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Podcast: Celebrity Interviews
Episode: Peter Funt on 75 Years of Candid Camera: Behind the Scenes of Television's Most Enduring Hidden Camera Show
Description: Peter Funt, son of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt and longtime host of the iconic series, joins the show to discuss the remarkable 75-year history of television's original hidden camera program and his new book "Self Amused: A Tell Some Memoir." What began as a radio show called Candid Microphone in 1947 has evolved into a television institution that holds the record as the only entertainment program to produce new episodes across eight different decades—a distinction shared only with NBC's Meet the Press in the news category.The origins of Candid Camera trace back to a...