Anyone remember it? Had some truly tear-jerking life stories.

A wealthy friend of my sister, almost made it on stage.!

I remember it. But not much about it…

Faintly remember it!

Same

I thought this was going to be a show about some sexually confused males. Hmmmm.

I’ld rather be a King for the Day……

Was that on after Queer Eye? lol

I nominate Schtick for the Campfire "Queen for a Day!"

There is a few others who would be my first nomination, but I can see them to start crying..

Besides Schtick loves the attention....

Yup. That was when folks enjoyed seeing someone's life get better.

Queen for a day: fat woman has her Christmas presents stolen -> give her $100 on TV


When I was a kid, that was bad TV.

Good TV was donald duck.

My mother and grandmother would watch it and cry at the women's stories. TV in that time period was Negro and queer free, helluva lot better than today's junk.

It was a "competition" of which woman had the biggest sob story. I always suspected that a lot of it was just made up and the first liar didn't stand a chance. The "winner" got to sit on a throne, wear a crown and got a dozen roses, plus a cash prize. A queen; for about five minutes. Then went right back to being whatever poor drudge she claimed to be.

The 50s were not all that great, despite the glowing tales you hear. The effects of the war were still being felt, there was a severe housing shortage, lots of goods were impossible to get, and terrible diseases like scarlet fever and polio killed children right and left.

I knew a guy 25 years ago who went on Gerry Springer live, and told me it was all fake and scripted.

Big handsome well spoken PhD in psychology....he could have been on Monty Hall's LETS MAKE A DEAL.

Used to watch it with my grandmother when I'd go visit her in the '50's and thought it was hilarious. After the applause meter pegged out on her "my old man done left me with six children" sob story, two babes would snatch the woman up and shove her on the "throne". After throwing a big Elvis robe on the contestant. one babe would then slam a huge goofy crown on the woman's head while the other would smack her in the chest with a big bouquet of fake roses. The show would then bestow the usual cheap washer/dryer combo and the piece de resistance, a half pint of Jungle Gardena perfume, which could also be used as roach killer, as bad as it smelled. I thought this was great comedy as a 6 year old. Them were the days.

Sort of like some Campfire threads.

Some, not all.

[quote=RockyRaab]It was a "competition" of which woman had the biggest sob story. I always suspected that a lot of it was just made up and the first liar didn't stand a chance. The "winner" got to sit on a throne, wear a crown and got a dozen roses, plus a cash prize. A queen; for about five minutes. Then went right back to being whatever poor drudge she claimed to be.

The 50s were not all that great, despite the glowing tales you hear. The effects of the war were still being felt, there was a severe housing shortage, lots of goods were impossible to get, and terrible diseases like scarlet fever and polio killed children right and left.[quote]

My Mom always listened to that on the radio, no TV for us until about 1960 , by then I was long gone.

Totally agree with you on the 50's not being the best of times. In my remote little town in Wyoming, many people still lived in Great Depression conditions, including my family.

In later years, when things had got a little better, my Mom was fond of saying "The only good thing about the Good Old Days is that they're gone"

It was only blacks and POC’s kids dying, we all had white privilege.

Yes. It's in the memory banks. As mentioned, three ladies would lay out their tearjerker stories with one selected to have her issues somehow rectified. Was usually the third contestant, as she knew how much drama to pour out to beat the other two.

One day my mom questioned the rationale for watching such and ceased following.

It was scripted and phony, but it jerked women's tears.

Would YOU like to be Queen For a Day?!?

We had only one TV station, and I watched everything as a kid, even Kitchen Fun.

My wife wonders how I became a great cook.