The Impractical Jokers Originally Wanted Patrick Stewart To Angrily Narrate – Looper

Patrick Stewart narrating “Impractical Jokers” actually makes more sense than a classically trained actor narrating a TruTV prank series should. The British thespian previously served as the narrator for Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” and “Ted 2,” and each film was laced with plenty of vulgar irony. Stewart also voices the wonderful degenerate Avery Bullock on MacFarlane’s “American Dad,” so if there is one acclaimed British actor who has played both Hamlet and a Starfleet commander to narrate “Impractical Jokers,” Stewart is the guy.

Some of the Jokers have actually been in Stewart’s orbit in the past. Brian Quinn makes a cameo appearance on the “Star Trek” spin-off “Picard.” Stewart reprises his role as Jean-Luc Picard from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” for the series. Quinn appears in “Picard” Season 2, Episode 4 (“Watcher”). In a May 2022 Instagram post about the cameo, Quinn had nothing but positive things to say about his experience with Stewart. “He was one of the purely nicest people I have met in a long time,” Quinn wrote.

The character Quinn played, Dale, was not invented for “Picard.” Quinn actually cameos as Dale in episodes of “MacGyver” and “12 Monkeys.”