The recent announcement of Joe Gatto's departure fromImpractical Jokers left fans of the show heartbroken but wishing him the best moving forward. Joe's commitment to every bit and refusal to back down from a challenge has endeared him to fans everywhere.
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With the fewest losses out of all of the Jokers, Joe has also been punished the fewest times in theseries, but that has not stopped the other Jokers from making Joe's punishments some of the best and most memorable in the show's history.
Nationals Disaster
Most fans of the show, and likely Joe himself, will attest to the fact that Joe is not particularly athletic, a fact that the Jokers have exploited a few times in the series. The most notable of these was the punishment where Joe had to act as a gymnast practicing for nationals among a group of real gymnasts.
Highlights of Joe's turn on the floor included launching clean over a vault, a surprisingly impassioned dance routine, and losing his pants as he is rescued from a foam pit by a little girl. In terms of sheer embarrassment, this punishment is one of Joe's best andone ofhis most shameless moments.
Dog Days Of Bummer
In one of the first times that the Jokers usedhis beloved dogs against him, this punishment featured Joe having to convince a stranger on Wall Street that Joe himself was cuter than his adorable little Bichon Frise.
The catch was that the other Jokers had dressed Joe in a series of absurd costumes including a bee, a wedding dress, and chaps with the seat cut out. This punishment was a rare time where the Jokers managed to legitimately embarrass Joe and led to the now running joke of making fun of Joe's lovable but "incrediblyeffeminate" dogs.
Uncool And The Gang
The Jokers frequently make fun of Joe for how much he perspires on set, but few punishments have made Joe sweat quite as much as conducting an "exposé" interview of a motorcycle club.
One of the show's most cringeworthy punishments, Joe has toask the intimidating group questions like "who has the lamest tattoo?" and "what's your favorite crime?" and refer to them as a gang multiple times, something that they do not take particularly kindly too. The tension builds as the questions get worse, culminating in a wedgie that viewers could feel through their TV screens.
The Great Escape
Joe has a knack for talking his way out of awkward situations, but no amount of charm could free him from this punishment. While posing as an escape artist, Joe is tied in a straightjacket and chained up before being placed in a tank of water.
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After a very brief struggle makes it clear that Joe is not going to escape, he then has to just sit there in the water until the crowd finally realizes that he is not just faking it. The disappointment of the audience is the true gut-punch of the punishment, especially when Joe has to tell a child who has encouraged him that he, in fact, cannot do it as the stage lights shut off.
Fe-Mail
In another punishment featuring Joe in adifferentoutfit than he is used to, Fe-Mail puts Joe in the high-heeled shoes of a runway model, or so he thought. After a lengthy process to make Joe lookready to walk the floor, the Jokers pull a switch that instead has him presenting a slate of new apps to a room full of techies while still in full drag.
Having to explain apps like "Racebook" and "Email for Women", this punishment is hilarious not only for the amount of effort put into the rug-pull but also for the utter ridiculousness of the description he gives his newly created apps.
Wrapper's Delight
This punishment showsthat sometimes, the Jokersperform pranks that gotoo far. After having been sent on a wild goose chase around the city, Joe returns to his house to find that it, and everything in it, have been completely covered by wrapping paper. Every inch of the inside, including the walls, furniture, kitchen utensils, and even his daughter's toys, are wrapped up like gifts.
Even Joe cannot help but be impressed by the sheer dedication to the punishment, and after barely managing to unwrap one room, Joe announces that he is just going to move.
Bull Shiatsu
While Joe's turn as a massage chair may not be as humiliating or painful as many of his other punishments, it makes up for it in utter hilarity. Completely disguised in a busy mall, Joe has to give customers the full massage chair experience while following the bizarre instructions of the other guys. Joe manages to make some customers laugh and some scream in terror as he vibrates, compliments, and bear hugs them.
He even seems to be enjoying it until the Jokers unveilhis final customer, sumo wrestler and Joe's old nemesis Byamba, in his second Joe punishment.
Pseudo-Sumo
In Joe's first introduction to Byamba, he has a legendary bout against the sumo champion. To add insult to injury, Joe is dressed as a baby as he is thrown to the floor again and again by Byamba while the entire crew cheers around him.
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Byamba is clearly having the time of his life as Joe futilely attempts to knock him out of the ring, and even though Joe makes a valiant attempt to stop him, Byamba spins, throws, or simply sidesteps Joe to the floor until he finally taps out.
Turning The Tables
Combining the best of both physical comedy and public humiliation in one of the funniest punishments on the show, thisone is truly the best of both worlds. Joe has to figure out which tables in a busy restaurant are real and which are breakaways in the only way he can, by jumping straight onto them.
As food flies and customers scream, it is hard to decide whether it is funnier when the tables are real or fake as Joe sprawls out on them. As Joe crashes through the final table from the top of a ladder, this punishment cements itself as one of the most hilarious and ingenious of the entire show.
The Parent Trap
Throughout Impractical Jokers' run, Joe has shown himself to have very few weaknesses. One weakness that he does have, however, is his family, a fact that the other Jokers gleefully exploit whenever they can. As the only parent on the show, Joe is forced to make his way through a children's play center and criticize the other parents on how they are watching their children.
Chastising parents for texting and repeatedly calling out that "somebody deuced," this is a rare time when Joe can barely make it through the punishment. It is the perfect punishment for Joe and possibly his most uncomfortable moment in the entire show.
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