Art Linkletter - Archive Interview Part 2 of 6

In his 6-part (each 30-minute segment is posted separately) oral history interview, Art Linkletter discusses his years in radio and his start, in 1950, in his first television series, "Life with Linkletter". Linkletter recounts his most memorable stories from the television series he is most associated with, "Art Linkletter's House Party" and "People Are Funny". For these series,
he discusses the shows' universal appeals and his humorous interviews with thousands of kids.

This is part of a multi-segment oral history interview. Visit http://emmytvlegends.org or channel playlists for more segments.

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[suz208]

A really good decent man......I enjoyed many of his shows. R.I.P. You had a long life.

[ipmoic]

These interviews are great and I think this one with Linkletter, a guy who really traversed the world of radio-television, is one of the most important and insightful.

This guy was great in his era--some of his stuff was corny--even then--but he connected more with middle America than anyone I can remember.

Great job. Many thanks Art.

[rowbyrowby]

People are Funny had a clever opening. You would see the audience turning around laughing and talking with each other and then the music would start. I was in the audience of PAF and here's how they did it. The announcer would do the warmup & would finally suggest that everyone turn around and shake the hand of the person behind them. We did that and suddenly the music started and Art would come out and the show was on the air. The audience would be surprised and laughed like crazy. ...Rowby

[kingrichard1]

Hi Art.Its Richard again.I must be your long lost son.The world needs to refresh themselves with your basic talented thinking.Thanks

[papavibora]

Art is amazing! He's got the memory of an elephant. Where can I see replays of "People Are Funny?" Papavibora