A Practical New Yorker as an Impractical Guest! -With James "Murr" Murray

In this episode, Kelly is joined by James "Murr" Murray From the hit TV show "Impractical Jokers"! He is also an executive TV and Film producer as the President of Impractical productions. He is a best selling author of 9 published titles and tours the world telling jokes to sold out arenas.

Kelly starts off the show by asking Murr where he was born and what it was like growing up on Staten Island. Murr talks about coming back home after late nights in the city and funny stories on the Staten Island Rapid Transit. He talks about moving to Bay Ridge and going to Catholic school where he met his best friends.

Murr then talks about how the show "Impractical Jokers" started. He tells Kelly about his initial pitch for the show and how the company loved it. Kelly talks about the stats from the start of the show and how well it captured audiences all over America.

Murr talks about filming the show in the city and how quickly he and his group shot up through the comedy space. He tells the story of performing at his sold out show at Madison Square Garden.

Kelly asks Murr about a few of the punishments and improv skits that he has done on the show. Murr goes behind the scenes and talks about "The greatest Punishemnt Ever" That he has orchestrated on the show. He talks about how it was 5 years in the making, and all of the work and preperation that he had to do in order to pull it off. Murr also talks about some of his other favorite skits from the show.

Kelly talks about some of the other aspects of the show. They talk about filming during covid, how they go about getting people to go along with their antics, and if they have ever broken character or said that they werent going to do something.

Finally Kelly asks Murr some quick fire questions about New York, and Murr gives us a subway take, his favorite pizza, and his 5:30am bodega order.

But above all else; James "Murr" Murray is a New Yorker.

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Chapters

• (00:00:00) - James Murray on New Yorkers
• (00:02:58) - How I Broke My Lease In Jersey
• (00:03:36) - How Much Time Did COVID Take Off From 'Jokers'
• (00:04:02) - Jay on His Secret Life
• (00:06:59) - Joker on His Own Show
• (00:09:13) - How to get from Staten Island to Jersey
• (00:12:43) - Members of Pacific Southern Train Club Collectible Box Cars
• (00:14:30) - The Cast of Impractical Jokers on Success
• (00:17:45) - Impractical Jokers on The Impossible Pranksters
• (00:20:21) - The Greatest Punishment Of All Time
• (00:24:05) - Punishment For The Thief
• (00:25:37) - Rob Riggles On His Nude Challenge
• (00:29:01) - The Impractical Jokers on the Weather
• (00:31:30) - The Final Days of Impractical Jokers Live
• (00:33:42) - Throw a Full Glass of Water On My Grandmother's Face
• (00:36:15) - Jokers: How To Get A Job
• (00:39:10) - Darren Brown: The Power of Belief
• (00:42:33) - Spider Man Free-Climbed On A Train
• (00:45:03) - DMV Driver's License Photo
• (00:45:48) - 10 Questions For NYC People
• (00:46:55) - What It Means to Be a New Yorker
• (00:48:13) - The New Yorkers: Thank You!