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That changed Monday afternoon. Naturally, this happened on Twitter — and what happened after that is particularly instructive. Let’s go! Emily Nussbaum is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New Yorker who is working on a book about early reality television. She tweeted: “LOL, just watched an episode of The Dating Game in which the prize was a trip to glamorous … Roanoke, VA. That seems more like a punishment.” Now, some context: That particular episode was from 1970 and featured Karen Carpenter — yes, that Karen Carpenter — choosing a blind date from among three contestants. That same episode also included her brother, Richard Carpenter, who won a date to somewhat more glamorous San Francisco. He posts on You Tube that “neither one of us went on our date!” but that’s beside the point.