Totally Pauly
{{short description|American television series}}
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| first_aired = {{start date|1990}}
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Totally Pauly is an MTV television series starring Pauly Shore.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=A Defrosted Caveman At the Prom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/22/movies/a-defrosted-caveman-at-the-prom.html|date=May 22, 1992|authorlink=Caryn James|author=James, Caryn}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/the-perils-of-pauly-191608/|date=July 9, 1992|author=Martel, Jay|title=The Perils of Pauly Shore}}{{cite web|title=Pauly Shore Interview|url=https://www.gq.com/story/pauly-shore-interview-vegas-oyster-weasel|work=GQ|date=23 August 2011 }}{{cite web|website=Vulture.com|title=The Rise and Fall of Pauly Shore|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-pauly-shore.html|date=2013}} The series largely consisted of Shore’s character interviewing celebrities, performing short comic bits, and introducing music videos. The show was broadcast intermittently on MTV between 1990-97 with regular broadcasts occurring between 1990 and 1995.
Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly gave the show a C+ rating, saying, "Tons o’ teens are tuning in to Pauly Shore, who, in the guise of a roving VJ, interrupts MTV's ceaseless flow of Skid Row and Van Halen videos to stroll through malls and converse in a modified San Fernando Valley-speak."{{cite magazine|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/02/totally-pauly/|authorlink=Ken Tucker|author=Tucker, Ken|date=August 2, 1991|title=Totally Pauly}}
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