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When the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.

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When Candid Camera host Allen Funt's airplane was hijacked by Cubans, the passengers believed they were on a hidden camera tv show. He could not change their minds.

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1. The creator and host of the TV show "Candid Camera" was on a plane that was hijacked. The passengers saw him on the plane and assumed the whole thing was a Candid Camera stunt, they even gave the hijacker a standing ovation.

2. In 1969, passengers of a hijacked plane didn’t believe the plane was really hijacked because Allen Funt, the host of Candid Camera, was onboard.

3. Allen Funt, creator of TV Show Candid Camera. At height of popularity in the 60s, passengers on a hijacked airliner diverted to Cuba thought it was all a 'Candid Camera' stunt due to the coincidental presence of the show's host, Allen Funt.

4. Karachi, Pakistan, which has never recorded any snow, once made a bid to host the 1960 Winter Olympics. It was immediately eliminated with no votes by the International Olympic Committee, as they moved on to more serious candidates.

5. Creator & Host of Candid Camera, Allen Funt, was a passenger on a hijacked flight. When the other passengers recognized and identified Funt, they believed the authentic hijacking was just a prank to be on the show.

6. John Kasich (Ohio Governor and Republican Pres Candidate) used to be a substitute host on The O'reilly Factor.

7. The initial candidates to host “Double Dare” on Nickelodeon were Soupy Sales and Dana Carvey. Additionally, Caitlyn Jenner AKA Bruce Jenner, hosted 2 failed spin off pilots which featured adult players: one pairing celebrities with contestants, and another with competing married couples.

8. When Allen Funt, host of Candid Camera had his flight hijacked in 1969 the flight burst into laughter believing it to be a prank. Funt tried to get a priest on the flight to convince the other passengers it was not a prank and the priest responded "You can't get me Allen Funt!"