Impractical Jokers - Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Mr.Nice Guy

I haven't seen much discussion on this show despite it being heavily promoted on Comedy Central.

It's a show about four friends from New York who have to perform embarrassing challenges in public and the one that fails the most challenges gets punished at the end of the episode.

I remember there was a UK version involving four comedians which I think may have been on BBC Three and while I thought it had some decent moments, I feel the American version blows it away. The fact that the American one features real friends I think is a big factor in its popularity.

My favourite moments are the ones where they crack up and I love the presentation challenges they have to do. Here is one of my favourite scenes where two of them, Sal and Joe, have to give a speech on sensitivity training in the workplace and they have to read from a presentation despite having no knowledge what the next slide will be about...

Is anyone here a fan of the show? Do you hate it? Share your thoughts...

Live it. Sal's wedding speech is one of the best things ever.

Doyler92

Impractical Jokers is hands down the best program on TV! However, it must be the US version. The U.K. has some funny parts but in my opinion they are few and far between. In the US version nearly everything is hilarious! I would love to go for a pint with the lads!

Penn

It's an amazing show. Heard it described perfectly before, that it's a show where the joke plays in three different ways; when one of the guys is told to do something, you have their reaction to what they're being forced to do, you have the guys' reactions to him doing it, and you have the member of the public's reaction.

Some of my favourite moments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCe0thFEoqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT0eDtQE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYpJojyTX0

Penn

Doyler92 wrote: »

Impractical Jokers is hands down the best program on TV! However, it must be the US version. The U.K. has some funny parts but in my opinion they are few and far between. In the US version nearly everything is hilarious! I would love to go for a pint with the lads!

The problem with the UK version was a) they weren't all best friends so didn't know each other's ticks and limits as well as the US guys do, and b) they copied bits directly from the US version, meaning some of it became far more scripted than this type of show should be.

PaddyWilliams

Love this show, I've broken me boll*cks laughing at it, at times!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

US version is one of the best shows on TV. The 4 lads are what makes it good though, and the fact that there's lines that they all refuse to cross, make them all the more likeable as people.

"LARRY!"

ThunbergsAreGo

Its fantastic stuff

ziedth

Yea it's more laughing at the guys laughing make it for me. You can tell they are genuinely friends too which I think adds to it. Like was said above I'd love to go for a pint with them.

jcsoulinger

Painfully unfunny imo, I stab violently at the remote when I'm flicking through such is my disdain.

I noticed recently that the daily show has been pushed back to 12 for it which is also unacceptable.

Mitch Connor

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

US version is one of the best shows on TV. The 4 lads are what makes it good though, and the fact that there's lines that they all refuse to cross, make them all the more likeable as people.

"LARRY!"

I was over in america, in a queue for something and a fella came barging past. He gave some excuse - meeting family or something.

I turned to the missus and said "He's totally Larry'd us there". People infront and behind me in the queue burst out laughing and were like 'Yeah, totally Larry'd". Had a nice conversation about impractical jokers from there.

Saipanne

I'm not normally a fan of American humour, but this show is incredibly funny.

Confucius say

Seldom moments of being funny but overall it's just awful, anyone who's been in the same room as me as we're channel surfing has agreed

Saipanne

Confucius say wrote: »

Seldom moments of being funny but overall it's just awful, anyone who's been in the same room as me as we're channel surfing has agreed

Therefore fact.

maximoose

I like it a lot, the guys are great. Sal and Q have a great podcast called "What say you?" that deserves a look if you like the show.

My only problem with it is it's suffering the comedy central curse of being repeated so often that it annoys me when I flick over and see it's a repeat again.

GBX

I thoroughly enjoy it. As said above the fact that they are mates makes the humour great.

I didn't realise they even had a UK version till seeing it here.

Delirium

Really like it. As mentioned before, I think that the guys are friends really makes it work.

Korvanica

Great show. One of the few shows that actually has me laughing consistently while watching. Tears have been shed while watching it.

iano.p

Great show one of the best comedy shows on. Sal falling all the time is gas. You can tell they get on well

Confucius say

Saipanne wrote: »

Therefore fact.

Yeah it's a fact that it's not to everyone's taste. <Mod Snip>

Lady Chatterton

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Attack the post not the poster.

Saipanne

Confucius say wrote: »

Yeah it's a fact that it's not to everyone's taste. <Mod Snip>

Nothing is...

pickarooney

Screw you guys. This is funny but there's a thousand episodes. How am I going to watch them all?

Penn

pickarooney wrote: »

How am I going to watch them all?

With a big goddamn smile on your face

valoren

I loved the part where they hide Sal's keys in the Elephant dung and he must root them out.

Joe then shows him that he had the keys all along.

"Beep-Boop-Boop!"

Tears of laughter. I love it simply for that.

BobMc

I love it, just watched the tattoo clip not seen it before, I think I might have peed a bit !!,

somenights its better than others, I love it when they feed the line and you cant tell if they'll say it or not and
the look on the face as they decide will I or wont I

Penn

BobMc wrote: »

I love it, just watched the tattoo clip not seen it before, I think I might have peed a bit !!,

They occasionally make him show it to people too on other challenges, like he has to tell people he's President of the Jaden Smith fan club and then show them his tattoo of him

Q and Sal have a podcast together called What Say You. Highly recommend it. Even if you don't listen to many podcasts etc, listen to episode 19 "I have your pants". It's incredible.

JoeFlood

Very Funny ...... Especially how Sal falls over with laughter all the time !!

JimboJones99

Its the type of show that you will come across whilst channel surfing during the break of another show you are watching and then end up forgetting to go back. Not many shows that I laugh out loud to but this is definitely one of them

stesaurus

I had avoided this show like the plague until yesterday. I had expected it to be typical unfunny American humour but it's actually brilliant!

I only gave it a go thanks to this thread and watched a few yesterday. Tears of laughter at the nude modelling! I'll have to try force myself to get through the back catalog now

Penn

s.welstead wrote: »

I had avoided this show like the plague until yesterday. I had expected it to be typical unfunny American humour but it's actually brilliant!

I only gave it a go thanks to this thread and watched a few yesterday. Tears of laughter at the nude modelling! I'll have to try force myself to get through the back catalog now

In the beginning there were more challenges per episode and less pure interaction between the guys, plus the punishments weren't as bad, so it can be a bit harder to watch, but it also has some fantastic bits and the genesis of all that's great about the show.

Mr.Nice Guy

valoren wrote: »

I loved the part where they hide Sal's keys in the Elephant dung and he must root them out.

Joe then shows him that he had the keys all along.

"Beep-Boop-Boop!"

Tears of laughter. I love it simply for that.

I loved the way Joe referenced that during the punishment where Sal had to root through the rubbish in order to find his phone.

'Hey Sal. (waves phone) 'Don't worry this is my phone.'

:pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Someone asked me recently who was my favourite of the 4 lads and I actually found it very hard to decide. At first I said Sal, because he's probably the easiest to empathise with most of the time and because he falls over the place laughing constantly, but then again Joe is probably responsible for some of the greatest moments ever in the show (all of the "Larry" bits, and the potato scoops one was inspired), and other times I could be very much Team Q or Team Murr depending on the challenge in question.

Actually goes to show, that all 4 of them are as important as each other and there're no weak links.

Nice to see that this thread has spurred a few people to start watching it for the first time - I wish I could go back and experience every episode for the first time (when I first started watching about a year and a half ago, I bingewatched all of the available episodes over a day or two - genuinely never laughed as much in my whole life as those couple of days)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZ9ESfKjkw

sammyjo90

Scoopski potaatoes is my favourite sketch.

Mr.Nice Guy

Heads up that tomorrow at 10 pm Comedy Central will be showing Impractical Jokers Live.

This one hour special follows the guys on their American Stand Up Tour as they entertain, shock and hug just about everyone they meet. New pranks, stories and revelations unfold.

I'm curious to see how it appears on stage.

mada82

It's not great. I don't like the way they do the over the top laughing trying to convince the viewers that something was funnier than it actually was.

Kankan14

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Heads up that tomorrow at 10 pm Comedy Central will be showing Impractical Jokers Live.



I'm curious to see how it appears on stage.

You can just see them backstage about to go on and you know someone is getting pranked before they hit the stage!

Straight Edge Punk

I adore this show,i think Murr trying to cook while his face was numb was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

DopeTech

It has to be all set up. They would have been shot by now if it wasnt. Plus surely everyone knows who they are after 5 or more series. Still love it though.

Is there a Mrs Murray in the store?!

Cessna_Pilot

Truely awful show. Ott laughter to try convince the simple minded that it is actually not staged and genuinely funny. Yet to meet a real person who disagrees with me

JaCrispy

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

Truely awful show. Ott laughter to try convince the simple minded that it is actually not staged and genuinely funny. Yet to meet a real person who disagrees with me

Disagrees with which part?

Awful show - Disagree
Ott laughter - Agree
Simple minded folk watch it - Sweeping generalisation from Mr Anonymous Internet User man
Staged - Somewhat agree
Genuinely funny - Even if some of it is staged it is still incredible funny
Real person - Yeah I'm pretty real dude

Don't be so serious Mr Airplane man.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

Truely awful show. Ott laughter to try convince the simple minded that it is actually not staged and genuinely funny. Yet to meet a real person who disagrees with me

We're all real people who disagree with you - if by "real people" you mean your personal circle of friends, fair play to ya for being surrounded by like-minded people, but try to be a little more self aware than just assuming all boardsies are a bunch of spambots, who got into the system because they didn't have to complete a captcha to sign up.

Martypants1

This is a terrible show. American humour that doesn't translate well over here. Guys are annoying and it's like that fella on Today FM from the Dermot and Dave show that over exaggerates his laughter when Dave is doing a sketch to make people think it's actually hilarious.

The pranks are something I might have found funny when I was 14.

Surprised people use their break from reading Ulysses and drinking Cognac to give out about such lowbrow programme that only plebs watch.

Mr.Nice Guy

JaCrispy wrote: »

Disagrees with which part?

Awful show - Disagree
Ott laughter - Agree
Simple minded folk watch it - Sweeping generalisation from Mr Anonymous Internet User man
Staged - Somewhat agree
Genuinely funny - Even if some of it is staged it is still incredible funny
Real person - Yeah I'm pretty real dude

Don't be so serious Mr Airplane man.

Excellent username by the way.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Someone asked me recently who was my favourite of the 4 lads and I actually found it very hard to decide. At first I said Sal, because he's probably the easiest to empathise with most of the time and because he falls over the place laughing constantly, but then again Joe is probably responsible for some of the greatest moments ever in the show (all of the "Larry" bits, and the potato scoops one was inspired), and other times I could be very much Team Q or Team Murr depending on the challenge in question.

Actually goes to show, that all 4 of them are as important as each other and there're no weak links.

Nice to see that this thread has spurred a few people to start watching it for the first time - I wish I could go back and experience every episode for the first time (when I first started watching about a year and a half ago, I bingewatched all of the available episodes over a day or two - genuinely never laughed as much in my whole life as those couple of days)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZ9ESfKjkw

That was ****ing awful in my opinion.

I actually tried to laugh but just couldn't manage it.

Blatantly obvious that it was staged and the diners were told what to expect (in case one of them got violent) and so therefore it loses any credibility it has as a show.

callaway92

Did Santiago send you people to this thread?

Tell Santiago I'll give him his money, I'm good for it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Renewed for Season 6

PTH2009

anyone goin to the Dublin show next Jan. ticket prices a bit much over 90 euro

bandwagonesque

Wouldn't be bothered seeing the live show. These things don't always crossover well.

As for the show, I used to love it, but it's gotten a lot more staged I think now, but there are still some very funny bits so I continue to tune in.

PTH2009

bandwagonesque wrote: »

Wouldn't be bothered seeing the live show. These things don't always crossover well.

As for the show, I used to love it, but it's gotten a lot more staged I think now, but there are still some very funny bits so I continue to tune in.

There's lot of people RSVP there Dublin show but I imagine most of them are just trying to be cool and have 0 intention of going lol.

Could be a disaster of a show