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+ 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
05.20.1960	people are funny tammy merrihue part 2
05.13.1960	people are funny tammy merrihue part 1
10.01.1958	people are funny pawning objects
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...
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...
07.16.1958	people are funny observant man	+ Sponsored by: Sustaining, Dial Soap. Rebroadcast as a feature on "Nightline." An observant man is...
02.21.1956	people are funny fib or whopper
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...
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 ...
01.17.1956	people are funny married people
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...
11.02.1954	people are funny the free mink stole
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...
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...
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...
01.05.1954	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...
01.05.1954	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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
N/A	people are funny getting people ready for a wedding
N/A	people are funny boys and dogs

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This program was broadcast by NBC at various times and formats from 1942 to 1960. This game show had Art Baker as host from 1942 to 1943, then Art Linkletter became the host of the program, and carried it to television in 1954. Most folk remember the television version from 1954 to 1961.

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