Editing Candid Camera (section)

==Legacy==

===Television===
A British version of ''Candid Camera'' began in 1960 and ran for seven years. It was initially presented by [[David Nixon (magician)|David Nixon]] or [[Bob Monkhouse]] and featured [[Jonathan Routh]] and Arthur Atkins as pranksters. The show briefly returned in 1974, hosted by Peter Dulay, with Arthur Atkins and Sheila Bernette. Another series was aired in 1976 with Jonathan Routh in charge, with Dulay as producer. These two 1970s series reappeared in 1986, with an opening sequence from Peter Dulay. [[Jeremy Beadle]] made his name hosting prank shows, notably ''[[Beadle's About]]'' in the 1980s and 1990s. Channel 4 and [[Dom Joly]] developed ''[[Trigger Happy TV]]'' in the early part of the 21st century. A similar style show with no real presenter went out as ''[[Just for Laughs (British TV series)|Just for Laughs]]'' on the [[BBC]] around the same time.

An Australian version of ''Candid Camera'', titled ''Candid Camera On Australia'', aired on the [[Network 10|Ten Network]] in 1989–90.

A Chilean version of ''Candid Camera'', titled ''Cámara escondida'', aired on [[Canal 13 (Chilean TV channel)|Canal 13]] in 1994.

A French version of ''Candid Camera'', titled ''[[La Caméra invisible]]'' on RTF.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud2-AAAAQBAJ&dq=la+camera+invisible&pg=PA890 | isbn=9780810869394 | title=Encyclopedia of French Film Directors | date=December 11, 2009 | publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref>

[[Quebec]] saw its own adaptation titled ''Les insolences d'une caméra''.

A German variant of ''Candid Camera'', known as ''[[Verstehen Sie Spaß?]]'', was begun in 1980 and continues to air as of 2019.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

A wave of other American hidden-camera prank shows began in the 1980s: ''[[Totally Hidden Video]]'' was shown on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from 1989 until 1992. [[MTV]]'s [[Ashton Kutcher]] vehicle, ''[[Punk'd]]'', devised elaborate pranks on celebrities. Some shows have been criticized because of the potential cruelty inherent in the pranks, such as ''[[Scare Tactics]]''. ''[[Oblivious (American game show)|Oblivious]]'' was a series which gave cash prizes to unsuspecting subjects in the street who answered trivia questions but did not realize they were on a [[game show]]. More recent prank shows have been ''[[Girls Behaving Badly]]'', ''[[Just for Laughs Gags]]'',<ref>[http://www.aoltv.com/show/just-for-laughs-gags/185761 Just for Laughs: Gags] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211405/http://www.aoltv.com/show/just-for-laughs-gags/185761 |date=September 23, 2015 }} "This crazy Quebec-based troupe uses the city as its stage, and its inhabitants, or victims, as characters! People are caught in a twisted yet funny web of comedic deception. This updated ''Candid Camera'' is a tad more risque and a little kookier with its practical jokes. The little snippets last only a few minutes, and some look more painful than others."</ref> ''[[The Jamie Kennedy Experiment]]'', ''[[Boiling Points]]'', ''[[Trigger Happy TV]]'', and ''[[Howie Do It]]''. Perhaps the most ambitious of all was ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'' in which [[Matt Kennedy Gould]] was surrounded by actors and hoaxed for the entire series.

One episode of ''[[Supermarket Sweep]]'' from 1991 featured [[Johnny Gilbert]] mentioning during the Big Sweep to a team member named Barry (who also appeared on ''[[Monopoly (game show)|Monopoly]]''): "He thinks he's on ''Candid Camera'', but he knows he's on ''Supermarket Sweep''!"<ref>{{YouTube|rxqCqzmwSUg}}</ref>

In a 2010 interview,<ref>{{cite web|last=Glasgow|first=Greg|title=Peter Funt carries on 'Candid Camera' legacy|url=http://blogs.du.edu/today/news/camera-man|publisher=University of Denver|access-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> Peter Funt commented on some of these shows, saying:
<blockquote>We’ve always come at it from the idea that we believe people are wonderful and we’re out to confirm it. Our imitators and other shows, whether it’s Jamie Kennedy or ''Punk’d'', often seem to come at it from the opposite perspective, which is that people are stupid, and we’re going to find ways to underscore that.</blockquote>

===Academia===
In 1964, [[Cornell University]]'s Department of Psychology asked for and received permission to maintain an archive of ''Candid Camera'' and ''Candid Microphone'' episodes for educational research and study purposes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Segelken|first1=Roger|title=Allen Funt's Candid Camera stunts still inform, prompt smiles in academia|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1999/09/candid-camera-still-used-academia|website=The Cornell Chronicle|access-date=10 December 2015|location=Ithaca, NY|date=8 September 1999}}</ref>