What Happened To Jake Van Wagoner After Impractical Jokers? – Looper

In a segment of “Impractical Jokers: After Party Web Chat” from 2018, where fans posed questions to the Jokers, one viewer expressed joy over Jake Van Wagoner’s return to the show and asked Brian “Q” Quinn about Van Wagoner’s current activities. After extolling Van Wagoner’s contributions, Q informed fans that he moved on from the show and produced a film. “He’s a very funny guy,” Q remarked. “Quite frankly, he outgrew the show. I think he moved back to California and made a movie that Murray was in.”

After leaving “Impractical Jokers,” Van Wagoner produced several Christmas movies for Hallmark before directing his first film in 2017, titled “Christmas Time,” featuring James Murray. He has also directed several episodes of the sketch comedy “Studio C” and is currently the showrunner and director of its companion series “Studio C+.” In January 2023, Van Wagoner screened his second feature film, “Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out,” at Sundance Film Festival. Since its premiere, the film has received critical acclaim.

In an interview with ScreenRant, the outlet pointed out how Van Wagoner made a drastic tonal leap from “Impractical Jokers” and sketch comedy, and he was asked how that came to be. Van Wagoner explained that while he loves comedy, he is also drawn to telling small, intimate stories. “I think a part of me just loves comedy,” he said. “That’s my first love, but I also really [love] stories that are super grounded… Getting started, I always had the desire to tell stories that had sentiment and heart involved. But then again, I love comedy, and it is kind of a leap to go from ‘Impractical Jokers’ to this. But I’m in there all throughout a big spectrum of entertainment.”