The Hated Name: How Impractical Jokers Got Its Title

• 1:14:23Guest was bartending and making good money but had no health insurance, forcing him to think about returning to his finance job.
• 1:14:55The group realized their best idea was to just be themselves and improvise rather than trying to learn how to act.
• 1:15:35They had pitch meetings scheduled a week before they even had an idea for the show.
• 1:15:52Guest hated the name 'Impractical Jokers' when the network insisted on it.
• 1:16:09The original concept was 'Mission Uncomfortable,' where they'd compete doing viewer-submitted challenges from a van narrated by Patrick Stewart.
• 1:17:05Tim refused to do the show if they called it 'Daredevils,' then objected to 'Impractical Jokers' as corny and demeaning.
• 1:17:35Tim ran a bar and hosted a comedy show called Grab-ass from 2008-2011 where he knew Michael Che and other comedians who would hear about his new show's embarrassing title.
• 1:18:25Guest has video of the moment the network forced the Impractical Jokers name on them; he visibly turned green and almost dry heaved.
• 1:18:41Despite initial humiliation, the show became the most successful prank show in history, comparable to Candid Camera.
• 1:19:03Allen Funt created Candid Camera, which was the historical impetus for Impractical Jokers.

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