Impractical Jokers’ Sal Explains Why He Kept A Frozen Pet Fish For Over Three Years – Looper

In November of 2014, Sal Vulcano addressed the Walt-Disney-freezing of his former pet on an episode of the “Impractical Jokers” web series “After Party Web Chat.”

Like many arguably disturbing stories, this one begins at a carnival. “My niece threw a ping pong ball in a little fish thing, and she won a fish. It was a five-cent fish,” the funnyman explained, “and she brought it home, and my sister throws it in a salad bowl and starts feeding it Wonder Bread.”

Though fortified with vitamins to help young Americans grow strong, Wonder Bread is not famous for its capacity to keep fish alive. Vulcano continued: “I knew it was gonna meet its demise, so I said, ‘you can’t do this.'” The television star went on to state that he purchased all the accouterments to keep a fish alive — he must have picked good ones, too, since it apparently kept doing fish stuff like a little champion for the next seven years.

It is a sad fact that all things must, in their own time, pass into the great beyond, and Vulcano’s fish was no exception. “The fish died,” he continued. “I didn’t want to flush the fish because that’s disrespectful. I’m not some mean old blue hair. So I put the fish in my freezer, and I wrapped it so I could bury it in my yard, except it was the summertime when I did it, and I didn’t want to do it at that time because I didn’t want it to decompose and smell or whatever.” Fair enough.

But what happened next? Pretty shocking stuff, that’s what.