Candid Camera (1948)
Saisons & Épisode
Customers leaving a convenience store discover that parking meters have been installed while they shopped, and an officer is ready to write a ticket. Pedestrians make unusual sounds to call a cat down from a tree.
A store in Illinois gives change only in pennies. Rental car customers must pass a vision test before renting a car. In Memphis, a restaurant changes its menu to an ""all-healthy"" version. A prospective homebuyer quizzes neighbors with highly personal questions.
Tourists are frustrated by an automated telephone service that provides more questions than answers. A record store charges customers a ""piracy tax."" Americans prove to be stumped by the Canadian coins, loonies and toonies. In a classic sequence, a young boy describes his guardian angel.
Restaurant patrons don't know what to make of a menu that offers only one item. A parking meter is installed at the drive-thru of a fast food restaurant. A charity asks passersby to donate their cars right on the spot.
Motorists try to navigate a road that has speed bumps every 3 feet! Window cleaners are troubled by a spot that keeps moving from one side of the glass to the other! Second graders make a mess as they try to slice an apple pie.
Taxi drivers contend with a passenger whose large rubber raft inflates inside the cab. Car buyers are introduced to the ""Trash n Go"" device that turns household garbage into fuel for their cars. New Yorkers learn that the city is imposing a tax on the sales tax.
Shoppers are offered samples of 100 percent pure baked cholesterol. Skaters in New York's Central Park discover the rental skates have training wheels. A saleswoman visits homes of people on the ""Do Not Call List.""
Supermarket patrons discover that their carts will only turn in circles to the right. A New York store imposes a surcharge when customers use cash. A movie theater sells extra large popcorn in very tiny bags.
Shoppers returning to their cars in a parking lot, find that a raffle is underway, with their cars as prizes! For St. Patrick's Day, New Yorkers tell their favorite Irish jokes. Classic segment showing Jack Paar's many Candid Camera appearances.
Peter plays a pilot whose plane is missing an engine. Dina plays a cop writing tickets in private driveways, a waitress tasting customers food, and a golfer whose pre-shot routine takes several minutes.
Matchmakers are hired to find a ""simple"" girl for billionaire Donald Trump. Rival tow truck drivers try to tow a car from opposite ends. A watch store insists customers purchase time. Taking a photo causes a camera to fall apart.
In New York City, a parking garage makes unwanted repairs on customers cars. A store holds a 110% off sale! Customers at a photo shop find that their roll of 25 exposures mysteriously produced 40 photos. Classic sequences from the 1960s.
Homeowners are stunned to discover that a fire hydrant has been installed on their front lawn! Applicants for a new ""reality"" show tell how far they'd go to win big prizes. Customers trying on shoes find their old pair is being offered for sale.
Haircuts from beginners. The DMV justifies peoples' weight. Dog wigs. Classic TV mothers ask advice of other mothers (in character).