Truth or Consequences
Broadcast · 1940 · Seasonal
NBC / CBS
NBC / CBS · 1940–1956
Broadcasts
50
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1940–1956
- Surviving broadcasts
- 50
- Genre
- variety
Truth or Consequences began on NBC in 1940 under Ralph Edwards, who asked questions almost impossible to answer so contestants would have to perform a stunt instead. The show later gave its name to a city in New Mexico. These recordings stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
10 dated broadcasts across 17 years on the air, with 12 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1945, in original transmission order.
- 1. Imitating Airplane Sounds · 23 Jun 1945
- 2. Guest: the Glee Club · 18 Oct 1947
- 3. Crackers in the Mouth · 25 Oct 1947
- 01
Imitating Airplane Sounds
23 Jun 1945 · 28 min
- 02
Guest: the Glee Club
18 Oct 1947 · 30 min
- 03
Crackers in the Mouth
25 Oct 1947 · 29 min
- 04
The Hot Seat
1 Nov 1947 · 30 min
- 05
Squirt Less Seltzer Bottle
8 Nov 1947 · 30 min
- 06
Instructions for Milking a Cow
16 Nov 1947 · 30 min
- 07
Suspended Over a Water Tank
22 Nov 1947 · 15 min
- 08
Sing Rockabye Baby
29 Nov 1947 · 30 min
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NBC / CBS in 1940–1956
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