+ People are Funny is a long-running American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that remained popular throughout the 1940s. The program ran from 1942 to 1960. The program's stunts and audience participation were calculated to reveal the humorous side of human nature. After contestants were sent from the studio to perform a task in public, the audience was told how the contestant was being double-crossed.
The series began in 1938 when Guedel made an audition recording, and the following year, his concept of a comedy stunt show aired in Los Angeles as Pull Over, Neighbor, later reworked into All Aboard. Watching a bored, unreceptive audience listening to an after-dinner speaker, Guedel scribbled, "People are funny, aren't they?" on a napkin, and he had his title. In 1942, learning of a show that was canceled, he pitched People are Funny to NBC, and it went on the air April 10, 1942 with Art Baker as host. In a popular first-season stunt, a man was assigned to register a trained seal at the Knickerbocker Hotel while explaining that the seal was his girlfriend. On October 1, 1943, Baker was replaced by Art Linkletter, who continued for the rest of the series. For a memorable stunt of 1945, Linkletter announced that $1000 would go to the first person to find one of 12 plastic balls floating off California. Two years later, an Ennylageban Island native claimed the prize.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about People Are Funny
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Please enjoy these 29 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 02.07.1950 | people are funny cinderella girl part 3 |
+ Sponsored by: Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco. The first contestant tries to milk a goat on s... | |
| 02.14.1950 | people are funny cinderella girl part 4 |
+ Sponsored by: Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco. The first contestant is asked to embrace an Ar... | |
| 09.19.1950 | people are funny 1st show of 10th season |
+ Sponsored by: Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco. The first show of the program's tenth season. ... | |
| 01.06.1952 | people are funny giving away frogs (1) |
+ , AFRS rebroadcast. The first contestant is given a bag of dead frogs to distribute throughout th... | |
| 01.06.1952 | people are funny giving away frogs (2) |
+ , AFRS rebroadcast. The first contestant is given a bag of dead frogs to distribute throughout th... | |
| 01.13.1952 | people are funny violinist plays for money |
+ One member of the audience has to bet on which violinist would make the most money playing to the ... | |
| 03.10.1953 | people are funny guest dick haymes |
+ Sponsored by: Milky Way, Forever Yours. First stunt: a woman with no money is told to try to buy ... | |
| 03.17.1953 | people are funny guest freddy martin |
+ Sponsored by: Milky Way Candy, Forever Yours Candy. The first stunt involves a housewife who is t... | |
| 10.13.1953 | people are funny scaring away the tax collector |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. How to frighten away the Income Tax collector. How a dog ... | |
| 10.20.1953 | people are funny where is your husband tonight |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. How to frighten away the Income Tax collector. How a dog ... | |
| 01.05.1954 | people are funny the con man part 1 (1) |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. The first contestant is told to give strangers a free lam... | |
| 01.05.1954 | people are funny the con man part 1 (2) |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. The first contestant is told to give strangers a free lam... | |
| 01.12.1954 | people are funny the con man part 2 (1) |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. "Mr. X" appears on the show again to describe more of his... | |
| 01.12.1954 | people are funny the con man part 2 (2) |
+ Sponsored by: Forever Yours, Milky Way. "Mr. X" appears on the show again to describe more of his... | |
| 10.26.1954 | people are funny could you buy a hamburger |
+ Sponsored by: Milky Way, Forever Yours, prom Home Permanent. A man from the audience is dressed l... | |
| 11.02.1954 | people are funny the free mink stole | ||
| N/A | people are funny dancing with three men |
+ Can a woman learn about a man from just dancing with him? If she can she’ll win herself a big pr... | |
| 01.17.1956 | people are funny married people | ||
| 01.24.1956 | people are funny mental telepathy |
+ Dan Jenkins is the West coast editor TV Guide one of the most popular television magazines in the ... | |
| 02.14.1956 | people are funny (71) beliefs |
+ Art Linkletter is going to prove tonight that people are funny about beliefs. Two young students f... | |
| 02.21.1956 | people are funny fib or whopper | ||
| 07.16.1958 | people are funny observant man |
+ Sponsored by: Sustaining, Dial Soap. Rebroadcast as a feature on "Nightline." An observant man is... | |
| 07.23.1958 | people are funny making up your mind |
+ Rebroadcast as a feature on "Nightline." A contestant picks one of three boxes, small, medium or... | |
| 09.24.1958 | people are funny king in the house |
+ Is there a king in the house tonight? A member of the audience is invited to discover which one of... | |
| 10.01.1958 | people are funny pawning objects |
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