My Ranking Of The ‘Impractical Jokers’ First Punishments

Since I finally got Hulu again, I restarted my binge-session of one of my favorite shows, Impractical Jokers! Since I was already watching the show, I thought it would be fun to rank the Jokers’ very first punishments. I wasn’t sure how to rank them, so I put myself in their shoes and ranked them based on how horrible I think they would be for me, personally. I hope you enjoy and let me know which punishment you think you could handle and which one would be the absolute worst to consider doing!

4. Sal’s Paying It Forward

In Sal’s first punishment, AND the first ever punishment on the show, Sal has to go to a dog park and simply hold dog poop for 20 seconds. Now, I understand that this is a complete nightmare for a germaphobe like Sal, but this one doesn’t seem too bad. Picking it up definitely isn’t the problem, but just holding it would be an issue, especially considering how thin his glove is, and the fact that everyone at the dog park is watching him just hold it. After watching the other 3 punishments, this one is still ranked last to me. I don’t know if it’s because I have dogs and dealt with crap for a long time, but I think I could do this punishment.

3. Murr’s Panty Raid

For Murr’s first punishment, he has to go inside of a laundromat, go up to a stranger, pick a pair of underwear out of their basket, and keep it on his head for 10 seconds. Honestly, Murr is LUCKY that the guys chose a woman whose panties were already washed, cause that could’ve been so much worse. It’s the humiliation on top of the grossness of putting a stranger’s pair of underwear on your face! This one was just super bad. It was very difficult deciding whether to rank Murr’s or Joe’s punishment higher. A part of me considered having them both tied for second. This one was very awful… but I still wouldn’t say that it’s worse than what Joe had to do.

2. Joe’s Boardwalk Of Shame

For Joe’s first punishment, the guys head to Jersey Shore and have Joe wear a sign that says, “I lost a bet. Ask me what I have to do.” and hold five envelops containing 5 awful punishment possibilities. The woman who he approaches grabs the envelop that says he has to put her toe in his mouth. To add to it, her friend mentions that she hasn’t washed her feet in five days. Yeah… this one was really bad. I don’t think I could do this one. Going up to a complete stranger who’s been walking around the boardwalk all day, sweating, and you don’t know how dirty their feet are. Hell, I don’t think I could handle having a CLEAN toe in my mouth.

1. Q’s The One Who Arted

For Q’s first punishment, they guys head to an upscale art gallery for a group of people to view Q’s new photography exhibit, “Me, Myself, & I: A Journey Of Self Discovery.” As someone who is agoraphobic, has a tremendous fear of public speaking, and sucks as improvising, this one would be a complete nightmare to me. I don’t know if I could sit there and try to explain the meaning behind all of the crazy photos. I don’t think I’d even get through the whole thing. My anxiety would cause me to break down and cry (like I did in middle school) or throw up (like I almost did when I was picked for Jury Duty). Yeah, this one would be the worst for me.

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