Interviews · 4 October 2017
Impractical Jokers The full interview
Impractical Jokers interviewed by Kevin Durham, 4 October 2017. 17m 28s on tape.
The Impractical Jokers interview: with the Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto & Murr (James Murray) covering punishments, ugly babies, a Russian Egg roulette game and their new tour. Table of contents 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Pranks on bus tour 01:50 - Joe thought he was going to die at 41 02:14 - Sal was choked and slapped 03:37 - Ugly babies 05:30 - Murr married Sal's sister 07:43 - Sal went into a swamp 10:02 - Impractical Jokers quiz In this Impractical Jokers Interview Sal starts by saying how everyone sees each other almost every day. Joe then moves onto only having a two week break.
What's on the tape
A transcript, made by machine from the audio and tidied up. It gets names and the odd word wrong, so treat it as a way to find the bit you want rather than as a quotation. Every timestamp jumps to that moment in the video.
0:01 It's a we're fresh how is it when you don't see each other do you stop missing each other is it quite a [ __ ]. Break we see each other no joke um probably. 365 days a year probably over 300 yeah definitely definitely and day and night yeah so we don't see each other usually is about a day or two only. And then once a year it's for a couple of weeks yeah the long to longer stretches we have is during the the holiday season in America. Christmas for two weeks and then in the middle of the year like summer we get two weeks off and those times it's like you start to miss them at the end the other. Beginning it's a welcome break so you go from I can't don't want to see these people ever been in my life seen. Don't need to see them I miss them but then when I see them.
0:54 What does it what the other ways folk do something pretty sick of each other they just eat Subspace. With you guys being prankers as well like being on the tour bus how'd you get any sleep how did you like not keep limits to each other when we're not on duty we do it all falls. On our bus tour we had some high jinks first time haven't seen the two of us ever being on tour bus yeah and so I was like it was like that new. For like a birthday a school that you know might signal attacked you yeah because the bumps had these sheets that sounds usually scared and also very ticklish. So the folks at least like realize is that they just shot you can't see if anybody's in them so I just laid in wait how. Look Martin I dropped out in the top bunk.
1:44 We're talking well we are hundred one language when playing with house money right now that's right SOT wallaby oxidized not to take this on a shelf. Turn negatively but people you said I really got my head when I was young I was going to die 49 years old that that's eight years away from me that's. I'm yeah I'm so believe I'm just looking at death as well you might be closest to death especially with this show. And I was thinking about the the time when you did you tell woman that you have a baby you just lucky I think you know that because that never actually see. You you were supposed to do your research very well thank you very much it was worth it was the pilot a pilot was before before.
2:50 We even had the show - yeah we shooting the pilot and she was a great sport about it afterwards but she and then we were still around to tone up to show that yeah. But then you're just gonna slap the an episode that aired a while ago we were at volcano bang which is a Universal Studios in Florida. And sound which means he'll blow his nose on people's towels and this woman was wearing a towel of salad up the bloody wanker yeah we small this one's over open. Him charlie yeah I was asleep I said they cos my eyes I have some new nephews and you have a new if you if everyone. Had their babies never put them in a room they would look identical nobody know what they baby.
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3:41 Baby there is they're all ugly babies out there anything ugly Arabi well you babies are ugly yeah you'd be able to tell me the base. Level of babies apart by race and insects. Like Winston Churchill's no yeah. Yeah if I haven't I can't. Listen pairs get blinded by their love for the baby but they know that babies I know my daughter was gorgeous on birth my son yeah yeah. He's I have a good friend for over as long as I've known that I can't say means I can't please don't answer Canton and that person.
4:38 Is two kids right now and one is like okay and know I just kept you know. Shall guard for HUD leases. I know one of these guys thinking at them remembering family is hot well at the punishment shrine II see my smoothly one of the punishments. Was that you married his sister illegally illegally and that was the thing they led me to believe it was legal they went down to the courthouse.
5:39 City Clerk's office before I think you were gonna do it but then after they had reservations at the last second and then but they live on time. They love me to believe in the moment. They let me to believe in the moment it was you which I was upset look. That also is a recall the crossing a boundary no no but it's a it's a it's a it's a it's a nightmare it's a it's. A logistical for real I I actually married sister in real life like I said she one day I set it down and we got a pizza. Really I did Sally I didn't tell me you love me you know what's the NOAA's mission what's going what's there the pig work in the back as they you got the thing. In the only way they weren't legally married was because you have to submit in New York the paperwork within 30 days signed by a legal pastor.
7:01 Which Sal is he actually married my wife and I in real life so they left the paperwork to the back so Sal had saw the paperwork. He said he grabs me he goes what if I to get them back just sign the paperwork it submitted and then they are only gonna leave a narrative. And they looked at me for a woman and he was like oh no wait I don't want to marry. What's the worst punishment that you've ever encountered on the showed if it was real I would have been kind of upset about it I think but no far. From it was one of the biggest surprises yeah but at this point we've done so many it's hard to answer but one time they put me in a swamp. And I don't like anything that's not just like him I don't like germs I don't like a swamp you're clean free you're clean yeah yeah.
7:49 But a swamp was a swamp it's not even about being a clean freak right so they had me in that water the whole day very murky. You can't see in it so I was worried about like parasites crocodiles all that stuff like that that was really better than 100 degrees you know it was great there's. Flies like just literally mr. office well it was terrible that was one of the worst. The body was known as that you over the head with more that thing yeah I thought Sal's helmet was made out of they showed me the prototype. Which was a bicycle helmet that had like fake ivy on it I was just like a swamp monster yet so I had on his headpiece and so Sal. So south was too hot so they said okay well we could take the ivy and just make like a makeshift had put it on and take off the bicycle helmet.
8:36 But they didn't tell me that so shall attacks the boat and I taken of wooden or and I just did it's on the head with it and hit. Hits him in the head. Somewhat you know went unconscious you buddy I was so close and he hit me and I fell because I was hitting him as if he had a bike helmet on yeah you know and I'm super. Strong so I hit him and hit and I saw in his eyes he went wonky and I went oh he's [ __ ] up like I'm sorry. But monster I tried this little watching the conceit was that I knew almost fan boat swamp tours coming and when they were narrating it may be like oh if you quiet. Maybe the bog monster might come out so that would be my cue to come out be like either do whatever they said but there was a whole bunch of people watching.
9:25 The horses like 30 people on the boat when he hit me I didn't want to break character but I really had to love. Monster voice because we hear that now we hear you boys. So guys I've got a little quiz I'd like to do with you and whoever loses the quiz there is another challenge that I'd like to do with that person. So are there are stakes in this little competition you guys there with that question number one former what noise that's coming move very good. Sound lay me a color.
10:38 Wales UK yeah put it up keep us - for how much is have John aah. Sainsbury's I was thinking our D it's one pound succeed. I crave Eric so can I ask you to switch seats. And we have the towel towel a towel victory the towel over sound. That might be finger pegs so the game is Russian egg Roulette are you down with that but III have I take umbrage with something okay. Did you clearly fix this game in order for the agree yes maybe no but I would suggest maybe leveling the playing field okay and I will play you for it you ready. Okay of soft bossa nova yeah so uh moms.
15:25 Want to ruin people's call no you're gonna miss the camera angle oh then we need some rope. I tried tell me about Larry and why are you looking for years ago before to show you and we just yelled from all the time ya know. So we just a lot of stuff from our real life bleeding to the show yeah that was one of the things you used to do that's why we named this tour.
16:39 Yeah and we're taking it all over we kick off the whole UK tour with a show of the Manchester Arena and 100% of the proceeds of that night. Brian yeah listen no I wasn't listening him before now I miss the guy yeah he's a good guy I listen over all the techies are the first these are the person. S way swarms of that I've never. Well guys I scratch so much thank you.
