Posted on 05/26/2010 12:25:40 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97.
His son-in-law Art Hershey says Linkletter died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles.
Linkletter was known on TV for his funny interviews with children and ordinary folks. He also collected their comments in a number of best-selling books.
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I remember when I was a little kid he had a show called “House Party”. And what I remember about that was that they put some household item in the doll house and contestants had to guess what it was. I thought that was so neat.
Just looked it up on Wiki. Ran till 1967.
Good man, wonderful entertainer, RIP.
What a great guy. Spent an afternoon with him several years ago and he was special!
Last of the great conservatives in Hollywood.
I saw him on an interview show last year and he looked great and no where near his age. So sad to lose someone of his kind. I loved his Kids Say The Darndest Things segments on the reruns.
Didn’t he also Patent the Hula Hoop as well as the Wheel Barrow?
I memories of this is from the mid Sixties so I could easily be mistaken.
“Queen For a Day” was another thing he hosted (I think)
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I remember seeing his act a long time ago up at Tommy Bartlett’s Water Ski Show in Wisconsin Dells when I was just a little kid.
Very funny act, although their was one risque part where Art dropped a ball down some lady’s dress and tried to catch it with his teeth. Caused quite a few gasps.
RIP, Mr. Linkletter.
It was one of the best. God bless hia family.
If I had to spend a the day home and miss school because I was not feeling well I’d make sure I was much better by the time House Party came on in the afternoon. Funny how “family shows” aired during the daytime then. I imagine that’s because many mom’s were at home.
That was Jack Bailey. Wow, now there was a tearjerker! LOL
Art Linkletter was a CPAC fixture for years. At my very first CPAC, I came around a corner in the exhibit hall and literally ran into Mr. Linkletter. He was jovial and gracious. A good conservative gentleman.
RIP.
Well, he said he wanted to die before the death tax came back. And he did. Good for him!
Interesting. I can’t say I’ve ever seen anything drawn by Schulz that wasn’t Peanuts.
Art was.
May God rest his soul, I always loved his programs.
I saw an interview with the long-time host of Univision’s SABADO GIGANTE. He said that most of the Spanish language MCs and TV hosts when he started out were very stiff and formal. Art Linkletter was a huge influence and he copied his relaxed comfortable style and achieved great success with it in the Spanish-speaking world.
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