Impractical Jokers is an American reality television comedy game show series that make use of hidden cameras being set up everywhere on the set to capture hilarious scenarios.
The show pioneered on truTV as produced by NorthSouth Productions on December 15, 2011, starring the four members of The Tenderloins namely Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Sal Vulcano.
The show is about the four comedians who coerce each other on competitive games of dares, pranks, and trolls which in turn they earn either thumbs up or thumbs down for their individual performance, and whoever accumulates the most thumbs down is subject to an extremely humiliating, painful, disgusting punishment.
Furthermore, the member who was defeated is not allowed to refuse the given punishment or else, The Tenderloins running the TV show will just come by less. It is a show that revolves around life-long friends who live to compete and cause embarrassment to each other.
‘Impractical Jokers’ distinguished themselves with other comedy shows through their astonishingly witty humor and just natural slapstick comedy with a unique twist.
The member who is about to do the prank or an extremely disturbing social experiment has no idea on the details until the moment they are doing it in a set of random people or bystanders while hidden cameras are ready to capture the action from different angles.
Series in Progress
The television series had its own history before reaching the success and recognition they are garnering in today’s time. The Tenderloins made it to their first television appearance when they joined NBC’s It’s Your Show and ended up winning the grand prize of $100,000.
From that point on, they started filming for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV and unfortunately did not earn much attention from audiences.
A little later, Impractical Jokers which was originally entitled as Mission: Uncomfortable came to be when TruTV announced its premier in March 2011.
Thereafter, their fame and influence skyrocketed making its way to its whopping 200th milestone episode in the coming season this September 2020.
Impractical Jokers has been well-received and praised by critics and was also tagged as possibly the most humorous and ridiculous comedy show compared to others on TV.
Evidently, the genuine friendship these four comedians have has successfully transformed their small fandoms into a multi-platform media avenue that includes trading of their own brand, merchandise, live-show tickets which are immediately sold out the moment they post it online.
The Tenderloins garnered millions of supporters from all around the world and continues expanding until today.
In addition to this, the television series had become the number 1 comedy series in cable with an average of 780,000 people watching their live stream and reaching to more than 1.2 million total viewers every week.
Television Series Cast
For those who just stumbled upon this TV show, the casts Joseph “Joe” Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Salvatore “Sal” Vulcano were long-time high school friends who went into improvisational comedy from the New York City borough of Staten Island.
Soon, they formed their own comedy troupe called The Tenderloins that brought fame to their names. The Tenderloins achieved immense success because of their hilarious acts that earned them a fandom composed of supporters from different parts of the globe.
There are also guest appearances from random artists who are up for a challenge like from the recent season, Tristin Mays, Yanni, Dave Jacobs just to mention a few.
Just like how season 1 to 8 has lived through in the hearts of their fans, The Tenderloins are intact, complete, and ready to take on the ninth season with a blast and loads of fun skits.
Production Crew
From the time the TV comedy series premiered its first season, it was produced by NorthSouth Productions and Directed by Peter Fowkes and P. J. Morrison along with support coming from Warner Bros. Television who helped distribute the series.
Impractical Jokers Season 9 Release Date
Impractical Jokers Season 1 was released way back year 2011 and has been consistently in demand by fans as shown evidently over flagship rankings for the network.
It recently released Season 8 which premiered in March 2019 with 26 impressive episodes successfully ending on screen a year later.
Now, Impractical Jokers, fans are anticipating another whooping season as they announced the renewal of the show for its ninth season at the Pepco Park in San Diego where they held their special live-streamed interview.
This month of September, Impractical Jokers will be making it to their viewers’ screen through HBO Max consisting of 26 remarkably hilarious episodes.
Season 9 Official Trailer
Check out the clip below to get an overview of what is about to unfold in the coming season once it will be released and maybe get a whim on your favorite comedian’s pranks and hilarious antics.
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