Do the Victims on 'Impractical Jokers' Get Paid to be on TruTV's Biggest Show?

"People are pretty cool when they find out it's a show," shared Sal Vulcano.

Mar. 7 2024, Published 10:Forty nine a.m. ET

For greater than a decade truTV has been delivering laughs and pranks and laughs and more laughs by means of exposing said pranks from three (formerly 4) longtime friends. But the ones friends need a few strangers to get those laughs.

More than 200 episodes over 10 seasons of Impractical Jokers have aired since December 2011 on truTV and TBS. Longtime buddies and performers James Murray, Brian Quinn, Sal Vulcano, and Joe Gatto (a minimum of from Seasons 1 thru 9) prank each other by means of hidden cameras. For the pranks to paintings they want other people from the real international not to know what the hell is going on.

So, do those other people get paid?

Do 'Impractical Jokers' pay their victims?

No. Mostly now not. Unless you're in the solid of Impractical Jokers, you are not getting any humorous cash. But now and again you gotta dish out a little dough to stay something nice.

According to a Reddit AMA with Impractical Joker Sal Vulcano, the majority of the participants are unpaid "real" (non-actors) other folks. It's one of the vital reasons the show works.

Sal used to be asked the query, “How does the show maintain the shoppers at positive puts (Costco, White Castle, and so forth) that you just guys finally end up offending since you had been instructed to say such things as calling that one man "mustache"? Do they get some cash or compensation?"

“No they don't,” Sal responded. “Usually people are pretty cool when they find out it's a show. The few who get mad we try to convince otherwise, or they get blurred, or cut from the show. On rare occasions, if the person was gold, we try and throw them a few bucks to coerce them.”

Who’s the real victim?

While Impractical Jokers is definitely in the same vein as Prank Encounters, Punk’d or Candid Camera, the truTV show doesn’t really make any of its unknowing participants the victims of any pranks.

While it’s easy to forget that a hidden camera prank show isn’t malicious, just remember the actual description of the show — “Three comedians and lifelong friends compete to embarrass each other amongst the general public with a series of hilarious and outrageous dares.”

The victims aren’t getting paid but the 'Impractical Jokers' sure are.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, all of the Impractical Jokers, both past and present, are reported to be worth $7 million each today. Not too bad for hanging out and making a fool of yourself and good buddies.

Some lovely giant name celebrities seem to need to be friends with the 3 last Impractical Jokers.

Since Joe Gatto left the display after Season 9, the 3 ultimate unique Jokers have been joined through large names like Paul Rudd, Post Malone, Kesha, John Mayer, and more.

With some names that have quite a couple of more dollars than the original forged, maybe the ‘victims’ of these pranks is also soliciting for extra reimbursement sooner or later.

Impractical Jokers airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST on TruTV.

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