Before YouTube - How Allen Funt Created Modern Reality TV

Long before viral pranks, hidden-camera social experiments, and unscripted reality TV dominated our screens, one pioneer laid the blueprint for modern entertainment: Allen Funt. In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating life and legacy of the mastermind behind Candid Camera. Starting on radio in 1947 as Candid Microphone before transitioning to television in 1948, Funt revolutionized media by pointing a hidden lens at ordinary people in extraordinary, bizarre, and hilarious situation...