Arthur Gordon “Art” Linkletter (July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years. Linkletter was famous for interviewing children on House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things, which led to a series of books quoting children. A native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
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Get Out: Offbeat Board Games At Clifton's, Regifted! At UCB, Godfather Marathon At New Beverly Cinema
LAist - News from LA, 2010-12-26 17:30:00
Photo by meddygarnet via Flickr Board Games at Clifton's: As part of the The Los Angeles Visionaries Association (LAVA) Sunday Salon series, "adventure-seekers are invited to dine, socialize, and listen to curated talks," upstairs at downtown's historic Clifton's Cafeteria. Today's festive edition features special guests and caters to the old ...
TV Junkie: 'Lost' Epilogue on DVD Set; More Fallon Ustreaming
LAist - News from LA, 2010-05-27 23:00:54
Jimmy Fallon and his team will be Ustreaming all week at 9:35pm Pacific - see below Michael Emerson says that there will be a "Lost" epilogue in the DVD set that will explain a few things. See the interview clip of him on G4's "Attack of the Show" at the ...
TV's 'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies
(AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2010-05-27 08:52:54
AP - Art Linkletter, who encouraged both kids and grownups to say the "darndest things" during his decades as a genial and but gently mischievious television personality, has died at age 97.
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