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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
13 May 1996

Network
  
Number of episodes
  
7

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Created by
  
Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
7

Final episode date
  
17 June 1996

Number of seasons
  
1

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Starring
  
Melanie PaganiTravis DraftFrank HudetzVince D'Orazi

Cast
  
Dave Sheridan, Travis Draft, Frank Hudetz, Melanie Pagani, Vince D'Orazi

Similar
  
The Mark Thomas Comedy, SmileYou're Under Arrest!, Baddiel and Skinner U, Spy TV, Remember WENN

Buzzkill is a hidden-camera reality show created in 1995 for the MTV network. The show derived its name from the slang term buzzkill, meaning a sudden undesired event that causes one's "high" or "buzz" to become of a lesser experience or depleted. Each new episode was set in a different location and consisted of three separate pranks.

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Premise

A forerunner to prank reality shows, Buzzkill was essentially a series of elaborate pranks (backed by a major television network's budget) played not only on the layman but often on celebrities and major public figures. Each prank was played by three aspiring actors from the Chicago area: Dave Sheridan (creator), Frank Hudetz, and Travis Draft.

The show's most memorable moment was when Hudetz disguised himself as famous designer Isaac Mizrahi. The likeness was so uncanny that he fooled superstar Whitney Houston at an awards show; when Houston discovered the error, she felt she was made a fool of and vowed never to appear on MTV again.

The show was eventually cancelled due to litigation concerns at MTV. Ironically, because of Buzzkill more outrageous reality shows would be developed for MTV, including The Tom Green Show, Jackass, and Punk'd.

The show's theme song uses exactly the same verse and chorus melody as the GG Allin classic 'Multiple Forms of Self-Satisfaction'.

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Buzzkill (TV series) Wikipedia


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