TV SERIES · 2011– · USA
Impractical Jokers
- Created by
- Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian Quinn
- Network
- TBS, truTV
- Seasons
- 13
- Episodes
- 293
- Studio
- NorthSouth Productions
36 archived facts 1 topic 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano -- who take dares to an outrageous level. To find out who is best under pressure, the guys compete in awkward and outrageous hidden-camera hijinks with the loser performing what is deemed to be the most-mortifying challenge yet.
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All facts (36)
- #001
Q worked as a firefighter for the FDNY for eight years.
- #002
In a Reddit AMA, Sal said he had been physically attacked twice: a woman slapped him for saying her baby was ugly, and a war veteran suffering from shock choked him for standing in line.
- #003
Murray ran for Congress as an April Fools' Day prank.
- #004
Joe was the only joker who did not drink alcohol.
- #005
Several pranks got the jokers in trouble with the police. For example, Murr used a stranger's camera to photograph his testicles, Joe stood over strangers on the beach and invaded their personal space with his crotch, and Sal photographed a customer's credit card.
- #006
As one of Sal's punishments, Murray briefly married Sal's sister Jenna. They annulled their marriage later that day.
- #007
Joe decided to leave The Tenderloins just a few weeks before the idea for Mission: Uncomfortable (Impractical Jokers) came up. Q and Sal had to persuade him to rejoin the group.
- #008
Joe and Murr used to live together in a single apartment.
- #009
Among other episodes, the episode titled "Wrong Playwright" stated that Q was left before the wedding by his fiancée. In reality, Q left his fiancée and the apartment they shared at 3 a.m., taking only his joker statue and leaving everything else behind. He never saw her again, though they had brief contact afterward.
- #010
The first challenge the jokers ever filmed was not aired on the show until Season 1, Episode 14.
- #011
When Sal photographed a woman's credit card, the police notified the jokers. Unfortunately, the footage did not fit into an episode.
- #012
In the live punishment in which the four jokers had to walk a high wire five stories above the ground, Q was the only one of the four who walked the entire length of the wire without falling.
- #013
The guys have known each other since they met in the ninth grade of high school in 1990.
- #014
While filming an episode of the first season, the jokers were in the basement of a pet store while the crew set up equipment, and Murr ate dog feces for $290. This was recorded on video, and the footage was shown at The Tenderloins' live shows.
- #015
The jokers have an understanding that if one of them loses and refuses to take part in the given punishment, that joker will leave the series.
- #016
The woman to whom Q (Brian Quinn) lost his virginity is in prison.
- #017
Q (Brian Quinn) was in the film Dogma; he initially appears standing next to an elevator as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck walk past him.
- #018
Sal, Murr and Q all have permanent tattoos as a result of a single punishment; the tattoos were chosen by Joe, and Joe also chose specific tattoos, the most notable of which is Sal's Jaden Smith leg tattoo.
- #019
Before Impractical Jokers began, the friends shared a YouTube channel called The Tenderloins, which was also the name of their stand-up comedy group. The channel started in 2006 with the video Gordon: The Greatest Fish EVER. As of 2020, the channel was still uploading.
- #020
The series was originally going to be called "Mission: Uncomfortable."
- #021
Before the series and during its first four years, Sal owned a bar in Staten Island. When the bar business went badly financially, he decided to become a full-time joker.
- #022
Murr admitted that he wore two condoms the first time he had sex.
- #023
Both Q and Murr lost their teeth at different times.
- #024
The Impractical Jokers app was the first time a TV series companion app included a direct line to the show's stars.
- #025
Joe's signature line was "Larry!" while Q's was "Hey, mustache." Whenever the guys saw a man with a ponytail (usually muscular), one of the Jokers would always say, "Nice ponytail, Cupcake."
- #026
Sal is known as a giant germaphobe who is afraid of many animals.
- #027
In 1998, Murray made a film titled "Damned!" that focused on the youth of Jesus Christ in modern times. In the "Damned If You Do" episode, his punishment was to watch his (embarrassing) film and finally answer some questions about it properly. It is unknown whether it had been shown before.
- #028
The series' head writer is Casey Jost, the younger brother of Saturday Night Live head writer Colin Jost.
- #029
Sal was the first joker to receive a punishment.
- #030
In the episode titled 'Puncture Perfect,' Murr (James Murray) had both his nipples and his navel pierced as the punishment for losing.
- #031
Sal had been a vegetarian for six years.
- #032
Joe and Sal were both hit by cars. Sal was hit when he was four years old.
- #033
On December 31, 2021, Joe announced on his Instagram account that he was leaving the series to be a better parent to his two children after divorcing his wife.
- #034
Sal hates cats, while Q (Brian Quinn) has 3 cats.
- #035
Q (Brian Quinn) will not eat peanut butter or sushi.
- #036
The comedy troupe's name is The Tenderloins.
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