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Response to Ashly's Blog

I had never seen Impractical Jokers and whenever hearing about it from friends I never genuinely considered watching it, however, after experiencing the few videos within the lead blog, my mind has changed. My favorite clip from the lead blog was the first one in which they played "stalk and text". Within the video clip, the most predominant theory of comedy is superiority, displayed within the reaction of the jokers, the reaction of those being pranked, and the overall embarrassment experienced by the Murr. Superiority is shown through the reactions of the other jokers as they laugh at Murr's expense, who must willingly pretend that he is sending the texts the stranger is receiving. The other jokers take such joy in Murr's embarrassment and are thoroughly entertained by the messages they are sending to the stranger. Not only are the other jokers, and Murr himself, laughing at the cringe worthy and awkward messages they are sending to the random person selected within...