{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Strange Country Ep. 293: Candid Camera","description":"Smile, you\u2019re listening to a podcast about Candid Camera. Created by Allen Funt, Candid Camera was America\u2019s first prank reality show. A case could be made that this show is responsible for the reality television trend that led to a con man being packaged as a \u201csuccessful businessman\u201d and is now pranking America as prez. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about this pioneering show whilst smiling through their tears. Theme music: Big White Lie by&amp;nbsp;A Cast of Thousands.  Cite your sources: &amp;nbsp; \u201cCandid Camera | Television Academy Interviews.\u201d Television Academy Interviews |, 1997, https:\/\/interviews.televisionacademy.com\/shows\/candid-camera. Accessed 26 January 2025.  &amp;nbsp;   Engle, Harrison. \u201cHidden Cameras and Human Behavior\u2014An Interview with Allen Funt.\u201d ida, 1 October 2000, Hidden Cameras and Human Behavior\u2014An Interview with Allen Funt.  &amp;nbsp;   Flagler, J.M. \u201cStudent of the Spontaneous.\u201d The New Yorker, 2 December 1960, https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1960\/12\/10\/student-of-the-spontaneous.  &amp;nbsp;   Funt, Allen, and Philip Reed. Candidly, Allen Funt: A Million Smiles Later. Barricade Books, 1994.  &amp;nbsp;   Miller, Robert Nagler. \u201cQ&amp;amp;A: The keeper of \u2018Candid Camera\u2019s\u2019 zany TV legacy.\u201d The Jewish News of Northern California, 12 July 2018, https:\/\/jweekly.com\/2018\/07\/12\/qa-the-keeper-of-candid-cameras-zany-tv-legacy\/. Accessed 6 February 2025.  &amp;nbsp;   Nussbaum, Emily. Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. Random House Publishing Group, 2024.  &amp;nbsp;   Perry, Gina. \u201cStanley Milgram and Candid Camera.\u201d Gina Perry, 10 April 2012, https:\/\/www.gina-perry.com\/2012\/04\/10\/candid-camera\/. Accessed 6 February 2025.  &amp;nbsp;   Saxon, Wolfgang. \u201cAllen Funt, Creator of 'Candid Camera,' Is Dead at 84.\u201d The New York Times, 7 September 1999, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1999\/09\/07\/arts\/allen-funt-creator-of-candid-camera-is-dead-at-84.html. Accessed 25 January 2025.  &amp;nbsp;   Stewart, Travis. \u201cHow \u201cCandid Camera\u201d May Have Destroyed America.\u201d Travelanche, 16 September 2020, https:\/\/travsd.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/16\/how-candid-camera-may-have-destroyed-america\/.  ","author_name":"Strange Country ","author_url":"http:\/\/strangecountry.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35396985\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/184889975"}