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But the phrase could easily serve as the credo for a far more sadistic prank show that also screws the innocent - with a supcrdrill. Another series, Scare Tactics. is reality TV at its crudest. The Friday night Sci Fi series belongs to the same ...

'Candid Camera' for the 21st century, or have prank shows gone too far? BY MATTHEW GILBERT ... Basically, the show employs a group of "accomplices" to lure unsuspecting people into horror-movie situations, frighten. them half to death , ...

Stephen Baldwin employs 'Scare Tactics' on Sci Fi The TV takes like and make some dough. ... Baldwin says he's a "huge fan" of "Scare Tactics," which airs as S. Baldwin the anchor leg of Sci Fi's new Wednesday lineup, with fellow reality shows "Proof Positive: ... Bush's reelection, but Stephen attended the Republican National Convention to support Bush, Stephen has a political prank in mind.

"For me," Mr. Baldwin says, "quite honestly, Scare Tactics is an opportunity to have sonic fun on a show that I like and ... Mr. Baldwin also won't rule out pulling a Scare Tactics prank on his actor brothers, especially older brother Alec Baldwin .

Three charged in Halloween prank. CANTON ... Forchione, The alleged prank mirrored scenes shown on "Scare Tactics," a cable TV show hosted by Shannon Doherty The women told police the incident happened Sept. 29 and was an early  ...

Basically, the show employs a group of "accomplices" to lure unsuspecting people into horror-movie situations, frighten them half to death, and then ridicule them for believing the prank in the first place. In one episode, the accomplices ...

"Scare Tactics" ups the ante, but not the budget, by borrowing from several familiar hidden-camera shows. ... alive - and, in a particularly insensitive prank given current events, convincing one poor guy he has been exposed to a biohazard.

... in the "Monster's Brawl" episode of NBC's "Boomtown." Before diat, he was Lance hi 2002's "Undercover Brodier." Small Wonder. As: Shannen Maria Walsh Last seen: hosting "Scare Tactics," a Sci-Fi Channel spook prank show in 2003.

I speak of the growing number of prank shows frolicking on TV, programs that trade in making average, unsuspecting ... us may be tempted to check out the latest entry into hidden footage gags and tomfoolery, Sci-Fi Channel's "Scare Tactics.