In this Aug. 6, 1990 file photo, Peter Funt of the “Candid Camera” television show shares a laugh with Jamestown Expos pitcher Bob Baxter, who was a victim of a prank that was aired on CBS two months ...

PEBBLE BEACH — Peter Funt’s career achievements as an award-winning television host, speaker, author, and columnist are worth taking seriously. Yet he has accomplished most of it by making people ...

EXCLUSIVE: MTV’s The Real World is often cited as pioneering reality TV in America, but credit more properly goes to a much earlier television series: Candid Camera. The hidden camera show created by ...

Jimmy Kimmel made a mistake — the kind comedians who tiptoe on the fine lines of propriety sometimes make. Had it not been for an unexpected and horrific turn of events, he probably would have gotten ...

Tom Smothers wasn’t the first performer to weaponize comedy for political purposes, but he was perfectly suited for it. During the height of his career with brother Dick in the ...