That changed Monday afternoon. Naturally, this happened on Twitter â and what happened after that is particularly instructive. Letâs go! Emily Nussbaum is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New Yorker who is working on a book about early reality television. She tweeted: âLOL, 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.â Now, some context: That particular episode was from 1970 and featured Karen Carpenter â yes, that Karen Carpenter â 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 âneither one of us went on our date!â but thatâs beside the point.