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by many measures the guys you're about to meet are living the dream. they're getting paid handsomely to do what they love, which is prank people. tonight ey tell ababs rebecca jarvis their number one piece of advice for those of us who nder, how can i get paid to goof off? >> i get it, tomatoes, i know. >> reporter: this woman has no idea. >> i'll ge the whole wheat pasta. >> reporter: that she is being pranked by a group of professials. >> four, fivee -- look in your hood for god's sake, woman! >> reporter: they are the impatrol jokers. joe. sal. tt's what it's all about >> reporter: murr. and q. >> want abite? >> reporter: four best friends

each other. theirit show on trutv now celeating 100 episodes of wild pranks. awkward epcounters. and questiable decisions. >> that was totally fine. >> i'mot going to put up with it. >> reporter: all in the name of comedy. >> that was good. not great.t. >> the joke's on us, not on the public. >> one guy goes to the ic, the others tell h h what to do, if he fails he gets punished. >> the show is not aut pranking anyone, it's not about pranking the publicer se, it's messing with each other and the public's collateral damage. >> reporter: and it's working. the foursome all nearly 40 years old have become a cult favorite. wildly popular with millions of ns all over the world. >> come on in. > , thankyou. all the way from scotland, yeah. >> we never thoug when we created the show fiveears ago at this point, we never thought

families would watch it. we hear all the time three generations of family members ar watching. grandparents, parents and kids. it's crazy. we never tught it would catch on le that, it's really incredible. >> reporter: what's the secret to their hilarious success? the jokers inviting u u i in where no outside cameras have ever gone before. >> this is all the cameras we see, on the television monitor. >> reporter: joey knows whatt it's like to pull off priceless prks. from the preparation - -- >> that's a microphone to catatch your mother sitting here. there's microphones under here in case they talal to us. >> this entire desk is made of chocolate.e. >> one b bhocolate desk. >> we'll also say that this is thkind of b where there's a couple secrets planned tonight. >> oh! >> i've got a couple secrets -- >> what secrets are we talking about? >> things i'm going to do against my three b best trends. >> youou've thought of things you want to though at them? >> preplanned stuff. >> in advance.

>> reporter: to o e setup. >> joe oversees all editing. >> wow. with 16 cameras -- >> yeah. >> as somebody who does this stuff too, it takes a lot of time. >> it does. >> be sure not to cose the wrong camera angle, it could kill the joke or make the joke. >> totally. >> there's a song written about this whole process. 16 cameras >> reporter: and then -- >> here we go. >> reporr: it's game time. >> hello. hihihow are u? >> today's challenge - >ow are you? >> p people think they're coming in for a focus group. instead of a real receptionist, they're greeted by --@you guessed it. >> hello. >> be a good receptionist. get and up go to the fe cabinet and ask if he wants any. >> reporter: an impractical joker. >> do you want one? >> reporter: the jokers each take turns in the middle of the action. >> you're here for ann apapintment? >> thehe's a rat on your desk! >> there's a rat, holy -- [ bleep ], [ bleep ]!

>> oh, it's a powerord! >> it's one of those multi plex -- i feel sick. >> reporter: the t tee others watch and direct. >> what's your name? >> brendan. >> princess. is is. >> reporter: if one ruses a challenge -- >> you're the type of guy who has three nipples but only uses one. >> reporter: be prepared for punishment. no matter what the cons consequence. i, james murray, take you, l's sister, to be my lawfully wedded wife. >> how did you ce up with ts idea together? >> you know, we put wise to each other, we've beeeen doingt all our lives. we wanted to put that forward for america too see.

>> reporter: even when cameras aren't rolling the laughs keep coming. >> oh, god. it's running my show. >> reporter: it wasn't always lights, camera, and jumping out of airplanes for the jokers. none of you started in comedy? >> i did start out funny. no i worked -- have a degree in finance. i was a b btend doing cody. >> i was a personal shopper at a baby store. >>sk him a question, anything, anything baby related. >> i was unemployed for so many years. i worked in tv development. develong tv shows. i ote a book that never got published. it was a g good book. then the guys and i met. >> did you just tell her what you u d as a hobby? >> no, i meant for it to be a career. it didn't panout. >> you all are actual friends? >> yeah. >> we met 26 years ago in high school. >> one more y. >> this is real, this is not

concocted by some casting agent? >> we wish at this point we could get rid of each oth but it's contractual. >> reporter: four friends laugng together always, making this bibikid act a grown- success. what's your number one piece of advice to people who look at you? you love what you're doing, they want to o do that >> don't give up. peop say, where'd these guys come from? we've been straining for this6 years. except if you're not funny, stop. do somomethingng else you' not kidding anyone. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis cracking jokes with the impracticic jokers in new york. next, our michael strahan getting into the halloween spirit with a cameo on "black-ish." as we all know from "magic mike

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fromm "good morning america" to "live with kelly and michael," michael strahan is no stranger to television. that said, when he got the chance to make his abc primetime debut, the nerves set in and fast. >> hey! >> whoa, whoa! >> don't you drop my apples! >> reporter: don't adjust your tv screens, that's me, michael

ststrahan, gst starring on this week's's episode of "black-ish." or should we call it "gap-ish"? >> i'm on the set of "black-ish," halalloween episode,e, playing anthony anderson's cousin junebug. >> your real name! >> tea kettle! aahhh! >> everybody thinks anthony and i look alike. we decided to be on this episode to prove we are not the same person. i'm so excited. i i ready for my closeup. t me get into character. let's go. what's up? >> reporter: before we start rolling some acting advice courtesy of my costars. >> i'm glad i'm here and thank you foraving me because a lot of people think you and i are the same people. >> i'm going to show them something. my gap h chosed. and his is wide. >> immensely. >> i think it's a compliment to me because i've been in the gym. so for thehem to confuse me with this? i'll take that any day.

happy with what i'm just saying. >> what are we looking forward to? >> you're going to be scary. >> yes? >> very strong. >> yes? keep going. >> very handsome.. >> oh! >> there's a lotf acting. no! >> i was feeling good aut myself until you said that. >> you play a mother to fr kids. >> it's amazing. it'u probably one of my f favorite parts. working with anthony, the kids. >> kids everywhere. >> reporter: iot schooled by the pint-sized performers. >> kids. yeah. i amo nervous. what kind ofof advicicdo you have? help me calm down, please. >> oh, okay. if you like mess up on your lines, it's okay to mess up. because everybody messes up. even i mess up wow. >> even this guy. >> even he messes up? >> everyone messess up. >> i don't picture you messing up. do you ever laugh in the middle of t the ene? >> oh, sometimes, especially workingith anthony. because you know anthony's a goofy person.

camera not on him. >> roof, roof, roof! >> i bite the side of my tongue, nod. >> mm! every time i watch and i see you like this? >> yeah. >> i h have to make it a lit more subtle. >> so it's n like this. >> i'm on set, i've got to get back to work. check outut "black-ish." >> michael, get your [ bleep ] back to work, man! come on! >> and "black-ish airs wednesday nights at 9:30 eastetern right here on abc. our thanks to michael strahan and our thanks to you for tching tonight. tune into gma first thing in the morning and wore an line 24/7 on our "nightline" facebook page and abcnews.com.m.

good night. world series chaos. please stand by. >> weve lost our picture.

>> and heart break. >> deborah: the pipitcher's dad dies just before his son takes the mopped. and new schohool take wn, this time it's the principal, body slammed by student. and the other video everyone's talking about. how he shou have handled the situation. and what happened to bob barker? >> i was walking this way and down i went. >> the tv icon banged up. >> i tore up my knee. then sextonbeach. he was branded a menace because of whahahe and his girlfrnd did on the beach. and now for the firsrstime, he tells us what happened. >> what were you thinking? >> the jailhouse interview. and -- take a look at me now >> you know him from being kicked off "american idol" for scandalous behavior. >> corey clark is no longer on the show. >> wait till you see where we found him today.

>> i appreciate it. >> he's an uber driver. now "inside edition" with deborah norvle. >> deborahz helleverybody and thank you for joining us. there was plenty of drama in game one of the world d series and that's before the game dragged into the wee hours with 14 innings. fans were stunned when all of a sudden the game just disappeared d anks to a snafaf the fox sports feed. and on topop of thatjust hours before the first pitch, the father of the royal's starting pitcher passed away. and now viewers knew this but the player was unaware of his loss. should he havebeen told? >> strike one. >> reporter: the world series game opener r between the new york mets and kansas cityty royals was marred by unprecedented drama. a blackout in the 4th inning that lasted for nearly five minutes.s. >> we have lost -- we have lost our picture. >> reporter: fox lost power to both generator, the main one

and the back-up. yoyou can see technicians working to get the signal nning agagn. the game itself also came the a halt because the signal loss meant neither am had acce tonsnt replay. most unusual to have a game interrupted this way. fox broadcting has taken some kind of a glitch. >> reporter: the sporter reporter of kctv. >> those of us in the media, we're like, whwh gogog on? we see tv monitors and i saw them go back to studio. and find out, oh, a power outage. >> reporter: and there was a heart breaking turn in the game. edinson volquez was on the mound but wasn't told that his father had passed away earlier in the day ofof heart disease in the dominican republic. >> strike one. >> reporter: atatis wife's reququt, the team was told not to inform him. the family wanted him to have the student to pitch inhis first world series game.

the word h had leaked on the internet that his dadad had died. fox decided not say a word about itduring the broadcast. the fox sports reporter tweetete broadcast generay on in clubhouse. conflicting reports on whetheher edinson volquez knows. we are not taking chce he would find out through us. a tv personalty said the family made the right call. >> that's what his father would have wanted according to the family and i think he would agree with it. viously it's a h time. >> reporter: in an online poll, 36% agree with the decision to keep the ws from the pitcher. 37% think he should have been told. edinson volquez was removed from the game after 26th inning and it was only then that he e wainformed his dad was dead. >> he was unaware. >> his father taught him how to play theame of baseball when he was 10 years old and that was his passion. and i know his father was a g bababall fan and was thrilled

to know thatis son was a major leagueaseball pipper. >> reporter: after e gamehe texted a ammate, thank you guys for win, for me and for my family. >> deborah: the game lasted a whoppingng five hours and nine minutes. in the end, it was a loss for the mets with kansas city winning g 4. the deputy sheriff caught o ocamera violently arresting g high school student has been fired. the sheriff says tre was no question the deputy did not follow procedure but he add that the students bore some responsibility for what happened. meantime, a fight at a school in calornia is also making headlines. but in this one, it was the principal body slammed by a student. >> reporter: it's a pitch battle in a high school and look whahahappens when the gray- haired principal tries to break it up. he's body slammed by a student.t. the principal gets up and bravely steps right back into the fray. cops move in to restore order.

high school in sacramento, californiaomesesamid ththe controversy over the troubling takeown in a souththarolina school where a sheriff's deputy body slams a 16-yeaold female student in algebra class. and this is new video of the incident you haven't seen. it shows the verbrbal exchange between the studenand the cop just before the violence erupted. stand up. >reporter: we enhanced the audio so you can hear what was said. >> youou don't know me? okay, you going to come with me or do i have to make you? come on. i'm going to get you up. >> reporter: that's whwhen the deputy p puts the girl in a head lock and slams her to the floor. the sheriff announced he has fired the deputy, 36-year-old ben fields. >> deputy iields did not follow proper training and procedure when he threw the student across the room. >> reporter: but the teenager's

lawyer says it's too little too late. >> i don't thinkhat's enough. i think the offificer should be trted like every other citizen out there. if this was her father and he walked into the classroom and in jail as we speak. >> reporter: : deputy fields is a 3-pound competitive weight team's strength h coach. he was known in the school as officer slam. the sheriff says it s not racially motivate, pointing out that fields has a black girlfriend, a fact making headlines everywhere. people are going to k, why didn't she just leave the classroom? >> even if she was the worst child in the school, at that mont as you can tell if the video, she was sitting there quietly. she wasn't running g around beating up other students. she wasn't a teat to anyone in that school. she wasn't a threre to herself. . >> deborah: one g question about the sosouth carona situation is how did what was really a disciplinary issue

turn interest a situation that found a cop p trying to arrest a student in class? how might the incident been handle diffeferently? >> reporter: t the video sparking a national debate, how it could it have been handled differently? a fox news host is a foformer teacher. >> when you have a situation like that, you have to deescalate. eliminate the outside influences, have the other students leave. >> reporter: the south carolina congressman used to teach. >> i know what it is to have an eighth grader act up in class. that's not criminal behavior. >> you guys are responsible for ese people. >> reporter: tensions were running high at the local school board meeting last night in south carolina. the 16-year-old reportedly refused an order to leave for using her cellphone during algebra class. >> that student was given n ple opportunity to do the right

ing and she chose to not do