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Is 'Impractical Jokers' staged? And does the show pay its "victims?" Here's everything you want to find out about the hidden camera comedy.

There’s one thing about gazing folks get pranked that may never pass out of style. It’s why Candid Camera graced our television displays for over 3 many years and why 4 childhood pals from Staten Island were in a position to construct a comedy empire with their hidden digicam display, Impractical Jokers.

What we love most about the TruTV series is that longtime buddies Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn, and Sal Vulcano are just as much victims in the pranks they pull as the unwitting strangers that get roped in.

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Here’s what you want to learn about Impractical Jokers and its crew of misfits ahead of Season 8 premieres on March 28.

Is Impractical Jokers staged?

According to the comedians, each prank you spot is one hundred % real. "It's definitely authentic because the show works thanks to that genuine hesitation and fear, dealing with a stranger who doesn't know they're on a hidden camera show," Joe advised Life & Style in a 2018 interview. "That's the magic of the show."

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In a reddit AMA, Sal stated that their jobs have gotten a bit bit more difficult the longer they’ve been on TV, "but the truth is for every person that recognizes us, there are a hundred who don't," he defined. "If we ever get to the point where it's too much, I guess that's a good problem to have?"

Though the pranks aren’t staged, manufacturers will intrude if an keen fan is threatening to spoil a situation. "We have our production team that helps us swoop in and Liam Neeson these people, like [in] Taken — [they] pull them off to the side," Joe printed.

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Where does Impractical Jokers movie?

The New York natives film in and round NYC, of course! At the get started of every episode, the four pranksters challenge every different to perform outrageous dares, like posing as a horrible opening act for Imagine Dragons or seeking donations for a fake motive. 

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During his AMA, Sal confirmed that everyone proven on digital camera will have to give written permission for their pictures to be used. One time, they had to scrap clips of a couple in IKEA as a result of the man refused to signal on the dotted line.

"When it came time to release them so they could be on camera he said he had a great time but he couldn’t sign because he was married," Joe recalled in an interview with Comedy Central. "He wasn't with his wife — he was with his mistress and he was buying her discount Swedish furniture."

What does Impractical Jokers pay their "victims"?

Most of the people who seem on the collection get absolutely nothing. "Usually people are pretty cool when they find out it's a show," Sal shared. "The few who get mad we try to convince otherwise, or they get blurred, or cut from the show. On rare occasion if the person was gold, we try and throw them a few bucks to coerce them."

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An editor from the display added on reddit, "99.99 percent of people are extremely relaxed and casual when approached about being on the show. Those that get blurred don't necessarily do it because they're angry, but more often because they just don't like the idea of being on TV in general — or in some cases because they were skipping work or other personal reasons. I can think of only a handful that were genuinely upset."

Watch new episodes of Impractical Jokers starting March 28 at 10 p.m. ET on TruTV.

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