div> <B> I'm 35 so there's not that many. I'm hoping by the end of my life their down to my knuckles.This piece is my favorite,</B></div> <div> <B>for me this...it helps me balance, knowing where my power comes from."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>   <IMG SRC="21980600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="20064600.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="1ff61600.jpg" border=0 width="97" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="20180600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="20380600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami VO - "The next morning I was ready to start tattooing my old friend Johnny. After I finished sketching Johnny's</B></div> <div> <B>tattoo I ran it  through the therma fax to create a stencil. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="20580600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="20780600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="20980600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami " A great way to start the day here with this tattoo."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Johnny enters the shop</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Johnny "Good mornig."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami VO  "My famous friend came in right on cue. And we got straight to work. But first I will start by shaving </B></div> <div> <B>his arm. Next I will apply the stencil of the artwork that Johnny's brother has drawn for me. And finally I start</B></div> <div> <B> tattooing <IMG SRC="20f97710.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="113" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5">the design. Johnny's been very busy lately. He starred in the movie "Anacondas" and he also</B></div> <div> <B>appeared on the tv show "The O.C."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami "Johnny"</B></div> <div> <B>Johnny  "Yes Ami James"</B></div> <div> <B>Ami "What do you have coming up buddy?"</B></div> <div> <B>Johnny "Well, I have a movie with um... that Wayne Kramer wrote and directed. He's the one that did "The Cooler".</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami "I like that one."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Johnny "And then I have "One last thing" coming up..."</B></div> <div> <B>Ami "Really?"</B></div> <div> <B>Johnny " Which is with Ethan Hawke.  Yeah, and then I think I'm going to do a movie called "Solice"... Wow."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="21180600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="21380600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="21b80600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="21780600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="21580600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Johnny VO "Well I get tattoo's for me. Um... cause it's kinda like... you know how music is the soundtrack to your life? </B></div> <div> <B>Tattoo's are like a bio of what I've gone through in my life. I think people are judgemental on a level, they might think I'm </B></div> <div> <B>a thug or something  but I've never had somebody say like, all they say is that their beautiful so if someone says that I'm </B></div> <div> <B>happy with that."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami VO " I was always a pretty big fan of Johnny's brothers artwork, and I wa pretty psyched to be able to put it on as a tatto."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Johnny "Finished piece of life."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ami "We're done."</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </div> <bR> <div>  <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>