Synopsis
One of the few surviving episodes of Queen for a Day, the daytime game show in which women competed with hard-luck stories; 1960.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 28 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Rights · hennygirl · 2017-04-11
I love this show! Do you know who obtains to the rights of this episode? Or if it public domain? Any info to steer me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
★★★★★ · Queen For A Day · Dwight Frye · 2008-09-02
I cant help but love a show where the object is to be more pathetic than any of the other contestants.Remember seeing this as a little kid,enjoyed it then,and still like it today.Supposedly only 7 episodes survive,I hope they find more.
★★★★ · More please!! :) · classicscats · 2011-05-29
So bad it's good. I loved this show. Yes they win by having the saddest story, but as someone else said, people love Extreme Home Makeover and that IMO is just as campy...a 21st century equivalent. Please DO add more eps, this is a campy treasure among game shows!
★★★ · Brilliant by today's standards · ultimatebozo · 2013-02-07
This show screams for a revival, with someone like Maury Povich, or Jerry Springer as the host. This is more compelling, and less condescending than "American Idol" ever could be...
★★ · Bad bad bad ~ But bad shows usually attract viewers.... · ShariD57 · 2015-04-05
...if for no other reason than "the train wreck factor." Yes, being the worst, in terms of sad stories to tell, made you the "winner" here, but that was the whole point of the show. You had to write in and tell your tale of woe and what would make you happier or more productive before getting selected to be there. They didn't just pull people in off the street and take a chance they would have a sad story to tell. So, having a "sample" of the Grand Prize wasn't so hard ~ they said when they showed that standard issue hospital type wheel chair that it was a sample from the company. Likely…
★★ · Geez... · TheDevilYouKnow · 2009-12-12
It's somewhat interesting (or sad...depending on how you look at it) that even back during the dawn of television, producers were trying to find ways to exploit people's misfortune for the sake of entertainment. Truth be told, I find the commercials from this more interesting than the show. In fact, the show itself just bummed me out. The host also seems a bit condescending and barely even interested enough to listen. He asked some of the women questions to things that they clearly pointed out.