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Faux Pause was a television program that aired on Game Show Network from June 22 to August 1, 1998. It was similar to Mystery Science Theater 3000 as two hosts (Sean Donnellan and Mary Gallagher) react to an episode of a game show that is considered to be very infamous. The show didn't last very long and was cancelled by Fall 1998.
'''''Faux Pause''''' was a television program that aired on Game Show Network from June 22nd to August 1st, 1998. It was similar to ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' as two hosts (Sean Donnellan and Mary Gallagher) react to an episode of a game show that is considered to be very infamous. The show didn't last very long and was cancelled by Fall 1998.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The exact number of episodes that were produced were unknown until producer Frank Nicotero revealed in a November 2013 Facebook post that 22 episodes were produced.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chuck.donegan/posts/10151793118935945</ref> Only a handful of episodes are online leaving a large amount of episodes to be lost. In the show's intro is a compilation of many game show logos (logos of the shows that Sean and Mary react to). There are seven logos present in the intro. The logos being Fantasy, Hold Everything!, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?, To Tell The Truth, Beat The Clock and Personality leading to speculation that these seven shows did have episodes and never surfaced. However only 20 episodes are accountable and have information about the episodes with episodes with the seven shows have zero to no accountable information. It is unknown if these seven shows did have episodes or if they were placeholders.
The exact number of episodes that were produced was unknown until producer Frank Nicotero revealed in a November 2013 Facebook post that there were 22 episodes produced.<ref>[https://facebook.com/chuck.donegan/posts/10151793118935945 Frank Nicotero Facebook comment confirming there were 22 episodes produced for ''Faux Pause''.] Retrieved 07 Oct '20</ref> The show's intro is a compilation of many game show logos (logos of the shows that Sean and Mary react to). The logos being ''Fantasy'', ''Hold Everything!'', ''I've Got A Secret'', ''What's My Line?'', ''To Tell The Truth'', ''Beat The Clock'' and ''Personality'' led to speculation that these seven shows did have episodes and never surfaced. However, only 20 episodes are accountable and have information about the episodes with the seven shows having zero to no accountable information. It was unknown if these seven shows did have episodes or if they were placeholders until a July 1998 Google groups chat was unearthed in January 2022 and revealed that only 20 episodes were made<ref>https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.game-shows/c/2fEjm5c-nRc/m/g6QTAWBA72gJ</ref>. So far only 12 episodes of Faux Pause have been found, the rest of the series remains lost.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:green" | Title
! style="background-color:green" | Status
|-
|-
! # !! Title !! Status
|1||3's A Crowd||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 1 || 3's A Crowd || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|2||All About Faces||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 2 || All About Faces || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|3||All About The Opposite Sex||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 3 || All About The Opposite Sex || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|4||The Better Sex||[https://youtu.be/8R6iP-wwdEI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 4 || The Better Sex || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|5||Bullseye||[https://archive.org/details/faux_pause_bullseye<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 5 || Bullseye || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw77NY3hV9I <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|6||Camouflage||[https://dailymotion.com/video/x7vqkh4?playlist=x6uj2h<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 6 || Camouflage || [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vqkh4?playlist=x6uj2h <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|7||Celebrity Charades||[https://youtu.be/nLMV4ZPG6v0&t=50s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 7 || Celebrity Charades || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLMV4ZPG6v0&t=50s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|8||Chain Reaction||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 8 || Chain Reaction || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|9||The Diamond Head Game||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 9 || The Diamond Head Game || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|10||Celebrity Double Talk||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 10 || Celebrity Double Talk || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|11||Go||[https://youtu.be/IiIbbwolJxQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 11 || Go || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIbbwolJxQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|12||Hollywood Connection||[https://archive.org/details/faux-pause-hollywood-connection<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 12 || Hollywood Connection || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|13||Hot Potato||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 13 || Hot Potato || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|14||Jackpot||[https://youtu.be/bMaan-RIfgU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 14 || Jackpot || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMaan-RIfgU <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|15||Pass The Buck||[https://archive.org/details/faux-pause-pass-the-buck<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 15 || Pass The Buck || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|16||Play The Percentages||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| 16 || Play The Percentages || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|17||Ruckus||[https://youtu.be/9L-_s1bs1iQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 17 || Ruckus || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|18||Treasure Hunt||[https://youtu.be/1RPlKcqlP8U<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 18 || Treasure Hunt || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|19||Trivia Trap||[https://youtu.be/JTJDbBCUzbo&t=84s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 19 || Trivia Trap || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJDbBCUzbo&t=84s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|20||Winning Streak||[https://dailymotion.com/video/x7vku10?playlist=x6uj2h<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
| 20 || Winning Streak || [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vku10?playlist=x6uj2h <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
| 21 || Fantasy || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
| 22 || Hold Everything! || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
|    || I've Got A Secret || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
|    || What's My Line? || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
|    || To Tell The Truth || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
|    || Beat The Clock || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|-
|    || Personality || <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|}
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
Faux Pause screenshot.jpg|Screenshot from the Hot Potato episode
Faux Pause screenshot.jpg|Screenshot from the "Hot Potato" episode.
Faux Pause Pic 3.jpg|Screenshot from the Hollywood Connection episode
Faux Pause Pic 3.jpg|Screenshot from the "Hollywood Connection" episode.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External Link==
*[http://gameshowgarbage.com/ind132_fauxpause.html Game Show Garbage page on ''Faux Pause''.]  Retrieved 07 Oct '20


==External Links==
==Reference==
*[http://www.gameshowgarbage.com/ind132_fauxpause.html Game Show Garbage page on Faux Pause.]  Retrieved 7 Oct '20
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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Revision as of 03:07, 30 July 2022

Faux Pause Pic 2.jpg

The show's logo.

Status: Partially Lost

Faux Pause was a television program that aired on Game Show Network from June 22nd to August 1st, 1998. It was similar to Mystery Science Theater 3000 as two hosts (Sean Donnellan and Mary Gallagher) react to an episode of a game show that is considered to be very infamous. The show didn't last very long and was cancelled by Fall 1998.

Availability

The exact number of episodes that were produced was unknown until producer Frank Nicotero revealed in a November 2013 Facebook post that there were 22 episodes produced.[1] The show's intro is a compilation of many game show logos (logos of the shows that Sean and Mary react to). The logos being Fantasy, Hold Everything!, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?, To Tell The Truth, Beat The Clock and Personality led to speculation that these seven shows did have episodes and never surfaced. However, only 20 episodes are accountable and have information about the episodes with the seven shows having zero to no accountable information. It was unknown if these seven shows did have episodes or if they were placeholders until a July 1998 Google groups chat was unearthed in January 2022 and revealed that only 20 episodes were made[2]. So far only 12 episodes of Faux Pause have been found, the rest of the series remains lost.

Episodes

# Title Status
1 3's A Crowd Lost
2 All About Faces Lost
3 All About The Opposite Sex Lost
4 The Better Sex Found
5 Bullseye Found
6 Camouflage Found
7 Celebrity Charades Found
8 Chain Reaction Lost
9 The Diamond Head Game Lost
10 Celebrity Double Talk Lost
11 Go Found
12 Hollywood Connection Found
13 Hot Potato Lost
14 Jackpot Found
15 Pass The Buck Found
16 Play The Percentages Lost
17 Ruckus Found
18 Treasure Hunt Found
19 Trivia Trap Found
20 Winning Streak Found

Gallery

  • Screenshot from the "Hot Potato" episode.

    Screenshot from the "Hot Potato" episode.

  • Screenshot from the "Hollywood Connection" episode.

    Screenshot from the "Hollywood Connection" episode.

External Link

Reference

  1. ↑ Frank Nicotero Facebook comment confirming there were 22 episodes produced for Faux Pause. Retrieved 07 Oct '20
  2. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.game-shows/c/2fEjm5c-nRc/m/g6QTAWBA72gJ
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