Somewhere, Allen Funt is smiling. Funt, the granddaddy of TV prank shows (“Smile – you’re on ‘Candid Camera!’”), died more than a dozen years ago. But the impact of the less-snarky forbearer of Daniel ...

Funt, 70, is the son of Allen Funt, who created “Candid Camera,” the show that sent camera crews to towns across the country to pull pranks, sometimes with assists from celebrities, on unsuspecting ...

The plane was hijacked for approximately 11 hours ...

My dad, Allen Funt, once approached a cop in Bar Harbor, Maine, and asked where he could buy a bomb. The visibly annoyed officer explained that bombs weren’t sold in Bar Harbor. Then, with a straight ...