Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter was a Canadian-born host and personality in radio and television who began as an announcer at KGB in San Diego. In 1942 he gained United States citizenship through naturalization. He collaborated with John Guedel on the radio show People Are Funny, which used audience participation and contests and became a television series that aired from 1954 to 1961. He also hosted House Party, which ran for 25 years on CBS radio and television. Clips from House Party were later shown on the first version of Kids Say the Darndest Things, and books collected the funny things children said on air. He appeared in the films People Are Funny (1946), Champagne for Caesar (1950), and No Greater Love (1960), after which he stopped making feature films. He guest hosted The Tonight Show in 1962 and received a lifetime achievement Daytime Emmy in 2003 and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.