Ever had some scary hair? This gallery reveals high school and before-they-were-stars photos of celebrities hiding beneath some seriously bad bowl cuts. Too bad for them they were captured on film, but with age, wiser chop choices, and probably a professional stylist, these A-listers look a lot more clean-cut.

Take a look at a few of the country’s most prominent professional talkers to see what they were like before TV stardom, and after they became seasoned members of the media establishment.

Ann Coulter is turning the big 5-0, and Snakkle dug up some amazing pre-fame Ann pics to go along with a few of her crazier quotes over the years. So happy birthday, Ann, and here’s to another twenty-some-odd years of insane quotes (sure to make us shake our heads).