<P> Joseph `` Joe '' Gatto , James `` Murr '' Murray , Brian `` Q '' Quinn , and Salvatore `` Sal '' Vulcano , four high school friends who attended Monsignor Farrell High School , from Staten Island , New York , formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe , The Tenderloins in 1999 . After a long and successful history , including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC 's `` It 's Your Show '' competition , the group went into television . In 2008 , they filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV , but the show did not go to series . TruTV announced the series Impractical Jokers , originally slated to be named Mission : Uncomfortable , on April 12 , 2011 , eight months before the show 's debut . Murray explained how the hidden camera format made sense based on the jokesters skills . `` We needed to find the right format ... thing is , we 've been doing this for years , but when it 's on camera , the embarrassment is amplified . '' Q and Sal have said when they gave their pilot episode to TruTV , it was recorded on their iPhones . At the time they pitched the idea to TruTV , Murray was VP of Development for NorthSouth Productions , the company that has produced the series since its inception . </P>
<P> Joseph `` Joe '' Gatto , James `` Murr '' Murray , Brian `` Q '' Quinn , and Salvatore `` Sal '' Vulcano , four high school friends who attended Monsignor Farrell High School , from Staten Island , New York , formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe , The Tenderloins in 1999 . After a long and successful history , including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC 's `` It 's Your Show '' competition , the group went into television . In 2008 , they filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV , but the show did not go to series . TruTV announced the series Impractical Jokers , originally slated to be named Mission : Uncomfortable , on April 12 , 2011 , eight months before the show 's debut . Murray explained how the hidden camera format made sense based on the jokesters skills . `` We needed to find the right format ... thing is , we 've been doing this for years , but when it 's on camera , the embarrassment is amplified . '' Q and Sal have said when they gave their pilot episode to TruTV , it was recorded on their iPhones . At the time they pitched the idea to TruTV , Murray was VP of Development for NorthSouth Productions , the company that has produced the series since its inception . </P>
where are the guys from impractical jokers from
where are the guys from impractical jokers from
Staten Island , New York
Staten Island , New York