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	Candid Camera Online!
		Allen Funt, creator and original host of the landmark television series Candid Camera, perfected an art that has entertained people for nearly 60 years.
		Funt, who never regarded himself as an actor, soon found himself playing many characters in the program—disguised as a dentist, garage mechanic or some other occupation—serving as the catalyst for unsuspecting people whose candid reactions to unusual situations were recorded.
		Allen Funt is survived by five children: Peter, Patricia, John, Juliet and William; and four grandchildren: Stephanie, Daniel, Katherine and Anna.
	www.candidcamera.com /cc2/cc2e.html (744 words)

	Allen Funt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Allen Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5, 1999) is an American celebrity best known as creator and host of Candid Camera from 1951-1954 and 1960-1966 on CBS.
		Funt achieved a BA in Fine Arts from Cornell University in 1934 and studied business administration at Columbia University.
		Funt died in Pebble Beach, California in 1999 following a stroke.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allen_Funt (132 words)

	'Candid Camera' creator and host Allen Funt dies
		Allen Funt, the television prankster whose "Candid Camera" thrived on America's willingness to laugh at itself and created a trademark phrase, has died.
		Funt died Sunday at his home in Pebble Beach, Calif. of complications from the 1993 stroke that forced him into retirement, the show reported in a statement.
		Funt was born in New York City and graduated from high school at age 15.
	www.th-record.com /1999/09/07/funtdies.htm (569 words)

	Allen Funt: The creator of 'Candid Camera' show
		PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Allen Funt, 84, the prankster whose "Candid Camera" television show thrived on America's willingness to laugh at itself and created a trademark phrase, died Sunday at his home of complications from a 1993 stroke.
		Funt himself appeared in many of the gags, along with such regulars as Dorothy Collins in the 1960s and comedian and author Fannie Flagg in the 1970s.
		Funt remained an inspiration to his family, his son said.
	www.freep.com /news/obituaries/qfunt7.htm (554 words)

	Variety.com - 'Candid Camera' creator Allen Funt dies at 84 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Funt, who gained fame as host of "Candid Microphone" in 1947 and was still overseeing "Candid Camera" until he suffered a serious stroke in 1993, died Sunday of complications of that stroke at his home in Pebble Beach, California.
		Funt was born in New York City, the son of a diamond merchant.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117755422?categoryid=14&cs=1 (492 words)

	Allen Funt in 9/20/99 People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In fact, the hijacking marked one of the few public moments in which Funt (who, along with his fellow passengers, returned safely home) was not behind the scenes with his hidden camera, ready to expose human behavior in all its bizarre eccentricity.
		Among Funt's other ploys: hiring an actor to pose as a guard at the Delaware state line and inform drivers that "Delaware is closed for the day." Another played a bank teller offering counterfeit dollar bills at a discount, and a third, as a movie theater manager, ordered patrons to line up in alphabetical order.
		Funt, twice married and divorced, with five children, in later years raised horses on his 1100-acre ranch in Big Sur, Calif. There, he continued to write and produce his show for syndication and to manage various spinoff projects, until the stroke incapacitated him.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits99/funtpeop.html (643 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Allen Funt
		Allen Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5 1999) was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular show or a series of specials.
		Allen was briefly mentioned in the Family Guy episode Brian Sings and Swings, when Frank Sinatra Jr and Stewie Griffin sung about the love of Allen Funt's work, and a freshly shaven leg.
		Allen Funt is also mentioned in Season Six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode Tabula Rasa, by Anya.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Allen_Funt (506 words)

	CNN - 'Candid Camera' founder dead - September 6, 1999
		"Allen Funt was one of the inventors of the entire genre of reality television," said his son, Peter Funt, who has hosted "Candid Camera" since his father's retirement.
		Allen Funt, the son of a diamond merchant, was born in New York City.
		Funt is survived by five children and four grandchildren.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/06/obit.funt/index.html (300 words)

	'Candid Camera' host Allen Funt dead at 84 - September 8, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Allen Funt, creator and the original host of the television show "Candid Camera," is shown in this 1977 file photo.
		Funt died at his home in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, at the age of 84.
		Funt died Sunday at his home here of complications from the 1993 stroke that forced him into retirement, the show reported in a statement.
	wildcat.arizona.edu /papers/93/11/14_3_m.html (612 words)

	Allen Funt - Biography - Moviefone
		The name Allen Funt is synonymous with the long-running Candid Camera television franchise and its many incarnations.
		At the end of a stunt, Funt and his camera crew or the actors involved would suddenly appear before the befuddled victims and say, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera!" Funt debuted the first edition of the show, Candid Microphone, on radio in 1948.
		One of the highlights of Funt's career came when he was able to successfully smuggle himself and an entire camera crew and film into Soviet Moscow to pull a few stunts there.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/allen-funt/90765/biography (314 words)

	Allen Funt's "candid" stunts still educate in Psych 101
		Maas remembers that he was both rebuffed by a form rejection letter and encouraged by Funt's handwritten note at the bottom, inviting him to the entertainer's Manhattan office to discuss the donation.
		Funt not only donated noncommercial educational rights to the television shows, but also audio recordings of its radio predecessor, Candid Microphone, and funds that enabled Cornell undergraduate students to catalog the material for research and educational purposes.
		Students enjoy them almost as much as the nonacademic Funt, who was persuaded to lecture in Psych 101 in 1967 and in 1968.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/99/9.16.99/Funt.html (580 words)

	Allen Funt Photos - Allen Funt News - Allen Funt Information
		Allen Funt: When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them.
		Allen Funt: (on his work with Candid Camera) Nothing I know of is more beautiful or more fun.
		Allen Funt got wise to the power of comedic humiliation in the Army.
	www.tv.com /allen-funt/person/40154/summary.html (239 words)

	Allen Funt — Infoplease.com
		Allen Funt - Allen Funt Age: 84 TV host who caught America by surprise—literally—in the popular...
		September 1999 - September 1999 6 Allen Funt, creator and host of Candid Camera, dies of complications of a 1993...
		Rustic fusion: Tiffany & Co. design consultant John Funt lives in three 18th-century buildings that were brought together in the 20th......
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0761532.html (305 words)

	Yesil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Today, Peter Funt, Allen’s son is hosting a revitalized show on CBS and reruns of the original show are also broadcast on cable.
		Funt, who studied psychology at Cornell, was probably aware of the tendency of people to focus on ‘performances’ and ‘impressions’ they gave off.
		Funt’s original intention with Candid Camera was to show comparisons between human behavior in real life and in drama.
	condor.depaul.edu /~dweinste/media/Yesil.html (1500 words)

	Candid Camera
		Funt and his crew had to contend with burdensome equipment that was difficult to conceal.
		In his book Eavesdropping at Large (1952), Funt also described his battles with network censors and sponsors who had never before confronted this type of programming and were often fickle in their decisions about what was and was not acceptable material for television at the time.
		Funt himself destroyed any material that was off color, or reached too deeply into people's private lives.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/candidcamera/candidcamera.htm (937 words)

	E! Online News - "Candid Camera" Creator Allen Funt Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Allen Funt, the host and creator of Candid Camera has died.
		His son Peter Funt, who has hosted the show since his father retired, called his dad "one of the inventors of the entire genre of reality television.
		"Allen Funt was one of those rare people who changed the very nature of the business in which he worked.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,5268,00.html (381 words)

	Editorial: He was a camera
		Funt made surreptitious invasions of privacy in a Cold War-obsessed America the stuff of humor.
		As horrified as George Orwell would have been with the idea of a network of hidden cameras recording our confusion in the name of entertainment, most TV viewers were delighted with images of their fellow citizens having lucid conversations with mailboxes that demanded more postage for letters.
		Funt's "Candid Camera" inadvertently uncovered disturbing truths about Americans during its original run from 1948 to 1966.
	www.post-gazette.com /forum/19990909edfunt3.asp (369 words)

	Candid Camera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Allen Funt realized that the only way to keep the show going was to change with the times, and introduce the more titillating Candid Candid Camera.
		There was actually an episode (during the Allen Funt later years era) where the Candid Camera team was at a restaurant and the one in on the joke was taking food from the plates of its victims.
		Case in point, once Allen Funt was on a plane, and it was hijacked.
	www.jumptheshark.com /c/candidcamera.htm (2430 words)

	Allen Funt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Allen Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5 1999) is an American celebrity best known as creator and host of Candid Camera from 1951-1954 and 1960-1966 on CBS.
		He began the show on radio as on ABC radio.
		After Candid Camera, Funt produced some adult-oriented videos called featuring nude women in various scenarios.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Allen_Funt (167 words)

	Mail Tribune News - A `Candid' conversation
		Then she's laughing with Funt, the host of the long-running TV show started by his dad, Allen Funt, in 1948 (yes, 1948), his three sound and camera guys and producer Linda Tosetti.
		Funt spent a good chunk of the day looking around Medford for somebody who was outraged by the absurdity of the address thing.
		For the Monterey, Calif.-based Funt, 52, a typical workday is to fly to a middle-American town, do what he calls "the stunt," then fly home.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2000/january/10600n1.htm (568 words)

	Allen Funt \| The Huffington Post
		He got his break in show biz when he auditioned for Allen Funt, of "Candid Camera" fame, and secured a spot in a routine on one of the shows.
		It had become the norm for her, but I was beginning to look for the hidden camera and for Allen Funt to walk in any second and announce, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera!" The lights were purposefully not turned on because she was...
		Allen Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5, 1999) was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular show or a series of specials.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Allen+Funt (379 words)

	Salon Obituary \| Obit: Allen Funt, creator of "Candid Camera," dies at 84 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The TV program, which premiered in 1948 and is still running, was born of Funt's "Candid Microphone," a radio show.
		In earlier years, Funt himself appeared in many "Candid Camera" gags, along with such regulars as Dorothy Collins in the 1960s and comedian and author Fannie Flagg ("Fried Green Tomatoes") in the 1970s.
		The TV program was born of Funt's "Candid Microphone," a radio show the New York native originated after his Army service in World War II.
	www.salon.com /people/obit/1999/09/07/pope/print.html (279 words)

	Slipcue.com Obituary Listings
		Funt retired that year from the show's management, but the series continues on CBS on Friday evenings with his son Peter as producer and host.
		Funt remained active in its management until his stroke and retirement to Pebble Beach, where he had been raising Hereford cattle and quarter horses on his 1,100-acre Big Sur ranch since the late 1970's.
		Funt donated his recordings and films to Cornell and established a fellowship at Syracuse University for postgraduate studies in radio and television.
	www.slipcue.com /obits/02/03.html (2247 words)

	IWU News
		Fortunately, Funt, the daughter of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt, has learned that society’s desire to change one’s outside is a weak answer to the prevalent problems she and others face within themselves.
		Funt hopes that “Buff up your Insides” will empower students to value the more important things in life rather than count carbohydrates and search for beauty, fame, and financial abundance.
		Funt said she encourages students to celebrate the assets that will never fade, droop, or wear out.
	www.iwu.edu /iwunews/newsrlse/ala84.html (397 words)

	Funt, Allen -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		U.S. humorist Fred Allen influenced a generation of radio and television performers with his dry wit and superb timing.
		A pioneer fl abolitionist and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church, Richard Allen was born a slave on Feb. 14, 1760, in Philadelphia.
		The “poet of America's emotionally disenfranchised,” Woody Allen wove his movie fables of urban neuroses in a framework of classic slapstick.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9342303?tocId=9342303 (695 words)

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		Daughter of Allen Funt speaks with candor, humor and insight on communication,stress mangement and the power of philanthropy.
		Juliet Funt, Daughter of Allen Funt, creator of the Candid Camera television show, Juliet has spent her life observing the hidden truths beneath our social selves.
		Funt has had a varied business resume which includes managing in a large live events company, Human Relations training for the Los Angeles Police Department and even liaison work in a Palestinian/Israeli peace project.
	www.nsaspeaker.org /speaker_detail/21465_print.shtml (314 words)

	RootsWeb: CRF-L [CRF-L] Allen Funt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Allen Funt was one of the inventors of the entire genre of
		Allen Funt, the son of a diamond merchant, was born in New York
		Re: [CRF-L] Allen Funt by "Arkley and Kathy" < >
	archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/CRF/1999-09/0936746340 (198 words)

	Review/Television; Allen Funt Calls 'Totally Hidden Video' - New York Times
		As a matter of fact, Allen Funt, the creator of ''Candid Camera,'' filed suit last week alleging that some segments of the show's premiere on Sunday were staged.
		Funt is still seeking an undisclosed amount in damages in his suit, charging that his ideas have been stolen and his reputation for honesty has been damaged by the Fox program.
		Funt still produces ''Candid Camera'' specials and sells old episodes of the series in syndication.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DF1239F931A25754C0A96F948260 (715 words)

	AlterNet: Smile, You're on Life Support! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Allen Funt's classic TV show "Candid Camera" poked fun at our human foibles.
		People had been watching TV for only a handful of years before Allen Funt was inspired to reverse the relationship.
		Funt & Co. rigged a leash so that it extended stiffly in front of the fellow as though pulled by a pet.
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=14153 (1077 words)

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