This Is Your Life
Edwin Madron
TV Flash files “Edwin Madron” as hour 30 of 497 in the TV Flash guide — This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC, season 2, episode 14, aired 1957-03-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E14: listed hour 30 of 497 in the This Is Your Life guide, hour 14 of 20 in season 2. It aired 1957-03-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Sammy McCarthy” (S02E13). Next is “Diana Dors” (S02E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Edwin Madron sit in the This Is Your Life guide?
S02E14 is listed hour 30 of 497 — hour 14 of 20 in season 2, season 2 episode 14.
When did This Is Your Life S02E14 air?
Edwin Madron aired 1957-03-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Edwards ambushing a guest into their own biography. The shock-and-tissues contract is the show; named celebrity nights are the heat.
In the series
Why this series still plays
This Is Your Life had Ralph Edwards ambush a guest with their entire biography, tissues mandatory. Invented the life-tribute ambush still used at reunions and award-show montages. Watch it now as live television that felt dangerous and sweet — genuine shock, occasional discomfort, and biography as a surprise party with cameras.
The guest does not know the night is about them until the night is already on the air. This Is Your Life, NBC 1952–1961 in the classic American television run, had Ralph Edwards ambush a subject with their entire biography, tissues mandatory. Invented the life-tribute ambush still used at reunions and award-show montages: genuine shock, occasional discomfort, biography as a surprise party with cameras. Based on Edwards's radio format; the U.K. imitated it widely. Live television that felt dangerous and sweet in…
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- Ralph Edwards as Host
Ralph Edwards ambushed guests with their entire biography on This Is Your Life — tissues mandatory, live television that felt dangerous and sweet — and turned wrong answers into stunts on Truth or Consequences. Life-tribute as reunion…