- Faux Pause
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show_name = Faux Pause
caption = Mary Gallagher and Sean Donnellan comment on Hot Potato
genre =Comedy
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starring = Mary Gallagher
Sean Donnellan
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country =United States
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language =English language
network =Game Show Network
first_aired = June, 1998
last_aired = 1999
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imdb_id = 0295777
tv_com_id =Faux Pause was a television program that was aired from 1997-1998 on GSN. It was a program aimed to poke fun at
game show s, in a similar way toMystery Science Theater 3000 . Some programs made fun of include Hot Potato, Chain Reaction,Double Talk , Bullseye andCamouflage . Its two co-hosts wereSean Donnellan andMary Gallagher . It was not received very well, as many thought the show was either tasteless, or just not funny. Others complained that they took too many pauses and edits, as many times the shows were being aired on GSN for the first time.Reception
Time Magazine 's Joel Stein felt that "Faux Pause" was "stunningly bad." [cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988710-1,00.html |title=How To Survive Summer |accessdate=2007-03-15 |publisher=Time Magazine]References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295777/ Faux Pause] at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.xanfan.com/hotpotato/fauxpause.htm Fan review of 6/25/1998 episode of "Faux Pause"]
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