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CANDID CAMERA (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy programs hosted by Allen Funt and Durward Kirby, in which a hidden -- hence "candid" -- camera films practical jokes played on unsuspecting people. In this episode, Funt introduces a gag that involves disappearing telephones; Kirby introduces comedian Buster Keaton, who portrays a clumsy gas station attendant in a gag involving unsuspecting patrons; and Funt introduces a film clip of a gag that involves disproportionate servings at a luncheonette. Commercials deleted.
(Network affiliation varies. "Candid Camera" was telecast on ABC in 1948 as "Candid Microphone"; on NBC in 1949; on CBS from 1949 to 1950; on ABC from 1951 to 1952; on NBC in 1953; and on CBS from1960 to 1967. The series later was syndicated.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 7, 1962 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:49
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T86:0337
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1960-1967
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Bob Banner … Executive Producer
- Julio Di Benedetto … Producer, Director
- Charles Andrews … Producer, Film staff
- Allen Funt … Created by, Candid film and series created by, Host
- Sid Ramin … Theme Music by, Music and theme song by
- Durward Kirby … Host
- Mary Ann Hillyer … Cast, the Candid Camera Girl
- Buster Keaton … Guest