In their haste to be hilarious and bust each other's chops in stunts and punishments, the Impractical Jokers can get carried away. Their antics can veer into the unseemly, dangerous, or even illegal. Here are some times when the jovial pranksters of Impractical Jokers got a bit too extreme.
In their haste to be hilarious and bust each other's chops in stunts and punishments, the Impractical Jokers can get carried away. Their antics can veer into the unseemly, dangerous, or even illegal. Here are some times when the jovial pranksters of Impractical Jokers got a bit too extreme.
Since its debut in 2011, "Impractical Jokers" has been one of the top improvisational comedy shows on TV. It features a cast made up of lifelong friends Brian "Q" Quinn, Sal Vulcano, and James "Murr" Murray, and also featured Joe Gatto until his departure in 2021. There have been nine seasons so far and a full-length feature film was released in 2020. In 2021, "Impractical Jokers" won the MTV Movie + TV award for Best Comedy/Game Show (via IMDb). Though some people have speculated that the show is scripted, the hosts have confirmed that it is all real. Here are the 30 best "Impractical Jokers" pranks to date, ranked.
In Season 2, Episode 1 ("Elephant in the Room"), Vulcano had difficulty pretending to be a dental assistant. While meeting with a patient who was concerned about tooth pain, Vulcano was instructed to toy with the dental chair's lifting mechanism. As his patient was almost tilted upside down, the Staten Island native became overcome by laughter and vacated the treatment room.
Although "Impractical Jokers" has become the linchpin of the truTV lineup, it doesn't mean the network lets the guys act with impunity. Indeed, there's one big punishment that truTV has yet to okay.
Brian "Q" Quinn, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, and James "Murr" Murray are now globally-known celebrities, earning such status in the most unlikely of …
