Impractical Jokers
| Impractical Jokers | |
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From left to right: Q, Murr, Sal, and Joe
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| Genre | Hidden Camera |
| Directed by | Peter Fowkes P. J. Morrison |
| Starring | Brian "Q" Quinn James "Murr" Murray Sal Vulcano Joe Gatto |
| Narrated by | tom brady Bill St. James Erik Falcon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 129 (and 16 specials) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Charlie DeBevoise Mark Hickman Brian Quinn James Murray Joe Gatto Sal Vulcano Pete McPartland Tommy Cody Simmy Kustanowitz |
| Location(s) | the Tri-State Area occasionally: Miami, Texas, Las Vegas, New Orleans, London and Cruise Ships, New York City, including a 16 city tour in 16 days |
| Camera setup | Hidden camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | NorthSouth Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
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| Original network | TruTV |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | December 15, 2011 – present |
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| Related shows |
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes Jokers Wild |
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| Website | |
| First episode date: December 15, 2011
Impractical Jokers is an American hidden camera-practical joke reality series that premiered on TruTV on December 15, 2011 and is produced by NorthSouth Productions. It follows Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano, the four members of the comedy troupe The Tenderloins, as they coerce one another into doing public pranks while being filmed by hidden cameras. The show differs from other prank television programs in that the stars of Impractical Jokers do not know the details of the prank until the moment they are performing it on strangers. They perform the pranks as challenges to the unsuspecting public and if they fail them, they go on a loser board. At the end of the episode, the joker(s) with the most failures goes through a punishment, which are created by the winning joker(s) and are usually far worse than the challenges themselves.
The show has been renewed for a sixth season, which was announced on July 22, 2016. Season six started airing on February 9, 2017.
Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano, four high school friends from Staten Island, formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe, The Tenderloins in 1999. After a long and successful history, including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC's "It’s Your Show" competition, the group went into television. In 2008, they filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV, but the show did not go to series. TruTV announced the series Impractical Jokers, originally slated to be named Mission: Uncomfortable, on April 12, 2011, eight months before the show's debut. Murray explained how the hidden camera format made sense based on the jokesters skills. "We needed to find the right format... thing is, we've been doing this for years, but when it's on camera, the embarrassment is amplified." Q and Sal have said when they gave their pilot episode to TruTV, it was recorded on their iPhones. At the time they pitched the idea to TruTV, Murray was VP of Development for NorthSouth Productions, the company that has produced the series since its inception.
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