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Your idea of people competing for who has the biggest sob story is pretty much exactly the 1950’s TV show “Queen For A Day” (except that the studio audience did
by drfuchs 8y ago
Your idea of people competing for who has the biggest sob story is pretty much exactly the 1950’s TV show “Queen For A Day” (except that the studio audience did the voting).
- sharkweek 8y agoIncredible, turns out I'm WAY behind the times I guess! - I had never heard of this before. This from the Wikipedia article got a groan out of me: "Often the request was for medical care or therapeutic equipment to help a chronically ill child, or might be for a hearing aid, a new washing machine, or a refrigerator. Many women broke down sobbing as they described their plights." And then this: The show became popular enough that NBC increased its running time from 30 to 45 minutes to sell more commercials, at a then-premium rate of $4,000 per minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_for_a_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_for_a_Day