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Candid Camera
1960 · TV series · 30 min episodes · 7 seasons
Created by Allen Funt
Unsuspecting people are placed in confusing, impossible, embarrassing, ridiculous, and hilarious positions, while their reactions are recorded on a hidden camera.
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AFAIK the "candid camera"-like TV shows would approach the people afterwards and ask for permission to use the footage. They probably did it only because otherwise they'd get sued into oblivion.
Besides the fact that TV shows always get consent all those being filmed, there is a quantitative difference between this and Candid Camera.
Too many people now want to engage in these fake and superficial acts of "kindness", and it's messing up general day-to-day behavior and values.
Perhaps in an effort to ensure success with their reboot of Candid Camera, it seems like they decided to go with pranks that are more plausible than were historically done. I think this'll end up being more sad than funny.
The Candid Camera episodes I remember watching often involved slapstick humor and ridiculous clown music. What music will they play during the scene where New Yorkers agree to recall imaginary state officials?
Used to be legitimate news reporters getting substantial stories. Turned into pretty faces spouting fatuous nonsense.
Why did news teams last so long? Not because the television public wouldn't have watched crap - there was crap available, and they watched it. (Candid Camera was a sort of first-generation realitiy TV show).
It lasted because the guys running the business respected the news teams - for their power over politics, their ability to turn over rocks and reveal dirt, whatever.
At some point (writers' strike?) content became a race to the bottom, which is about where we sit now. This is a new phenomenon, not some natural ecosystem response.