The Impractical Jokers Are Being Very Practical
Entrepreneur|March 2017

They’re four friends who earn a living by making each other uncomfortable. And that makes them the greatest lesson in teamwork.

Jason Feifer
The Impractical Jokers Are Being Very Practical

THE INDIGNITIES MOUNT. First, Murr is told that he has to compete in a bodybuilding competition. And to be clear, Murr is nobody’s definition of fit. Stripped down to an American flag Speedo, he looks like a fillet of cod—a soft, slender, floppy whiteness untouched by the sun. Next, his three best friends—Joe, Sal, and Q—oil him up and spread on a nice layer of bronzer. Murr seems amused. He’s done worse with these guys: He’s faced off alone against a professional dodgeball team, he’s been stuffed inside a piñata and hung from a crane, and he’s even had his nipple pierced. So twitching in front of guys who could bench-press him? Sure, why not.

Murr is waiting with a bunch of meatheads when his name is called. He is led down a hallway and toward a door. As it opens, you can see him thinking through his next move. He’ll channel Schwarzenegger, make his buddies laugh, and then—

Oh, God. There’s no bodybuilding competition in this room. There’s just a woman—a very beautiful, very familiar woman—sitting in a chair. Murr knows he’s being filmed, just like he knows his three best friends are watching his face drop; he can hear them through the earpiece he’s wearing, and they’re dying of laughter. What has he walked into?

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