Podcast appearances and mentions of Allen Funt

Smile, you're listening to a podcast about Candid Camera. Created by Allen Funt, Candid Camera was America's first prank reality show. A case could be made that this show is responsible for the reality television trend that led to a con man being packaged as a “successful businessman” and is now pranking America as prez. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about this pioneering show whilst smiling through their tears. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources:   “Candid Camera | Television Academy Interviews.” Television Academy Interviews |, 1997, https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/candid-camera. Accessed 26 January 2025.   Engle, Harrison. “Hidden Cameras and Human Behavior—An Interview with Allen Funt.” ida, 1 October 2000, Hidden Cameras and Human Behavior—An Interview with Allen Funt.   Flagler, J.M. “Student of the Spontaneous.” The New Yorker, 2 December 1960, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/12/10/student-of-the-spontaneous.   Funt, Allen, and Philip Reed. Candidly, Allen Funt: A Million Smiles Later. Barricade Books, 1994.   Miller, Robert Nagler. “Q&A: The keeper of ‘Candid Camera's' zany TV legacy.” The Jewish News of Northern California, 12 July 2018, https://jweekly.com/2018/07/12/qa-the-keeper-of-candid-cameras-zany-tv-legacy/. Accessed 6 February 2025.   Nussbaum, Emily. Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. Random House Publishing Group, 2024.   Perry, Gina. “Stanley Milgram and Candid Camera.” Gina Perry, 10 April 2012, https://www.gina-perry.com/2012/04/10/candid-camera/. Accessed 6 February 2025.   Saxon, Wolfgang. “Allen Funt, Creator of 'Candid Camera,' Is Dead at 84.” The New York Times, 7 September 1999, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/07/arts/allen-funt-creator-of-candid-camera-is-dead-at-84.html. Accessed 25 January 2025.   Stewart, Travis. “How “Candid Camera” May Have Destroyed America.” Travelanche, 16 September 2020, https://travsd.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/how-candid-camera-may-have-destroyed-america/.

We start off today with video of Trey's future wife going HAM on a truck and then here her perfectly logical explination why.  Next, we find out why Selena Gomez had a bathtub of queso, learn that Goonies 2 is really happening and what role Corey Feldman might play, and discuss the Dunkin superbowl commercial.  But first, Birthdays!LINKS:Benny Blanco Gifts Queso Tub To Selena Gomez‘The Goonies' Sequel in the Works With Steven Spielberg ProducingThe Treehouse is a daily DFW based comedy podcast and radio show. Leave your worries outside and join Dan O'Malley, Trey Trenholm, Raj Sharma, and their guests for laughs about current events, stupid news, and the comedy that is their lives. If it's stupid, it's in here.The Treehouse WebsiteDefender OutdoorsCLICK HERE TO DONATE:The RMS Treehouse Listeners Foundation

Although it would be more thematically appropriate of us to NOT tell you about this week's episode, we are going to be rebellious and do it anyway—sans mohawk and safety pins.  Andrew joins Ben this week to ruminate over the work punk.  After discussing what they have been up to, debating the importance of a thesis statement (or lack thereof), and sharing their experiences with the game they have both (YES BOTH) been playing, Dungeon Clawler by Stray Fawn Studio, they embark upon a sensory adventure together… in STEREO!  Following the traditional definition festivities, they explore their thoughts and feelings associated with the word.  Finally, Ben talks about Suda51—recognized by many as one of the most “punk rock” game developers out there in addition to being author responsible for a favorite gaming narrative of his.         *** 00:00:00 - Andrew's Crowdfundr ADHD pin promo and the obligatory 2VP theme song Please contribute to Andrew's latest Crowdfundr campaign and buy a swanky “Advanced Dungeons Have Dragons” ADHD enamel pin! https://crowdfundr.com/dragonpin?ref=ab_5eGT0FGiaC55eGT0FGiaC5 00:02:03 - Book progress, a 25 percent different demon, veggies, and many presidents ago 00:04:37 - Ben breaks kayfabe, the Piper Cafe, the Safehouse, price tags, and trading cards 00:06:37 - Verified on Bluesky, Andrew's 2025 call, allies for decades, and Bash the alarm clock 00:09:25 - Thoughts on the thesis, eating children, Substack review handling, and epic poems 00:14:24 - The Hunt for Red October, embargo date debate, and Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop 00:17:23 - Looking at manuals, divergent vs. diverse, symptoms of life, and rewiring the brain 00:21:01 - Autistic trends, a mom's introduction to Rick and Morty, and a claw machine thesis 00:24:22 - Christopher Nolan, Dungeon Clawler impressions, and Andrew describes the game 00:27:45 - Ben wants more stuff, Count Clawcula, thumbs up, and speaking of potato snacks 00:29:35 - In stereo, lining them up in post, the bouquet, the mouth feel, and a mystery flavor 00:31:53 - Aged in wooden tubes, the proof with vinegar, maltodextrin, and the aging problem 00:34:44 - Ben's bourbon belch, she smelled like soup, the comma, and ten points in Scrabble 00:37:40 - The derogatory definition, Ben's Allen Funt impression, and the skipped definition 00:40:01 - Punk sticks, anarchy, being adjacent, punk credit, and getting out what you put in 00:43:03 - The Bumblebee Tuna theme in Ska, the energy, and questionable stuff in Tucson 00:45:00 - Going to the Meet Rack, the condom machine, lubricated regulars, and river rafting 00:47:24 - Not inherently political, Andrew's Portland punk experiences, and The Young Ones  00:50:00 - The Seattle WTO Protests, moving into retail, against the grain, and hybrid formats 00:53:44 - Not Punky Brewster, punk as a suffix, Daft Punk origin, and Max Headroom shows 00:57:02 - The Video Toaster, actor Matt Frewer, platinums, and Ben sells 100 million albums 00:58:40 - Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, not Sudafed, and the games of Suda51 01:01:23 - Punk Rock sub-genres, Franz Kafka game gets canceled, and Garcia is a Mexi-CAN 01:04:37 - Something that happens, expired donuts, mistook it for a Cybertruck, and food love 01:07:30 - So romantic, Michigan, final thoughts, Joe saved the podcast, and formica dragons  *** Follow Andrew / Partly Robot Industries on… His website: https://partlyrobot.com/ On Instagram: https://instagram.com/partlyrobot On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@partlyrobot On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partlyrobot.com On Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/partlyrobot And his TREE o' LINKS: http://linktr.ee/partlyrobot Follow Two Vague on… Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Substack: https://substack.com/@twovaguepodcast On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twovaguepodcast.com For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: twovaguepodcast@gmail.com -AND-  …for all of your PRI and 2VP merch check out the Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC! 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Frank talks about daylight saving time going away and Pamela Anderson being a figure of anti-makeup. Frank also talks about the dangers of falling, fantasy football and true crime with Peter Funt, an actor, host and producer. He's the son of Allen Funt, the creator of Candid Camera. He's the author of the book Inside Fantasy Football: Inside America's Favorite Non-Contact Sport. Frank then gives the UFO Report on a futurist's prediction of an alien confrontation occurring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank starts the show joined by WABC host Dominic Carter to discuss the large drop in news ratings among cable networks as well as the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Frank then talks with Tony Lyons, the President and Publisher of Skyhorse Publishing and the Co-Chair of the Super PAC American Values 2024. They discuss the RFK lawsuit against Meta. Frank talks about daylight saving time going away and Pamela Anderson being a figure of anti-makeup. Frank also talks about the dangers of falling, fantasy football and true crime with Peter Funt, an actor, host and producer. He's the son of Allen Funt, the creator of Candid Camera. He's the author of the book Inside Fantasy Football: Inside America's Favorite Non-Contact Sport. Frank then gives the UFO Report on a futurist's prediction of an alien confrontation occurring. Frank starts the third hour discussing the proposed 'golden at-bat' rule for the MLB. He then speaks with Mark Altman, a writer, producer and author whose books include The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek. They talk Star Trek and the best Christmas movies of all time. Frank then gives the Conspiracy of the Day on the anniversary of the disappearance of Flight 19. Frank wraps up the show joined by stand-up comedian Fred Rubino to discuss interesting items in the news. He is also joined by Noam Laden for News You Can Use and radio host Brian Kilmeade to discuss news of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Funt, actor, host and Producer. He's the son of Allen Funt, the creator of “Candid Camera”. He's author of the book “Inside Fantasy Football: Inside America's Favorite Non-Contact Sport” Topic(s): falls; fantasy football; true crime Column: https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/why-does-americas-falling-epidemic-keep-getting-worse-8f95909e Website: https://www.candidcamera.com/cc2/cc2b.html Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/CandidCameraTVLand/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once dismissed as a passing trend has now become the ultimate guilty pleasure, even in a society that's as highly technical and digital as ours. Despite our obsession with the latest gadgets and streaming algorithms, we still crave that down-to-earth, nitty-gritty human interaction whether it's played out on a sun-soaked beach in the South or in a gritty pub in the heart of Ireland. And yes, I admit, even I indulge in the practice of brain parking. There's something oddly captivating about watching a bunch of late-twenties acting like over-hormoned teenagers in G-strings. From the flashy stages of Europe to the lively pubs of Ireland, reality TV hasn't just survived; it's thrived, turning into a cultural phenomenon that reshapes how we consume and obsess over television. Shows like Survivor and Love Island have grabbed our attention and never let go, making us question what we ever did without them. This article dives into the colorful history of reality TV, exploring its evolution in Europe, celebrating blockbuster franchises like Big Brother, and revealing the uniquely Irish twists that keep viewers coming back for more. The tribe has spoken, and we're definitely in. History of Reality TV The start of reality television goes back to the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s, with shows such as Candid Camera that showed non-scripted real-life situations. Yet, the style really started forming in the 1990s. One turning point was when The Real World began on MTV in 1992; this program followed the lives of seven strangers who lived together. This format set the stage for numerous reality shows that followed. Early Experiments and Pioneers A long time ago, before reality TV became very popular, some early tests set the path for it. One of them was Candid Camera, made by Allen Funt. This show showed secretly recorded reactions using hidden cameras and was among the first to do so. Another important precursor is a 1973 series with a documentary style called An American Family. It follows the Loud family's everyday living and shows real appearances of their interactions and personal difficulties. The Real World and the 1990s Boom The Real World, which came out in 1992, was a milestone for reality TV. MTV created a television show unlike anything before by putting seven different people together and filming their time living in one house this mixed elements from documentary making and soap opera-style storytelling. The unique format of this show portrayed the intricate aspects of human bonds and social situations, making it especially attractive to younger viewers. The achievements of The Real World brought a trend of many similar shows in the 1990s. Shows such as Road Rules, also on MTV, made advancements by including more competition elements into this kind of television format. Additionally, with the initial airing in 2000, Survivor started showing participants who competed against each other in isolated places while dealing with physical and psychological challenges to win a big prize. The Development of Reality TV in Europe In Europe, the reality TV trend started when Big Brother came to life in the Netherlands in 1999. This show had people living together under observation all the time, and it became so popular that many other countries made their own versions of it, too. The success of this program opened doors for many kinds of reality TV formats, each giving a special touch to the genre. Big Brother: A Revolutionary Concept The Big Brother concept, created by John de Mol, changed how we see TV. This show stood out because it showed contestants constantly using cameras, cut off from the rest of the world, competing in tasks while being watched nonstop. This format matched people's curiosity for watching others and gave a new way to enjoy television. Following the show's instant hit in the Netherlands, it was modified for other European countries and even globally. Every nation's version of Big Brother showcased it...

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When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's locked inside and forced to listen to a podcast with questionable taste and morals. To survive she must not only scoff at their jokes, but also figure out who would actually listen to this and why. On Episode 587 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder Original film Night of the Hunted from director Franck Khalfoun! We also talk about music to summon a demon to, our favorite fruit spreads, and we get a tiny bit political and discuss real world events. So grab your bulletproof vest, take your favorite pharmaceutical, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Real life horrors, Goofus and Gallant, putting the dick back in addicted, My Demon Lover, jelly jam or preserves?, petroleum jelly, Urine Flavored R. Jelly, Dokken, Guac and Shock, PLE, forbidden notes, Allegoria, Lords of Salem, The Gate, Deathgasm, Studio 666, Constantine TV Show, Sleepy Hollow, Hannibal, Fat Boys, Splattered Membrane, Matt Ryan, Garth Ennis, watersports in the shower, Call of Duty, Goldeneye, WCW vs. The World, Psycho Patrick, Lust for Life, Grand Theft Auto III, RIP Castle Wolfenstein, Richard Roundtree, From Dusk Till Dawn, Shaft, Se7en, Fred Williamson, Allen Funt, What Do You Say To A Naked Lady?, Fred Williamson, pupil shaming, Ocular Improvements, Alexandre Aja, Maniac (2012), Joe Spinell, William Lustig, Camille Rowe, Tom Hardy, Locke, gun control, strictly American problems, showing both sides of a situation, single location thriller, V/H/S/85, GODISNOWHERE, Italian Insurance Agency, pharmaceutical companies, Holy Shit!, Mt. Dew, Pringles, Spaghetti-Os, The Mist, American Beauty, MacGyver, Three Kings, Dark Clerks, leaving your phone in the car, Down Range, When Evil Lurks, Tales From Darkside, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Tom Atkins, Danhausen, Joe Bob Briggs, Demons II, All Hallows Evil, Art the Clown, Transylvania 6-5000, Michael Richards, and Go Funt Yourself!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

Durward Kirby host on this Monitor segment. He was on only a short time in '69 (and so was his associate for many years, Garry Moore, who hosted another segment on Monitor).  Here he is on Sunday night Monitor on Sept. 21, 1969, from 9 to about 9:20 p.m. ET  Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000), sometimes misspelled Dirwood or Durwood Kirby, was an American television host and announcer. He is best remembered for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966. He hosted NBC Radio's MONITOR in 1969.

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast, “in the morning, in the evening…ain't we got Funt?”* That's right, it's an encore episode with Bill Funt, son of Allen Funt. We speak to Bill about growing up the son of perhaps THE pioneer of reality television whose Candid Camera TV show was a major hit on American television for decades and was just one of the versions in a long line of Candid incarnations which spanned radio, cable TV and film as well. We spoke to Bill about everything from a legitimate air hijacking to Cuba he was a part of as a toddler as well as his dads beginnings in radio in the military which launched the idea for Candid Microphone, Candid Camera, Candid Candid Camera and (ahem) What Do You Say To A Naked Lady. More on that later. We also spoke to Bill about his songwriting aunt who got him on the set of Sesame Street, his mother Marilyn Funt, whose book Are You Anybody? was a precursor of sorts to this podcast and his dad's love of The Beatles. Not. There's a lot to unpack here including Bill's ribbing of hist Josh Mills' imitations, his own career as a musician and stints working on classic television that was not Candid Camera. Take a listen, to this encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast. Everyone has a story.

Hour 3 Traffic Cameras. What's wrong with them. Plus, Mayor Van Johnson joins us. from WGIG-AM and FM in Brunswick, GA

Fred discusses the popular hidden camera show "Candid Camera" created by Allen Funt on radio in 1947, and then on television until 2014. www.rockysealemusic.com https://rockysealemusic.com/wow-i-didn-t-know-that-or-maybe-i-just-forgot https://www.facebook.com/150wordspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-seale7/message

In this weeks special episode of the world's-fastest-movie-review podcast Jackson and Mike review three new films!!! First ‘BULLET TRAIN' A former assassin codenamed "Ladybug" has to deal with enemies while riding a Japanese bullet train. Starring Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry. Then a quick review of ‘MISTER CANDID CAMERA'  A documentary about the life and career of comical genius Allen Funt, and his legacy as the mastermind of the Candid Camera radio and TV shows. Written and directed by Funt's son, Peter Funt. Then a super Fast review of ‘PREY' A skilled Comanche warrior protects her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator. Starring Amber Midthunder.

More than ever we need more women in politics and not just at the highest levels. Local politics have a huge impact on policy, not to mention they inspire at a grass roots level. That's why I'm so happy to have Megan Hanson, Mayor of Sylvan Lake, Alberta join me today to discuss her public service journey that started at 13! Megan shares her thoughts on women in politics, what she's currently working on, and what the future may hold. Aging as a woman can present unique challenges. Helen Tansey co hosts a podcast with Dianne Wiseman called The Feminine Warrior all about women embracing themselves as they age, stepping away from the patriarch and finding their own truth and living life fully. She joins me to discuss. Anne Brodie is here for Saturday Night at the Movies and I'm not sure Anne had time to leave her couch this week with so many new shows and movies to share. Of course, how could we not discuss Canadian legend Shania Twain's new documentary on Netflix called Not Just a Girl, but also Love Song available in select theatres, plus an homage to another Canadian legend Allen Funt called Mr. Candid Camera. If you're like me and often let all your hard work at staying healthy slide when you're on holidays then you'll want to stick around for my interview with Emily Bjerkness, a Weight Watchers Workshop Coach who after 14 years of being a WW member, finally committed to healthy habits no matter where she might find her herself. Emily shares how a mindset shift makes it all possible to go away, enjoy all the good things in life and maintain your health. The threat of climate change is bearing down on us hard right now, and it can often feel overwhelming. Olivia Ulrich from Carbon Block, an environmental technology firm working to spread climate change awareness joins me to share how she is an advocate for climate optimism, helps spur people to action by moving them out of their comfort zone, and encourages women to to get into the climate tech industry as a career. Finally, Allison Venditti from Moms at Work stops in to share the new tool they've developed to help small businesses with no HR department navigate the laws in and around parental leave. Aptly name, “My Parental Leave”, this tool was built in conjunction with employment lawyers, human resource experts, and of course parents and is available at a price small businesses can afford. Social Megan Hanson Instagram: www.instagram.com/meganthemayor Facebook: www.facebook.com/meganthemayor Helen Tansey Website: www.femininewarriorship.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeareTFW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femininewarriorship/ Anne Brodie Twitter: https://twitter.com/annebrodie Website: whatshesaidtalk.com Emily Bjerkness Website: https://www.weightwatchers.com/ca/en/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ww_canada Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyimemilyb/ https://www.instagram.com/ww_canada/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WW.Canada/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/ww_canada/ Olivia Ulrich Website: www.carbonblock.io Instagram: https://twitter.com/carbonblockinc TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carbonblockinc?lang=en Allison Venditti Website: https://thisismomsatwork.com/ Twitter: @momsat_work Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MomsAtWork1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisismomsatwork/

Children of celebrities often have difficulty finding their path. There are countless stories of their wrong choices. However, Peter Funt, son of Allen Funt, creator of Candid Camera, one of TV's longest-running and most popular shows, was able to walk the fine line between honoring his father's achievements and forging his own – and very successfully. Peter became a member of the Candid Camera family at an early age. He portrayed a shoeshine boy at the age of 3 and offered shines to businessmen on the streets of New York. Peter was instructed to ask for $10 per shoe he shined, an outrageous charge at the time, to elicit those “candid” and amusing reactions that were the show's premise. During a recent “E&P Reports” Vodcast episode Funt was asked about his life, his love of newspapers, his views on news media's current and future status, which have often been the topics of his many op-ed pieces and the books he has published. “Many people mistakenly assume the Funt homelife was one practical joke after another,” said Funt. “My father wasn't a practical joker. He created Candid Camera to reveal people truly as themselves when they didn't know they were being observed. “My dad and I spent our lives finding things that tickled us. It didn't have to be a big deal and didn't even have to be laugh-out-loud funny, but enough to be amused. He looked at life that way, and so do I.” (An excerpt from Peter Funt's book: Self-Amused: A Tell-Some Memoir. Now available at most local and online bookstores.) Although Peter continued his affiliation with Candid Camera, becoming a co-host during 1987 and eventually the producer and host, his goal at an early age was to be a journalist. Interestingly, his parents bought Peter a subscription to Editor & Publisher. They also included the annual Data Book, listing all the newspapers in America, among Peter's Christmas gifts every year from the age of 10. Many children would have thought they had received a giant lump of coal, but Peter used the gift to contact many of the listed newspapers, asking for a recent issue and even the paper mache mattes of the front page. Peter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications and journalism at the University of Denver. His early days as a freelance journalist in New York were the starting point for a career in journalism, eventually writing op-ed pieces for The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. “In my view, America can't afford to lose the very biggest and very smallest papers. The biggest papers report in-depth about the most important international and national news. The smallest newspapers are the informational glue that holds local communities together. People need to know about the last school board meeting and the workings of their local government. “I think the renewed focus on community newspapers is a great opportunity for young people who want to enter journalism and gain valuable experience. Local dailies are anxious to hire people to write for them, even if they have no journalism experience or degree,” added Funt. In this 141st episode of “E&P Reports,” meet TV host/ producer and columnist, Peter Funt who today still stars in and produces the iconic TV show “Candid Camera,” along with penning op-eds for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times as well as a weekly column, distributed by the Cagle Syndicate. His book, “Cautiously Optimistic” contains dozens of his best columns and essays. In this episode Peter chats with E&P Publisher Mike Blinder and Associate Publisher Robin Blinder about his years in media from black & white TV to the digital world of today          

Peter Funt joins us with funny stories about one of television's most enduring and memorable shows, “Candid Camera.”  Created  by Peter's dad the late Allen Funt, “Candid Camera,”  became a cultural touchstone with Peter producing and hosting new versions of the show  for decades. Peter Funt is also a respected columnist and professor of journalism.   Now, Peter Funt releases a hysterical memoir—sort of—called “Self-Amused: A Tell-Some Memoir.”  Smile!  You're ON MIC with Jordan and Peter Funt! On Air: My Fifty Year Love Affair with Radio,” now available at Amazon. Jordan Rich is Boston's busiest podcaster, appearing on over 400 podcast episodes and currently hosting 16 shows. To connect with him, visit www.chartproductions.com  

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight: Frank Morano is an open book; Frank Morano also has a lot of books. So whatever is on your mind, Frank will try to find an answer during Ask Frank Anything. Peter Navarro, economist, author, Trump administration official and the author of the new book, “In Trump Time: My Journal of America's Plague Year” joins Frank for conversation. Peter Funt, actor, host and Producer, and son of Allen Funt, the creator of “Candid Camera”,  speaks on comedy in America today, the appeal of candid camera & his column. And another installment of Denunciations; with the bad, the sad, and everything getting you mad.

Peter Funt, actor, host and Producer, joins Frank on The Other Side of Midnight. He's the son of Allen Funt, the creator of “Candid Camera”. He speaks on comedy in America today, the appeal of candid camera & his column.

We can all use a good laugh every once, and a while, some days more than others. Today we are joined by a guy that has been putting smiles on the faces of unsuspecting people his entire life. We are joined by Peter Funt as we learn more about Candid Camera and Laugh Therapy.Show Links:This is TodayPeter's Book, Self AmusedCandid Camera WebsiteCandid Camera Classic on YouTubeAutomated Transcript:[00:00:00] Russ: With the world today, you know what? We can all use a laugh, right? And sometimes, maybe some of us may just even want to hear...[00:00:19] Peter Funt: smile. You're on Candid Camera [00:00:22] Russ: Today, we learned more with Peter Funt about Candid Camera and laughter therapy.Thanks for listening and subscribing to learning more where each episode, we bring you a new story about people, inventions, pop culture, and life. I'm your host, Russ. And this week, we're going to discuss laughing. Yeah. Yeah, we, okay. So w well, we've had a pretty heavy couple of episodes over the last, uh, couple of weeks here.We've talked about climate change, global warming, all of these crazy things. You know, what. We've all been dealt some pretty heavy topics lately. So I figured, you know what, let's talk a little laugh therapy. Let's have a little fun today. And they say that laughter's the best medicine, right? And I am a strong believer, and I think making a joke at a tough situation can actually. Make it a little easier to handle. And one of the reasons for that is because I grew up watching Candid Camera and I think one of the best laugh lines ever is smile. You're on Candid Camera. I find it impossible not to smile after hearing that.So we're going to talk about Candid Camera laugh therapy and a new book to do. So I'm joined by Peter Funt. Peter. Thank you so much for joining me today. [00:01:45] Peter Funt: Thank you, Russ. Great to be with you. [00:01:49] Russ: Peter has hosted the TV show, Candid Camera, which his dad, Allen Funt, invented. Uh, he's also written for the wall street journal USA today.Too many places to mention it. As far as where you mentioned ABC news, uh, you've hosted other shows specials and you've authored several books, including his newest one self amused a tell some memoir. Uh, so Peter it's a tell some, not a tell-all did you, did you bring in some of the juicy stuff? [00:02:17] Peter Funt: I did. I thought tell some was appropriate just in case I want to write a second book.You know, I don't want to waste all my best material now. I'm just trying to be. There's a smart Alec there; it's a pretty, uh, insightful book about my little corner of the world and the experiences I've had. And there's plenty in there about Candid Camera. You know, I found already the book has only been out a few weeks and I've already heard from people that, you know, those who only want to know about Candid Camera wish it was entirely that way in the book, those who are fascinated by some of the.Quirky and strange experiences I've had off-camera wish. I did a little bit more than that. So as like a 50 50 balance and I gave it my best shot. And, uh, there's plenty in there about Candid Camera for the Candid Camera fans. You know, you mentioned the value of laughter and I know we'll get into that more, but certainly if people needed a good laugh or, uh, the endorphins that come with, uh, laughing out loud, there couldn't be a better time for it than right now.We're all feeling stressed. We're all shut-in. We're all worried. So many things going on and I am not suggesting that laughter is a cure for all of our problems. I'm simply saying it helps to feel better. If you can at least smile or maybe just segregate the things in your life. You've got the serious stuff, and you've got the other stuff.So let's start by at least getting a laugh at the other stuff. Which is to say, let's not sweat the small stuff. Right. Okay. So I [00:04:07] Russ: saw a quote and I'll, I'll, I'll get right into that here with, uh, with your dad. He said, when a tragedy occurs, people often feel the presence of humor is suddenly inappropriate.Their attitude seems to say, this is no laughing. Matter, but I feel the opposite. I believe that laughing matters, and it's more essential for me in tough times than ever. I feel like that's a great quote for right now for all the, all the stuff that we're [00:04:34] Peter Funt: dealing with in the world. Yeah. My dad was a very smart guy.I think what he was saying was an extension of what I just tried to say, which is he, he's not suggesting that in terrible times, you laugh at the terrible things. He's saying that during bad times, you find little things within your world that you can laugh about. I know for a fact, uh, as you know, that some of the funniest things believe it or not are said by emergency service workers, cops, surgeons in the emergency room of hospitals, uh, people on the front lines, my goodness.Battle humor from the world wars and Vietnam is, is legendary. And this is not because people were laughing at the risks they were facing, but rather they were trying to get some sort of comfort and release by finding a tiny little thing to smile about and laughing. [00:05:46] Russ: It's so important in life to do that.Why you though? I mean, basically you've been trained your entire life to look at the funny, I mean, so I, okay. So correct me if I'm wrong here, but you were born the same year that Candid Camera came [00:05:59] Peter Funt: out, right? Yes. And a Candid Camera just celebrated its 73rd anniversary this month, August. And, um, so it's been around a long time.It's been on and off and on and back off and on right now, we're working on a new deal to get it back and new production on TV. But meanwhile, I'm encouraged by the fact that our YouTube channel during this stressful. COVID period is really booming. I mean, people are going to YouTube for a lot of things, not just Candid Camera, but on our site, which is called Candid Camera classics on YouTube.Boy, it's just growing and growing. And what I'm most interested in are the comments that people are leaving because they really appreciate a laugh. Right now, I'll tell you, though, something that I noticed about those comments for us. And in fact, I wrote about it this week in the wall street journal.People get very confused about nostalgia. We all, especially in tough times, yearn for the good old days. Well, here's the problem with that? When you look at YouTube clips of Candid Camera, you're seeing a mixture of things that were shot as long ago as 50, 60 years ago. And as recently as two or three years ago, and many stops in between the YouTube viewers seem to be confused about that.And they view it all as in the past and almost equally. So, so I find, and I kind of chuckle when somebody watches a sequence that we shot three or four years ago. They don't realize that. So the comment, oh boy, those were the good old days. I'd never do that today. And wasn't it wonderful back then.You're just confused about that. Right? Somebody smarter than me once noted that is relative. Yeah, things tend to look either much better or sometimes much worse in the rearview mirror. So I ended my wall street journal piece by quoting a Carly Simon from 1971. When she's saying these are the good old days.And that's what I think where we're, this is pretty good right now, despite all of our stress and problems for me, these are the good old days. [00:08:45] Russ: Yeah. That actually, that's a great way to look at life. If you can, it live in the now and just enjoy what's going on. I mean, there's always something funny.There's always something good. Despite all the bad there's there's always something good going. And okay. So we gotta, we gotta go way back to the beginning here. Uh, talk about growing up on the set of Candid Camera. [00:09:09] Peter Funt: So just to be clear, there was never a set before for our show. It's true, [00:09:15] Russ: right? Yeah. Cause you're, you're out and about, which makes it even [00:09:18] Peter Funt: more difficult.I wish there had been a set because then you'd have a craft service table and a makeup lady and all that stuff. And we were usually shooting in gas stations or, you know, very cramped and unappealing conditions, but. It is true that my dad gave me my first taste of this when I was three years old. And he put me out on the street corner in New York City with a shoeshine box and told me to try to charge $10 per shoe.I don't know. I don't know if it was funny. And in fact, we'll never really know because back then they never thought to save the footage. Not only the unused footage, they didn't even save the finished shows once was on me. Tape was expensive. Yeah. We dreamed that we'd be sitting here so many decades later wondering about it.So I don't know how I did that day, but I moved on and by the time I was 15, I, uh, managed to do something. Uh, led to the cover of my book. The book that I just put out is called self amused, but the cover image is a black and white picture from when I was 15. And my dad decided that he could make an upside down room and this would be a windowless room and an office building where everything that should have been on the floor was connected upside down and hanging from the ceiling.And in order to complete the effect, he needed someone young enough, nimble enough. There I say, stupid enough, hang upside down and talk to unsuspecting people as they came into this room. And that was me. Well, all we learned right away was you can only hang that way for a minute, minute and a half. And then all the blood rushes to your head.And you guys rushed out to bring me down and, you know, get me straightened out and then back up. And we did this all day long and it made a good picture. Good enough for the cover of my book, but it did not make a particularly good Candid Camera sequence. The people who came into the room were just too shocked to react.There is a point of diminishing returns in our title. Comedy and, uh, experimentation, if you go too far, you get no reaction. And so these folks just bolted out of the room, and we didn't get much out of it, but for me, that was quite a baptism. And so it went right. [00:12:12] Russ: That's fine. So you basically got to travel all around, cause you mentioned you didn't really have a set.I would think that shooting on the road would be very difficult, especially for something like this. You're walking into situations where you've got to do the lighting, hide the cameras. Uh, I, I read in the book, uh, about a time in, uh, a small hotel. I believe it was in Albuquerque and there was an incident with a cactus [00:12:36] Peter Funt: happened.You know, I cited because mercifully for all that I've done on the show. And I think it's several thousand sequences that I've been in personally. We've really been pretty lucky. I've never been physically assaulted. Uh, I've never gotten injured, and I was only sued once, and that's a whole chapter in the book and not the point right at this moment.Right. In that little hotel-motel set up in New Mexico. Uh, I was talking well, well, I'll tell you what the gag was. I was the clerk and I was telling the customers that the rates are very low, but of course, to make up for it, we do charge a little bit extra for each thing that you might need. So for example, hangars, uh, metal hangers are 50 cents each and, uh, wood is a dollar.Towels are a buck and a half for the big ones and yada yada. So I'm talking to this one woman, and there's a guy who I guess was with her in the back of the room in the back of the shot. Could barely see him, but at one point he backed up and, uh, became impaled on a big cactus that was there. And it stuck to his fag, just like a cartoon.And the guy is running around the room with this cactus hanging off his back. And I don't believe I've ever seen anything quite like that. We finally got it off him and then needed pliers to pull out the remaining prongs back in back. I guess if we were going to be sued, he could have sued us, but he did.It wasn't an accident, but it happens, you know, go out doing our kind of work and we love to catch people and we love to not know who we're going to catch next. But with that comes the fact that maybe they're having a hard day, maybe they got things on their mind. So what my dad and I. Sorta tried to perfect in the course of our respective careers was not just trying to be funny in some respects.That's the easiest part. The more difficult part was to take people's temperature. To figure it out as quickly as we could, how much they wanted to play along, how far we could push what their mood was, et cetera, because we don't want to push people too far. Uh, and Candid Camera has always been a people loving program.It sounds so fundamental, but if you compare our work with other so-called reality or hidden camera shows. You find that many of them seem at least to be trying to prove that people are stupid, and that's not our mission at all. We think people are great and we think they're good sports the way they smile.When we tell them they're on Candid Camera. And for many of the people we photograph being caught by our show. Could very well be the single most exciting moment of their life. I'm not exaggerating when I say so it's a big responsibility and we we've always taken a very seriously. [00:16:12] Russ: Yeah. Well, you know, it's, uh, it's one of those things.I remember growing up watching this, and I don't know how many times in my life. Life. I said, smile. You're on Candid Camera to people just because, you know, it was a F it's a funny laugh line. It's it's there. And, um, [00:16:28] Peter Funt: you can mail your check for that to my PO box. Yeah. Well, [00:16:33] Russ: there you go.I got to pay you for each time. I say it all right. And you know what, what I like about Candid Camera though? It's so lighthearted, like you said, it's like, you're not trying to hurt people. Like you see these natural reactions. I watched a couple of clips on your YouTube channel, which by the way, I'll put a link in the description.So anybody listening can go check it out. I strongly suggest that you do. I watched some old clips from the fifties where you had like, uh, attractive teachers coming in. And introducing themselves to a pair of kids, the reactions to the kids. It was just so funny. And so like, they didn't even have to say anything.You just watch it on their faces. I mean, it's. It's feel good humor, and yeah, we do need that right now. Um, okay. So we talked a little about laugh therapy. We will talk a little bit more about that. We'll take a short break here. 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Let's talk, just smiling, laughing in the moment.Uh, I have to tell you, Peter. When I walked into the interview today, I was a little nervous. I actually, I looked for cameras in the, in the studio here. I wasn't sure that, you know, maybe I would be on the show. I didn't think [00:18:54] Peter Funt: we were nervous. My father and I have been nervous almost our entire respective lives because we fear that we would go someplace and somebody would try to trick us.And the fear wasn't that we would be triggered. The fear was that we wouldn't react graciously. That's a lot of pressure. We used to go visit affiliates, TV, affiliates around the country. And invariably, we get off the plane or come out of the car and, you know, we got, we got pretty good at spotting it, cause they'd have a fake cop trying to arrest us or something going on.But yeah, we were, we were kind of worried about how would we stand up to the test that we put so many other people, right. [00:19:46] Russ: Have you ever been actually tricked. [00:19:50] Peter Funt: No simple answer. No. Wow. [00:19:54] Russ: I guess you've, you've been trained [00:19:55] Peter Funt: to spot it. Yeah, I guess you could say that, you know, the truth is my dad and I were never particularly inclined toward practical jokes.I didn't grow up in a house that had dribbled glasses or whoopee cushions or something like that. My dad really fancied himself, a student of human nature and the best parts of Candid Camera as he saw it or observing people and how they handle situations. Sometimes that could be a little bit of stress and how they handle that.And I mean, very mild stress. Other times it was really just a fly on the wall. He did terrific sequences about such simple things as how people chew gum, how people either shoot. How people walk up and downstairs. I did one just a few years ago about how women try to put on false eyelashes. And, you know, you could have gimmick that up.You could have made, I don't know, played with the glue or made them too long or bony, didn't we, it was just what you saw was what life presented. And we just thought it was fascinating. And it was so candid. Camera has always edits best, been or rich blend of little bit of joke. And a little bit of studying human nature and a little bit of laughter therapy.You're [00:21:36] Russ: you're recognized from Candid Camera. You've got the last name. How do you walk into a bank and ask for a loan, or there are people just looking for cameras? I mean, is it, is it [00:21:47] Peter Funt: tough to the extent that people recognize me or, or did my dad were just flattered by that? You know, the only thing worse than the burden of being recognized in public.Is the horror of not being recognized. So, so if that's the price of admission, I don't mind it. And I'm, I'm glad if people think, uh, where's the camera, uh, when they see me, you know, for all the people we've photographed over now, eight different decades going on nine, uh, For all those people. I hear tell there's a vastly larger number of people who have thought at one time or another, they were on Candid Camera, and they really weren't.We weren't there at all, but they write us letters and emails saying that the darndest thing happened. I had to write to you because. My dog did this, or my husband did this and I could have sworn I was on candid. [00:22:58] Russ: That's funny. Well, I mean, you guys have had such a, an impact on everyone's life. Uh, so, okay. So before the interview here, we were talking about, uh, you're out in the Monterrey, which is famous for, uh, clinics would, uh, be in being mayor at one point of view, have you run into a Clint?[00:23:14] Peter Funt: He lives here in pebble beach where I live. And of course his former wife no longer, but at the time Dina was my co-host for three years on Candid Camera. When we did a cable version of this show, just a wonderful lady, Dina, Eastwood, and Clint. Yeah. I, I I've played golf with Clint. I've uh, I write in the book that I, he is such a quirky man.He was kind enough to give my family. And I arrived on the Warner brothers jet to go back and forth from Monterey to Burbank. And the first time we took that flight, we're on the plane waiting for Clint. And here comes this guy down the aisle to take us. And he is carrying a baby pig. Let me, let me just pause while you process that this is the Clint Eastwood and he's cuddling a baby pig.I'm told it was a Vietnamese Potbelly pig. And it turns out that he and his family just love various animals, and they're way beyond dogs and cats, they're into pigs and all sorts of stuff. But what a juxtaposition, you know, this is one of the most powerful guys in Hollywood. One of the toughest guys you'd ever want to meet.And here he is just sorta fawning over this little pig. I write in the book any time. I think I've seen it all. I just remember that, that moment. [00:24:59] Russ: Yeah, I was, I was, uh, trying to try to get you to tell that story. So now I read that and I'm like, really, this is crazy. There's plenty of more like that in this book.And I feel like, yeah, uh, this book was sort of laugh therapy for me, but let's talk a little about the laugh therapy foundation. [00:25:17] Peter Funt: That's a nonprofit that my dad began back in. I guess the late seventies, early eighties, and we still operate that today. It just basically involves us sending specially selected Candid Camera videos to critically ill people at no charge whatsoever.If you know someone who you think could benefit from that, you can go to our website, Candid Camera.com, and then you can find your way to laughter therapy. We'll take it from there, but my father learned back then principally from the author, Norman Cousins. Way back in the seventies, Norman cousins, who was a writer-editor of the Saturday review smart guy, he was sick, and he wrote a very successful book called anatomy of an illness.And in that book, he mentioned that when he was feeling his word. He called. My dad asked if he could borrow some Candid Camera film, and back then he even needed a projector in his hospital room to look at the stuff, but they set it up and he reported that if he could get maybe 15 or 30 minutes of laughter watching this stuff, he could be pain-free for three or four hours.And he did it over and over and found that it really worked. Now. I'm no doctor, I'm no scientist. I'm not making any medical claims. I simply point out that laughter is good. It can make you feel better. It might even increase healing. And, and as Mr. Cousins found out a little bit can go a long way, but most importantly, what he wrote was it was something about the reality of it because he tried Marx brothers and he tried, you know, sitcoms and stuff and laugh is good.No matter how you get it. But Candid Camera in particular, just struck such a responsive chord that it worked well. And my dad decided to call that laughter therapy. It's so [00:27:39] Russ: real, it's real emotion that you're witnessing from these people. It's kind of like, I guess the, you know, the, the, the comparison that I would make is I've watched so many of these, like, uh, uh, you know, soldiers coming home.Uh, reunion type videos. I just, those always get to me. And it's because of the real emotion it's not staged. It's not fake. It's, it's real. And it's funny to say with, with Candid Camera, I mean, so many of the situations are fake, but the emotions are so real. [00:28:07] Peter Funt: It's the relate-ability as well. When we pick our topics properly, we're keying in on things that people experienced themselves.So if they see something happening in one of our sequences, I like it when they're saying in the living room there. Oh yeah. I hate it when that happens or, oh right. That I went through something like that the other day. I don't mean an elaborate joke. I mean the little things in life that drive us all crazy, whether it's the yogurt machine that turns on, but won't turn off one of my favorites that I think everyone can relate to.We just exaggerated. Have you ever left a parking lot? That has one of those wooden bars that is down. And then once you put in your money or your ticket, the bar goes up and you go through. But sometimes it seems that's going too fast, especially if you can't quite reach the machine. So you've got to get out, do your thing.And then by the time you get back in the bars back down again, so we rigged it so we could control the bar with us at the controls. No one could get out. All right. And it was just up and down, up and down, back and forth. And yet, even though we exaggerated the situation, the basic premise was right out of everyday life.Everyone who's ever parked a car in that type of lot can relate. And that's what makes it what I called relatable. And as you said, Funny because it's real. Yeah. And you [00:29:50] Russ: know, actually you bring up too, and I, some of the inventions that you guys came up with the tanning machines or whatever, it was like these, these funny inventions that were out there, you do, how much work did you guys put into R and D the [00:30:06] Peter Funt: R and D usually takes place in our private lives.I mean, I'm always on the lookout for little things that drive me crazy, or, you know, I like to. Well, you know, the phrase don't, don't get mad. Get, even in my case, it's, don't get med, do a Candid Camera sequence. That's how I like it when things play out. But look, there are formulas, and we follow them. One of them.And I outline a bunch of these in the book. Uh, one of them is reversal. So you in a shorthand reference said a tanning machine. But there are tanning machines. So the one we made reversed that and we produced and on tanning machine. So the customer thinks you can go in. Maybe you're just a little too dark today.You got to be, you go into this marvelous machine, push a few buttons and voila you're come out. Two shades lighter. Now the secret to that machine, like so many of the props I've built identical twins. That's a magician's favorite tool, and we've used it for years on Candid Camera. If I hired two twin actresses, and then I sort of put a lot of makeup on one, so they looked darkly, tanned, and then white type stuff on the other.So they look very pale. And they switched places inside the machine. You would swear that this one person went from darker to lighter in the tanning machine [00:31:52] Russ: and it worked great. Yeah. Some of these it's, it is, it's like magic. You guys had a study, uh, all the magicians and learn all those tricks as well to do this.Uh, okay. So. Are people like now we've got technology, we've got all these advancements are our people do these things. There may be harder to full now or are they [00:32:13] Peter Funt: easier to full I'm so glad you asked. I am a hundred percent certain that people are easier to fool than ever before. And I know that runs against your intuition, but I believe it's true.Yeah, these are more high tech times and complicated times, but here's the thing. People my dad used to have to work at distracting people so that he could do his little trick. Now, a days people are self distracted. Right. They're multitasking. They're on the phone. They're texting heaven forbid while driving, but I mean, they're, they're doing all sorts of things.They got multiple things on their mind. We step in and do a little trick, and it's easier than ever to fool them as too high tech. So you say that untangling machine, would people be more or less likely to believe that today? Then in my father's day, easier to believe because there's so much technology in our lives.Why not? That. I mean, think about, you know, we've got self-driving cars, and we've got drones. And so why can't we have, uh, I'm making myself emotional here. Why can't we have tanning machine [00:33:42] Russ: you're right. We would be easier for those reasons. What about the changing of like kind of standards of comedy? What people think are funny, people are, are, are way more sensitive now, I guess, to some comedy.Do you think that that would have any issues as far as like, you know, censorship or what you guys could do now versus [00:34:02] Peter Funt: what you could do before? Censorship has always been a problem on Candid Camera? Not because people said bad words very often, that always surprised me. Real life conversation is nowhere near as salty, as you might assume.Yeah, sure. You go to certain places at certain times or certain to hear some colorful language, but the average person on the street when encountering a stranger does not use four letter words. It just doesn't often happen. But the sensors have networks, and they don't even use the word sensor. They like to call themselves standards and practices.And they are very troubled for decades by Candid Camera, because it was too real. They were happy with double entendre in sitcoms, but if a real person said something. Then, the standards and practices, people got very nervous. Now there were subjects that my dad and I, I say subject, I don't mean the unsuspecting people.I mean, topics that my dad dealt with that I don't think I'd want to touch today. For example, he endured Kirby once went out in the, on the street in bar Harbor, Maine in the sixties. And stopped strangers and said, do you have any idea where we could go to buy a bomb? Now? You know, the thing is in 19 62 63, that was actually funny.We looked at them like, well, what do you mean dynamite? You want to, you know, uh, something in construction, but nobody thought terrorism or anything like that. It was just an innocent surprise. I would not do that today. So of course change and people's sensitivities change, and that's as it should be. And my job as I see it, especially when we get back into new production short.Yeah. It is to stay one step ahead or at least keep pace in an episode. [00:36:21] Russ: How, how much actually ends up on the, on the cutting room floor? Are we seeing, you know, 10% or 1%, it's trying to get a feel of how much [00:36:29] Peter Funt: work this is? Yeah, it's a lot of work, but, and it's like fishing, you know, you put your line in the water and on a good day, you might catch a nice fish in 10 minutes.But another time you're there all day and nothing's biting. And it's no different in our work. I would say that the percentage of stuff that we wind up on the air is, is fairly high. And when it's cut out, it's really not because people said the wrong thing on our show. There is no wrong thing as far as I'm concerned, but it's perhaps because it was redundant or we had a technical problem and, and things like that, uh, I'm all a related question, of course is how many people give us permission or to turn that around?How many people refuse to give us permission? Yeah, you're, [00:37:24] Russ: you're reading my mind [00:37:25] Peter Funt: there on the next one. I'm not changed since my dad's day. The answer is most people are happy to sign this little release form unless. Unless we happen to have caught them at the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong other person, because I'm here to report.If you photograph a guy who's out with someone else's wife. Yeah,[00:37:57] Russ: I can see that. That's funny. So, okay. You've done so much in your life. As I mentioned, kind of in the credits early on, you know, you've, you've written for wall street journal, you worked for ABC news. Of course, all the work with Candid Camera. What would you say is your proudest. [00:38:14] Peter Funt: Oh, my, uh, I, I know, I wish I could say I had one, you know, you mentioned these various things I've done.And I do recount some of the crazier ones in the book, but, uh, it's kinda like how I talk about sports. I play a lot of baseball, and I play a lot of guts. When I'm on the golf course, I like to make an excuse by saying baseball is my sport. And when I'm playing, I point to how good I can be at golf. Let's just same thing in my career.When I'm writing, I say, well, I'm not a good writer, but I can do television. But when I'm trying, struggling on TV, I say, well, I'm basically a writer. So I guess my pride Russ is. I'm staying one step ahead of my own game and trying as many different things as I can. And hoping to smile while I'm doing it.[00:39:12] Russ: Uh, okay. Can you, you you've said smile every time you say it. I think you're going to say the line. Can you give me that would be [00:39:17] Peter Funt: surprised if sometimes somewhere someplace when you least expect it, someone steps up to you and say, Smile. You're on Candid Camera [00:39:31] Russ: theater. Thank you so much for [00:39:32] Peter Funt: joining me a real pleasure us. 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On This Day In Pop Culture covers museums, monuments, money, music and Allen Funt. Check out three superstars covering a rock anthem. A new comedy duo might be the answer to the Olympics declining TV ratings. This musical duo's next record will solidify their spot among country music royalty. If you're going to fly soon, you need to hear this list of Flight Don'ts. A Cop arrives to bust up the party, but ended up bringing the house down. Plus, a singing wizard, an unfunny pop star, and two big rock albums coming soon....Please, review and subscribe to The Pop Culture Show available on your favorite podcast network. Get Exclusive Pop Culture Show video interviews, video content and bonus video exclusively from our Instagram. Sign up for our Pop Cult and be the first to get show announcements, free stuff and insider information only available to cult members. Watch The Pop Culture Show TV channel for the most fun, interesting and intriguing guests and moments from the show available 24/7.Executive Producer: Steve BarnesHosts: Steve Barnes, Leslie Fram, Paul Cubby BryantAssociate Producer: Brad MaybeFAIR USE COPYRIGHT NOTICE The Copyright Laws of the United States recognize a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states:“NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 106 AND 106A, THE FAIR USE OF A COPYRIGHTED WORK, INCLUDING SUCH USE BY REPRODUCTION IN COPIES OR PHONORECORDS OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS SPECIFIED BY THAT SECTION, FOR PURPOSES SUCH AS CRITICISM, COMMENT, NEWS REPORTING, TEACHING (INCLUDING MULTIPLE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE), SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH, IS NOT AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.” THIS VIDEO/AUDIO IN GENERAL MAY CONTAIN CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO BE USED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S), BUT WHICH WE BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH ARE PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW AND THE FAIR USE DOCTRINE FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE REASONS NOTED ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VIDEO OR OUR POSITION ON THE FAIR USE DEFENSE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@THEPOPCULTURESHOW.COM SO WE CAN DISCUSS AMICABLY. THANK YOU. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Bill Funt, whose father Allen Funt was creator, host, producer and force of nature behind the iconic television show Candid Camera. Founded in 1947 as a radio program called Candid Microphone Funt spun-off the property into LPs in the 1950s and even movies like What Do You Say To A Naked Lady in 1970 and Candid Candid Camera for Playboy TV in the 80s. But I digress. We talk to Bill about what his father would think about being known as the very first reality show, if Candid Camera was either a cruel show as the critics said or a fantastic human experiment as his fans believed, it's genesis during WWI, Funt's interview on the Ernie Kovacs hosted The Tonight Show where they do a spoof of the show called Rancid Camera, surviving a literal hijacking of their Eastern Airlines airplane to Miami which was diverted to Cuba in the 60s, his mother's Marilyn Funt's book Are You Anybody? interviewing celebrity wives, his aunt, Lyricist Elaine Laron whose song “Name Dropping” might as well have been the theme song for this podcast and a whole lot more. All in all we had a lot of Funt. So sit back, take a listen and “Smile! You're on Candid Camera” on the Rarified Heir Podcast.

When I was a kid one of the TV shows I most look forward to every week was the Sunday night episode of “Candid Camera.” With hidden cameras set up to catch their reactions, host Allen Funt played benign but often ingenius practical jokes on ordinary people. “Candid Camera” was a TV hit for years. After Funt's death in 1999 at aged 84, his son Peter Funt took over the family business, as it were, and carried on the “Candid Camera” franchise.

Candid Camera is one of the most original – and one of the most mischievous – TV shows of all time.  Admirers hailed its creator Allen Funt as a poet of the everyday. Critics denounced him as a Peeping Tom.  Funt sought to capture people at their most unguarded, their most spontaneous, their most natural.  And he did. But as the show succeeded, it started to change the way we thought not only of reality television, but also of reality itself.  Looking back at the show now, a half century later, it’s hard NOT to see so many of our preoccupations – privacy, propriety, publicity, authenticity – through a funhouse mirror, darkly. This episode was reported by Latif Nasser and produced by Matt Kielty.  Special Thanks to: Bertram van Munster, Fred Nadis, Alexa Conway, the Eastern Airlines Employee Association and Eastern Airlines Radio, Rebecca Lemov, Anna McCarthy, Jill Lepore, Cullie Bogacki Willis III, Barbara Titus and the Funt family.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

TVC 523.5: Bill Funt, son of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt, and a longtime friend of Sherwood Schwartz and the family members of many Gilligan’s Island cast members, shares some memories of his friend Dawn Wells, including how reverent she was about people and all kinds of life, and how close she became to comedienne Samantha Hale, granddaughter of “Skipper” Alan Hale. Bill knew Dawn Wells for more than ten years.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with three films in which we get lost in New York, lost in television and lost in 1970s sexuality!First up, TV's Allen Funt asks the audience, "What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?" This candid camera movie catches a variety of '70s people in awkward situations. Next, Martin Scorsese takes us back to the streets of New York as an unfulfilled yuppie gets stranded in SoHo in an increasingly bizarre adventure in "After Hours."Next, a kid has to save his little sister from a color wizard that lives in a haunted VHS tape in "Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure."All this plus Nerd News, Junk Mails, the Fallen One, Sex show fact checking, Boris Karloff's sexy voice and so much more!Donloyd HereThanks for listening! Tell a friend! Join us on Patreon!

Episode 116:  American Timelines 1969, Part 2: The Ypsilanti Ripper & Hijacking on Candid Camera?  This week, we cover The Beatles Rooftop Concert, The Ypsilianti Ripper, The Worst Rock Group Ever and Allen Funt on a hijacked plane!  Season 4, Episode 53, of American Timelines! Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com. Credits Include:  Katherine Ramsland, Ann Arbor News,  Popculture.us, Smithsmonian Magazine & Jeff Maysh, Wikipedia, TVtango, IMDB & Youtube.  Information may not be accurate, as it is produced by jerks.

Episode 18 is sponsored by OVER MY DEAD BODY by Kelly Fitzgerald Fowler, a great read for Holy Week as we prepare for the celebration of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. You can purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Over-My-Dead-Body-Supernatural/dp/1947303333?tag=smarturl-20Episode 18 has two jams:Jam 1--LOCKDOWN--How people are coping with being inside (often in beautiful weather!) and adjusting their lives to a different rhythm. Kelly and Susan discuss interesting and funny lockdown diversions, how Noah was actually locked down himself in the Ark for a year, showing faith in God, how Kelly is using the time to take an online writing class in Biblical fiction, how Susan is using Masterclass to learn more about cooking, and why cooking meat is one of her last great fears, and how homeschooling is changing. Teenagers are even talking to older people when they see you outside! It's an amazing time!Here's the link to a great family singalong of "One Day More" from LES MISERABLES; enjoy!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZafX_U5aqsJam 2--MURDER MOST FOUL--Kelly initiates a conversation about Bob Dylan's just-released song "Murder Most Foul", about the JFK assassination, and how the interesting and complex lyrics give us clues about his own feelings on the subject. This leads to an off-topic conversation about the Lincoln assassination, Susan's segment about Lincoln on CANDID CAMERA when she was a child, her encounter with Allen Funt years later in Hollywood, the Tavistock Institute in the United Kingdom and how it's trying to socially engineer an entirely different society, and Susan's discussion about Malcolm Wallace, an aide to LBJ, whose fingerprints were found on the 6th floor of the Texas Schoolbook Depository on November 22, 1963, along with mention of the FBI informant who kept Kennedy from being shot two weeks earlier in a motorcade in Chicago. Who was the informant? You don't want to miss finding out!Here's the link to Susan's biography of Abraham Lincoln on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Freedom-President-Great-ebook/dp/B004GUT1NC/

TVC 469.7: From the Sept. 25 ceremony at the Hollywood Museum ceremony honoring Dawn Wells and the legacy of Gilligan’s Island: Ed catches up with Bill Funt, son of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt, and a longtime friend of Sherwood Schwartz and many Gilligan’s Island cast members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom explains how to hypnotize any hotel concierge to do your bidding! George channels his inner Allen Funt as he gets to the bottom of what is actually in the swimming pool. As a bonus, emergency room techniques and rough talk of absurd audio alchemy.

"We are too busy to become less busy" Juliet Funt is the CEO of WhiteSpace at Work, a global speaker, influencer and consultant to Fortune 100 companies, and "a warrior in the battle against busyness."  She is a self-described perfectionist who admits baking as her zen moment. He natural intuitiveness, authentic message, and insight allow her the uncanny ability to connect with people at all levels. She has led her team to create changes in low-value work like emails, charts, meetings, paperwork and unnecessary clutter to make life more efficient and enjoyable. Juliet helps us find the space in our lives to make a really profound change. recharge and reclaim our passion for work. Today, Juliet shares through humor, story-telling, and lessons how we can find a brief moment to ignite our most productive self.  SHOW NOTES:  "It's gonna be a blast. I can tell already." Live into the thing that brings you joy. Prioritizing.  Working on WhiteSpace for the past 14 years. help organizations retrieve their talented teams from beneath piles of crushing to-dos and relentless task assaults. We strengthen individuals, teams and companies by giving them nimble, simple teachings that create new norms. She describes "white space" as: "a "strategic pause" that is taken between activities. They are laced through the businesses of our days and then they become the oxygen for everything else to catch on fire." She grew up in New York, New York. Her father was Allen Funt from Candid Camera. She is the proud mother of three boys ages: 7, 10, 12. "Senior leaders are often torn between profitability and how hard they push people." "Human real-time feedback is essential to business." WhiteSpace has consulted and helped streamline workflow for some of the top brands in the world including Nike, P&G, Wells Fargo, Hershey’s and Hyatt. The 4 thieves of productivity: drive (turns to overdrive), excellence (to perfectionism), information (to info overload) and activity (to frenzy). These four questions help combat the thieves: Is there anything that I can let go of? Where is good enough, good enough? What do I truly need to know? What deserves my attention? Unburden your talent with Juliet's FREE gift. JULIET FUNT'S LIVE INSPIRED 7  1. What is the best book you’ve ever read? Mathew Fox, The Reinvention of Work. It set the tone for me that work had inspiration and passion. 2. Tomorrow you discover your wealthy uncle shockingly dies at the age of 103; leaving you millions. What would you do with it? A third to charity, a third for fun, a third for the future. 3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?  The box of the kid's creations. It filled with drawings and tinkerings. 4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?  Russel Freidman. He was a friend and instrumental to me. His passing was a universally hard loss for me.  5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? My dear friend, Russel would often say, "Stop being mean to my friend." 6. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself at age 20? Things will get better. You will find your way. Love is out there. Children will be the best thing ever, but you'll have to wait. 7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read? She gave pleasure to herself and others. ***  If you enjoyed today’s episode: Subscribe (automatically get new episodes), rate & review (help spread the word!) this podcast wherever you get your podcasts. I can’t wait to see you here next Thursday! Today is your day. Live Inspired. Live Inspired with John every day on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and get his Monday Motivation email: www.JohnOLearyInspires.com/Monday-Morning

In looking back through the history of reality TV it is interesting to see where the foundation for modern reality television began. One of history's most famous reality TV programs emerged in the late 40's, when Allen Funt brought Candid Camera into the lives of millions of people. Over the past couple of years, not only has Bonang had massive success as a businesswoman, but she has also managed to establish herself as a brand ambassador and one of the country's most sought-after TV presenters. Celebrity Publicist and entertainment commentator Jarred Doyle has no doubt that Bonang's show will be a success. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Gilbert and Frank take a trip down memory lane with a fixture of their childhoods, beloved "Wonderama" host Sonny Fox, who shares his memories of the quiz show scandals of the 1950's, recalls his life-changing experience as a prisoner of war and reminisces about his years-long friendship with Robert F. Kennedy. Also, Sonny hosts "The $64,000 Challenge," gets cut from "The Nutty Professor," takes a stand for Jack Gilford and revives the Golden Age of Television. PLUS: Army Archerd! Allen Funt! Mickey Rooney holds out! Patty Duke spills the beans! And Jack Klugman steps in for Bogie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We celebrate our fifth anniversary with audio clips from listeners and past guests.

Don Breithaupt returns to discuss his books about 70's pop and his inventive horn arrangements.

Candid Microphone is a 1940s radio show which soon became the long-running TV series "Candid Camera". The show involved scenarios in which unwitting members of the public would be placed in a situation where unusual things began happening (caused by actors hired by the producers as well as various props). The victim of the prank's reactions would be recorded and at some stage the joke is finally revealed to them. Introduced by Allen Funt, this is a rare bit of broadcasting history, perfect for radio buffs and Candid Camera fans who wish to revisit the program's roots. Candid Microphone was first heard on Saturday, June 28, 1947, at 7:30pm on ABC radio. Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948.