People Are Funny
Broadcast · 1942 · Weekly
NBC
NBC · 1942–1960
Broadcasts
60
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1942
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1942–1960
- Surviving broadcasts
- 60
- Genre
- variety
People Are Funny ran from 1942 to 1960, hosted for most of its life by Art Linkletter, who sent audience members out on elaborate stunts and reported the results the following week. These recordings stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
14 dated broadcasts across 19 years on the air, with 13 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1950, in original transmission order.
- 1. Cinderella is Here at Last · 31 Jan 1950
- 2. Goats Milk · 7 Feb 1950
- 3. Movie Star and Husband · 14 Feb 1950
- 01
Cinderella is Here at Last
31 Jan 1950 · 29 min
- 02
Goats Milk
7 Feb 1950 · 29 min
- 03
Movie Star and Husband
14 Feb 1950 · 30 min
- 04
1st Show10th Season
19 Sep 1950 · 30 min
- 05
Giving Away Frogs
6 Jan 1952 · 25 min
- 06
Violinist Playsfor Money
13 Jan 1952 · 25 min
- 07
Guests Dick Haymes and Freddy Martin
10 Mar 1953 · 29 min
- 08
Guest: Freddy Martin
17 Mar 1953 · 29 min
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