On Nov 4, 4:18 pm, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seacrest is producing a new show, dropping Dec 14th on E!, where
> contestants tell their sob stories to, initially, a quartet of the
> well-off led by Candy Spelling:
>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/11/dream-of-begging-...
>
> I wouldn't be on something like this... I'd rather that people get
> involved in helping me reach a goal, instead of throwing cash at the
> problem...
It's "Queen for a Day" or "Strike It Rich" (the original Warren Hull
sobfest, not the Joe Garagiola game show that only game show geeks
like me remember) for a new era, basically. There hasn't been a show
like that since the short-lived "The Girl in My Life" back in the 70s,
although the prime time version of "Deal or No Deal" got a lot of
mileage out of sob stories (it seemed like the only contestants they
booked were either sob stories or walking ethnic cliches) and the
short-lived Peter Marshall show "Fantasy" back in 1982 did its share
of tearjerking (along with segments closer to conventional game or
talk shows).
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