REMEMBERING ALLEN FUNT, THE CROTON CONNECTION

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REMEMBERING ALLEN FUNT, THE CROTON CONNECTION.....one of Croton's most notable residents...

Allen Funt, who died this date in 1999...an American television producer, director, writer and television personality best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a television series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS.

Click on the photo courtesy of The Croton Historical Society. Here's some great related postings from Everything Croton:

--1969, FUNT ON PLANE HIJACKED TO CUBA http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/07/1969-crotons-allen-funt-on-plane.html

--1950, FUNT CATCHES CROTON, JACK SLATTERY & GEORGE BARTON STAR http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/04/july-1950-candid-camera-catches-croton.html

--COURTESY OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/06/smile-youre-on-candid-camera-courtesy.html

--1960, FUNT, AUDREY MEADOWS AND THE OSSINING TREASURER; more here

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