Self-Amused - Funt, Peter
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Based on a lifetime doing TV's original reality show, "Candid Camera," as well as experiences from an insane number of odd jobs, Self-Amused offers laughs, loves and "Candid Camera" secrets, with zero universality. Peter Funt is surely the only person to ever be profiled in The New York Times while also writing for The Times, and at the same time selling copies of The Times on street corners. He was an award-winning journalist at ABC News, launched a national magazine that reached 1.5 million circulation-and also sold birthday cakes, dried flowers and restaurant placemats on which he printed…mehr

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Based on a lifetime doing TV's original reality show, "Candid Camera," as well as experiences from an insane number of odd jobs, Self-Amused offers laughs, loves and "Candid Camera" secrets, with zero universality. Peter Funt is surely the only person to ever be profiled in The New York Times while also writing for The Times, and at the same time selling copies of The Times on street corners. He was an award-winning journalist at ABC News, launched a national magazine that reached 1.5 million circulation-and also sold birthday cakes, dried flowers and restaurant placemats on which he printed news reports. Against the advice of lawyers, Peter argued a case on Court TV. He foolishly hit Cybill Shepherd with a four-layer cake, and sat next to Clint Eastwood on a private jet as Clint cuddled a baby pig. He spent a day with Mickey Mantle and painted a billboard on a highway outside Denver. Peter's bookkeeper stole $250,000 and his house was twice burglarized. He's rescued three cats and one crow, kidnapped a baby deer, and battled raccoons. Dad Allen Funt once painted Peter white from head to toe and had him pose as a Roman statue in an art gallery. He also ordered Peter to hang from a 10-foot ceiling so people might think they were in an "upside-down room." Peter says he's most proud of an award from a plumbing supply company, declaring the famous slogan "Smile, you're on Candid Camera" the most popular graffiti above restroom urinals. BONUS: Self-Amused comes with a free download of 15 "Candid Camera" sequences.
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Peter Funt's passions are journalism, television and making people smile. His opinion columns appear regularly in major newspapers. Since taking over for his dad, Allen Funt, Peter has produced and hosted over 250 episodes of the landmark TV series "Candid Camera."His adventures in media are recounted in the 2021 book "Self-Amused: A Tell-Some Memoir." Friend and colleague, TV actress Mayim Bialik, has described it as "insightful, hilarious and just plain fun." Peter first wrote about actors portraying U.S. presidents in a 2008 Washington Post article about the fictional character Matt Santos, played by Jimmy Smits on "The West Wing." During the 2020 campaign he wrote in USA Today about a controversy caused by Jim Carrey's impersonation of Joe Biden on "Saturday Night Live." In 2023 he described in a Wall Street Journal essay how comics and impressionists were struggling with Biden portrayals. New research has led to this book and its wealth of fascinating tales.