Id catch the odd segment here and there and would chuckle before flipping over.
Then, maybe Id leave it on.
Its not a program I would have consciously made an effort to sit down and watch, though.
The show format isnt particularly interesting or unique.
Thats fine, but its not the most inspiring set up.
What hooked me, though, is that it makes me laugh so much.
There have been pranks onImpractical Jokersthat have made me double over laughing.
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Larry!
I was calling you!
TheImpractical Jokersteam are Joe, Murr, Q and Sal.
Theyre very funny gentlemen indeed.
A typical challenge on the show will draw different things from each cast member.
Q freaks everyone out trying something strange and fails spectacularly.
Joe even manages to change hands.
I think Murr might be my favorite joker, although it can change multiple times during each episode.
Murr is very sharp and is the most inventive in the face of some of the more difficult challenges.
He always has a fool proof plan.
The biggest laughs, the ones that make the inside of your ribs ache, usually come from Joe.
Q hollers the gentlemans order back at him, Two burgers of ham!
Two burgers of cheese!
When he then crashes the till, rather than folding, he simply bellows Tis confusion!
Finally, we have Sal.
Sal struggles a little with the stress of being onImpractical Jokers, which only serves to encourage his cohorts.
Perhaps my favourite Sal moment comes from a prank that puts the jokers at a supermarket sample stand.
Sal hands out cheese samples and then turns to his clipboard to ask a few questions.
His question to a baffled middle aged man?
Whered you get all that booty from?
Its beautifully stupid and Sal is mortified to ask it.
The cast ofImpractical Jokersare so, so important to the success of the show.
Why do you have a brick labelled pain?
For me, there are two further key elements that makeImpractical Jokersthe rare hidden camera show worth digging into.
The first is that the joke is not on the public.
In pretty much every instance, the joke is on the jokers.
The jokers would sooner take the loss than be unpleasant, which means the show never descends into nastiness.
It makes watching a TV show like a communal experience.
Dont call me clown, moustache.
I think its the guys improv background that means the pranks dont just play out, they escalate.
When Murr is up, theres only one other gentleman in the waiting room with him.
The first message is a complaint from someone who has found a camera in Murrs shower.
As Murr struggles to explain, a second message identifies the texter as Murrs Uncle.
The gang expertly turn the screw on Murr.
Plus sometimes they make good fart jokes.
Skoopski potatoes!
Everything onImpractical Jokersis done knowingly, with full acknowledgement that what theyre doing is silly.
Typically, theyll be walking the streets of New York.
Joe remarks that, with all the walking We must be tired.
I dont know if any of this has sold you onImpractical Jokers.
Its really difficult to explain why something is funny.
I really think it is though.
But do check outImpractical Jokers.For me its the funniest thing on television at the minute.
