Airs Next: ABC at Sunday 6:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:
Ended
Premiered:
August 1, 1948
Last Aired:
May 23, 2004
Show Categories:
Reality, Comedy 
Allen Funt got wise to the power of comedic humiliation in the Army. He was known to secretly tape record his fellow servicemen's complaints about the state of things and then broadcast the recordings on the Armed Forces Radio. Stunts like those led to his national radio show, called Candid Microphone, which debuted in 1948 and peppered radio waves time and again for thirty years. That radio...
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Episodes
add »A do-it-yourself security check system. Bags of bread cut so the bread falls out. Customer's purchases packaged in boxes that are way too big. How they made the sideways elevator. Classic from 1961: people must swear an oath not to reveal the ending of the movie they are about to see. People help a man by holding a hat against a building, thinking that there is a bird under it.
Aired: Sunday May 23, 2004
| 2,136. #2136 | May 16, 2004 | 0 Reviews | 0.00 |
| 2,135. Mother's Day | May 9, 2004 | 0 Reviews | 8.00 |
| 2,134. #2134 | May 2, 2004 | 0 Reviews | 0.00 |
| 2,133. #2133 | Apr 25, 2004 | 0 Reviews | 0.00 |
News Headlines
- Pat McCormick dies at 78 2005-08-02 10:28:00
- external: Send a 'Candid Camera' E-Card! 2005-07-25
- external: 'Candid Camera' on DVD 2005-06-28
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Community Reviews (3)
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8.2
"Underappreciated"Great This show is great! I like how they put people in akward positions, such as being asked to return a toothpick from some food they were sampling or pay for food before by shop for it at a normal store... Continue » Posted May 4, 2006 6:47 pm PST |
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10.0
"Personal favorite"Perfect I had a good laugh out of watching Candid Camera. In fact, not that the show was particularly humorous but there was something special, something unique that brought a smile to my face when I watched this. Continue » Posted Apr 13, 2006 9:26 am PST |
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7.7
"Classic"Good Everyone knows this show! It is so great! Continue » Posted Aug 8, 2005 8:40 pm PST |
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Show Vital Stats
Show: Candid Camera
Popularity Rank: 1,552 of 17,413
Ratings Rank: 3,449 of 17,413 (
3)
Show Reviews: 3
People Tracking: 62
Popularity Rank: 1,552 of 17,413
Ratings Rank: 3,449 of 17,413 (
3)
Show Reviews: 3
People Tracking: 62
Show
Score: 7.3 Good 122 votes
Score: 7.3 Good 122 votes
great: 28 (23.1%)
good: 25 (20.7%)
perfect: 23 (19%)
superb: 11 (9.1%)
Other: 34 (28.1%)
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