Tenderloins to appear at BJC

UNIVERSITY PARK — truTV’s hit series, “Impractical Jokers,” now in its fifth season, follows the Tenderloins as they coerce one another into doing public pranks while being filmed by hidden cameras. With each new season, the show continues to take dares to outrageous levels with new over-the-top hijinks.

The troupe has toured steadily nationwide over the last two years playing to thousands of fans. The new tour, “Santiago Sent Us,” will be will be appearing live at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Bryce Jordan Center. Tickets are $29.75 and $49.75 and go on sale at noon Friday, June 24. They can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.

Natives of Staten Island, N.Y., Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, James Murray and Brian Quinn met while attending high school and later formed the Tenderloins Comedy Troupe in 1999. After years of performing live improv and sketch comedy shows, the Tenderloins crossed over to the web, garnering millions of views for their internet sketches, eventually creating the runaway success “Impractical Jokers” for truTV. “Impractical Jokers” is Top 5 in its time slot on cable in the U.S. and is the No. 1 show on Comedy Central in the United Kingdom and India.