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Time waster: Candid Microphone twisted reality in 1947 New York

Candid Microphone, an ABC radio programme from 1947 that migrated to television as Candid Camera in 1948 — created by Allen Funt, who stayed at the heart of his baby until his death in 1992.

There are many more minutes of Candid Microphone (taken from an old LP record issue) floating around on the web.