Howie Mandel Hosting Live TV Event; Comedians Will Walk a Highwire 5 Stories Up In NYC

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS

truTV’s Impractical Jokers are celebrating their 100th episode with a giant LIVE event hosted by Howie Mandel in New York City. On September 3rd the Jokers will walk a high wire five stories above New York City. Or at least they’ll attempt it, with New York’s South Street Seaport as the backdrop. They’re calling it the Live Punishment Special.

If you’re not familiar with the Impractical Jokers, Joseph Gatto (“Joe”), James Murray (“Murr”), Brian Quinn (“Q”) and Salvatore Vulcano (“Sal”) are Staten Island born and raised comedians, sketch and improv artists who team up as the Impractical Jokers to challenge one another to do outrageous and embarrassing challenges, dares and pranks in public. Punishments come at the end of the episodes, and are doled out to the Joker who didn’t complete their earlier challenges. Some of the more famous ones include Murr being forced to skydive despite his fear of heights, Q having to teach sex ed to his parents, Joe having to ride the top of the Roosevelt Island tram, and Sal being sent into a “haunted” corn maze.

For their Live Punishment Special, the challenge is to see who can walk the farthest distance on the wire, which will be suspended five stories up. The live punishment will also have a charitable element, donating proceeds to each Joker’s favorite charity: Doctors Without Borders (Sal), Daniel’s Music Foundation (Joe), Make-A-Wish (Murr), and Stephen Siller Foundation (Q), determined by how far of a distance each Joker walks. You can vote for which joker you believe will walk the farthest tweeting #LIVEPunishment and #TeamMurr, #TeamJoe, #TeamQ, or #TeamSal.

It all goes down on Thursday September 3rd at 10pm Eastern, 7pm PT and you can watch it live and in person in New York City, or live on truTV, But that’s not all. There’s also pre-gaming all next week to get ready for the event. Long time fans and newcomers can get up to speed on the guys by watching truTV all week.

Starting monday August 31st, truTV will feature a week of Impractical Jokers specials including behind the scenes footage, cut scenes, a countdown of fan favorite punishments and challenges, a full day marathon of Impractical Jokers episodes, a pre show, a post show Q&A, and even on demand episodes. Here’s how to find it all:

Monday at 10pm. Go behind the scenes with the Jokers.

Tuesday at 10m. Unseen Scenes take you to the cutting room floor.

Wednesday at 10pm. A countdown of the series greatest challenges and punishments as voted by fans.

Thursday. All Day. A full marathon of fan favorite episodes starting at 11am.

9:30pm Preshow with guests and surprises.

10pm ET, 7pm PT. LIVE PUNISHMENT SPECIAL.

Post Special: Interview and Q&A streamed on trutv.com.

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