Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
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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
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19484
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19492
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19521
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.