Truth Or Consequences
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
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1940–1950 · NBC
Truth or Consequences
Nobody ever got the question right, and that was the point
The quiz was a pretext. Ralph Edwards' innovation was to make the forfeit the entire show, and to make it elaborate, physical and slightly humiliating — the direct ancestor of every stunt format that followed, down to the present day. A town in New Mexico renamed itself after the programme in 1950 and is still called Truth or Consequences, which tells you how completely this thing had entered the culture.
16 broadcasts · 5 years held · Hollywood
Surviving broadcasts of the NBC series. Recordings held by the Internet Archive.
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Truth Or Consequences
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Truth Or Consequences
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Truth Or Consequences
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Truth Or Consequences
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Truth Or Consequences
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Truth Or Consequences
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Truth Or Consequences
The one everybody argues about.
Truth Or Consequences
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
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Truth Or Consequences
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Truth Or Consequences
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Truth Or Consequences
The one everybody argues about.
Truth Or Consequences
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
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Truth Or Consequences
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Truth Or Consequences
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
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Truth Or Consequences
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.