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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1987
Page
9
Los Angeles based entertainer Allen Funt, creator of Candid Camera, celebrates four decades of hidden camera pranks. A CBS one hour special airs tonight, tracing the show from 1947 to present, noting its influence on film, television and popular culture.
John Darling reports on the Los Angeles creator Funt who, after long effort, describes compiling 40 years of material for a CBS special. He jokes about the 344 months spent and the challenge of remembering forgotten footage.
The broadcast history shows Candid Camera moving through ABC in 1948, NBC in 1949, and CBS in 1950, after originating on radio as Candid Microphone and continuing to air with continuity over the years.
NBC first aired the show in 1953 CBS picked it up in 1960 and it ran seven years The syndicated show spanned 1974 to 78 Reruns remain in syndication and on cable The program influenced psychology sociology and medical therapy studies including Norman Cousins praised laughter as medicine Funt recalls hidden cameras at a credit furniture store and a shift away from drama toward real life moments He notes equipment was bulky and early cameras logs and tape records defined the era and no one was ever truly fooled by the prankoffs
February 17 schedule highlights Allen Funt’s Candid Camera 40th anniversary special with film clips of unsuspecting victims and celebrity tributes. Also shows NOVA Freud review with rare footage and Dr. Sigmund Freud’s theories under scrutiny. Remington Steele finale hints at a real conclusion and a two hour event possibly featuring Pierces Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist. The 1987 Miss USA pageant comes from Albuquerque with hosts Bob Barker and Mary Frann, crowning last year’s winner Christy Fitchner.
The Home Shopping Network Cable Value Network and ValueTelevision expand. Lorimar-Telepictures pursues an overnight Las Vegas live-from-LTV version of VTV with no host named yet. Detroit Channel 2 eyes the plan while WTV could offer free hours in exchange for ads.
A 16th annual scholarship benefit features a lunch and electronic memory lane of Cleveland broadcasting. Co hosted by Sandy Lesko and Ted Hallaman the noon luncheon at Stouffer's Tower City Plaza Hotel includes a panel of local TV and radio personalities, a silent auction, and a hospitality hour with musical entertainment. Proceeds fund RTCC scholarships for communications students.
The Q and A explain that Sally Field’s Gidget aired 1965 to 1966 for 32 episodes. The New Gidget currently features Caryn Richman as an adult Gidget married to Jeff, known as Moondoggie played by Dean Butler.
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