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Faking the Video (2004–2004) on MTV
About Faking the Video
Faking the Video is a six-week, hidden-camera series in which celebs and actors fool six, unsuspecting production assistants on a (fake) shoot for a "We Are the World"-style music video.
In each episode, filmed in Los Angeles, the P.A.s – thinking they have a career-making opportunity – are faced with situations that go horribly wrong. In Monday's premiere, a rain-making machine malfunctions, flooding the soundstage and the P.A.s have to bail the water in buckets. In a later episode, a P.A. standing in front of a green-screen in a green spandex suit is made to prance around holding a cardboard cutout of a cloud. He thinks he is going to be removed from the special effect, but is not, since the entire set-up is phony.
When it's all over, the winner gets a $3,500 prize package and a job on Wayne Isham video. (All contestants received a $1,000 salary and cash prize and over $1,500 in electronics merchandise.)
Faking the Video episode schedule
7 aired
Aired · 7
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 5, 2004 | S1·E7 | One Big Disaster Day |
| June 28, 2004 | S1·E6 | Two PA's Left |
| June 21, 2004 | S1·E5 | Carnivale |
| June 14, 2004 | S1·E4 | Bling-Bling Music Video Set |
| June 7, 2004 | S1·E3 | Silent Diva |
| May 31, 2004 | S1·E2 | First Shoot |
| May 24, 2004 | S1·E1 | Meet the PA's |