Early Life & Career Beginnings
Peter Funt grew up in New York, where he worked summers on the set of his Father Allen Funt's show, Candid Camera. Peter Funt graduated from the University of Denver earning his Bachelors of Arts in mass communications and journalism. During his time at the University of Denver he worked on the newspaper, The Clarion, as well as the radio station, KVDU. One of his most exciting moments while attending the University of Denver happened in 1967 when he interviewed Martin Luther King Jr. on his radio show. In 1970 he won the Silurian’s Award for that year’s best news reporting based upon Funt’s coverage on ABC News of racial disturbances in Asbury Park, NJ.
After he graduated he worked at the Denver radio station KHOW and at the ABC Radio Network in New York. Afterwards he got a job as an arts and leisure writer for The New York Times. During his earlier career, he also authored a book titled “Gotcha!” on the lost art of practical joking and was the editor and publisher of the television magazine, On Cable.
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