A reader in Tennessee: “Mr. Derbyshire—You wrote ‘I kept thinking of that
silly 1950s TV show This is Your Life, in which celebrities were tricked
into entering a TV studio, to be confronted with their long-lost friends,
grade-school teachers, sports coaches, etc.)’
“For one of the funniest things you ever saw, Mr. Derbyshire, look up Sid
Caesar’s parody version of an episode of THIS IS YOUR LIFE, called ‘This Is
Your Story’ … it’s on a recent set of videos he has issued.
“I can’t describe it, mere words are insufficient. One of the few things
that has stayed just as funny as I remembered it from years back.”