What the Stars of Impractical Jokers Can Teach You About Teamwork and Risk They make chemistry look easy.
By Jason Feifer •
This story appears in the March 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
The indignities mount. First, Murr is told that he has to compete in a bodybuilding competition. And to be clear, Murr is nobody's definition of fit. Stripped down to an American flag Speedo, he looks like a fillet of cod -- a soft, slender, floppy whiteness untouched by the sun. Next, his three best friends -- Joe, Sal and Q -- oil him up and spread on a nice layer of bronzer. Murr seems amused. He's done worse with these guys: He's faced off alone against a professional dodgeball team, he's been stuffed inside a piñata and hung from a crane and he's even had his nipple pierced. So twitching in front of guys who could bench-press him? Sure, why not.
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Murr is waiting with a bunch of meatheads when his name is called. He is led down a hallway and toward a door. As it opens, you can see him thinking through his next move. He'll channel Schwarzenegger, make his buddies laugh and then --
