Faux Pause

Faux Pause
Mary Gallagher and Sean Donnellan comment on Hot Potato.
Genre	Comedy
Presented by	Mary Gallagher Sean Donnellan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producer	Frank Nicotero
Release
Original network	Game Show Network
Picture format	4:3
Original release	June 22 (1998-06-22) – August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01)

Faux Pause is an American television program that aired in 1998 on Game Show Network. Co-hosted by Mary Gallagher and Sean Donnellan, Pause consisted of jokes and skits done while watching certain episodes of game shows, in a similar fashion to Mystery Science Theater 3000.

In a 2013 Facebook post, Frank Nicotero, who wrote for the show, said that there were a total of 22 episodes.^[1]

Featured shows[]

Note that this is believed to be an incomplete list.

• 3's A Crowd (1979-1980)
• All About Faces (1971-1972)
• All About the Opposite Sex (1990)
• The Better Sex (1977)
• Bullseye (October 2, 1980, and early 1981)
• Camouflage (1980 episode with the original format)
• Celebrity Charades (1979)
• Chain Reaction (1986 episode hosted by Blake Emmons)
• The Diamond Head Game (1975 episode with the original format)
• Celebrity Double Talk (late 1986)
• Go (1983-1984)
• Hollywood Connection (May 20, 1975, pilot)
• Hot Potato (January 23, 1984, premiere)
• Jackpot! (late 1989)
• Pass the Buck (1978)
• Play the Percentages (1980 episode with the "one-on-one" format)
• Ruckus (1991-1992)
• Treasure Hunt (late-1981 episode with the grand prize at its maximum of $50,000)
• Trivia Trap (October 8, 1984, premiere)
• Winning Streak (surviving episode from August 9, 1974)

Reception[]

Reception towards Faux Pause was poor, with Time magazine's Joel Stein calling the show "stunningly bad", as well as the rest of GSN's original programming at the time.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Faux Pause at the Internet Movie Database