Lost Archives of Candid Camera

This is Candid Camera on The Garry Moore Show
The company on its packaging claims "See the laugh out loud sketches that started it all!" and asserts''When Garry Moore added a segment called Candid Camera to his cutting edge TV show that featured CAROL BURNETT in the regular cast, it spawned a genre of entertainment that thrives more than ever in today's digital age.''

And the editorial review listed here on amazon claims: ''Available for the first time ever CANDID CAMERA's VERY FIRST SEASON''.

The above claims are all blatant lies and misrepresentations.

This is NOT the ''very first season'' Candid Camera was on the air, nor did Candid Camera begin as a segment on Garry Moore's variety show. Candid Camera first appeared on television in the late 1940's and went through a number of changes during its broadcast history, as a regular network series, syndicated series, and as a segment on a variety show. The contents of this DVD all consist of Candid Camera's residency as a sequence on Garry Moore's...

Fun, historic, but deceptively packaged.
This is a SMALL selection of Candid Camera episodes from the Garry Moore show in 1959. As with most Candid Camera shows, it's fun to watch and somewhat educational. It's interesting to see how the show evolves over a few months.

Any product which is deceptively advertised, however, will get just 1 star from me. This product loses on two counts. First, the Amazon description states and the packaging strongly implies that this is the very first season of Candid Camera; in reality, it had been on network television since 1948. Second, when something is published on two DVDs, you'd expect at least three hours of content. This set only runs 90 minutes, which could easily fit on one DVD. It also loses points for including only the first part of a multi-part episode.

The beginning
It was nice to see the original start of Candid Camera on the Gary Moore show before it became a show of it's own. The shows with the children were simply great and the extra with Carol Burnett in a spoof of a Sci-fi show was something else. With all of the garbage on T.V. nowadays, of which I don't even bother with, these type of shows are so refreshing and this is what most of the people really want, but can't get except on re-runs. Gary was a heavy smoker which was normal back in those days, but I noticed that half-way through the season he quit smoking on camera. Good clean family fun for all! +JMJ+

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