TMVP Ep. 257b - 🎙️ EPISODE 257B — “Call Me Now: The Rise & Fall of Miss Cleo”🧠
Description
The Rev. Prof. Mike LiToris and Matty Rockdef take a documentary-style look at the rise, fall, and cultural afterlife of Miss Cleo — the late-night psychic who sold hope by the minute and became a pop-culture icon.
In this B Block TMVP Retrospective, the crew turns back the clock to the era of late-night TV psychics, 1-900 numbers, and $4.99-a-minute dreams.
🔮 Act One: The Making of a Mystic — Youree Dell Harris invents Miss Cleo and becomes a household name.
📞 Act Two: Dialing Into a Dream — and a billion-dollar scam.
⚖️ Act Three: The Curse of Success — when the FTC steps in and the cards turn cold.
🌈 Act Four: Life After the Hotline — Cleo’s real-life redemption.
📺 Act Five: The Legacy of Belief — how illusion, identity, and capitalism collided.
It’s a darkly funny, unexpectedly human story about the woman behind the accent, the scam behind the psychic, and what it says about the era that made her famous.
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