The BEST episodes of Impractical Jokers season 1

Every episode of Impractical Jokers season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Impractical Jokers season 1!

Four comedians and lifelong friends compete to embarrass each other out amongst the general public with a series of hilarious and outrageous dares. When Sal, Joe, Q, and Murr challenge each other to say or do something, they have to do it. And if they refuse, they lose. At the end of every episode, the biggest loser must endure a punishment of epic proportions.

Last Updated: 7/15/2025Network: TBSStatus: Continuing

8.32

430 votes

#1 - Pick a Loser

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/26/2012

The guys try to smooch strangers on the streets of Manhattan, play a word game with unsuspecting shoppers, and try not to be camera shy when they're forced to pose as photographers.

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8.30

568 votes

#2 - Out of TP

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2012

The guys analyze handwriting at the mall, steal food from customers' plates at a buffet, teach foreign languages that they do not speak to prospective students, and dance with strangers at the park.

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8.25

556 votes

#3 - Who Arted?

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2012

The guys pose as bakery salesmen, focus group analysts, and shoe salesmen, and teach classes at a local gym.

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8.21

406 votes

#4 - Theater del Absurdo

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/19/2012

The guys raise money for absurd charities at a donut shop, join diners mid-meal in a Chinese restaurant, and offer unsolicited advice to shoppers in a mall.

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8.17

562 votes

#5 - Panty Raid

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2012

The guys team up to teach karate classes, give interviews from Times Square, persuade shoppers at the pharmacy to not buy products, and give uncomfortable massages on the boardwalk.

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8.14

496 votes

#6 - What'd I Eat

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/29/2012

The guys try to sell diamonds to unsuspecting couples ready to tie the knot, and pose as members of a very unwelcoming committee down at the boardwalk.

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8.13

601 votes

#7 - Drawing a Blank

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2012

The Jokers act as reporters preparing an interview, caricature artists in a mall, and oddball apartment dwellers looking for roommates, and cut in line for Broadway show tickets.

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8.11

485 votes

#8 - Charity Case

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/12/2012

The guys go barking up the wrong tree at a pet store, take a swing as golf instructors, and give their regards to Broadway as producers in need of funding.

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8.06

306 votes

#9 - Supercuts

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/3/2012

In the season finale, the guys toy with customers at a candy store using bizarre party props, they all try their hands at nosing, and they break the rules of appropriate elevator etiquette.

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8.04

694 votes

#10 - Unmotivational Speaker

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2011

The guys compete to embarrass each other, tackling speed dating with the world's worst pickup lines, reading phony fortunes on the boardwalk, and getting too personal with shoppers in the hygiene aisle of a pharmacy.

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8.01

508 votes

#11 - Starfart Macchiato

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/2012

The guys share humiliating text messages in a quiet waiting room, shampoo women's hair at an upscale hair salon, and teach a driver's ed course that's a guaranteed fail.

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7.97

515 votes

#12 - Belly Dancer

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/2012

The guys put their green thumbs to the test as workers in a garden center, demonstrate how NOT to save lives as CPR instructors, and they're full of baloney working a deli counter.

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7.97

494 votes

#13 - A Loser Presents

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2012

Q's dad makes an appearance in White Castle and serves up his own round of mischief. Also, the guys pose as bouncers at a nightclub and offer phony horoscope readings in a mall.

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7.96

1014 votes

#14 - Pay It Forward

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/15/2011

The Jokers pretend to be eccentric White Castle cashiers, gather signatures in Union Square for causes the other Jokers have written for them, answer tourist questions in Times Square, and act as Costco store employees.

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7.95

650 votes

#15 - Boardwalk of Shame

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2011

The guys approach strangers with humiliating one liners on the street, play a word game in a grocery store, and compel shoppers to hop in a trunk at a car dealership.

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7.87

765 votes

#16 - Butterfly Crime Scene

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2011

The group is challenged to apply the most lotion to beach-goers, grab as many groceries from other customers at a grocery store as they can, survey amusement park guests at Six Flags Great Adventure, and pay the least at a frozen yogurt shop.

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