[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'160011\' date=\'Aug 8 2007, 05:01 PM\'] More specifically, two young comedians (Greg Baker and Matthew Parrott) played "the vault guys," fictional game show fans in charge of watching over the vast GSN library. Each show, they would present some of the interesting and unusual clips they "discovered" in the vaults. Mostly they showed unusual celebrity appearances, but certainly nothing amazingly rare.[/quote]
Sounds remarkably similar to ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats. I'm guessing though that As Seen On didn't do any MST3k riffing, since Faux Pause did it. That actually sounds kind of interesting.
This was one of several misguided low-budget attempts by GSN in the late 90s to "do something" with their library rather than just show us the programs. Another was "Faux Pause," where two hosts would screen an episode from a short-lived or forgotten show and make fun of it. I've always seen this program as the earliest evidence that the powers-that-be at GSN (at the time) were ashamed of their own programming.
Yeah, I've seen Faux Pause. That's an...um..."interesting" program. It seems a lot of the late 90's GSN originals heavily missed the mark. Burt Luddin's Love Buffet, anyone?
Thanks for the info, everyone. The show sounds kind of interesting. Surprised GSN has never reran their older originals before. I can imagine them doing it for cheap programming repeats.