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* UrbanLegend: During a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show -- she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n***ers I see" before the show abruptly cut to black. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". [[note]]In reality, that incident almost certainly didn't happen because the show was prerecorded, which would give plenty of time for the censors to cut out potentially offensive material before it can go on the air.[[/note]]
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* UrbanLegend: During a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] claimed that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show -- she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n***ers I see" before the show abruptly cut to black. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". [[note]]In reality, that incident almost certainly didn't happen because the show was prerecorded, which would give plenty of time for the censors to cut out potentially offensive material before it can go on the air.[[/note]]
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions and Steve Dunne hosted the 1957-58 nighttime version.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, Bailey replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions and Steve Dunne hosted the 1957-58 nighttime version.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. The show returned to the small screen as a prime-time series in 1950 with Edwards as host before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954 upon return to NBC. The prime-time series ended in September 1956, then was relaunched as a daytime series in December with [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] as host. Another prime-time version aired simultaneously with the daytime version on NBC from December 1957 to June 1958 with Steve Dunne as host.
Barker stayed on for the rest of the NBC run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. Bob Hilton hosted the second syndicated run and comic Larry Anderson hosted the third one.
Barker stayed on for the rest of the NBC run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. Bob Hilton hosted the second syndicated run and comic Larry Anderson hosted the third one.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. The show returned to the small screen as a prime-time series in 1950 with Edwards as host before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954 upon return to NBC. The prime-time series ended in September 1956, then was relaunched as a daytime series in December with [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] Creator/BobBarker as host. Another prime-time version aired simultaneously with the daytime version on NBC from December 1957 to June 1958 with Steve Dunne as host.
Barker stayed on for the rest of the NBC run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. The first syndicated run ended in 1975 because they had taped enough episodes to last for another two years; by the time production started back up in 1977, Barker was unavailable as he was busy hosting both the CBS daytime and syndicated nighttime versions of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' (having replaced Dennis James on the latter that year). Bob Hiltonhosted replaced Barker for the second syndicated 1977-78 run and comic Larry Anderson hosted the third one.
1987 run.
Barker stayed on for the rest of the NBC run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. The first syndicated run ended in 1975 because they had taped enough episodes to last for another two years; by the time production started back up in 1977, Barker was unavailable as he was busy hosting both the CBS daytime and syndicated nighttime versions of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' (having replaced Dennis James on the latter that year). Bob Hilton
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** Parodied by George Carlin and his "Truth or Penalties" skit:
-->'''Guy Himself:''' How many green Chinese pots in a dozen?\\
'''Tondalea Breckenridge:''' Umm...(''Beulah the Buzzer sounds'')
-->'''Guy Himself:''' How many green Chinese pots in a dozen?\\
'''Tondalea Breckenridge:''' Umm...(''Beulah the Buzzer sounds'')
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig as the sadistic host and hapless contestant respectively.
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''The Ducksters'' ''WesternAnimation/TheDucksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig as the sadistic host and hapless contestant respectively.
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GameShow that originally aired in 1940 as an Creator/{{NBC}} Radio program with its creator, Ralph Edwards, as host. A decade later, it moved to television, first on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1950-54, then back to Creator/{{NBC}} from 1954-65. The show also had three runs on syndication: one from 1966-75 and two short-lived ones in 1977-78 and 1987.
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GameShow that originally aired in 1940 as an Creator/{{NBC}} Radio program with its creator, Ralph Edwards, as host. A decade later, it moved to television, first on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1950-54, then back to Creator/{{NBC}} NBC from 1954-65. The show also had three runs on syndication: one from 1966-75 and two short-lived ones in 1977-78 and 1987.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. When it returned to the small screen in 1950, Edwards hosted at first before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954 upon return to Creator/{{NBC}}, then by [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] in 1956. Barker stayed on for the rest of the Creator/{{NBC}} run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. Bob Hilton hosted the second syndicated run and comic Larry Anderson hosted the third one.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. When it The show returned to the small screen as a prime-time series in 1950, 1950 with Edwards hosted at first as host before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954 upon return to Creator/{{NBC}}, NBC. The prime-time series ended in September 1956, then by was relaunched as a daytime series in December with [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] in 1956. as host. Another prime-time version aired simultaneously with the daytime version on NBC from December 1957 to June 1958 with Steve Dunne as host.
Barker stayed on for the rest of theCreator/{{NBC}} NBC run and for the entire 1966-75 syndicated run. Bob Hilton hosted the second syndicated run and comic Larry Anderson hosted the third one.
Barker stayed on for the rest of the
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions.versions and Steve Dunne hosted the 1957-58 nighttime version.
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* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Bob Barker would sign off with "Bob Barker saying goodbye, and hoping all your consequences are happy ones!" Years later, on the November 11, 1994 episode of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', he accidentally began signing off with that phrase, but caught his mistake and ended up with "Bob Barker saying goodbye, and hoping all your... prices are right!"
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* UnwinnableJokeGame: Many of the ''T or C'' stunts were set up by these ... nonsensical questions that had no answer (e.g., a question about a fictional event the question writer made up), or legit questions with either obscure answers that could not reasonably be answered in time or -- if a common riddle/trick question or general knowledge question -- that the time limit expired immediately after the host uttered the final syllable of the last word in the question that no one could even begin to even think about answering. Of course, here, the idea was to be guaranteed to see regular people made to "pay the consequences" through stunts that were always in good taste and fun.
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* UnwinnableJokeGame: Many The joke questions were deliberately set up to be unanswerable so that the contestants would end up having to "pay the consequences", the big draw of the ''T or C'' stunts show. They were set up by these ... either nonsensical questions that had no answer (e.g., a question about a fictional event the question writer made up), or made-up facts, legit questions with either obscure answers that could not reasonably be answered in time answers, a joke set-up or -- if a common riddle/trick question riddle or general knowledge question -- that the time limit expired immediately after the host uttered the final syllable of the last word in the question that no one could even begin to even think about answering. Of course, here, the idea was to be guaranteed to see regular people made to "pay the consequences" through stunts that question, but they were always in good taste and fun.impossible to answer correctly within the ridiculously short time limit. In the very rare cases where the contestant manages to answer correctly, the host would just give another question.
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* UnwinnableJokeGame: Many of the ''T or C'' stunts were set up by these ... nonsensical questions that had no answer (e.g., a question about a fictional event the question writer made up), or legit questions with either obscure answers that could not reasonably be answered in time or -- if a common riddle/trick question or general knowledge question -- that the time limit expired immediately after the host uttered the final syllable of the last word in the question that no one could even begin to even think about answering. Of course, here, the idea was to be guaranteed to see regular people made to "pay the consequences" through stunts that were always in good taste and fun.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along him in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along him in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker replaced him in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker replaced came along him in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions.
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* CandidCameraPrank: The show would often do these, particularly during the Barker years.
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* LuckBasedMission: Barker's Box.
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* LuckBasedMission: Barker's Box.Box, which would be played with an audience member at the end of the show. The box had four drawers; three with money and one with a "surprise" pop-up. If the contestant managed to pick all three money drawers without picking the "surprise" one, they would win a bonus prize.
* PieInTheFace: One of the "hidden camera" pranks involved three couples who were filmed while waiting "backstage". A producer gave them their release contracts. The men's contracts were the boilerplate ones, but the ladies' contracts had an additional paragraph stating that the first one to pie her husband would receive $100, the second one $50 and the third one $25. Hilarity ensued.
* PieInTheFace: One of the "hidden camera" pranks involved three couples who were filmed while waiting "backstage". A producer gave them their release contracts. The men's contracts were the boilerplate ones, but the ladies' contracts had an additional paragraph stating that the first one to pie her husband would receive $100, the second one $50 and the third one $25. Hilarity ensued.
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* BroadcastLive: The television show was one of the earliest aversions. In 1950, it was the first program performed before a live audience to be prerecorded on 35mm film, beating ''Series/ILoveLucy'' to the punch by a year. Starting in 1957, in another first, the show broadcast in all time zones from a prerecorded videotape instead of just using the technology for time-delayed West Coast broadcasts.
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GameShow that originally aired in 1940 as an Creator/{{NBC}} Radio program with its creator, Ralph Edwards, as host. A decade later, it moved to television on Creator/{{CBS}} with its format and emcee unchanged.
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GameShow that originally aired in 1940 as an Creator/{{NBC}} Radio program with its creator, Ralph Edwards, as host. A decade later, it moved to television television, first on Creator/{{CBS}} with its format from 1950-54, then back to Creator/{{NBC}} from 1954-65. The show also had three runs on syndication: one from 1966-75 and emcee unchanged.
two short-lived ones in 1977-78 and 1987.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. When it returned in 1950 on NBC, Edwards hosted at first before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954, then by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it through the rest of the daytime run and on into the original syndicated run, from 1966-75. A short-lived syndicated {{revival}} in 1977-78 was moderated by Bob Hilton. And a decade later, in 1987, comic Larry Anderson turned up as host of yet another syndicated version which quickly faded from the airwaves.
The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it through the rest of the daytime run and on into the original syndicated run, from 1966-75. A short-lived syndicated {{revival}} in 1977-78 was moderated by Bob Hilton. And a decade later, in 1987, comic Larry Anderson turned up as host of yet another syndicated version which quickly faded from the airwaves.
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The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show in 1950 as part of a publicity stunt.
''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. When it returned to the small screen in1950 on NBC, 1950, Edwards hosted at first before being replaced by [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] in 1954, 1954 upon return to Creator/{{NBC}}, then by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Bob Barker]] in 1956. Barker as host.
The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it throughstayed on for the rest of the daytime Creator/{{NBC}} run and on into for the original entire 1966-75 syndicated run, from 1966-75. A short-lived run. Bob Hilton hosted the second syndicated {{revival}} in 1977-78 was moderated by Bob Hilton. And a decade later, in 1987, run and comic Larry Anderson turned up as host of yet another syndicated version which quickly faded from hosted the airwaves.
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''Truth or Consequences'' was one the first game shows to be broadcast on television, with an experimental broadcast on WNBT's first day on July 1, 1941. When it returned to the small screen in
The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it through
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** GameShowHost: Bob Barker is certainly the most well-known.
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** GameShowHost: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey, of ''Series/QueenForADay'' infamy, replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker is certainly replaced him in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the most well-known.syndicated versions.
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The original TV version of ''Consequences'', with Edwards as host, lasted only a single season, but was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico renamed itself after the show. When it returned three years later on NBC, [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] was the MC, later replaced by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
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The show was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico renamed itself]] after the show.
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* UrbanLegend: During a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ I see" before the show cut to......yeah. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this incident may not be 100% as it originally happened...if it even happened at all.
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* UrbanLegend: During a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — -- she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ n***ers I see" before the show abruptly cut to......yeah.to black. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this [[note]]In reality, that incident may not be 100% as almost certainly didn't happen because the show was prerecorded, which would give plenty of time for the censors to cut out potentially offensive material before it originally happened...if it even happened at all.can go on the air.[[/note]]
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!!GameShow Tropes in use:
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* UrbanLegend: During a ''SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ I see" before the show cut to......yeah. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this incident may not be 100% as it originally happened...if it even happened at all.
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* UrbanLegend: During a ''SaturdayNightLive'' ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ I see" before the show cut to......yeah. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this incident may not be 100% as it originally happened...if it even happened at all.
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* WhamLine: Oy.
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* WhamLine: Oy.[[Series/ThePriceIsRight In hindsight, anyway.]]
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/ChuckJones cartoon ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig as the sadistic host and hapless contestant respectively.
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/ChuckJones cartoon WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig as the sadistic host and hapless contestant respectively.
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/ChuckJones cartoon ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig ad the sadistic host and hapless contestant, respectively.
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/ChuckJones cartoon ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig ad as the sadistic host and hapless contestant, contestant respectively.
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The 1950 WesternAnimation/ChuckJones cartoon ''The Ducksters'' parodies this show (as "Truth or AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"), with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig ad the sadistic host and hapless contestant, respectively.
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* ProgressiveJackpot: The probable originator with the "Mrs. Hush" contest. See Trivia page for further details.
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The original TV version of ''Consequences'', with Edwards as host, lasted only a single season, but was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico renamed itself after the show. When it returned three years later on NBC, [[QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] was the MC, later replaced by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
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The original TV version of ''Consequences'', with Edwards as host, lasted only a single season, but was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico renamed itself after the show. When it returned three years later on NBC, [[QueenForADay [[Series/QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] was the MC, later replaced by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
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GameShow that originally aired in 1940 as an Creator/{{NBC}} Radio program with its creator, Ralph Edwards, as host. A decade later, it moved to television on Creator/{{CBS}} with its format and emcee unchanged.
Contestants on the show were asked silly trick questions which they almost invariably failed to answer correctly. If they answered incorrectly, or failed to come up with any answer in a short time, Beulah the Buzzer went off. The host then told them that since they had failed to tell the truth, they would have to pay the consequences. Consequences consisted of elaborate stunts, some done in the studio and others done outside, some completed on that week's episode and others taking a week or more and requiring the contestant to return when the stunt was completed. Some of the stunts were funny, but more often they were also embarrassing, and occasionally they were sentimental (as when long-separated relatives were reunited within the context of the stunt).
The original TV version of ''Consequences'', with Edwards as host, lasted only a single season, but was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico renamed itself after the show. When it returned three years later on NBC, [[QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] was the MC, later replaced by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it through the rest of the daytime run and on into the original syndicated run, from 1966-75. A short-lived syndicated {{revival}} in 1977-78 was moderated by Bob Hilton. And a decade later, in 1987, comic Larry Anderson turned up as host of yet another syndicated version which quickly faded from the airwaves.
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* GameShowAppearance: ''Superman'' appeared on the radio version ([[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman Bud Collyer]] was the show's announcer).
* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Bob Barker is certainly the most well-known.
** StudioAudience
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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: One episode had a woman from the audience trying to stop an incredibly complex machine before its conveyor belt dropped a pie on her husband's face. There were all kinds of lights, switches, etc. on the machine which she flipped frantically, but [[spoiler:unbeknownst to her, the only way to stop it was to pull the electrical plug out of its outlet]].
* LuckBasedMission: Barker's Box.
* UrbanLegend: During a ''SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ I see" before the show cut to......yeah. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this incident may not be 100% as it originally happened...if it even happened at all.
* WhamLine: Oy.
-->'''Ralph Edwards''': Remember this name, you'll be hearing a lot about him. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bob Barker!
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Contestants on the show were asked silly trick questions which they almost invariably failed to answer correctly. If they answered incorrectly, or failed to come up with any answer in a short time, Beulah the Buzzer went off. The host then told them that since they had failed to tell the truth, they would have to pay the consequences. Consequences consisted of elaborate stunts, some done in the studio and others done outside, some completed on that week's episode and others taking a week or more and requiring the contestant to return when the stunt was completed. Some of the stunts were funny, but more often they were also embarrassing, and occasionally they were sentimental (as when long-separated relatives were reunited within the context of the stunt).
The original TV version of ''Consequences'', with Edwards as host, lasted only a single season, but was popular enough that the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico renamed itself after the show. When it returned three years later on NBC, [[QueenForADay Jack Bailey]] was the MC, later replaced by Steve Dunne. NBC aired a daytime version of the show from 1956-65, with Bob Barker as host.
Barker made a career of the show after that, remaining with it through the rest of the daytime run and on into the original syndicated run, from 1966-75. A short-lived syndicated {{revival}} in 1977-78 was moderated by Bob Hilton. And a decade later, in 1987, comic Larry Anderson turned up as host of yet another syndicated version which quickly faded from the airwaves.
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* GameShowAppearance: ''Superman'' appeared on the radio version ([[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman Bud Collyer]] was the show's announcer).
* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Bob Barker is certainly the most well-known.
** StudioAudience
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: One episode had a woman from the audience trying to stop an incredibly complex machine before its conveyor belt dropped a pie on her husband's face. There were all kinds of lights, switches, etc. on the machine which she flipped frantically, but [[spoiler:unbeknownst to her, the only way to stop it was to pull the electrical plug out of its outlet]].
* LuckBasedMission: Barker's Box.
* UrbanLegend: During a ''SaturdayNightLive'' retrospective, cast member Garrett Morris [[http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=15311 claimed]] that he saw an episode of ''Truth Or Consequences'' where an elderly white woman played a racist song on the piano at the end of the show — she got as far as "I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot all the n------ I see" before the show cut to......yeah. Morris then proceeded to play a parody of that song, replacing the offending word with "whities". Considering Morris' then-usage of cocaine, this incident may not be 100% as it originally happened...if it even happened at all.
* WhamLine: Oy.
-->'''Ralph Edwards''': Remember this name, you'll be hearing a lot about him. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bob Barker!
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