Impractical Jokers

Impractical Jokers is an American hidden camera comedy show created by and starring Joe Gatto, Brain "Q" Quinn, James "Murr" Murray, and Sal Vulcano. It involves Q, Sal, Murr, and Joe (who are referred to as "jokers"); challenging each other to the most surprising dares and stunts. It usually airs on TruTV, and sometimes TBS. Each episode contains competitive dares and stunts. If the joker agrees and does the act, they get a thumbs up. But if they don't, they get a thumbs down. Whoever gets the most thumbs down is the loser and have to carry out a punishment. The games or stunts mostly have to do something embarrassing or bizarre in public.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Each one of the jokers are funny and awesome. Joe Gatto is to be considered by most fans, the funniest joker. The reason why he is so well loved is because he's the most eager to take on the challenges. Q, also known as Brain "Q" Quinn is also a fan favorite. He really loves animals, mostly cats. In fact, he has a cat named Benjamin, which he adores. While Sal Vulcano has the most punishments, he still manages to be funny, especially with the punishments the jokers give him. Murr, who looks like a smiling ferret, has been doing comedy for years, and has been doing a pretty good job at it.
 * 2) The jokers' chemistry is delightful to watch. None of them have awkward or sometimes mean-spirited moments with each other. They manage to maintain a good chemistry for the show, which can make people like them even more.
 * 3) The challenges they give each other are pretty laughable, in a good way. And the way they make their way out of embarrassing situations is very impressive, and that's one of the benefits of doing comedy for years. Not to mention that they're usually pretty clever in a way.
 * 4) * Unlike Jackass, which people compare the show to for some odd reason, this show does not encourage dangerous stunts or behavior. They aren't that silly either.
 * 5) While the punishments can sometimes be harsh, they're still hilarious.
 * 6) * Look Out Below (2014): Murr going skydiving as his punishment is hilarious and very memorable. And the way Murr screams while he's skydiving puts the icing on the cake.
 * 7) * To Hatch A Predator (2018): This episode involves Q smashing as many eggs as possible, and the children are told that the eggs contained rare sea turtles.
 * 8) * Turning The Tables (2018): Joe's Punishment in this episode was to investigate which tables were cardboard or not. By doing this, he had to jump or belly-flop on each one of the tables. And on the last one, he had to climb up a ladder and fall.
 * 9) * Staten Island Holiday Spectacular (2018): This was a very spectacular episode, alright! Sal had to be put in a cage in this episode, with the catch being that there were two bears. Sal's face in this episode was quite funny.
 * 10) Benjamin Cat is a man dressed up in a suit used to torment Sal, usually throughout the punishments. This might seem like a bad idea on paper, but it's executed very well.
 * 11) Joe Gatto's fictional friend, Larry, is a pretty funny gag mostly used in season 1. Joe mostly screams for Larry. And Joe even has a shirt with the name "Larry" on it.
 * 12) The guest stars are great and likeable. The best being Joey Fatone and Bessy Gatto, who is the wife of Joe Gatto.
 * 13) Very memorable and amazing episodes, ranging from:
 * 14) * "The Needy and the Greedy"
 * 15) * "Out of Left Field"
 * 16) * "Well…"
 * 17) * "Sun-Fan Lotion"
 * 18) * "Rubbed the Wrong Way"

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The UK version of Impractical Jokers wasn't that well received by fans of the original, due to that version's jokers having atrocious chemistry.
 * 2) * There is also a Dutch version of Impractical Jokers entitled "De Fukkers", no joke.
 * 3) Nitro Circus Spectacular, an episode of Impractical Jokers from season 5, was considered to be one of the worst episodes of Impractical Jokers as a whole. The reason why people don't like it is because it was poorly produced, the host was pretty annoying, and it was overall pretty dangerous.
 * 4) As mentioned in WIR#4, some of the punishments can be harsh and/or mean-spirited.

Trivia

 * On Reddit, Sal said he has been physically assaulted two times. Once a woman slapped him for telling her that her baby is ugly. And the other time he was cutting in line, a shell-shocked war vet started to choke him.
 * Some of the pranks have gotten the jokers in trouble with the police. With examples being Murr using a stranger's camera to take a picture of his you know what, Joe using his crotch to invade peoples personal space at the beach, and Sal taking a photo of somebody's credit card
 * Joe Gatto has never drunk alcohol in his life.
 * Q used to be a fireman for eight years.
 * Pretty much all of the jokers have now gotten permanent tattoos because of the punishments they gave each other.
 * A woman Q lost his virginity to is currently in prison.
 * The show was going to be called "Mission: Uncomfortable." But they went with Impractical Jokers instead.
 * Murr has ran for Congress as an April Fools joke, no joke.

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