The Tenderloins (partially lost internet sketch comedy videos; 2000-2012)
Promo Picture of the Troupe.
Status: Partially lost
Before being known as the Impractical Jokers, James "Murr" Murray, Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, and Brian "Q" Quinn, had an internet sketch comedy/improv group called The Tenderloins. The Tenderloins was founded in 1999 by Murray, Vulcano, Gatto, and their original fourth member Mike Boccio. As a group, they performed live sketch comedy across America before branching out to scripted sketch comedy on early internet social media sites. In 2001, Gideon Horowitz joined the group, and the five of them continued to perform until 2007, when Boccio and Horowitz left the group, and Brian Quinn joined.
In 2011, the group pitched a pilot, called Mission Uncomfortable, to TruTV, and it was picked up under the name Impractical Jokers. The show's popularity quickly overtook that of the Tenderloin's other projects, and after being renewed for a new season in 2012, the troupe stopped posting sketches to their YouTube channel, instead focusing on filming their show.
Availability
The Tenderloins started posting their sketch comedy, along with clips of their live improv shows on their personal website, thetenderloins.com[1], sometime in 1999, although the earliest archive of their website is in October of 2000. Sometime around 2005, they branched out to using MySpace[2] and in 2006, Youtube[3], hosting their videos across a few different channels and accounts, but mostly sticking to the accounts: thetenderloinsnyc on MySpace, and thetenderloins on YouTube.
Between 2020 and 2021, all non-Impractical Jokers-related videos were either deleted or set to private on the Tenderloins channel, with only a handful of archives being saved by a few YouTube users[4] .
Episode List
| Video Title | Date Posted | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Promotional Video | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: Grandpa James and Timmy | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: Debriefing Room | 2000 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: Saudi Arabia | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: CB Tripping | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: Johnny's Death | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Espionage: Movie Finale | 2000 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Speakeasy: Trailer | 2000-2001 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Speakeasy: Dynamite Explosion | 2000-2001 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| WhoDunDidIt?: Brittney Spears Spoof | 2001 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| WhoDunDidIt?: Dr. Lipshitz Exits | 2001 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| WhoDunDidIt?: Sergio's Death | 2001 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| COPS: Indecent Exposure | 2002 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| COPS: Warrant For Arrest | 2002 | Lost | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| The Gay Friend | Feb-Jun, 2002 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Random Questions to Random Americans/A Tribute to America | Feb-Jun, 2002 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Meet Gideon | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Massage | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Signs | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Dancing in Times Square | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Public Service Announcement | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Gumball | Oct, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Project Greenlight Entry | Aug, 2002 | Found | Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| SuperDude and Friend | Oct. 27, 2006 | Found | Filmed for a contest on IYSTV.com |
| Gordon: The Greatest Fish EVER | Nov. 9, 2006 | Found | |
| Meet Sal, Inappropriate - Episode 1 | Nov. 12, 2006 | Found | |
| Time Thugs | Nov. 20, 2006 | Found | |
| How Smart is the Average Person? | Nov. 21, 2006 | Found | |
| Blind Cops -- Episode 1 | Dec. 4, 2006 | Found | |
| Maximum Security Workout | Dec. 4, 2006 | Found | |
| Healing Nicely | Dec. 13, 2006 | Found | |
| The Tenderloins F'In Up | 2007 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Poken Noir | 2007 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| The Magic Word | 2007 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| The Teleport | 2007 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| Daddy's Got MOVES | Jan. 4, 2007 | Found | |
| My Husband, The A-Hole | Jan. 24, 2007 | Found | |
| The Do's and Don'ts of Parenting (1952) | Feb. 15, 2007 | Found | |
| Chicken Suicide | Feb. 19, 2007 | Found | |
| The Comedy Roast of Jesus Christ | Feb. 19, 2007 | Found | |
| Blind Cops -- Episode 2 | Mar. 9, 2007 | Found | |
| Whitman's Sampler | Mar. 14, 2007 | Found | |
| Geico Guidos - Airport | Apr. 9, 2007 | Found | |
| Meet Sal, Inappropriate - Episode 2 | Apr. 11, 2007 | Found | |
| John Mayer Concert T | May. 3, 2007 | Found | |
| How Smart is the Average Person 2 - Staten Island Edition | May. 28, 2007 | Found | |
| Geico Guidos - Testimonial | May. 30, 2007 | Found | |
| The Sex Is In The Mail | Jun. 21, 2007 | Found | |
| The Super Mega Awesome Travel Show: Part 1 | Aug. 20, 2007 | Found | A re-edited version of How Smart is the Average Person 1 & 2 with some new segments added. Posted on the supermegaawesomeness YouTube Channel |
| The Super Mega Awesome Travel Show: Part 2 | Aug. 20, 2007 | Found | A re-edited version of How Smart is the Average Person 1 & 2 with some new segments added. Posted on the supermegaawesomeness YouTube Channel |
| The Super Mega Awesome Travel Show: Part 3 | Aug. 20, 2007 | Found | A re-edited version of How Smart is the Average Person 1 & 2 with some new segments added. Posted on the supermegaawesomeness YouTube Channel |
| Comment Responsibly | Sept. 23, 2007 | Found | |
| Still Healing | Sept. 25, 2007 | Found | |
| Clown Shoe Intervention | Oct. 23, 2007 | Found | |
| Give Truth For Christmas | Jan. 3, 2008 | Found | |
| Somebody Call Mary-Kate Olsen | Jan. 27, 2008 | Found | |
| Wii Love Jetpacks | Mar. 16, 2008 | Found | |
| The Little Slutty Mermaid | Dec. 19, 2008 | Found | |
| Almost Back To The Future | Dec. 25, 2008 | Found | |
| Food for Good | 2009 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists, Exact Upload Date Unknown |
| The Incredible Sulk: Part 1 of 3 | Jan. 25, 2009 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists A possible clip can also be seen in a promo video for NYTVF |
| The Incredible Sulk: Part 3 of 3 | Jan. 25, 2009 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists A possible clip can also be seen in a promo video for NYTVF |
| The Incredible Sulk: Part 2 of 3 | Jan. 25, 2009 | Lost | Thumbnail Exists A possible clip can also be seen in a promo video for NYTVF |
| NYTVF 2009 Trailer: The Tenderloins | Aug. 7, 2007 | Found | Posted by NYTVF as a promotion for a festival. Contains various clips from unknown lost episodes |
| Joe Puts His Nose On It | Apr. 2, 2010 | Found | |
| Mustache Wars | Feb. 22, 2012 | Found | |
| The Craig Murray Incident | Mar. 27, 2012 | Found |