Oh You Shouldn't Have | This American Life:
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Allison Silverman reports on This Is Your Life, a show from the 1950s where unsuspecting—and often famous—audience members would have their biographies created on the spot for 40 million viewers. But is that really a present you'd want to receive? Allison is an Emmy Award-winning writer who has worked on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. (20 minutes)
This American Life looks back at T
his Is Your Life. Reality TV was controversial then, as well; however, listening to the highlighted segments is almost harrowing, and the contrast to the vapidity of the current state of reality TV is stark.
