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's most memorable moment was when Hudetz disguised himself as famous designer Isaac Mizrahi. Each prank was played by three aspiring actors from the Chicago area: Dave Sheridan (creator), Frank Hudetz, and Travis Draft. Each new episode was set in a different location and consisted of three separate pranks.Ī 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. 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. Buzzkill is a hidden-camera reality show which started airing in 1996 on the MTV network.
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