That name was thrust upon us in the early stages of the web link, admits Vulcano to Deadline.
We were like, who even uses the word impractical?
It felt so clunky to us.
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To be honest, out of the gate, the show was originally called Mission Uncomfortable.
When Impractical Jokers first came out, I was like, we are going to be mocked roundly.
It was the most clunky, unfunny, confusing name that I ever heard.
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DEADLINE Explain the secrets of your success.
Its not sex appeal, thats for damn sure.
I think we remind people of the friends they have, or used to have when they grew up.
I hope that were funny and make people laugh.
I also think there is an authenticity to our friendship that makes the show very watchable.
Or, me and my friends do that stuff all the time.
Do you ever get tired of making fun of your friends?
Thats the core of the American friendship … busting chops.
I think the day people get tired of it is the day that society falls apart.
I think Impractical Jokers is the only thing holding the world together at this point.
SAL VULCANOIt could be.
We are the finger in the proverbial dike.
I also think we are good escapism.
The show is very digestible.
We look back on 300 episodes and its a strange feeling.
I could watch an episode and have absolutely no recollection of doing it.
I mean, weve done thousands and thousands of bits.
DEADLINE So can you dust off old bits and re-use them?
QUINNYes, we do.
Just to see if the fan base realizes what we did.
DEADLINE Is there a certain rubric or scenario that always seems to work best?
MURRAYThere are scenarios that are primed for success, always.
We always have success working as a dentist one-on-one with a patient, or working as an optometrist.
DEADLINE Do you draw the line at public nudity?
And if you didnt get a high five, you had to take a piece of clothes off.
VULCANOIt was in the middle of Union Square Park.
You would be surprised at how much your body doesnotwant to urinate itself.
QUINNWe had to stop filming.
So me and Sal went to the parking lot and started pounding Jameson until he got drunk.
VULCANOLet me tell you, once you start peeing, you cant stop.
I learned a lot about my body that day.
DEADLINE Have you updated your humor to reflect the changing times?
The show has also become more family friendly.
We didnt imagine that one day it would become a family co-viewing show.
So we kind of feel that responsibility to our fanbase.
MURRAYWe retire bits when we feel like they have run their course.
Sometimes we do stinkers.
But we dont leave them on the cutting room floor.
We air almost everything.
We almost get arrested doing it, but almost everything gets aired.
VULCANOWe decided early on that theres funny in the failure.
If we are going to spend productions money, weve got to check that we cant burn it.
So for better or worse, we are kind of transparent.
DEADLINE Are you recognized pretty regularly now?
Is it hard to pull off bits because of that?
But thats a good thing.
It means people like the show.
QUINNWe many shoot in the Tri-state area.
Manhattan is really our main hunting ground.
DEADLINE Can you tease what to expect from season 10?
MURRAYWeve got really great celebrity guests.
We have Alf in an episode!
We brought Alf to punish us.
QUINNAnd they got the original Alf to come in and do it.
And Bruce Campbell is one of my big heroes.
So the guys got Bruce Campbell and used him against me in an Evil Dead dead-themed punishment.
DEADLINE Has it felt weird doing the show without original co-creator Joe Gatto, who left for personal reasons?
MURRAYFor the second half of season 9, we were without him.
Season 10 is a whole new season without him.
There will always be a hole in the show without his presence.
He is irreplaceable so we didnt even have a go at replace him.
QUINNWe know what the final episode will be.
We have it mapped out.
We already have a director in mind.
We had the idea five years ago.
We came up with it in Wales.
DEADLINE Now, about the title of your show…
MURRAYA funny story for you.
The show plays around the world in like 120 countries.
In some countries, they dub over the voices.
Oftentimes in our languages, there is no translation for impractical.
Its an unusual word, even in English, right?
So they rename the show to hilarious results.
In Belgium, the show translates to Four Dicks, and in Holland the show is called The Fuckers.
Both of which, are better than Impractical Jokers.
He looks in the camera and says, youre joking me.
Thats not for real, right?
And you hear me behind the camera going its Impractical Jokers.
Hes like, no thats terrible.
Im going to put that in a museum some day.
Season 10 of Impractical Jokerskicks off at 10 p.m.
ET, Feb. 9, on TruTV and TBS.
