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TV Guide's Queen for a Day Page, with TV Listings, Photos, Videos, Exclusive News and More. 1970's Game Shows: 1950's Game Shows: What's My Line / Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge Everything you're looking for is here:
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Jack Bailey hosted
four contestants chosen from the studio audience that compete for prizes
by telling their sad life stories - and people back then had it a LOT
rougher than we do today! Heck, just going through a GOOD day in the
fifties would seem like a major hardship today...
The audience's sympathy
applause decided the winner, who was then crowned, robed, tiara-ed,
throned, and showered with gifts like refrigerators and washing machines.
Jeanne Cagney (sister
of James Cagney) hosted a fashion segment that ran between the many
tales of woe. The show was broadcast form the glamourous Moulin Rouge
restaurant on the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood.
This very popular
daytime entry started on radio in 1945, moved to TV in 1956 and finished
its run on television in 1964 (with a brief revival in 1969). The show
was so popular in its heyday, with so many people lined up outside the
studio for tapings, that 'Queen For A Day' was expanded to 45 minutes
to accommodate a fifth contestant.
I don't know if
it's progress, but today people go on daytime talk shows and tell their
sad stories and all they get is a trip to Chicago and a lifetime of
humiliation. |
Queen
For A Day
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