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  allen funt - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
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.
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 Allen Funt : Information and resources about Allen Funt : School Work Guru
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 attended Cornell University and received a BA in Fine Arts and Columbia University where he studied business administration.
Candid Camera is currently hosted by Allen's son Peter Funt.
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 Candid Camera Online!
Peter Funt actually made his first appearance on the program when he and Allen Funt's legendary series were each just three years old.
Peter Funt has lectured before many top business, education and social groups on human nature, using the vast library of Candid Camera footage to bring his points to life.
Peter Funt is as personable as his dad..." In November of 1997, following Candid Camera's Battle of the Sexes special, "The Hollywood Reporter" observed: "This show is great fun.
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 Allen Funt - Biography - Moviefone
Classic Funt schemes include vending machines that talk back unexpectedly to customers, having pretty girls ask men for help with cars that do not have engines, and food that disappears from plates in restaurants and other bizarre bits of tomfoolery.
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.
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 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.
Funt also produced a syndicated version of Candid Camera from 1974 to 1979; his co-hosts included, at various times, John Bartholomew Tucker and JoAnn Pflug.
Allen Funt is also mentioned in Season Six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode Tabula Rasa, by Anya.
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 Candid Camera
First Allen Funt and now his son Peter used two tools of their unique trade -- a hidden camera and gentle humor -- to capture the reactions of ordinary people in extraordinary and even bizarre situations.
Funt made his first appearance on the program when he and the series were 3 years old.
As a journalist with a degree from the University of Denver, Peter Funt served five years as an editor and reporter for ABC News.
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 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Allan Funt, 'Candid Camera' host, dies at home at age 84
Funt died Sunday at his home of complications from the 1993 stroke that forced him into retirement, representatives of the show reported in a statement.
Funt himself appeared in many of the gags, along with such regulars over the years as Dorothy Collins (in the 1960s) and comedian and author Fannie Flagg in the 1970s.
Funt was born in New York City and graduated from high school at age 15.
www.caller2.com /1999/september/07/today/national/448.html   (336 words)

  
 Australian News - Candid Camera's Allen Funt Dies
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.
Funt is survived by his five children and four grandchildren.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /TV/mag/news/AustralianNews/CandidCamerasAllenFuntDies.html   (506 words)

  
 Candid Camera
Aided by his son Peter, Funt continued to create special theme episodes (e.g.: "Smile, You're on Vacation," "Candid Camera goes to the Doctor," etc.) for CBS until 1990 when The New Candid Camera, advised by Funt and hosted by Dom DeLuise went into syndication.
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.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/candidcamera/candidcamera.htm   (937 words)

  
 Peter Funt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Peter Funt actually made his first appearance on “Candid Camera” when he and Allen Funt’s legendary series were each just three years old.
Funt has lectured before many top business, education and social groups on human nature, using the vast library of “Candid Camera” footage to bring his points to life.
Funt also follows in his father’s footsteps as President of Laughter Therapy Foundation, a non-profit organization started by Allen Funt in 1982.
www.ionline.tv /shows/camera/Bio.cfm?bioID=105   (389 words)

  
 Peter Funt Photos - Peter Funt News - Peter Funt Information
PETER FUNT is the host of PAX TV's "Candid Camera," continuing a Funt Family tradition that now spans more than five decades on television.
Funt has hosted "Candid Camera" for 14 years, including a successful run on CBS TV in which he was partnered with Suzanne Somers.
Peter Funt actually made his first appearance on "Candid Camera" when he and...
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 Skrytá kamera
je long-running televizní seriál, vytvářel a produkoval Allen Funt, který zpočátku se objevil na rádiu jak Přirozeném mikrofonu v čtyřicátých létech, pak clonil v Spojených státech v padesátých létech, s místními verzemi produkovanými po celém světě.
Přehlídka stručně vrátila se v roce 1974, tento čas hostil Peter Dulay.
Skrytá kamera je současně běh na PAX síti a je hoštěná Allen Funt synem, Peter Funt a Dina Eastwoodová, Clint Eastwood' s manželka.
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 Candid Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Candid Camera is a long-running television series, created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially appeared on radio as Candid Microphone in the 1940s, then screened in the United States in the 1950s, with local versions produced around the world.
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, some ingenious).
Candid Camera is currently running on the PAX Network and is hosted by Allen Funt's son, Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood, Clint Eastwood's wife.
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 Salon Obituary | Obit: Allen Funt, creator of "Candid Camera," dies at 84   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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)

  
 Smile, You're on "Candid Camera"! - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prior to 1987, Peter Funt was the show's co-producer.
Allen Funt passed away on September 5, 1999 at the age of 84.
Allen Funt originally called his show "Candid Microphone" when it began as a radio show in the 1940's.
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 Candid Camera: Nostalgia
Funt got wise to the power of comedic humiliation in the Army, interestingly enough.
There was the well-loved filming of a traffic cop, set to music whilst he did his elaborate traffic dance; there was the camera lodged in a boys’ bathroom, capturing the ritual and the conversation of the preening kids as they combed their hair.
Once, Funt even took his cameras and his actors to Moscow, and in true Funt fashion, he did it with none of the required permission.
www.skooldays.com /categories/primetime/pt1422.htm   (643 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)

  
 Candid Camera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
Peter Funt, the son of Allen, has been host (and perpetrator) for the past 5 years (or so?).
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.
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 Land Trust Saves Big Sur Ranch / Developer pockets $24 million after one-year ownership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Funt died two years ago at the age of 84, his son Peter came under even greater pressure to sell the land to pay off estate taxes.
But Peter Funt, who sold the land to Sweeney, isn't exactly thrilled with the way the deal turned out.
Aside from questioning the way he said Sweeney represented his intentions, Funt said he was also troubled by reports that Sweeney carefully asked county officials not to divulge the fact that he had discovered the nine land deeds until the deal was completed.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/25/MN164083.DTL&type=printable   (1385 words)

  
 CNN - 'Candid Camera' founder dead - September 6, 1999
It continues as a CBS series produced and hosted by Funt's eldest son, Peter.
"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.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/06/obit.funt/index.html   (300 words)

  
 Peter Funt, Producer, Weds Amy S. Meltzer - New York Times
Amy Suzanne Meltzer, a marketing manager for Home Box Office, and Peter Funt, an independent television producer, were married yesterday at the Georgian Suite in New York by Rabbi Jonas Goldberg.
Funt, a son of Allen Funt of Monterey, Calif., and Evelyn Funt of New York, graduated from the University of Denver.
Patricia Funt, the bridegroom's sister, was maid of honor.
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 The Herald : Entertainment
There is no indication by SABC1 as to which CC series this is but it features Peter Funt, probably along with one of the many female co-hosts who worked with him after he revived his father Allen’s brainchild, after his parent’s death.
The programme appeared on network TV schedules as early as 1948 and enjoyed highly successful runs from 1960 to 1967 and again from 1987, when Peter revived it, to 2000.
Peter Funt made his first appearance on the programme when he was but three years old, posing as a shoeshine boy who charged $10 per shoe!
www.theherald.co.za /herald/2002/08/19/lstyle/lst03_19082002.htm   (588 words)

  
 candidcamera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Allen Funt used to host it in the sixties along with Dina Eastwood.
The show was carried on with Allen Funt's son Peter Funt.
It was pretty funny to see some of the situations that the Funts put people in.
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 funt ☼ Wyszukane strony Internetowe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alan Funt created this TV show back in 1948, and hosted it for many years.
Peter Funt's on Candid Camera, continuing a Funt Family tradition that spans...
In addition to his hidden-camera work, Peter Funt has produced and hosted...
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 ‘Candid Camera’ and Sentinel team up for a few local laughs By SHANNA McCORD SENTINEL STAFF WRITER SANTA CRUZ — If ...
Peter Funt of "Candid Camera," the television show that uses hidden cameras to catch ordinary people put in abnormal situations, used the Sentinel to pull off his latest gag.
Sometimes Funt would hand the unsuspecting person a fake copy of Thursday’s paper in which the top story was "Freak snowfall buries Santa Cruz," especially puzzling because temperatures have soared to the 70s and 80s under crystal clear skies lately.
Funt said he was struck by Regan’s easy-going demeanor and approached the publisher with the idea he had thought about for a long time.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2004/March/17/local/stories/07local.htm   (682 words)

  
 Tribune Entertainment
First Allen Funt, and now his son, Peter, use the tools of their unique trade -- a hidden camera and gentle humor -- to capture the reactions of ordinary people to extraordinary, and even bizarre, situation.
Since that time he has appeared in hundreds of Candid Camera sequences and he has proudly hosted the show with Suzanne Somers, and later, Dina Eastwood.
Peter contributes this granddaddy of reality shows' enduring success to its celebration of people and their fascinating, hilarious and yes, very normal behavior.
www.tribtv.com /programs/candidcamera.html   (157 words)

  
 NewStandard: 9/7/99
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- 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 here of complications from the 1993 stroke that forced him into retirement, the show reported in a statement.
Funt himself appeared in many of the gags, along with such regulars over the years as Dorothy Collins (in the 1960s) and comedian and author Fannie Flagg ("Fried Green Tomatoes") in the 1970s.
www.s-t.com /daily/09-99/09-07-99/zzzddobi.htm   (1986 words)

  
 Candid Camera's ''Green Kid'' Reaches Over 450 Schools with Classroom Tolerance Project
The project began in March 2003 with a Candid Camera broadcast in which host Peter Funt questioned youngsters -- using hidden camera and microphone -- about a new student who was to join their class: a boy with green skin.
Students at Boulder Creek Elementary School in Arizona are shown watching the video and discussing the issues raised with their third grade teacher.
It is currently broadcast weekly on the PAX Network, with hosts Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2004/03/11/184437.html   (442 words)

  
 Zelnick v. "Candid Camera" - Courttv.com - Trials
The Los Angeles jury, comprised of five men and seven women, found "Candid Camera" and Peter Funt liable for negligence, false imprisonment and intentional misrepresentation, but cleared them of claims of battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The jury awarded Zenlick a total of $300,000 in punitive damages, with Peter Funt and the show ordered to pay $150,000 each.
Unhappy with the verdict, Peter Funt and "Candid Camera" plan to seek a new trial.
www.courttv.com /trials/taped/candidcamera/verdict_ctv.html   (125 words)

  
 Scoop for the Week of Sept. 10
Allen Funt died Sunday from complications due to the stroke he suffered in 1993.
Up until his stroke six years ago, Funt continued to oversee production of the CBS show.
His son, Peter Funt, continues the shows 51 year legacy by co-hosting Candid Camera with Suzanne Somers.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/celebrity_gossip/25268/2   (202 words)

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