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I love the Impractical Jokers. Their show is pretty much the only thing that
has kept TruTV afloat as a channel. You
can change to TruTV at almost any time of the day or night and end up watching the
Impractical Jokers. The group is just as
good at standup as they are at the ridiculous challenges in the show. I was lucky enough to go see them in Durham,
NC a few months ago. My family and I
laughed for hours after the event was over.
One
of my favorite things that they do is pose as receptionists and call out a list
of incredibly fake names while trying not to laugh. The names alone are funny, but I think one of
the main reasons that I laugh at the show is because of the guys’ reactions to
the names and then to each other attempting to make it through the list. Another favorite of mine was the time that
Joe had to dress as a manager and then go around a crowded restaurant jumping
on tables to see which ones were decoy tables set up by the other guys. It was funny enough to see him break through
a fake table full of actors, but even better to watch him jump on a real table
full of unsuspecting people’s food. In
the most recent season, the Jokers did what I think was their best challenge
yet. They each took turns to see who
could check out with the same receptionist in the greatest number of disguises
before being called out.
In
all of these scenes and really anything from the show, the superiority theory
best explains the cause of our laughter.
Whether we feel superior to the guys, the made-up people with hilarious
names, the receptionist who is fooled by goofy costumes, or maybe all three at
once, the result is the same. In the
end, it is the sheer ridiculousness of the pranks along with the way that the
Jokers continue to create new games that have caused the shows continued
success.
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