Product Description

44 uncut broadcast episodes featuring everyday people caught in some not-so-every-day situations. Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 08/02/2005 Run time: 1380 minutes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63999 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-02
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 10
• Running time: 1380 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of the funniest shows of all time
Unlike alot of TV DVDs , this show has material that hasn't been seen in eons and boy was it nice to see it again. Ashton Kutcher and Jamie Kennedy aren't fit to take Allen Funt's drive-thru order! Talking Mailbox, Woody Allen dictating a love letter, The Car That Splits in Half, The Guy Sneezing Through the phone. It just doesn't get any funnier. Allen Funt knew that you didn't have to be out and out mean to people to get funny reactions from them, just a little mischievious. The two best examples of this are the guy who steals tips off of a diner counter and the guy who "hitches a ride" under people's umbrellas. The people in these films are just subtly messed with and the results are hysterical.
Of course the classic black and white shows are still the best but the later periods are good too and it's interesting to see how the show lasted through all the ups and downs of life (and TV).
And hey, you do a show that lasts fifty years and tell me how many discs you think you deserve!

This DVD is going to be great
Disc One: "Greatest Moments"
130 minutes from the Candid Camera hall of fame,
hosted by Peter Funt.

Disc Two: NBC Premiere Episode
Broadcast on May 29, 1949

Disc Three: Best of the 60's, Vol. 1
Episode 001 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Arthur Godfrey)
Episode 041 (Dorothy Collins joins hosts Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 045 (Dorothy Collins joins hosts Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 107 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby; with Chester Morris)
Episode 161 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 209 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)

Disc Four: Best of the 60's, Vol. 2

Episode 042 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Candid Camera's controversial show devoted entirely to Allen Funt's trip with hidden cameras to the Soviet Union.
Episode 060 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 103 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 141 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 178 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Durwood Kirby)
Episode 238 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Bess Myerson)

Disc Five: Best of the 70's, Vol. 1

25th Anniversary Special: Broadcast on ABC-TV.
Episode 1005 (Hosts: Allen Funt and John Bartholomew Tucker)
Episode 1032 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Phyllis George)
Episode 1068 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Joann Pflug)
Episode 1117 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Joann Pflug)

Disc Six: Best of the 70's, Vol. 2

Episode 1017 (Hosts: Allen Funt and John Bartholomew Tucker)
Episode 1029 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Phyllis George)
Episode 1034 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Phyllis George)
Episode 1069 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Joann Pflug)
Episode 1076 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Joann Pflug)
Episode 1121 (Hosts: Allen Funt and Joann Pflug)

Disc Seven: Best of the 80's, Vol. 1

40th Anniversary Special
Allen Funt celebrates 40 years of smiles in this CBS special from 1987.
Candid Camera Goes to the Doctor (Hosts: Peter Funt, Victoria Jackson)
Candid Kids (Hosts: Allen Funt and Nancy McKeon)
Funny Money (Hosts: Allen Funt and Peter Funt)
The Sporting Life (Hosts: Peter Funt and "Downtown" Julie Brown)

Disc Eight: Best of the 90's, Vol. 1

Candid Camera Looks at Love (Hosts: Peter Funt and Lorraine Crook)
Candid Camera Across America (Hosts: Peter Funt and Lorraine Crook)
Battle of the Sexes (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)

Disc Nine: Best of Today, Vol. 1

Episode 2002 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2012 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2029 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2049 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2096 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood)
Episode 2099 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood)

Disc Ten: Best of Today, Vol. 2

Episode 2007 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2009 (All-twins episode hosted by Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2023 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2044 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Suzanne Somers)
Episode 2092 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood)
Episode 2118 (Hosts: Peter Funt and Dina Eastwood)

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Complete episodes
Some reviewers are complaining about getting complete episodes instead of just the good bits, but I'm glad they released them this way. Releasing just the best parts certainly wouldn't fit 10 discs.

The anniversary specials do duplicate parts of other episodes, but they are an extra feature, not the main selling point.

A better ballance between classic episodes and modern ones (i.e., more classics) would have been appreciated though. But overall it's a good set and worth the buy.