Laugh For Your Life

Did you know laughing is good for your health?

Laughter is a natural physical and emotional reaction to humor. It seems simple enough. But is laughter actually the best medicine? The answer is yes. According to How It Works, there is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease. Research shows that laughing by laughing decreases stress hormones immediately making the body calmer.

Laughing can help strengthen the immune system and help fight diseases by increasing immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies. Endorphins are released with laughter releasing natural chemicals producing the feeling of euphoria. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.

Laughter produces physical benefits as well. For example, laughing enhances the body’s intake of oxygen, stimulates many organs including the heart, lungs and muscles. This results in the ease physical strain in the muscles, joints, and other body parts. The decrease of stress level and the increase of oxygen in turn lowers blood pressure, reducing the risk of stroke or heart attack.

Finally, laughing is a great workout. Only 15 minutes of laughter can burn up to 40 calories and is a great way to tone your abs. The physical act of laughing contracts and expands the muscles in your stomach, much like an ab workout.

So skip the gym today, and instead flip the channel to TruTV for a tummy workout and an episode of Impractical Jokers.

Impractical Drinkers

The Officially Unofficial Impractical Jokers Drinking Game

Impractical Jokers is a silly TV show about four men doing stupid and embarrassing things. Though seemingly mature adults, this doesn’t stop them from making horrible decisions for themselves and each other.

Now you can play along, doing stupid and embarrassing things and making horrible decisions, with this Officially Unofficial Impractical Jokers Drinking Game.

 

Here’s how you play.

Choose your favorite Joker.

This will be your “party date”. Every time they fail, you drink.

The Pregame Chug

-throughout the duration of the intro

Take a drink…

-every time the jokers drink

-every time Sal bursts out laughing

-every time a hidden camera is visible

-every time Murr gets awkward around a woman

-every time a face is blurred

-every time a challenge makes you cringe or experience second hand embarrassment

-If they’re at a grocery store

-every time Joe makes a creepy face at a hidden camera

-every time a victim is confused

-every time Sal complains

-they mention or refer to being from Staten Island

-every time Sal is grossed out

-every time Murr is called a ferret

-every time a pun is made

-every time Q is called a bum

-every time Joes stomach is shown or referenced

Finish your drink

-a challenge turns into a punishment or a punishment is sprung upon a Joker by surprise

-every time a Joker is not safely on the ground (Climbing on something unsafe, suspended in air, jumping out of an airplane, etc.)

Take a shot…

-if your Joker gets a thumbs down

-every time Joe yells “LAAARY”

-every time Sal falls

-every time a Joker eats backstage/ offset, while giving challenge directions to another Joker

-every time they throw food and miss

-when Benjamin Cat appears

-a punishment tattoo is referenced, mentioned, or shown on screen

-when Santiago is mentioned

Bonus Shot

-In the event of a group punishment take a shot for every Joker being punished.

Shotgun a beer

Shotgun a beer or drink of choice if the Joker you chose in the beginning is the one punished at the end.

Loser

The person with the least amount of finished drinks is the loser. They were not paying close enough attention. They have to complete a Joker style punishment chosen by the group.

 

10 Last Minute Halloween Costumes by The Impractical Jokers

Halloween is upon us, but if you’re anything like Joe, you have not even started to plan your costume. Here are some costume ideas brought to you by the Impractical Jokers.

 

1. The Buckingham Palace Crew

Grab your squad for this royally fun group costume. You’ll need one Queen of England and some Royal Guards. Your queen just needs a fancy blue suit and a large hat. Your guards need a long sleeve red top and black pants. Get crafty with your guards by gluing faux black fur over some poster board for the guard hat.

2. Vacation Tourists

This classic halloween costume is an easy one. Just throw on your favorite and most festive Hawaiian shirt, along with some shorts and you’re ready to go. For a complete look, make a lei by cutting out, and stringing flowers together.

3. A Baby

Find yourself an adult onesie or a pair of patterned pajamas. Get a giant pacifier and bottle from a costume store to top off the look. Maybe you’ll even get away with trick-or-treating for a while before someone discovers you’re a full grown adult.

4. A Chef

Use a shower cap with an old oatmeal container to make a chefs hat. Cover it with white, black, or red fabric. Pair it with white button down for a delicious costume. Carry around a whisk to really sell the look.

5. A Cowboy

This super simple look only calls for two main accessories to really sell it. You’ll need a cowboy hat and a pair of cowboy boots. Add a flannel or button down shirt to seal the deal.

6. A Pizza Deliver Boy

For this tasty costume, pull out your old striped pajamas paired with a plain white t shirt. Accessorize this costume with an empty pizza box. The perfect topping.

7. A Pageant Contestent

If you aren’t afraid of the cold this costume is for you. Pair your beauty and grace with your cutest two piece bathing suit and your highest heels. Make sure to add a tiara to really win the judges over.

8. A Dog

Everyone loves a cute floofer. Go as your furry best friend by putting on a pair of floppy ears with a fuzzy brown sweater, Accessorize with bone shaped collar tag.

9. Dracula

Get your blood flowing with this spooktacular costume. Throw on a black cape over a dark outfit. Grease your hair back into a neat combover. Add fangs to show your prey that you are not to be messed with.

10. Or just go as your own, scary, self.

From all of us here at Impractical Jokers,

Happy Halloween.

Before the Jokers

The hit comedy prank show Impractical Jokers didn’t air on TV until December of 2011, but its beginnings root further than that. The show follows four best friends; Joseph “Joe” Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Salvatore “Sal” Vulcano, who have been a close knit group since their days in high school. The four met in improve club freshman year at Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island, New York.

In 1999, Sal, James, and Joe, along with their friends Gideon Horowitz and Mike Boccio, formed the nationally recognized improve comedy sketch group The Tenderloins. The name came from a lists the boys created, of words they feel embarrassed to say in public. The list also includes words such as gargoyle and culottes.

The group continued to grow in fame, traveling the country, performing in prominent comedy clubs and many renowned events including the San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival.  Eventually, Horowitz and Boccio dropped the group for personal reasons, and Brian Quinn, or better known for his stage name, Q, joined the group.

As did most entertainers in the 2000s, the group turned to the internet to further their name. They produced and filmed comedy sketches, which they would post on MySpace and YouTube, racking up millions of views and subscribers. Eventually the group created a comedy podcast, the first episode going up in 2012. On the side, Sal and Q started their own podcast a year later called What Say You, which has won a Stitcher Award for Best New Show in 2013. The show was also nominated for two Podcast Awards; the Comedy Entertainment and Best Produced Award.

Spike TV signed the group as the main focus for a scripted comedy show in 2008, but dropped the idea after only a few months of production. However, the pilot still aired at the 2009 New York Television festival. In 2011, TruTV picked up the idea, but dropping the original script and taking it down the reality TV path. In December the show aired, gathering 1.5 million viewers and picking up 32 million viewers within the first season.

Seven years and six hilarious seasons later the show recently announced its renewal for season 7, set to premiere in 2018. Impractical Jokers has gone global, airing on TruTV, Comedy Central, and Comedy Central UK.