262 - Queen for a Day (feat. Caitlin “Slowpuke” Nellist)
Caitlin Nellist (SlowpukeLIVE) joins the lads for a lovely day out with the Egg Council of America as they cover one of the worst and most popular game shows of all time: Queen for a Day. Topics include the ineptitude of Jack Bailey, the bakeries of El Cajon, and the roots of America’s obsession with the exploitation of trauma.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
Queen for a Day
How ‘Queen for a Day’ Turned Unhappy Housewives into TV Royalty - History Channel
This 1950s game show profited from the poverty of a new woman every day
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Comments (13)
The Wilcox-Gay Corporation released a few home record makers under their Recordio brand. They used premade discs that had a blank groove that was then recorded on using a stylus. They also had AM radio tuners, allowing you to record right from a broadcast.
That's cool and I won't say anything about the name Wilcox-Gay Corporation
The Worst of All Pissable Worlds
This whole episode made me think about how when my British grandparents got a TV right after WWII, my grandfather didn’t let the family purchase a color television until they had been around for a decade because he “wanted to make sure they really figured out the technology first.”
*gong plays as Jack Bailey enters the room even though he's white* hey guys
Haven’t listened yet but this is such a bizarre, obscure pull for an episode that I can only guess it was Brian’s suggestion….
That one comment from the shrimp Jesus episode strikes again
30:52 Rochester represent! Barney Brodeen(?). It's weird whenever I hear someone mention our nothing city.
The Aussie voice sounds about right for the era, our accent back then for a lot of Aussies had that British twang to it. A little example from the olden times - Aussies asked if they wanted British or US to influence us. The lady who realises she is on camera when she spots the camera is adorable. https://youtube.com/shorts/wGeDsVpee6E?si=KGCwZS8-N1lZ_aHv Oh and lucky you, you have a cat that WAITS for you to clean the litter when he wants to do his biggest piss of the day. Mine just stomps his giant ass in while I'm trying to clean. Doesn't even bother burying it, he knows whats about to happen.
On a picket line outside my job for the next two hours. This will do nicely to pass the time.
I know this is in no way the point of the episode - but what did child AJ mean by 100 AD????
What did he mean by "300,000 miles away"?
Hearing "Hime for a day" and getting high school vietnam flashbacks of ouran host club. I will be asking for compensation and a new egg cleaner