Sun Feb 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm

Candid Camera’s LOL Tour with Peter Funt

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A comedy classic is back! Candid Camera's LOL Tour is a nostalgic, laugh-filled romp through the decades as host Peter Funt showcases classic clips, quips and behind the scenes tales from the TV show’s funniest moments.

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Candid Camera’s LOL Tour With Peter Funt has pleased audiences nationwide. Peter’s hilarious stage comedy is blended with clips, quips and behind-the-scenes tales from the show’s funniest moments.

Candid Camera holds a unique place in entertainment history as the only show to have produced new episodes in each of the last eight decades – from Allen Funt’s debut in 1948 through Peter’s recent run on TV Land. Peter’s latest show was a “Top Pick” in People Magazine and praised by The New York Times.

The LOL stage show incorporates the best Candid Camera clips in a fast-paced, laugh-filled romp through the decades. Peter’s topical humor is blended with audience participation and special surprises to make the show a great night of fun.

Peter joined his dad as co-host and then took over as host in the 90s. Over his own four decades, Peter has hosted more than 200 network episodes. He also appears on numerous talk shows, authored the book “Cautiously Optimistic,” and writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column.

Peter Funt

Peter Funt, star of “Candid Camera’s LOL Tour,” is a TV host, speaker and columnist, continuing the Funt Family tradition of catching people in the act of being themselves.

In addition to hosting the landmark series “Candid Camera,” Peter writes frequent op-eds for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal as well as his weekly syndicated column. His writing and public  appearances contain the same pointed social observations that have made “Candid Camera” popular since its invention by Peter’s dad, Allen, back in 1947.

This season, Peter’s acclaimed stage show is touring the country, combining the best clips and quips from Candid Camera with topical humor and audience surprises.

Peter Funt made his first appearance on “Candid Camera” when he and the legendary series were each just three years old. Peter posed as a shoeshine boy who charged $10 per shoe! Since that time he has appeared in hundreds of “Candid Camera” sequences and hosted over 200 network episodes, most recently on TV Land.

In addition to his hidden-camera work, Peter Funt has produced and hosted TV specials on the Arts & Entertainment and Lifetime cable networks. He also spent five years as an editor and reporter with ABC News in New York.

His book, “Cautiously Optimistic,” is a collection of essays observing the social scene. He also authored “Gotcha!” for Grosset & Dunlap on the lost art of practical joking. Earlier in his career he was Editor of the monthly “On Cable Magazine.”

Peter also follows in his father’s footsteps as President of Laughter Therapy Foundation, a non-profit started by Allen Funt in 1982.  Laughter Therapy sends special videos, at no charge, to critically ill people throughout the U.S.

Peter received his degree in journalism from the University of Denver. In 2010 he returned to the Denver campus to be honored as a Master Scholar in Arts and Humanities, and in 2011 delivered the keynote at the annual Alumni Symposium. He is a past winner of the Silurian’s Award for radio news reporting, for his ABC News coverage of racial disturbances in Asbury Park, N.J., and a recipient of the Angel Award for television.

Peter is founder of the Monterey County Young Journalists program in California, which provides training for high school students pursuing careers in news. He also inaugurated the Courtroom Journalism  competition in Monterey County in conjunction with the Lyceum Organization, and has conducted a  similar statewide event for the Constitutional Rights Foundation in Los Angeles.

Peter and his wife, Amy, reside in Central California. They have two children, Stephanie and Danny. Peter’s favorite pastimes are golf, baseball, tennis and people-watching. He is at work on a new version of Candid Camera for late 2019.

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