Editing Art Linkletter (section)

===From radio into television===
After receiving his teaching degree Linkletter decided to go to work as a radio announcer at [[KLSD (AM)|KGB]] in San Diego, because radio paid better than teaching. He directed radio programs for fairs and expositions in the mid-1930s. Afterwards, he moved to San Francisco and continued his radio career. In 1943, Linkletter pleaded guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship;<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Linkletter Pleads |magazine  = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising]] | date = January 25, 1943 | page = 26 | volume = 24 | issue = 4 }}</ref> he was fined $500 and permitted to apply for citizenship.<ref>{{cite magazine  | title = Linkletter Fined | magazine  = Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising | date = February 1, 1943 | page = 26 | volume = 24 | issue = 5}}</ref> In the 1940s, Linkletter worked in Hollywood with [[John Guedel]] on their pioneering radio show, ''[[People Are Funny]]'', which employed audience participation, contests, and gags. The series served as a prototype for future radio and television game shows.<ref name="NYTobit"/> ''People Are Funny'' became a television show in 1954 and ran until 1961.<ref name="LATimesobit">{{cite news
  | last = Oliver, Myrna
  | first = Nelson, Valerie J.
  | title = Art Linkletter dies at 97; broadcasting pioneer created 'Kids Say the Darndest Things'
  | work = [[Los Angeles Times]]
  | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-art-linkletter-new-20100527,0,4664663.story
  | access-date = May 27, 2010
  | date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Alinkletter.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sam Berman]]'s caricature of Linkletter for NBC's 1947 promotional book]]