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41-577: This Is Your Life may refer to: Television [ edit ] This Is Your Life (American franchise) , an American radio and television documentary biography series hosted by Ralph Edwards This Is Your Life (Australian TV series) , the Australian version of the American series This Is Your Life (British TV series) , the British version of

82-437: A Day ) as host, this time running from May 18, 1954, to September 28, 1956. NBC launched a new daytime version on December 31 of that year, with radio personality Bob Barker at the helm. This run not only marked the start of a hugely successful television career for Barker, but also became the longest-running incarnation of Truth or Consequences yet, airing until September 24, 1965. During Barker's run, another prime time version

123-521: A bad joke) before "Beulah the Buzzer" sounded. On the rare occasions that a contestant did answer correctly, the host would reveal that the question had multiple parts. Failing to complete this "truth" portion meant that the contestant had to face "consequences," typically by performing a zany and embarrassing stunt. Contestants' involvement in these stunts and the audience's reaction led Edwards to state about himself and his producers, "Aren't we devils?" From

164-427: A bonus prize. Barker traditionally ended each episode with the phrase, "Hoping all your consequences are happy ones." In one 1994 episode of The Price Is Right , he started to deliver that closing, but caught his mistake and covered it by saying "hoping all your...prices are right!", instead of the familiar "Have your pets spayed or neutered" line he was best known for using at the time. Ralph Edwards stated he got

205-477: A delinquent, and that before the episode was broadcast, Hahn's husband had sued her for divorce. Virginia Graham , in her autobiography , noted that the show had been characterized as a maudlin invasion of privacy . In the late 1980s, Edwards made many episodes that featured celebrities available for re-broadcasting: American Movie Classics aired them for several years, accompanying them with "screenings of movies from studio-era Hollywood." Edwards revived

246-447: A form of alcoholic insanity" and brought on a psychiatrist who had treated her, a brother-in-law "who had paid her bills" and several "glamorous foul-weather friends" such as Lita Grey Chaplin and Ruby Keeler . Roth's story became the basis of her 1954 autobiography and 1955 film adaption, I'll Cry Tomorrow , with Edwards appearing as himself. Kate Newcomb, a doctor who practiced in a "70-mile circle" around Woodruff, Wisconsin ,

287-406: A high school ). Edwards chose a "particularly despondent young soldier and hit on the idea of presenting his life on the air, in order to integrate the wreckage of the present with his happier past and the promise of a hopeful future." Edwards received such positive public feedback from the "capsule narrative" of the soldier he gave on Truth or Consequences that he developed This Is Your Life as

328-520: A live audience to do so. A similar process was then adapted by Desilu for I Love Lucy the following year. On January 22, 1957, the show, which was produced in Hollywood, became the first program to be broadcast in all time zones from a prerecorded videotape . This technology had previously been used only for time-delayed broadcasts to the West Coast. In 1966, Truth or Consequences became

369-495: A military member was based in California , his spouse or parents were flown in for a reunion. During Barker's run as host, a side game, "Barker's Box", was played at the end of the show. Barker's Box had four drawers; three contained money, while a pop-up "surprise" was in the fourth. The contestant chose one drawer at a time and won the money in each. The game ended if the contestant found the surprise, while avoiding it awarded

410-418: A new radio show. In the show, Edwards surprised each guest by narrating a biography of the subject. The show "alternated in presenting the life stories of entertainment personalities and 'ordinary' people who had contributed in some way to their communities." The host, consulting his "red book", narrated while presenting the subject with family members, friends, and others who had affected his or her life. By

451-545: A program would contribute materially toward the objectives of troop information, since it would create appreciation of the career of an outstanding military leader and further better understanding of certain highlights in the recent history of the Army." According to The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present , one celebrity that was definitely forbidden was Edwards himself. He supposedly threatened to fire every member of his staff if they ever tried to turn

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492-406: A survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima . Believing he was there for a news interview, Tanimoto was instead met with a highly dramatized depiction of the events including sound effects, dramatic music, and actual footage of the city being destroyed in the bombing, and asked to walk viewers through what happened. During the episode Edwards introduced Tanimoto to Robert A. Lewis , the co-pilot of

533-603: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages This Is Your Life (American franchise) The idea for This Is Your Life arose while Edwards was working on game show Truth or Consequences . He had been asked by the United States Army to "do something" for paraplegic soldiers at Birmingham General Army Hospital , a California Army rehabilitation hospital in Van Nuys, Los Angeles (a site later converted into

574-454: The Enola Gay , the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima . The episode would later be described as "[exemplifying] a number of the ways in which America comes to terms with...its responsibility for Hiroshima. The first of these ways is Disneyfication, the tendency to view Hiroshima as a dramatic spectacle, an exercise in special effects: the ticking clock, the rolling kettledrums, and

615-422: The 1950s, the show was aired live before a theater audience. The guests were surprised by Ralph Edwards and confronted by the microphone and cameras. Planning for the broadcast meant that some found out in advance that they were to be featured. For example, Eddie Cantor had a heart condition, so the show's producers made sure that he was not surprised. One of the show's subjects was Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto ,

656-517: The 1977–1978 version. On May 22, 1948, Truth or Consequences broadcast live from the newly founded Dana–Farber Cancer Institute , and surprised 12-year-old cancer patient Einar Gustafson by having members of the Boston Braves visit the boy in his room. Gustafson was referred to only as "Jimmy" to protect his identity. (Not only did Gustafson's cancer go into remission, but the Braves won

697-549: The Adicts , or the title song, 1984 This Is Your Life , by Augustines , 2016 This Is Your Life , an EP by Glaxo Babies , or the title song, 1979 Songs [ edit ] "This Is Your Life" (song) , by Switchfoot, 2003 "This Is Your Life", by the 5th Dimension from Portrait , 1970 "This Is Your Life", by Banderas , 1991 "This Is Your Life", by the Bee Gees from E.S.P. , 1987 "This Is Your Life", by

738-544: The American series This Is Your Life (New Zealand TV series) , the New Zealand version of the American series Literature [ edit ] This Is Your Life , a 2002 novel by John O'Farrell Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] This Is Your Life (Norman Connors album) or the title song, 1977 This Is Your Life (Out of Eden album) or the title song, 2002 Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life , 2014 This Is Your Life , by

779-914: The Blow Monkeys from Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood , 1989 "This Is Your Life", by Carcass from The Heartwork , 1993 "This Is Your Life", by Dio from Angry Machines , 1996 "This Is Your Life", by the Dust Brothers , from the film Fight Club , 1999 "This Is Your Life", by En Vogue from Funky Divas , 1992 "This Is Your Life", by the Killers from Day & Age , 2008 "This Is Your Life", by Propagandhi from Supporting Caste , 2009 "This Is Your Life", by Robin Schulz from Sugar , 2015 See also [ edit ] This Is My Life (disambiguation) This Is

820-533: The Life (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title This Is Your Life . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=This_Is_Your_Life&oldid=1124086566 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

861-682: The National League pennant, their last before moving to Milwaukee in 1953.) The broadcast launched The Jimmy Fund and its long-standing relationship with the Boston Red Sox as their official charity beginning in 1953. (After many years in seclusion—leading to speculation that "Jimmy" had died—Gustafson re-emerged in the 1990s and was made honorary chairman of the Jimmy Fund in 1998. He died in 2001, aged 65.) A British version, called " Would I Lie to You? ", not to be confused with

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902-473: The announcement was made. In August 2006, Philbin decided not to renew his contract with the show (he was committed to hosting America's Got Talent on NBC ). ABC announced it was considering moving forward with another host in 2006, but this never came to fruition. In October 2008, Survivor producer Mark Burnett signed a deal with Ralph Edwards Productions to produce an updated version. This also did not come to fruition. International adaptations of

943-480: The first successful daily game show in first-run syndication (as opposed to reruns) to not air on a network, having ended its NBC run one year earlier. This version continued through 1975. In the fall of 1977, a syndicated revival titled The New Truth or Consequences premiered. Because Bob Barker had already agreed to take over The Nighttime Price Is Right from Dennis James , he was unavailable and Bob Hilton took over hosting. However, this version did not click in

984-429: The honorees, and Edwards made a cameo at the beginning, then appeared again when Kathie's work as a singer on the 70s version of Name that Tune , which Edwards produced, was mentioned. Actress Angie Dickinson was supposed to have been one of the two celebrities honoured in the special, and was lured under the pretext of being interviewed for a special about director Brian de Palma , but when host Sajak surprised her with

1025-408: The idea for a new radio program from a favorite childhood parlor game, "Forfeits". The show premiered on NBC Radio on March 23, 1940. Truth or Consequences was the first game show to air on broadcast television, airing as a one-time experiment on the first day of New York station WNBT 's commercial program schedule on July 1, 1941. However, the series did not appear on TV again until 1950, when

1066-551: The image of the mushroom cloud produce an emotional frisson, and little more than that." Hanna Bloch Kohner, a Holocaust survivor , was a subject on May 27, 1953. In February 1953, Lillian Roth , a "topflight torch singer of the Prohibition era " was the subject of the show, "cheerfully admit[ting] that she had been a hopeless drunk for 16 years before being rescued by Alcoholics Anonymous ." Edwards described Roth's condition as "impending blindness, an inflamed sinus and

1107-614: The medium had caught on commercially. On September 6, 1950, WCBS-TV in New York City began local broadcasts of kinescopes of episodes that had been broadcast on KTTV in Los Angeles. Phillip Morris sponsored the series in New York. The program originated as a prime time series, airing on CBS from September 7, 1950, to May 31, 1951, hosted by Edwards. Three years later, it returned on NBC with Jack Bailey (of Queen for

1148-519: The ratings and was cancelled after a single season. A decade later, Truth or Consequences returned in syndication for the 1987–1988 season, this time with actor Larry Anderson as host, assisted by Murray Langston (better known as "The Unknown Comic" on The Gong Show ). This effort also failed to attract audiences and was gone after one season. According to the Inter-Office Memorandum published by Pat Gleason on June 25, 1987,

1189-556: The ratings during the 1950s, finishing at #11 in 1953–1954, #12 in 1954–1955, #26 in 1955–1956, #19 in 1957–1958 and #29 in 1958–1959. By October 1960, Time magazine was calling This Is Your Life "the most sickeningly sentimental show on the air"; it cited a May 1960 episode on " Queens housewife and mother" Elizabeth Hahn as evidence that the show had "run through every faded actress still able to cry on cue" and had instead "turned to ordinary people as subjects for its weekly, treacly 'true-to-life' biographies." The episode on Hahn

1230-687: The series twice in syndication, the first in 1971 with Edwards again as host, and in 1983 with Joseph Campanella . Both failed to capture the magic of the original series, mostly due to the series being filmed or taped and, in the case of the 1971–72 version, some stations that aired it gave away the surprise elements in ads and promos for the show. During the late 1980s, Edwards hosted a few single prime time network airings of This Is Your Life , most memorably an episode featuring Betty White and Dick Van Dyke . Pat Sajak hosted an episode in November 1993 on NBC where Roy Scheider and Kathie Lee Gifford were

1271-561: The show in an attempt to manage any potential fall-out and unbeknownst to the producers, he agreed to act surprised when the show was recorded. This Is Your Life was nominated three times for as "Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program" at the Emmy Awards , losing in 1953 at the 5th Emmy Awards to What's My Line? and sharing the category's award with What's My Line? at the Emmys in 1954 and 1955 . It also fared well in

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1312-488: The show: In the Taiwanese variety show Super Sunday , the second half of each episode has a This Is Your Life -style segment where a celebrity or a local discussed their past followed by a cinematic re-enactment (usually exaggerated or serious) then a remote segment to search for the individual. However, the final result for each segment may or may not be successful. Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences

1353-400: The start, most contestants preferred to answer the question wrong to perform the stunt. Edwards said, "Most of the American people are darned good sports." A popular segment on many episodes was an emotional surprise for a contestant, such as being reunited with a long-lost relative or with an enlisted son or daughter returning from military duty overseas, particularly Vietnam . Sometimes, if

1394-401: The status of believed existing episodes breaks down as follows: The show has been rarely broadcast outside of its initial presentations. A previously unseen, unsold pilot pitched to Fox , produced around 2003 or 2004, was uploaded by veteran game show host Wink Martindale on his YouTube page. The pilot was hosted by sports journalist Chris Rose . In 2023, Martindale uploaded the pilot of

1435-495: The tables on him and publicly present Edwards' own life. In a 1973 episode, Vincent Price was the surprised guest. The show had been planned with his wife Mary while Price was in the UK filming the movie Theatre of Blood . By the time he returned to his US home, he had split with his wife and begun a relationship with his co-star from the movie, Coral Browne . Price's daughter later revealed that his estranged wife had told him about

1476-482: The typical "this is your life!" greeting to kick off the show she refused to participate and walked out. She later said that she had previously been approached about being a guest on the show and had declined, and that the main reason she refused to participate was that she didn't look good crying. In November 2005, ABC announced that it was developing a new version of the show, to be hosted by Regis Philbin . Coincidentally, creator, Ralph Edwards, died not long after

1517-455: Was an American game show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940–57) and later on television by Edwards (1950–54), Jack Bailey (1954–56), Bob Barker (1956–75), Steve Dunne (1957–58), Bob Hilton (1977–78) and Larry Anderson (1987–88). The television show ran on CBS , NBC and also in syndication . The premise of the show was to mix the original quiz element of game shows with wacky stunts. The daily syndicated show

1558-413: Was also cited as an example of the limited research that the show was doing on its guests. The show had presented Hahn as "devoted to her husband and so dedicated to her children that she had worked as a chambermaid, waitress and cook to further their education and keep them off the streets", ignoring details such as that Hahn, on the advice of her rabbi, had brought her daughter into a magistrate's court as

1599-401: Was attempted, this one with actor Steve Dunne emceeing, which ran on NBC from December 13, 1957, to June 6, 1958. Edwards pioneered several technologies for recording live television programs. When Truth or Consequences established a permanent presence on TV in 1950, Edwards arranged to have it be recorded on 35mm film, using multiple cameras simultaneously—the first TV program recorded before

1640-443: Was produced by Ralph Edwards Productions (later Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions), in association with and distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation (1966–78) and Lorimar-Telepictures (1987–88). Current rights are owned by Ralph Edwards Productions. On the show, contestants received roughly two seconds to answer a trivia question correctly (usually an off-the-wall question that no one would be able to answer correctly, or

1681-574: Was the subject of a 1954 episode, bringing attention to her "million pennies" drive to raise funds for a small community hospital; viewers of the episode donated over $ 112,000 in pennies. The New York Times reported on September 1, 1955, that the Sixth United States Army requested a kinescope of the April 27 episode which honored World War II and Korean War General Mark Clark . The request stated, "We believe that showing of such

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