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''[[Candid Camera]]'' was a [[Reality TV]] show that originally premiered in 1948 and has run off and on ever since, usually in [[Syndication]]; it was the successor to the 1947-48 [[Radio]] program ''The Candid Microphone''. The
It is, needless to say, the [[Trope Codifier]] for the [[Candid Camera Prank]]. It spawned a host of imitators and successors over the decades, including such shows as ''[[Punk'd]]'' and ''[[TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes]]'' and performance art-event-thing group [[Improv Everywhere]] . It may well be the [[Ur Example]] of the [[Reality Show]].
Funt made his last appearance as host in the 1970s incarnation, with co-host Jo Ann Pflug. Since then there have been several more revivals, the two most recent (as of 2017) starred Allen Funt's son Peter as host, with Dina Eastwood as his co-host for the series which ended in 2004, and Mayim Bialik as co-host for the 2014 series. Other runs had a variety of hosts and co-hosts including Phyllis George, Eva LaRue, Dom DeLuise, and Suzanne Somers.
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** Inverted once where they put a bowl in a public place full of money with a sign that said "FREE MONEY". Nobody touched it, assuming it was [[Schmuck Bait]].
* [[The Television Talks Back]]: Once done on the French version with a victim who was watching ''Questions pour un Champion'', just as the guy found the answer to a question about a TV show where people are pranked on tape.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Frequently used as the basis for a gag, such as the "Rest Room" filled with cots and sleeping people.
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