The Most Iconic (and Cringeworthy) Moments in Talk Show History

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• Dr. Ruth Westheimer is best known as a TV sex therapist—but she’s also a trained sniper.
• The Eurovision Song Contest set out to improve TV
• The original pilot for Game of Thrones was judged to be so bad by the studio that the series was nearly cancelled.
• The Jeffersons: For two years, Marla Gibbs, who played Florence, kept her job at United Airlines in customer service while simultaneously filming for the show. Sometimes people would recognize her voice over the phone.